As part of our data aggregation process, we can use the census tract centroids to assign each project to a place.
For the more rural parts of the state, using the tract centroid may lead to some strange numbers, as many small towns fall completely within a census tract:
Census provides municipal boundaries for each state (they name them Places): https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2020PL/LAYER/PLACE/2020/
As part of our data aggregation process, we can use the census tract centroids to assign each project to a place.
For the more rural parts of the state, using the tract centroid may lead to some strange numbers, as many small towns fall completely within a census tract: