Lab 5: Quick findings in the US and Canada

1. How many counties does the State of Iowa contain?
The State of Iowa contains 99 counties.

2. Which county in Georgia contains the largest number of people, as of the year 2001?
Fulton Country contains the largest number of people in the year 2001.

3. How many cities, with populations greater than 15,000, are located within the State of Washington?
38 cities with populations greater than 15,000 are located within the State of Washington.

4. How many miles long are all of the interstates that are crossed by the outline of Los Angeles County?
2363.5916 miles, 103.4055 miles, 1357.0795 miles, and 27.060987 miles
Total: 3851.137587 miles

5. Simplify the UrbanBoundaries feature class so that only the urban areas of Los Angeles County are visible.

How many acres of urban
area lie within Los Angeles County?
Lancaster—Palmdale=50238.516 acres, Los Angeles=1220379.1 acres, Oxnard—Ventura County—96828.25 acres
Total: 1367445.866 acres

6. How many zip codes have their centroid in Los Angeles County?
522 zip codes have their centroid in Los Angeles County.

7. Create a layer displaying the provinces of Canada using the data provided to you in the Canada dataset.

8. Which Native American Indian Reservations lie within 75 miles of the City of Thurso in Quebec, Canada?
Duncaster Indian Reserve 17, Kitigan Zibi Indian Reserve, Kahnawake Indian Reserve 14, Kanesatake Indian Reserve 16, and Akwesasne Indian Reserve 15.