I know this question has been asked and answered a number of times on this forum, but I'm still stumped when trying to apply the answers to my own data.
I'm trying to calculate the population-weighted centroid of the census blocks for my city.
The attribute table for the census block data includes the population for each census block.
I have been trying to use the mean center tool to calculate the population-weighted centroid, choosing:
- the census block layer as the input feature
- the census block population in the Weight Field
- the individual census blocks in the Case Field
But the results keep coming up with the geographic centroid, rather than the population-weighted centroid. The census block population doesn't appear in the attribute field of the
new layer.
Obviously I am missing something: any help would be so very much appreciated.
