Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 16, 2001 - Dakota Worldwide has announced it has 2000 Census Data STF 1 Files available Now. The latest population and racial figures including Block Groups, Tracts, Zip Code, MCD, Cities, MSA and County Level files for the entire United States is available on CD. The boundry files are in MapInfo format while the data is in dBase format.

This data includes 1062 variables and contains 100 percent counts from the Census on age, sex, 63 categories of race, household relationships, Hispanic origins, vacancy characteristics, group quarters, and tenure.

Dakota Worldwide Corporation is a Minneapolis-based software and service company helping some of the nation's largest and best retailers grow with programs to maximize rate of return on both capital and operational expenditures. Large chains and small independents in all 50 states are key customers of Dakota Worldwide.

Further information is available on the company's web site at http://www.dakotaww.com or by calling Elliott W. Olson at 1-800-475-4505

Dakota Worldwide Corporation
4801 West 81st Street, Suite 105
Minneapolis, MN 55437