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In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles. 2023 vintage. |
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In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles. 2023 vintage. |
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U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>BMC joined population and housing fields to the attribute table from https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ua/2020_Census_ua_list_all.xlsx linked from from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Refer to the online 2020 Census Urban and Rural Classification and Urban Area Criteria: https://www.census.gov/programs/surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This resource is a member of a series. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>After each decennial census, the Census Bureau delineates urban areas that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, this territory consists of areas of high population density and urban land use resulting in a representation of the urban footprint. There are 2,646 Urban Areas (UAs) in this data release with either a minimum population of 5,000 or a housing unit count of 2,000 units. Each urban area is identified by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain leading zeroes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Census Bureau releases extracts of the MAF/TIGER database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles for others to use in geographic information systems (GIS) or for other geographic applications.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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["Nation","Urbanized Areas","National Geospatial Data Asset","United States","UC","Urban Cluster","UA","Boundaries","NGDA","U.S.","Governmental Units and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme","Urban Area","Polygon"] |
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