Census Boundaries US (Maponics)
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Maponics® US Census Boundaries TECHNICAL GUIDE (Release 1.19.2) Maponics® Census Boundaries Product Suite Documentation Maponics® Census Boundaries Product Suite Includes: ➢ Census States ➢ Census Counties ➢ Census Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs) ➢ Census Places ➢ Census Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) Description: These map layers are all derived directly from the latest releases by the US Census Bureau, 2016 TIGER files and represent the administrative geographies for the US. To facilitate ease, Maponics has collected, re-formatted and organized the data. Additionally, Maponics has modified shoreline boundaries so that they are coincident between all layers. Product Availability Geographic Character Datum Format Format Type Tile Updates Availability Set [SRID=4326] ESRI GIS US US Annual UTF-8 WGS84 Shape MapInfo GIS US US Annual UTF-8 WGS84 TAB Display, US, KML1 US Annual N/A WGS84 proprietary State Database- MySQL2 US US Annual UTF-8 WGS84 loadable Database- PostGIS US US Annual UTF-8 WGS84 loadable Database- WKT US US Annual UTF-8 WGS84 loadable 1 for the KML format, boundaries have been generalized to support display limitations within the Google Earth application 2 For MySQL & PostGIS formats all field names will be lowercase and character fields are VARCHAR © 2019 Pitney Bowes. The information contained in this document is privileged and confidential and may be protected from disclosure and forwarding. If the reader of this document is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this document is strictly prohibited. If you have received this document in error, please notify us immediately and destroy this document Page - 2 Census States States are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. The District of Columbia is treated as a statistical equivalent of a state for data presentation purposes. Each state and statistically equivalent entity is assigned a two-digit numeric Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code in alphabetical order by state name, followed in alphabetical order by Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. For a detailed description and definitions of Census States please reference https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/gtc/gtc_state.html Maponics_States_US Record Layout ID Field Type Description 1 statefp C*2 Current state FIPS code 2 statens C*8 Current state ANSI code 3 stusps C*2 Current USPS State abbreviation 4 name C*100 Current state name 5 lsad C*2 Current legal/statistical area description code 6 mtfcc C*5 MAF/TIGER feature class code (G4000) 7 funcstat C*1 Current Functional Status 8 relver C*8 Maponics release date 9 wkt3 “MULTIPOLYGON” label, followed by coordinate pairs to define polygon (longitude, latitude) 9 geom4 Binary internal representation of geometry 3 WKT field only in WKT format file 4 geom field only in MySQL and PostGIS formats © 2019 Pitney Bowes. The information contained in this document is privileged and confidential and may be protected from disclosure and forwarding. If the reader of this document is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this document is strictly prohibited. If you have received this document in error, please notify us immediately and destroy this document Page - 3 Census Counties The primary legal divisions of most states are termed "counties." In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia), there are one or more incorporated places that are independent of any county organization and thus constitute primary divisions of their states; these incorporated places are known as "independent cities" and are treated as equivalent to counties for statistical purposes. The District of Columbia has no primary divisions, and the entire area is considered equivalent to a county for statistical purposes. Each county is assigned a three-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code that is unique within state or state equivalent. For a detailed description and definitions of Census Counties please reference https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/gtc/gtc_cou.html Maponics_Counties_US Record Layout ID Field Type Description 1 statefp C*2 Current state FIPS code 2 stabbrev C*2 Current USPS state abbreviation 3 countyfp C*3 Current county FIPS code 4 stctyfips C*5 Current county identifier; a concatenation of current state FIPS code and current county FIPS code 5 countyns C*8 Current county ANSI code 6 name C*100 County Name 7 lsad C*2 Current legal/statistical area description code 8 classfp C*2 Current FIPS 55 code 9 mtfcc C*5 MAF/TIGER feature class code (G4020) 10 csafp C*3 Current combined statistical area code 11 cbsafp C*5 Current metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area code 12 metdivfp C*5 Current metropolitan division code 13 funcstat C*1 Current functional status 14 relver C*8 Maponics release date 15 wkt5 “MULTIPOLYGON” label, followed by coordinate pairs to define polygon (longitude, latitude) 15 geom**6 Binary internal representation of geometry 5 WKT field only in WKT format file 6 geom field only in MySQL and PostGIS formats © 2019 Pitney Bowes. The information contained in this document is privileged and confidential and may be protected from disclosure and forwarding. If the reader of this document is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this document is strictly prohibited. If you have received this document in error, please notify us immediately and destroy this document Page - 4 Census Minor Civil Divisions County subdivisions are commonly referred to as “townships” and are the primary divisions of counties. These include minor civil divisions and census county divisions. All are treated the same within the map database. Each county subdivision is assigned a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code within each state. MCDs cover the entire US. Minor Civil Division - Minor civil divisions (MCDs) are the primary governmental or administrative divisions of a county or county equivalent in many states. MCDs represent many different kinds of legal entities with a wide variety of governmental and/or administrative functions. MCDs are variously designated as districts, boroughs, townships, towns, etc. Census County Division - Census county divisions are county subdivisions that were delineated by the U.S. Census Bureau, in cooperation with state and local officials for purposes of presenting statistical data where there are no legally established minor civil divisions (MCDs). There are other unique “MCD-type” divisions in different states and Maponics treats them all as “MCDs” for the purposes of this map layer. For a detailed description and definitions of County Subdivisions please reference https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/gtc/gtc_cousub.html#mcd Maponics_MCDs_US Record Layout ID Field Type Description 1 statefp C*2 Current state FIPS code 2 stabbrev C*2 Current USPS state abbreviation 3 countyfp C*3 Current county FIPS code 4 stctyfips C*5 Concatenation of STATEFP and COUNTYFP 5 cousubfp C*5 Current county subdivision FIPS code 6 cousubns C*8 Current county subdivision ANSI code 7 cosbidfp C*10 Current county subdivision identifier; concatenation of state, County and county subdivision code 8 name C*100 Current county subdivision name 9 lsad C*2 Current legal/statistical area description code 10 classfp C*2 Current FIPS 55 code 11 mtfcc C*5 MAF/TIGER feature class code 12 cnectafp C*3 Current combined New England city and town code 13 nectafp C*5 Current New England city and town area code 14 nctadvfp C*5 Current New England city and town area division code 15 funcstat C*1 Current functional status 16 relver C*8 Maponics release date 17 wkt7 “MULTIPOLYGON” label, followed by coordinate pairs to define polygon (longitude, latitude) 17 geom8 Binary internal representation of geometry 7 WKT field only in WKT format file 8 geom field only in MySQL and PostGIS formats © 2019 Pitney Bowes. The information contained in this document is privileged and confidential and may be protected from disclosure and forwarding. If the reader of this document is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this document is strictly prohibited. If you have received this document in error, please notify us immediately and destroy this document Page - 5 Census Places Maponics Census Places file contains the 2016 listing of Incorporated Places (IPs) and Census Designated Places (CDPs) as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Incorporated Places are those reported to the U.S. Census Bureau as legally in existence under the laws of their respective states, as cities, boroughs, towns, and villages, with the following exceptions: the towns in the New England states, New York, and Wisconsin, and the boroughs in New York are recognized as minor civil divisions (MCDs). In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia), there are one or more IPs known as "independent cities" that are primary divisions of a state and legally not part of any county. Other types of “cities” that may be defined for statistical purposes are not included in this dataset. CDPs are communities that lack separate governments, but otherwise resemble incorporated places, which were created for statistical purposes. For a detailed description and definitions of Census Places please reference: https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/gtc/gtc_place.html Because the Census Bureau splits all their data files by county, some original records for Places appear multiple times for the same city. Maponics has joined these records so that there is only one record per city.