U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography
Division
2017
TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2017, state, Texas, Current Place State-based
2017
vector digital data
http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2017/PLACE/tl_2017_48_place.zip
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.
The TIGER/Line shapefiles include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a state, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with state, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs is that they must contain some housing and population.
The boundaries of most incorporated places in this shapefile are as of January 1, 2017, as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The boundaries of all CDPs were delineated as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) for the 2010 Census.
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.
201606
201705
publication date
No changes or updates will be made to this version of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Future releases of TIGER/Line Shapefiles will reflect updates made to the Census MAF/TIGER database.
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36.500704
25.837164
NGDA Portfolio Themes
NGDA
Governmental Units and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme
National Geospatial Data Asset
None
State or equivalent entity
Polygon
Census Designated Place
CDP
City
Village
Town
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Boundaries
ANSI INCITS 38:2009 (Formerly FIPS 5-2),
ANSI INCITS 31:2009 (Formerly FIPS 6-4),ANSI
INCITS 454:2009 (Formerly FIPS 8-6), ANSI INCITS
455:2009(Formerly FIPS 9-1), ANSI INCITS 446:2008 (Geographic Names Information System (GNIS))
United States
U.S.
State or Equivalent Entity
Texas
TX
48
None
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.
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau,
Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch
mailing
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
Washington
DC
20233-7400
United States
301-763-1128
301-763-4710
geo.geography@census.gov
Accurate against National Standard Codes, Federal Information Processing (FIPS) and the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) at the 100% level for the codes and base names. The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy.
The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are tested for closure.
The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency.
For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons.
Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
Unpublished material
Census MAF/TIGER database
online
201606
201705
publication date
MAF/TIGER
All line segments
TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER data for all of the aforementioned geographic entities are then distributed among the shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data.
withheld
2017
Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS), Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), and feature names.
Vector
G-polygon
1747
0.000458
0.000458
Decimal degrees
North American Datum of 1983
Geodetic Reference System 80
6378137
298.257
PLACE.shp
Current Place State-based
U.S. Census Bureau
STATEFP
Current state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code
U.S. Census Bureau
National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing
Series (FIPS) - States/State Equivalents
U.S. Census Bureau
PLACEFP
Current place Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code
U.S. Census Bureau
FederalInformation Processing Series Census Codes for Named Populated Places,
Primary County Divisions, and other Locational Entities of the United States,
Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (Formerly FIPS 55-3)
U.S. Census Bureau
PLACENS
Current place GNIS code
U.S. Census Bureau
INCITS 446:2008 (Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)), Identifying Attributes
for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of
the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and
the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory Zone
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
GEOID
Place identifier; a concatenation of Current state FIPS code and place FIPS code
U.S. Census Bureau
The GEOID attribute is a concatenation of: a) the state FIPS code, and b) the place FIPS
code. No spaces are allowed between the two codes. The State FIPS code is taken from
"National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing
Series(FIPS) - States". The place FIPS code is taken from FederalInformation
Processing Series Census Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions,
and other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas
(Formerly FIPS 55-3)
NAME
Current place name
U.S. Census Bureau
Values for this attribute are composed of a set of place names. As such, they do not
exist in a known, predefined set.
NAMELSAD
Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for place
U.S. Census Bureau
Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for place
LSAD
Current legal/statistical area description code for place
U.S. Census Bureau
00
Blank
U.S. Census Bureau
21
borough (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
25
city (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
37
municipality (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
43
town (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
47
village (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
53
city and borough (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
55
comunidad (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
57
census designated place (CDP) (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
62
zona urbana (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
CN
corporation (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
MG
metropolitan government (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
UC
urban county (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
UG
unified government (suffix)
U.S. Census Bureau
CLASSFP
Current Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) class code
U.S. Census Bureau
C1
An active incorporated place that does not serve as a county subdivision
U.S. Census Bureau
C2
An active incorporated place that is legally coextensive with a county subdivision
but treated as independent of any county subdivision
U.S. Census Bureau
C5
An active incorporated place that is independent of any county subdivision and
serves as a county subdivision equivalent
U.S. Census Bureau
C6
An active incorporated place that is coextensive with or approximates an Alaska
Native village statistical area
U.S. Census Bureau
C7
An incorporated place that is independent of any county
U.S. Census Bureau
C8
The balance of a consolidated city excluding the separately incorporated place(s)
within that consolidated government
U.S. Census Bureau
C9
An inactive or nonfunctioning incorporated place
U.S. Census Bureau
M2
A military or other defense installation entirely within a place
U.S. Census Bureau
U1
A census designated place with an official federally recognized name
U.S. Census Bureau
U2
A census designated place without an official federally recognized name
U.S. Census Bureau
PCICBSA
Current metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area principal city indicator
U.S. Census Bureau
N
Geographic entity is not a principal city of a CBSA
U.S. Census Bureau
Y
Geographic entity is a principal city of a CBSA
U.S. Census Bureau
PCINECTA
Current New England city and town area principal city indicator
U.S. Census Bureau
N
Geographic entity is not a principal city of a NECTA
U.S. Census Bureau
Y
Geographic entity is a principal city of a NECTA
U.S. Census Bureau
MTFCC
MAF/TIGER feature class code
U.S. Census Bureau
G4110
Incorporated place
U.S. Census Bureau
G4210
Census designated place
U.S. Census Bureau
FUNCSTAT
Current functional status
U.S. Census Bureau
A
Active government providing primary general-purpose functions
U.S. Census Bureau
B
Active government that is partially consolidated with another government but with
separate officials providing primary general-purpose functions
U.S. Census Bureau
F
Fictitious entity created to fill the Census Bureau geographic hierachy
U.S. Census Bureau
I
Inactive governemental unit that has the power to provide primary special-purpose
functions
U.S. Census Bureau
N
Nonfunctioning legal entity
U.S. Census Bureau
S
Statistical entity
U.S. Census Bureau
ALAND
Current land area (square meters)
U.S. Census Bureau
0
9,999,999,999,999
AWATER
Current water area (square meters)
U.S. Census Bureau
0
9,999,999,999,999
INTPTLAT
Current latitude of the internal point
U.S. Census Bureau
-90.000000
90.000000
INTPTLON
Current longitude of the internal point
U.S. Census Bureau
-180.000000
180.000000
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch
mailing
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
Washington
DC
20233-7400
United States
301-763-1128
301-763-4710
geo.geography@census.gov
No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.
TGRSHP (compressed)
PK-ZIP, version 1.93 A or higher
http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2017/PLACE/tl_2017_48_place.zip
The online copy of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles may be accessed without charge.
To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line Shapefiles visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger
The TIGER/Line shapefiles contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data. For information on how to use the TIGER/Line shapefile data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software.
20170601
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch
mailing
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
Washington
DC
20233-7400
United States
301-763-1128
301-763-4710
geo.geography@census.gov
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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.
The TIGER/Line shapefiles include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a state, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with state, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs is that they must contain some housing and population.
The boundaries of most incorporated places in this shapefile are as of January 1, 2017, as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The boundaries of all CDPs were delineated as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) for the 2010 Census.https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/tiger-line-shapefile-2017-state-texas-current-place-state-basedpopulation