U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
2010
TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2010, 2000 county, Hennepin County, MN, Census 2000 Census Tract County-based
2010
vector digital data
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger
The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that 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 File is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Census tracts are small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county or equivalent entity, and were defined by local participants as part of the Census 2000 Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP). The Census Bureau delineated the census tracts in situations where no local participant existed or where all the potential participants declined to participate. The primary purpose of census tracts is to provide a stable set of geographic units for the presentation of census data and comparison back to previous decennial censuses. Census tracts generally have a population size between 1,500 and 8,000 people, with an optimum size of 4,000 people. When first delineated, census tracts were designed to be homogeneous with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions. The spatial size of census tracts varies widely depending on the density of settlement. Physical changes in street patterns caused by highway construction, new development, etc. may require boundary revisions before a census. In addition, census tracts occasionally are split due to population growth, or combined as a result of substantial population decline. Census tract boundaries generally follow visible and identifiable features. They may follow legal boundaries such as minor civil division (MCD) or incorporated place boundaries in some States and situations to allow for census tract-to-governmental unit relationships where the governmental boundaries tend to remain unchanged between censuses. State and county boundaries are always census tract boundaries in the standard census geographic hierarchy. In a few rare instances, a census tract may consist of noncontiguous areas. These noncontiguous areas may occur where the census tracts are coextensive with all or parts of legal entities that are themselves noncontiguous.
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.
Hennepin, MN, (27053)
201001
201007
Publication Date
TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database. 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.
-93.767799
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ISO 19115 Topic Categories
boundaries
None
County or equivalent entity
Polygon
Census Tract
Tract
INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008
United States
U.S.
County or Equivalent Entity
Hennepin
27053
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.
Yes, the data are free from Title 13 restrictions
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Mailing address
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
Washington
DC
20233-7400
United States
301-763-1128
301-763-4710
geo.tiger@census.gov
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Accurate against Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), FIPS Publication 6-4, and FIPS-55 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 FIPS 55. 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
201001
201007
Publication Date
MAF/TIGER
The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.
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.
Census MAF/TIGER
2010
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), ANSI, and feature names.
Vector
G-polygon
298
0.000458
0.000458
Decimal degrees
North American Datum of 1983 in the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Pacific Island Areas.
Geodetic Reference System 80
6378137
298257
TRACT00.shp
Census 2000 Census Tract County-based
U.S. Census Bureau
STATEFP00
Census 2000 state Federal Information Processing Standards
(FIPS) codes
U.S. Census Bureau
INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of
the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the
Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 5-2)
U.S. Census Bureau
COUNTYFP00
Census 2000 county Federal Information Processing Standards
(FIPS) code
U.S. Census Bureau
INCITS.31-200x (R2007), Codes for the Identification of
the Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States,
Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States
(Formerly FIPS 6-4)
U.S. Census Bureau
TRACTCE00
Census 2000 census tract code
U.S. Census Bureau
000000
Water tract in some coastal and Great Lakes water and
territorial sea
U.S. Census
000100 to 998999
Census tract number
U.S. Census Bureau
CTIDFP00
Census 2000 census tract identifier, a concatenation of state
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code, county
FIPS code, and census tract code
U.S. Census Bureau
INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of
the the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and
the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS
5-2), INCITS.31-200x (R2007), Codes for the Identification
of the Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States,
Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States
(Formerly FIPS 6-4) and the census tract code that appears
in TRACTCE
U.S. Census Bureau
NAME00
Census 2000 census tract name, including the decimal point and
decimal digits if a non-zero census tract suffix exist,
excluding trailing zeros unless the zeros are part of a
non-zero census tract suffix, and excluding any leading zeros
U.S. Census Bureau
Refer to the online census tract gazetteer file at URL:
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html
U.S. Census Bureau
NAMELSAD00
Census 2000 translated legal/statistical area description and
the census tract name
U.S. Census Bureau
Refer to the online census tract gazetteer file at URL:
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html and
translated legal/statistical area description code CT,
Census Tract
U.S. Census Bureau
MTFCC00
MAF/TIGER feature class code
U.S. Census Bureau
G5020
Census Tract
U.S. Census Bureau
FUNCSTAT00
Census 2000 functional status
U.S. Census Bureau
S
Statistical entity
U.S. Census Bureau
ALAND00
Census 2000 land area (square meters)
U.S. Census Bureau
0 to 9,999,999,999,999
Blank
U.S. Census Bureau
AWATER00
Census 2000 water area (square meters)
U.S. Census Bureau
0 to 9,999,999,999,999
Blank
U.S. Census Bureau
INTPTLAT00
Census 2000 latitude of the internal point
U.S. Census Bureau
00
Blank
U.S. Census Bureau
INTPTLON00
Census 2000 longitude of the internal point
U.S. Census Bureau
00
Blank
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Mailing address
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
Washington
DC
20233-7400
United States
301-763-1128
301-763-4710
geo.tiger@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://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger
DVD-ROM (Only if offered offline)
ISO 9660
The online copy of the TIGER/Line files 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.
20100507
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Mailing address
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
Washington
DC
20233-7400
United States
301-763-1128
301-763-4710
geo.tiger@census.gov
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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