Series Information File for the 2017 TIGER/Line Shapefile, Topological Faces (Polygons With All Geocodes) County-based Shapefile

Description

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. Face refers to the areal (polygon) topological primitives that make up MTDB. A face is bounded by one or more edges; its boundary includes only the edges that separate it from other faces, not any interior edges contained within the area of the face. The Topological Faces Shapefile contains the attributes of each topological primitive face. Each face has a unique topological face identifier (TFID) value. Each face in the shapefile includes the key geographic area codes for all geographic areas for which the Census Bureau tabulates data for both the 2010 Census and the annual estimates and surveys. The geometries of each of these geographic areas can then be built by dissolving the face geometries on the appropriate key geographic area codes in the Topological Faces Shapefile.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 tl_2017_48485_faces.zip https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2017//FACES/tl_2017_48485_faces.zip
55 tl_2017_faces.shp.ea.iso.xml https://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/TIGER2017/faces/tl_2017_faces.shp.ea.iso.xml
21 Should be used for most mapping projects--this is our most comprehensive dataset. Designed for use with GIS (geographic information systems). https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html

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  • state legislative district lower chamber code
  • county subdivision fips code
  • number
  • urban area code
  • urban growth area code
  • alaska native regional corporation fips code
  • table
  • fips place code for all places
  • elementary school district local education agency code
  • united states
  • county fips code
  • public use microdata area codeland/water flag
  • block group
  • county or equivalent entity
  • secondary school district local education agency code
  • primary metropolitan statistical area fips code
  • 5 digit zip code tabulation area code
  • topological faces
  • metropolitan statistical area/consolidated metropolitan statistical area fips code
  • unified school district local education agency code
  • reservation or off-reservation trust land indicator
  • census tract number
  • tribal subdivision code
  • state fips code
  • state legislative district upper chamber code
  • new england county metropolitan area fips code
  • 115th congressional district code
  • subminor civil division fips code in puerto rico
  • tabulation block number
  • american indian/alaska native/native hawaiian areas census code
  • legislative session year
  • u.s.
  • consolidated city fips code

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