TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, nation, U.S., Current NECTA Division National

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. New England City and Town Area (NECTA) Divisions subdivide a NECTA containing a single core urban area that has a population of at least 2.5 million to form smaller groupings of cities and towns. NECTA Divisions are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and consist of a main city or town that represents an employment center, plus adjacent cities and towns associated with the main city or town through commuting ties. Each NECTA Division must contain a total population of 100,000 or more. Because NECTA Divisions represent subdivisions of larger NECTAs, it is not appropriate to rank or compare NECTA Divisions with NECTAs. Not all NECTAs with urban areas of this size will contain NECTA Divisions. The NECTA Divisions boundaries are those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census and published in 2013.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 tl_2015_us_nectadiv.zip http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2015/NECTADIV/tl_2015_us_nectadiv.zip
33 TGRSHP2015_TechDoc.pdf http://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2015/TGRSHP2015_TechDoc.pdf
23 This Rest Service contains the New England City and Town Area Divisions Layers https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/CBSA/MapServer
55 tl_2015_nectadiv.shp.ea.iso.xml http://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/TIGER2015/nectadiv/tl_2015_nectadiv.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). http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-line.html
52 This web mapping service contains the layer for the New England City and Town Area Divisions. Since this layer displays at scales of 1:577,791 or greater, adjusting the BBox coordinates in the URL is necessary https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_ACS2015/MapServer/WmsServer?

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  • united states
  • polygon
  • necta division
  • nation
  • new england city and town area division
  • u.s.

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