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.
States and equivalent entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the fifty States, the
Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) as the statistical equivalents of States for the purpose of data
presentation.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIGERweb/State_County (MapServer) | JSON | This Rest Service contains the States and Equivalents Layers | Open resource |
| TIGERweb/tigerWMS_Current (MapServer) | WMS | This web mapping service contains the layer for the States and Equivalents. Since this layer displays at scales of 1:36,978,595 or greater, adjusting the BBox coordinates in the URL is necessary | Open resource |
| Shapefile Zip File | ZIP | tl_2016_us_state.zip | Open resource |
| TIGER/Line® Shapefiles | HTML | Should be used for most mapping projects--this is our most comprehensive dataset. Designed for use with GIS (geographic information systems). | Open resource |