AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Series Information for the 2019 Cartographic Boundary Shapefile, Division for United States

The 2019 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files.
                
                Divisions are groupings of states within a census geographic region, established by the Census Bureau for the presentation of census data. The current nine divisions (East North Central, East South Central, Middle Atlantic, Mountain, New England, Pacific, South Atlantic, West North Central, and West South Central) are intended to represent relatively homogeneous areas that are subdivisions of the four census geographic regions. Divisions availiable at the 1:5,000,000, 1:2,0000,000 and 1:500,000 scales.

Tags: 2019, cartographic boundary, division, generalized, shapefile, u.s, united sates
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
Series Information for the 2019 Cartographic Boundary KML, Division for United States

The 2019 cartographic boundary KML are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files.
                
                Divisions are groupings of states within a census geographic region, established by the Census Bureau for the presentation of census data. The current nine divisions (East North Central, East South Central, Middle Atlantic, Mountain, New England, Pacific, South Atlantic, West North Central, and West South Central) are intended to represent relatively homogeneous areas that are subdivisions of the four census geographic regions. Divisions availiable at the 1:5,000,000, 1:2,0000,000 and 1:500,000 scales.

Tags: 2019, cartographic boundary, division, generalized, kml, u.s, united sates
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
Series Information for the 2019 Cartographic Boundary Geodatabase for the United States

The 2019 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address
                File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic
                mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of
                geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files
                while others are available only as state-based files.
                
               The  geodatabase is a container for storing spatial and attribute data and the relationships that exist among them. In a geodatabase, which is a vector data format, features and their
               associated attributes can be structured to work together as an integrated system using rules, relationships, and topological associations. In other words, the geodatabase allows you to
               model the real world as simply or complexly as your needs dictate. These national goedatabases are availiable at the 1:5,000,000, 1:2,0000,000 and 1:500,000 scales. 
            

Tags: 2019, alaska native area, alaska native regional corporation, alaska native village statistical area, american indian area, anrc, anvsa, block group, borough, cartographic boundary, cbsa, census area, census tract, city, city and borough, cnecta, combined new england city and town area, combined statistical area, congressional district, consolidated city, county, county equivalent, county subdivision, csa, district, division, elementary school district, generalized, geodatabase, hawaiian home land, independent city, island, lower chamber, lower district, metropolitan statistical area, micropolitan statistical area, municipality, municipio, native hawaiian area, necta, new england city and town area, oklahoma tribal statistical area, otsa, parish, place, public use microdata area, region, school district, sdtsa, secondary school district, shapefile, state designated tribal statistical areas, state legislative district, subminor civil division, tdsa, tribal designated statistical area, ua, uc, unified school district, united states, upper chamber, urban area, urban cluster, urbanized area, us, zcta, zip code tabulation area
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
Series Information for the 2019 Region for United States Shapefile

The 2019 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files.
                
                Regions are four groupings of states (Northeast, South, Midwest, and West) established by the Census Bureau in 1942 for the presentation of census data. Regions are availiable at the 1:5,000,000, 1:2,0000,000 and 1:500,000 scales

Tags: 2019, boundaries, cartographic boundary, generalized, region, shapefile, u.s, united sates, united states, us
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
Series Information File for the 2012 Cartographic Boundary File, 2010 Census Urban Area, 1:500,000

The 2012 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER
          geographic database. These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible generalization is performed with the
          intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year.
          Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based shapefiles while others are available
          only as state-based files.

Tags: 2012, boundaries, cartographic boundary, generalized, shapefile, united states, urban area, us
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
Series Information File for the  2017 TIGER/Line Shapefile,  Current County Subdivision State-based

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.


County subdivisions are the primary divisions of counties and their equivalent entities for the reporting of Census Bureau data. They include legally-recognized minor civil divisions (MCDs) and statistical census county divisions (CCDs), and unorganized territories.  For the 2010 Census, the MCDs are the primary governmental and/or administrative divisions of counties in 29 States and Puerto Rico; Tennessee changed from having CCDs for Census 2000 to having MCDs for the 2010 Census.  In MCD States where no MCD exists or is not defined, the Census Bureau creates statistical unorganized territories to complete coverage.  The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas are covered by county subdivisions.  The boundaries of most legal MCDs are as of January 1, 2015, as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS).  


The boundaries of all CCDs, delineated in 20 states, are those as reported as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) for the 2010 Census.


Tags: barrio, ccd, census county division, county subdivision, mcd, minor civil division, polygon, state or equivalent entity, subdivision, town, township, u.s., united states, unorganized territory, ut
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
TIGER/Line Shapefile,  2016, Series Information for the   Current State Legislative District (SLD) Lower Chamber  State-based

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. 

 
State Legislative Districts (SLDs) are the areas from which members are elected to State legislatures. The SLDs embody the upper (senate) and lower (house) chambers of the state legislature. Nebraska has a unicameral legislature and the District of Columbia has a single council, both of which the Census Bureau treats as upper-chamber legislative areas for the purpose of data presentation; there are no data by SLDL for either Nebraska or the District of Columbia. A unique three-character census code, identified by State participants, is assigned to each SLD within a state. In Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, and Puerto Rico, the Redistricting Data Program (RDP) participant did not define the SLDs to cover all of the state or state equivalent area. In these areas with no SLDs defined, the code "ZZZ" has been assigned, which is treated as a single SLD for purposes of data presentation. 

 
The boundaries of the 2014 State legislative districts were provided by state-level participants through the RDP and reflect the districts used to elect members in or prior to the November 2014 election.


Tags: legislative district, polygon, state or equivalent entity, u.s., united states
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
Series Information for the 2019 Cartographic Boundary File Shapefile, Current County and Equivalent for United States,

The 2019 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master
                            Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically
                            designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships
                            among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same
                            areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files.
                            
                            The primary legal divisions of most states are termed counties. In Louisiana, these divisions are known as parishes. In Alaska, which has no
                            counties, the equivalent entities are the organized boroughs, city and boroughs, municipalities, and for the unorganized area, census areas. The
                            latter are delineated cooperatively for statistical purposes by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau. In four states (Maryland, Missouri,
                            Nevada, and Virginia), there are one or more incorporated places that are independent of any county organization and thus constitute primary
                            divisions of their states. These incorporated places are known as independent cities and are treated as equivalent entities for purposes of data
                            presentation. The District of Columbia and Guam have no primary divisions, and each area is considered an equivalent entity for purposes of data
                            presentation. The Census Bureau treats the following entities as equivalents of counties for purposes of data presentation: Municipios in Puerto
                            Rico, Districts and Islands in American Samoa, Municipalities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Islands in the U.S. Virgin
                            Islands. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas is covered by counties or equivalent entities.
                            
                            The generalized boundaries for counties and equivalent entities are based on those as of January 1, 2019, primarily as reported through the Census
                            Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). County files  are availiable at the 1:5,000,000, 1:2,0000,000 and 1:500,000 scales

Tags: 2019, borough, cartographic boundary, census area, city, city and borough, county, county equivalent, district, generalized, independent city, island, municipality, municipio, parish, shapefile, u.s, united sates
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
Series Information for the 2019 Cartographic Boundary File KML, Current County and Equivalent for United States,

The 2019 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master
                            Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically
                            designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships
                            among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same
                            areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files.
                            
                            The primary legal divisions of most states are termed counties. In Louisiana, these divisions are known as parishes. In Alaska, which has no
                            counties, the equivalent entities are the organized boroughs, city and boroughs, municipalities, and for the unorganized area, census areas. The
                            latter are delineated cooperatively for statistical purposes by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau. In four states (Maryland, Missouri,
                            Nevada, and Virginia), there are one or more incorporated places that are independent of any county organization and thus constitute primary
                            divisions of their states. These incorporated places are known as independent cities and are treated as equivalent entities for purposes of data
                            presentation. The District of Columbia and Guam have no primary divisions, and each area is considered an equivalent entity for purposes of data
                            presentation. The Census Bureau treats the following entities as equivalents of counties for purposes of data presentation: Municipios in Puerto
                            Rico, Districts and Islands in American Samoa, Municipalities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Islands in the U.S. Virgin
                            Islands. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas is covered by counties or equivalent entities.
                            
                            The generalized boundaries for counties and equivalent entities are based on those as of January 1, 2019, primarily as reported through the Census
                            Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). County files  are availiable at the 1:5,000,000, 1:2,0000,000 and 1:500,000 scales

Tags: 2019, borough, cartographic boundary, census area, city, city and borough, county, county equivalent, district, generalized, independent city, island, kml, municipality, municipio, parish, u.s, united sates
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015,  nation, U.S., Current American Indian Tribal Subdivision (AITS) National

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.

               American Indian tribal subdivisions are administrative subdivisions of federally recognized American Indian reservations/off-reservation trust lands or
               Oklahoma tribal statistical areas (OTSAs).  These entities are internal units of self-government and/or administration that serve social, cultural,
               and/or economic purposes for the American Indian tribe or tribes on the reservations/off-reservation trust lands or OTSAs.  The Census Bureau obtains the
               boundary and attribute information for tribal subdivisions on federally recognized American Indian reservations and off-reservation trust lands from
               federally recognized tribal governments through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS).  For the 2010 Census, the boundaries for tribal
               subdivisions on OTSAs were also obtained from federally recognized tribal governments through the Tribal Statistical Areas Program (TSAP).  Note that
               tribal subdivisions do not exist on all reservations/off-reservation trust lands or OTSAs, rather only where they were submitted to the Census Bureau by
               the federally recognized tribal government for that area.  

               The boundaries for American Indian tribal subdivisions are as of January 1, 2013, as reported by the federally recognized tribal governments through the
               Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS).

               The boundaries for tribal subdivisions on OTSAs are those reported as of January 1, 2010 through TSAP.

Tags: aia, air, american indian area, american indian reservation, nation, polygon, tribal subdivision, u.s., united states
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015,  nation, U.S., Current Metropolitan Statistical Area/Micropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA) National Shapefile

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.

               Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas are together termed Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) and are defined by the Office of Management and
               Budget (OMB) and consist of the county or counties or equivalent entities associated with at least one urban core (urbanized area or urban cluster) of at
               least 10,000 population, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties
               with the counties containing the core.  Categories of CBSAs are: Metropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urbanized areas of 50,000 or more population;
               and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urban clusters of at least 10,000 population but less than 50,000 population.  

               The CBSAs boundaries are those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census and published in 2013.
            

Tags: cbsa, core based statistical area, nation, polygon, u.s., united states
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce
TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015,  nation, U.S., 114th Congressional District National

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.  Congressional Districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of
               Representatives.  After the apportionment of congressional seats among the States based on census population counts, each State is responsible for
               establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives.  Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all
               other congressional districts in a State as practicable.  The 114th Congress is seated from January 2015 to 2017. The TIGER/Line shapefiles for the
               District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin
               Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in these areas.  The boundaries of all other congressional districts are
               provided to the Census Bureau through the Redistricting Data Program (RDP).

Tags: congressional districts, nation, polygon, u.s., united states
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce