**2008 Census Dress Rehearsal ESRI Shapefiles**

A shapefile, as defined by the Environmental Systems Research Institute
(ESRI), is a vector data storage format for storing the location, shape,
and attributes of geographic features. A shapefile is stored in a set of
related files and contains one feature class.

**HOW WERE THESE SHAPEFILES CREATED?**

The 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal ESRI Shapefiles were created from the
Census Bureau\'s TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and
Referencing system) database of selected geographic and cartographic
information. TIGER was developed at the Census Bureau to support the
mapping and related geographic activities required by the decennial and
economic censuses and sample survey programs. The 2008 Census Dress
Rehearsal ESRI Shapefiles consist of the following four files for each
data type:

> .shp - the file that stores the feature geometry
>
> .shx - the file that stores the index of the feature geometry
>
> .dbf - the dBASE, or database, file that stores the attribute
> information of features
>
> .prj - the file that stores the coordinate system information

**WHAT IS IN THE SHAPEFILES?**

The following is the list of Geographic files included 2008 Census Dress
Rehearsal ESRI Shapefiles product. (Note: In the shapefile names, \<ST\>
stands for the two-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
State code, and \<COU\> stands for the three-digit FIPS County Code.)

**The Shapefiles**

> 1\. [County Boundary Shapefile](#cbs)
>
> 2\. [American Indian Areas (AIA) Shapefile](#aias)
>
> 3\. [American Indian Tribal Subdivision (AITS) Shapefile](#aitss)
>
> 4\. [Consolidated City Shapefile](#ccs)
>
> 5\. [Minor Civil Division (MCD) Shapefile](#mcds)
>
> 6\. [Incorporated Place Shapefile](#ips)
>
> 7\. [Area Landmark Shapefile](#als)
>
> 8\. [Census Tract Shapefile](#cts)
>
> 9\. [Census Block Shapefile](#cbls)
>
> 10\. [Hydrography - area Shapefile](#has)
>
> 11\. [All Lines Shape-file](#alns)

**The Associated Database Files**

> 1\. [Feature Names Table](#fnt)
>
> 2\. [Address Range Table](#art)

**The** [SHAPEFILE \*.PRJ](#shp)

**Shapefiles**

[]{#cbs .anchor}**1. County Boundary Shapefile**

> The shapefile name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_County
>
> The following is the county boundary attribute table layout:

+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| Field       | L     | Type  | Description                           |
|             | ength |       |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| STATE       | 2     | S     | Current state FIPS code               |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| COUNTY      | 3     | S     | Current county FIPS code              |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| COU_NAME    | 30    | S     | Current county name                   |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| CHNG_TYPE   | 2     | S     | Type of area update                   |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| EFF_DATE    | 8     | S     | Effective date for boundary change    |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| LEGAL_DOC   | 20    | S     | Legal document to support change      |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| OFFSET      | 10    | S     | Geographic corridor or offset         |
|             |       | tring | distance                              |
|             |       |       |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AREA        | 10    | D     | Acreage of annexation                 |
|             |       | ouble |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+

[]{#aias .anchor}**2. American Indian Areas (AIA) Shapefile**

> The shapefile name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_AIA
>
> The following is the American Indian Areas attribute table layout:

+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| Field       | L     | Type  | Description                           |
|             | ength |       |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| STATE       | 2     | S     | Current state FIPS code               |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| COUNTY      | 3     | S     | Current county FIPS code              |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AIA         | 5     | S     | Current American Indian Area FIPS     |
|             |       | tring | code                                  |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AIACE       | 4     | S     | Current American Indian Area census   |
|             |       | tring | code                                  |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AITLI       | 1     | S     | Current American Indian Trust Land    |
|             |       | tring | Indicator                             |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AIA_NAME    | 90    | S     | Current American Indian Area name     |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| CHNG_TYPE   | 2     | S     | Type of area update                   |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| EFF_DATE    | 8     | S     | Effective date for boundary change    |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| LEGAL_DOC   | 20    | S     | Legal document to support change      |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| OFFSET      | 10    | S     | Geographic corridor or offset         |
|             |       | tring | distance                              |
|             |       |       |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AREA        | 10    | D     | Acreage of boundary change            |
|             |       | ouble |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+

[]{#aitss .anchor}**3. American Indian Tribal Subdivision (AITS)
Shapefile**

> The shapefile name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_AITS
>
> The following is the American Indian Tribal Subdivision attribute
> table layout:

+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| Field       | L     | Type  | Description                           |
|             | ength |       |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| STATE       | 2     | S     | Current state FIPS code               |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| COUNTY      | 3     | S     | Current county FIPS code              |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AIA         | 5     | S     | Current American Indian Area FIPS     |
|             |       | tring | code                                  |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AIACE       | 4     | S     | Current American Indian Area census   |
|             |       | tring | code                                  |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AITS        | 5     | S     | Current American Indian Tribal        |
|             |       | tring | Subdivision FIPS                      |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AITSCE      | 3     | S     | Current American Indian Tribal        |
|             |       | tring | Subdivision Census code               |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AITS_NAME   | 90    | S     | Current American Indian Tribal        |
|             |       | tring | Subdivision name                      |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| CHNG_TYPE   | 2     | S     | Type of area update                   |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| EFF_DATE    | 8     | S     | Effective date for boundary change    |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| LEGAL_DOC   | 20    | S     | Legal document to support change      |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| OFFSET      | 10    | S     | Geographic corridor or offset         |
|             |       | tring | distance                              |
|             |       |       |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AREA        | 10    | D     | Acreage of boundary change            |
|             |       | ouble |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+

[]{#ccs .anchor}**4. Consolidated City Shapefile**

> The shapefile name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_CCity
>
> The following is consolidated city attribute table layout:

+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| Field       | L     | Type  | Description                           |
|             | ength |       |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| STATE       | 2     | S     | Current state FIPS code               |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| COUNTY      | 3     | S     | Current county FIPS code              |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| CONCITY     | 5     | S     | Current consolidated city FIPS code   |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| CC_Name     | 90    | S     | Current consolidated city name        |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| CHNG_TYPE   | 2     | S     | Type of area update                   |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| EFF_DATE    | 8     | S     | Effective date for boundary change    |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| LEGAL_DOC   | 20    | S     | Legal document to support change      |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| OFFSET      | 10    | S     | Geographic corridor or offset         |
|             |       | tring | distance                              |
|             |       |       |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AREA        | 10    | D     | Acreage of annexation                 |
|             |       | ouble |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+

[]{#mcds .anchor}**5. Minor Civil Division (MCD) Shapefile**

> The shapefile name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_MCD
>
> The following is the MCD boundary attribute table layout:

+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| Field       | L     | Type  | Description                           |
|             | ength |       |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| STATE       | 2     | S     | Current state FIPS code               |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| COUNTY      | 3     | S     | Current county FIPS code              |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| MCD         | 5     | S     | Current MCD FIPS                      |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| MCD_NAME    | 90    | S     | Current MCD name                      |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| CHNG_TYPE   | 2     | S     | Type of area update                   |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| EFF_DATE    | 8     | S     | Effective date for boundary change    |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| LEGAL_DOC   | 20    | S     | Legal document to support change      |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| OFFSET      | 10    | S     | Geographic corridor or offset         |
|             |       | tring | distance                              |
|             |       |       |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AREA        | 10    | D     | Acreage of annexation                 |
|             |       | ouble |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+

[]{#ips .anchor}**6. Incorporated Place Shapefile**

> The shapefile name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_Place
>
> The following is the incorporated place boundary attribute table
> layout:

+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| **Field**   | **Len | **T   | **Description**                       |
|             | gth** | ype** |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| STATE       | 2     | S     | Current state FIPS code               |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| COUNTY      | 3     | S     | Current county FIPS code              |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| PLACE       | 5     | S     | Current place FIPS                    |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| PLC_NAME    | 90    | S     | Current place name                    |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| CHNG_TYPE   | 2     | S     | Type of area update                   |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| EFF_DATE    | 8     | S     | Effective date for boundary change    |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| LEGAL_DOC   | 20    | S     | Legal document to support change      |
|             |       | tring |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| OFFSET      | 10    | S     | Geographic corridor or offset         |
|             |       | tring | distance                              |
|             |       |       |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+
| AREA        | 10    | D     | Acreage of annexation                 |
|             |       | ouble |                                       |
|             |       |       | (filled by participant for digital    |
|             |       |       | boundary updates)                     |
+-------------+-------+-------+---------------------------------------+

[]{#als .anchor}**7. Area Landmark Shapefile**

> The shapefile name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_AreaLndk
>
> The following is the area landmark attribute table layout:

  --------------- -------- -------- ---------------------------------------
  Field           Length   Type     Description

  LNDK_CFCC       3        String   Area landmark Census Feature Class Code
                                    (CFCC)

  LNDK_CFCC 1     1        String   First character of area landmark CFCC

  LNDK_NAME       90       String   Primary area landmark name
  --------------- -------- -------- ---------------------------------------

[]{#cts .anchor}**8. Census Tract Shapefile**

> The shapefile name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_Tract
>
> The following is the census tract attribute table layout:

  --------------- -------- -------- ---------------------------------------
  Field           Length   Type     Description

  STATE           2        String   Current state FIPS code

  COUNTY          3        String   Current county FIPS code

  TRACT           6        String   Current census tract code

  GEOID           11       String   Combined State, County, and Tract Codes
  --------------- -------- -------- ---------------------------------------

[]{#cbls .anchor}**9. Census Block Shapefile**

> The shapefile is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_Block
>
> The following is the census block attribute table layout:

  --------------- -------- -------- ---------------------------------------
  Field           Length   Type     Description

  STATE           2        String   Current state FIPS code

  COUNTY          3        String   Current county FIPS code

  TRACT           6        String   Current census tract code

  BLOCKCU         4        String   Current census block base code

  BLOCKCUSUF      1        String   Current census block (suffix) code

  GEOID           16       String   Combined State, County, and Tract Codes
  --------------- -------- -------- ---------------------------------------

[]{#has .anchor}**10. Hydrography - area Shapefile**

> The shapefile name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_HydroArea
>
> The following is the hydrography area attribute table:

+-------------+-------+------+----------------------------------------+
| Field       | L     | Type | Description                            |
|             | ength |      |                                        |
+-------------+-------+------+----------------------------------------+
| STATE       | 2     | St   | Current state FIPS code                |
|             |       | ring |                                        |
+-------------+-------+------+----------------------------------------+
| COUNTY      | 3     | St   | Current county FIPS code               |
|             |       | ring |                                        |
+-------------+-------+------+----------------------------------------+
| HYDRO_CFCC  | 3     | St   | Census Feature Classification Code     |
|             |       | ring |                                        |
+-------------+-------+------+----------------------------------------+
| HYDRO_NAME  | 120   | St   | Current hydrography area name          |
|             |       | ring |                                        |
+-------------+-------+------+----------------------------------------+
| CHNG_TYPE   | 2     | St   | Type of area update                    |
|             |       | ring |                                        |
|             |       |      | (filled by participant)                |
+-------------+-------+------+----------------------------------------+
| AREA        | 10    | Do   | Acreage of annexation                  |
|             |       | uble |                                        |
|             |       |      | (filled by participant for digital     |
|             |       |      | boundary updates)                      |
+-------------+-------+------+----------------------------------------+
| RELATE      | 120   | St   | Relationship description               |
|             |       | ring |                                        |
|             |       |      | (filled by participant for digital     |
|             |       |      | boundary updates)                      |
+-------------+-------+------+----------------------------------------+

[]{#alns .anchor}**11. All Lines Shapefile**

> The shapefile name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_AllLines
>
> The following is the all lines attribute table layout:

+---------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------+
| Field         | Length  | Type    | Description                      |
+---------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------+
| TLID          | 10      | Integer | TIGER\\Line ID                   |
+---------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------+
| CFCC          | 3       | String  | Feature CFCC                     |
+---------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------+
| CFCC1         | 1       | String  | First character of feature CFCC  |
+---------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------+
| FIDELITY      | 1       | Integer | Shape Fidelity Flag              |
+---------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------+
| FENAME        | 90      | String  | Feature name                     |
+---------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------+
| CHNG_TYPE     | 2       | String  | Type of Digital BAS linear       |
|               |         |         | update                           |
|               |         |         |                                  |
|               |         |         | (filled by participant)          |
+---------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------+

**Associated Database Files**

[]{#fnt .anchor}**1. Feature Names Table**

> The file name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_Roadnames.dbf
>
> The following is the feature names table layout:

  ------------- ----------- ----------- ----------------------------------
  Field         Length      Type        Description

  TLID          10          Integer     TIGER\\Line ID

  STATE         2           String      Current state FIPS code

  COUNTY        3           String      Current county FIPS code

  FEDIRP        2           String      Feature Direction, Prefix

  FETYPP        2           String      Feature Type, Prefix

  FENAME        30          String      Feature Name

  FETYPS        4           String      Feature Type, Suffix

  FEDIRS        2           String      Feature Direction, Suffix
  ------------- ----------- ----------- ----------------------------------

[]{#art .anchor}**2. Address Range Table**

> The file name is: LUCA\_\<ST\>\<COU\>\_AddressRanges.dbf
>
> The following is the address range table layout:

  ------------- ----------- ----------- ----------------------------------
  Field         Length      Type        Description

  TLID          10          Integer     TIGER\\Line ID

  STATE         2           String      Current state FIPS code

  COUNTY        3           String      Current county FIPS code

  FRADDL        11          String      Start Address, Left

  TOADDL        11          String      End Address, Left

  FRADDR        11          String      Start Address, Right

  TOADDR        11          String      End Address, Right

  ZIPL          5           String      ZIP Code, left

  ZIPR          5           String      ZIP Code, right

  ZIP4L         4           String      ZIP+4 Code, Left

  ZIP4R         4           String      ZIP+4 Code, Right
  ------------- ----------- ----------- ----------------------------------

[]{#shp .anchor}**SHAPEFILE \*.PRJ**

Every shape-file produced contains an associated projected (PRJ) file.
The PRJ is a simple text file that stores coordinate system/projection
information for each shape-file enabling users to easily import the
shape-files into their local coordinate system.

GEOGCS\[\"GCS_North_American_1983\",DATUM\[\"D_North_American_1983\",SPHEROID\[\"GRS_1980\",6378137.0,298.257222101\]\],PRIMEM\[\"Greenwich\",0.0\]

,UNIT\[\"Degree\",0.0174532925199433\]\]