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Original census file name: tl_2020_<state + county FIPS>_place20.shp
CDR’s renamed file: Census2020_PL_OC_place.shp
2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Downloaded 1/26/2021 from https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html
Documentation file: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/technical-documentation/complete-technical-documentation/tiger-geo-line.html
The 2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) TIGER/Line Shapefiles contain 2020 and 2010 geographic extent and boundaries of both legal and statistical entities (which have no governmental standing) for the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The 2020 vintage includes boundaries of governmental units that match the data from the surveys that use 2020 geography (e.g., 2020 Population Estimates and the 2020 American Community Survey). The 2010 vintage includes boundaries of governmental units that match the data from the surveys that use 2010 geography (e.g., 2010 Population Estimates and the 2010 American Community Survey).
In addition to geographic boundaries, the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) TIGER/Line Shapefiles also include geographic feature shapefiles and relationship files. Feature shapefiles represent the point, line and polygon features in the MTDB (e.g., roads and rivers). Relationship files contain additional attribute information users can join to the shapefiles. Both the feature shapefiles and relationship files reflect updates made in the database through October 2020.
To see how the geographic entities relate to one another, please see our geographic hierarchy diagrams here: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/hierarchy.html
TIGER/Line Shapefile file name definitions
File Name | Shapefile/Relationship File |
ADDR | Address Range Relationship File |
ADDRFN | Address Range-Feature Name Relationship |
AIANNH | American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Areas |
AITS | American Indian Tribal Subdivision |
ANRC | Alaska Native Regional Corporation |
AREALM | Area Landmark |
Area Landmark | AREAWATER |
AREAWATER | Area Hydrography |
BG | Block Group |
CD | Congressional District |
CONCITY | Consolidated City |
COUNTY | County |
COUSUB | County Subdivision |
EDGES | All Lines |
ELSD | Elementary School District |
FACES | Topological Faces (Polygons with All Geocodes) |
FACESAH | Topological Faces-Area Hydrography Relationship File |
FACESAL | Topological Faces-Area Landmark Relationship File |
FEATNAMES | Feature Names Relationship File |
LINEARWATER | Linear Hydrography |
PLACE | Place |
POINTLM | Point Landmark |
PRISECROADS | Primary and Secondary Roads |
ROADS | All Roads |
SCSD | Secondary School Districts |
SLDL | State Legislative District – Lower Chamber |
SLDU | State Legislative District – Upper Chamber |
STATE | State and Equivalent |
SUBBARRIO | Subbarrios (Subminor Civil Divisions) |
TABBLOCK | Census Tabulation Block |
TRACT | Census Tract |
UGA | Urban Growth Area |
UNSD | Unified School District |
VTD | Voting District |
Name: tl_2020_<state FIPS>_place20.shp
Figure 73: Place Shapefile Record Layout (2020)
Field | Length | Type | Description |
STATEFP20 | 2 | String | 2020 Census state FIPS code |
PLACEFP20 | 5 | String | 2020 Census place FIPS code |
PLACENS20 | 8 | String | 2020 Census place GNIS code |
GEOID20 | 7 | String | Place identifier; a concatenation of the 2020 Census state FIPS code and place FIPS code |
NAME20 | 100 | String | 2020 Census place name |
NAMELSAD20 | 100 | String | 2020 Census name and the translated legal/statistical area description for place |
LSAD20 | 2 | String | 2020 Census legal/statistical area description code for place |
CLASSFP20 | 2 | String | 2020 Census FIPS class code |
PCICBSA20 | 1 | String | 2020 Census metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area principal city indicator |
PCINECTA20 | 1 | String | 2020 Census New England city and town area principal city indicator |
MTFCC20 | 5 | String | G4110 (incorporated place) and G4210 (CDP) |
FUNCSTAT20 | 1 | String | 2020 Census functional status |
ALAND20 | 14 | Number | 2020 Census land area |
AWATER20 | 14 | Number | 2020 Census water area |
INTPTLAT20 | 11 | String | 2020 Census latitude of the internal point |
INTPTLON20 | 12 | String | 2020 Census longitude of the internal point |