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Census 111th Congressional Districts United States 2010

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
U.S. Census Bureau. Geography Division
Publication Date
2010
Title
Census 111th Congressional Districts United States 2010
Edition
2010
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-tg10uscd111
Abstract
This polygon data layer represents the 2010 TIGER/Line Census 111th congressional districts for the United States. The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that 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 File 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 congressional districts for the 111th Congress (January 2009 to 2011) continue to be based on Census 2000 data. 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).
Purpose
In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
Publication Date
Time Period
Beginning
201001
End
201007
Bounding Box
West
-179.231086
East
179.859681
North
71.441059
South
17.831509
Theme Keyword
Boundaries
Census
Administrative and political divisions
Legislators
United States Congress
Election districts
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Theme Keyword
boundaries
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
Nation
Polygon
Congressional Districts
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
United States
United States
U.S.
Place Keyword Thesaurus
INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database. No changes or updates will be made to this version of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Future releases of TIGER/Line Shapefiles will reflect updates made to the Census MAF/TIGER database.
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Delivery Point
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
City
Washington
State
DC
Postal Code
20233-7400
Country
United States
Contact Telephone
301-763-1128
Contact Facsimile Telephone
301-763-4710
Contact Electronic Mail Address
geo.tiger@census.gov
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
Accurate against Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), FIPS Publication 6-4, and FIPS-55 at the 100% level for the codes and base names. The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy.
Logical Consistency Report
The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining FIPS 55. Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons.
Completeness Report
Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.
Lineage
Source
Originator
U.S. Census Bureau. Geography Division
Publication Date
Unpublished material
Title
Census MAF/TIGER database
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Range of Dates/Times
Beginning Date
201001
Ending Date
201007
Source Currentness Reference
Publication Date
Contribution
The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.
Spatial Data Organization Information
Indirect Spatial Reference Method
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), ANSI, and feature names.
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
G-polygon
Point and Vector Object Count
437
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000458
Longitude Resolution
0.000458
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983 in the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Pacific Island Areas.
Ellipsoid Name
Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis
6378137
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298257
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
TG10USCD111.shp
Entity Type Definition
111th Congressional District National
Entity Type Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
Attributes
OBJECTID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
STATEFP10
2010 Census state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code (INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 5-2)U.S. Census Bureau)
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
STATENS10
2010 Census state ANSI code (INCITS 446-2008, (GNIS) Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory ZoneU.S. Geological Survey (USGS))
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
CD111FP
111th congressional district Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code
00
At Large Representation
01 to 53
Congressional District (in states with more than one district)
98
Non-Voting Delegate
99
No Representation
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
GEOID10
111th congressional district identifier, a concatenation of state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code and the 111th congressional district FIPS code (INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 5-2), and the 111th congressional district FIPS code that appears in CD111FPU.S. Census Bureau)
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
NAMELSAD10
2010 Census name and the translated legal/statistical area description for congressional district code (Use values from the congressional district code (CDFP) field, where value is 01 to 52 without leading zeros and/or the translated legal/statistical area description code for congressional district that appears in LSAD10U.S. Census Bureau)
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
LSAD10
2010 Census legal/statistical area description code for congressional district
00
Blank
C1
Congressional District (at Large)
C2
Congressional District (prefix)
C3
Resident Commissioner District (at Large)
C4
Delegate District (at Large)
C5
No Representative
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
CDSESSN
111th congressional session code (106 to 199)
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
MTFCC10
MAF/TIGER feature class code
G5200
Congressional District
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
FUNCSTAT10
2010 Census functional status
N
Nonfunctioning legal entity
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
ALAND10
2010 Census land area (square meters)
0 to 9,999,999,999,999
Blank
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
AWATER10
2010 Census water area (square meters)
0 to 9,999,999,999,999
Blank
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
INTPTLAT10
2010 Census latitude of the internal point
00
Blank
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
INTPTLON10
2010 Census longitude of the internal point
00
Blank
Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau
SHAPE
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
SHAPE.AREA
Feature area.
Definition Source
ESRI
SHAPE.LEN
Feature length.
Definition Source
ESRI
Distribution Information
Format Name
Shapefile
Distributor
Harvard Geospatial Library
Online Access
http://hgl.harvard.edu/
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20120110
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Harvard Geospatial Library
Contact Position
Geospatial Resources Cataloger
Contact Address
Address
Harvard University Library
Address
Office For Information Systems
Address
90 Mount Auburn Street
City
Cambridge
State or Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
617-495-2417
Contact Facsimile Telephone
617-496-0440
Contact Electronic Mail Address
hgl_ref@hulmail.harvard.edu
Hours of Service
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST-USA
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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