The Geography Information dataset (GEOINFO) contains all the geographies that are disseminated by the U.S. Census Bureau during a calendar year. The dataset combines all these disseminated geographies into one centralized location to allow for easy user access. The Geography Information dataset includes spatial attributes for the disseminated geographies, such as a point of internal latitude, a point of internal longitude, and the area of the water and land both in square meters and square miles.

The geographies contained in the Geography Information dataset are the geographies disseminated for surveys and programs such as the American Community Survey, Community Resilience Estimates, Current Population Survey, Decennial Census, Economic Census and Economic Surveys, Household Pulse Survey, International Database, Population Estimates, Secondary Employment Outcomes, Public Sector, and Survey of Market Absorption. The Geography Information dataset does include island area geographies but does not contain any international geographies.

The Geography Information dataset will be created annually for the calendar year prior once all of the Geographic Information Tables for the various surveys and programs are received for the year. The Geography Information dataset will be released around the early summer every year.    

The program will first produce a Geography Information dataset for data year 2023 and eventually produce datasets going backwards to data year 2020. The program will also produce a Geography Information dataset for every subsequent year after data year 2023. 

Note: The Geography Information dataset contains the geographies disseminated for the Population Estimates Program but does not currently support the release of the population estimates. Please refer to the following URL for population estimates: www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data.html.