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2023

118th Congressional Districts

The congressional district file contains data for the 118th Congress (January 2023 to January 2025).

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and district number)
Column 3 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 4 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 8 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

American Indian Reservations, Statistical Areas, and Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME American Indian Area full name
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

American Indian Reservations, Trust Lands, and Native Hawaiian Home Lands

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME American Indian Reservation or Trust Land full name
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Census Tracts

The 2020 census tract file is based on the 2020 Census.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS, County FIPS, census tract number)
Column 3 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 4 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 8 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Core Based Statistical Areas

Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 CSAFP Combined statistical area code (may be blank for some records)
Column 2 GEOID Metropolitan statistical area/micropolitan statistical area code
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 CBSA_TYPE Metropolitan/micropolitan status indicator
Column 5 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 10 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Counties

Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and County FIPS)
Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 10 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

County Subdivisions

Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS, County FIPS, County Subdivision FIPS)
Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 FUNCSTAT Functional status of entity
Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Current American Indian, Alaska Native, and Hawaiian Home Lands Legal and Statistical Areas

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME American Indian Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land full name
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Current American Indian Off-Reservation Trust Lands

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME Off-Reservation Trust Land full name (NAMELSAD)
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Current Hawaiian Home Lands

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME Hawaiian Home Land full name (NAMELSAD)
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Places

Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and Place FIPS)
Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 LSAD Legal/Statistical area descriptor
Column 6 FUNCSTAT Functional status of entity
Column 7 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 11 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 12 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

School Districts - Elementary

The school districts - elementary file contains data for 26 states and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2023. The states represented in the file are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and local education agency number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 5 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

School Districts - Secondary

The school districts - secondary file contains data for 20 states and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2023. The states represented in the file are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and local education agency number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 5 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

School Districts - Unified

The school districts - unified file contains data for unified school districts in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2023.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and local education agency number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 5 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

School Districts - Administrative

The school districts - administrative file contains data for administrative school district areas in the state of Vermont and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2023.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and local education agency number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 5 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

State Legislative Districts - Lower Chambers

The state legislative districts - lower chamber file contains data for 49 states and Puerto Rico for the 2022 election cycle. 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. Therefore, there are no data by the lower house of the state legislative districts for either Nebraska or the District of Columbia. 

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and district number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

State Legislative Districts - Upper Chambers

The state legislative districts - upper chamber file contains data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for 2022 election cycle. Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and district number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Urban Areas

The Urban Areas file is based on the 2020 Census tabulation blocks.

Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Five digit Urban Area Census Code
Column 2 NAME Name
Column 3 UATYPE Urban Area Type
C = Urban Cluster
U = Urbanized Area
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas

The ZIP Code Tabulation Areas file is based on the 2020 Census tabulation blocks.

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Five digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area Census Code
Column 2 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 3 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 4 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 7 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

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Page Last Revised - September 28, 2023
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