The boundaries shown are for Census Bureau 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.

2016

User Notes

User Note 1: FGDC and ISO Metadata Publication Date

Throughout the FGDC metadata the correct begin publication date is “201506”.
Throughout the ISO metadata the correct begin publication date is”2015-06”.

Posted August 8, 2016

User Note 2: ISO Metadata - Abstract Dates

For the national level AIANNH/AITSN/COUNTY layers the correct date is 2016
For the national level CBSA /CNECTA/CSA/METDIV/NECTA/NECTADIV layers the last sentence of the abstract should read: “Boundaries are those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census, published in 2013, and updated in 2015.”
For the national level CD115 layer, the abstract should read: “The 115th Congress is seated from January 2017 to 2019.” The last sentence of the abstract should be: “The boundaries of all other congressional districts reflect information provided to the Census Bureau by the states by May 1, 2016, and were in effect during the November 2016 election.”
For the state level CONCITY/SLDU/SLDL layers the correct date is 2016
For the state level COUSUB layer the correct date for legal MCDs is 2016
For the state level PLACE layer the correct date for incorporated places is 2016
For the state level ELSD/SCSD/UNSD layers, the last sentence of the abstract should be: “The school district boundaries are those in effect for the 2015-2016 school year, i.e., in operation as of January 1, 2016.”

Posted March 7, 2017

User Note 3: ISO Metadata - Other Issues

For the national level CNECTA layer LSAD attribute the correct value is M4 and the correct value description is “Combined NECTA (suffix)”
For the national level CNECTA layer GEOID attribute the correct description of values is “Combined New England city and town area code found in CNECTAFP”
For the state level ANRC layer, the abstract is incomplete. The correct abstract text is:

"The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) 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 shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.

Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs) were created pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), which is federal legislation (Pub. L. 92-203, 85 Stat. 688 (1971); 43 U.S.C. 1602 et seq. (2000)) enacted in 1971, as a "Regional Corporation" and organized under the laws of the State of Alaska to conduct both the for-profit and non-profit affairs of Alaska Natives within a defined region of Alaska. For the Census Bureau, ANRCs are considered legal geographic entities. Twelve ANRCs cover the entire state of Alaska except for the area within the Annette Island Reserve (a federally recognized American Indian reservation under the governmental authority of the Metlakatla Indian Community). A thirteenth ANRC represents Alaska Natives who do not live in Alaska and do not identify with any of the twelve corporations. The Census Bureau does not provide data for this thirteenth ANRC because it has no defined geographic extent and thus it does not appear in the TIGER/Line Files. The Census Bureau offers representatives of the twelve non-profit ANRCs in Alaska the opportunity to review and update the ANRC boundaries before each decennial census. The ANRC boundaries are those reported as of January 1, 2010."

Posted March 7, 2017