2010 Census 5-Digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area, 2010 TIGER/Line Shapefile

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:
2010 Census 5-Digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area, 2010 TIGER/Line Shapefile
Edition: 2010
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger>
Description:
Abstract:
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. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) are approximate area representations of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ZIP Code service areas that the Census Bureau creates to present statistical data from Census 2000. The Census Bureau creates ZCTAs for the United States, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands for the 2010 Census. Data users should not use ZCTAs to identify the official USPS ZIP Code for mail delivery. The USPS makes periodic changes to ZIP Codes to support more efficient mail delivery. For the 2010 Census, ZCTAs should more accurately represent the actual ZIP Codes at the time of their delineation than they did for Census 2000. This is because that before the tabulation blocks, which the ZCTAs are built from, were delineated for the 2010 Census, the Census Bureau undertook the process of inserting lines that could be used as 2010 Census tabulation block boundaries, and these lines split polygons where the result would be that a significant number of addresses would occur on either one or both sides of the line associated with a single ZIP Code. Each 2010 Census tabulation block that contains addresses is assigned to a single ZCTA, usually to the ZCTA that reflects the most frequently occurring ZIP Code for the addresses within that tabulation block. As a result, ZIP Codes associated with address ranges found in the Address Ranges relationship file may not always match the ZCTA. Blocks that do not contain addresses but are completely surrounded by a single ZCTA (enclaves) are assigned to the surrounding ZCTA. A ZCTA may not exist for every USPS ZIP Code. Some ZIP Codes may not have a matching ZCTA because too few addresses were associated with the specific ZIP Code or the ZIP Code was not the most frequently occurring ZIP Code within any of the blocks were it exists. The Census Bureau uses the addresses stored within MTDB to delineate ZCTAs, and at the time of the 2010 Census the MTDB primarily included addresses for residential or at least potentially residential structures, so ZCTAs representing only non-residential structures are infrequent. Also, in each tabulation block, if a choice existed between using a potential city-style mail delivery ZIP Code for an address or a post office box ZIP Code, the city-style mail delivery ZIP Code was preferred for the 2010 Census ZCTA delineation. The Census Bureau identifies 5-digit ZCTAs using a five-character numeric code that represents the most frequently occurring USPS ZIP Code within that ZCTA, and this code may contain leading zeros.
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.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 201001
Ending_Date: 201007
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: 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.
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: 579552.666809
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 2551106.850295
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 81835.082450
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 1355592.778933
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword: Boundaries
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: State or equivalent entity
Theme_Keyword: Polygon
Theme_Keyword: ZIP Code Tabulation Area
Theme_Keyword: ZCTA
Theme_Keyword: Zip Code
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: U.S.
Place_Keyword: State or Equivalent Entity
Place_Keyword: Washington
Place_Keyword: WA
Place_Keyword: 53
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
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.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing address
Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
City: Washington
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 20233-7400
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-1128
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-4710
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: geo.tiger@census.gov

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
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_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title: Census MAF/TIGER database
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 201001
Ending_Date: 201007
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: MAF/TIGER
Source_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.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER data for all of the aforementioned geographic entities are then distributed among the shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Census MAF/TIGER
Process_Date: 2010

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
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: 598

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name:
North American Datum of 1983 in the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii (only Oahu Island within Honolulu County, HI (15003)), Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Regional datums are used in the Pacific Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) and most of Hawaii. The datums used in the remainder of Hawaii are as follows: Hawaii County, HI (15001), Old Hawaiian Datum; Honolulu County, HI (15003), local astronomic datums for all islands northwest of 161 degrees west longitude; Kalawao County, HI (15005), Old Hawaiian Datum; Kauai County, HI (15007), Old Hawaiian Datum for Kauai Island and local astronomic datum for Kaula Rock; Maui County, HI (15009), Old Hawaiian Datum. The datums used in American Samoa are as follows: Eastern District, AS (60010), American Samoa Datum of 1962; Manu'a District, AS (60020), American Samoa Datum of 1962; Rose Island, AS (60030), local astronomic datum; Swains Island, AS (60040), local astronomic datum 1939; Western District, AS (60050), American Samoa Datum of 1962. The Guam Datum of 1963 is used in Guam (66010). The datums used in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are as follows: Northern Islands Municipality (69085), Guam Datum of 1963 (Agrihan, Alamagan, Anatahan, Gugan, Medinilla, Pagan, and Sarigan Islands) and local astronomic datums (Asuncion, Maug, and Farallon De Pajaros Islands); Rota Municipality (69100), Guam Datum of 1963; Saipan Municipality (69110), Guam Datum of 1963; Tinian Municipality (69120), Guam Datum of 1963.
Ellipsoid_Name:
Geodetic Reference System 80 where the datum is the North American Datum of 1983.
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298257
Planar:
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 45.833333
Standard_Parallel: 47.333333
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.500000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.333333
False_Easting: 1640416.666667
False_Northing: 0.000000

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: ZCTA510.shp
Entity_Type_Definition: 2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA5),
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATEFP10
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name:
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)
Codeset_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ZCTA5CE10
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 00401 to 99950
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Five-digit ZIP code
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GEOID10
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area identifier, 2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code found in ZCTA5CE10
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CLASSFP10
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 55 class code
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: B5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Five-digit ZCTA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MTFCC10
Attribute_Definition: MAF/TIGER feature class code
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: G6350
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: ZIP Code Tabulation Area (5-digit)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FUNCSTAT10
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census functional status
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: S
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Statistical entity
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PARTFLG10
Attribute_Definition:
Part flag identifying if all or part of the 2010 Census entity is within the file
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 00
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Blank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: INTPTLAT10
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census latitude of the internal point
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 00
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Blank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: INTPTLON10
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census longitude of the internal point
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 00
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Blank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ALANDM
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census land area (square meters)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0 to 9,999,999,999,999
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Blank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AWATERM
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census water area (square meters)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0 to 9,999,999,999,999
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Blank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ALANDMI
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census land area (square miles)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0 to 9,999,999,999,999
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Blank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AWATERMI
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census water area (square miles)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0 to 9,999,999,999,999
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Blank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POP10
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census population
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HHP10
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census household population
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GQ10
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census group quarter population
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HU10
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census housing units
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OHU10
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census occupied housing units
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPWHITE
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, White alone (includes Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPBLACK
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, Black or African American alone (includes Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPAIAN
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, American Indian and Alaska Native alone (includes Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPASIAN
Attribute_Definition:
Census 2010 Census population, Asian alone (includes Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPNHOPI
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (includes Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPOTH
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, Some Other Race alone (includes Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPTWO
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, Population of Two or More Races (includes Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPHISP
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census population, Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPWHITE2
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census population, White Alone (not Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPBLACK2
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, Black or African American alone (not Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPAIAN2
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, American Indian and Alaska Native alone (not Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPASIAN2
Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census population, Asian alone (not Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPNHOPI2
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (not Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPOTH2
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, Some Other Race alone (not Hispanic or Latino)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: POPTWO2
Attribute_Definition:
2010 Census population, Two or More Races (not Hispanic or Latino)

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing address
Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
City: Washington
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 20233-7400
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-1128
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-4710
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: geo.tiger@census.gov
Distribution_Liability:
No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: TGRSHP (compressed)
File_Decompression_Technique: PK-ZIP, version 1.93 A or higher
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger>
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD-ROM (Only if offered offline)
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Fees:
The online copy of the TIGER/Line files may be accessed without charge.
Ordering_Instructions:
To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line shapefiles visit <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger>
Technical_Prerequisites:
The TIGER/Line shapefiles contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data. For information on how to use the TIGER/Line shapefile data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20100507
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing address
Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
City: Washington
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 20233-7400
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-1128
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-4710
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: geo.tiger@census.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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