The Working with TIGER/Line Shapefiles series is an overview of how to access and use the US Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Each section is a short how-to guide for accessing and using the TIGER/Line Shapefiles as well as joining data from the US Census Bureau to the TIGER/Line Shapefiles.

Downloading TIGER/Line Shapefiles
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Opening TIGER/Line Shapefiles into ArcGIS
Web version (coming soon) | PDF version
Downloading Data for the 2010 Census from the New American FactFinder to use with TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Web version (coming soon) | PDF version
Note on using data from the new American FactFinder
Downloading Data for the American Community Survey, Economic Census, and Population Estimates from American FactFinder to use with TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Web version (coming soon) | PDF version
Joining Census Data to TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Web version (coming soon) | PDF version
Creating a Thematic Map
Web version (coming soon) | PDF version

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Working with TIGER/Line® Shapefiles

Using the TIGER/Line Shapefiles and Census Data

Working with TIGER/Line^® Shapefiles