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Cartographic Boundary Files

To download files for Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs), Urban Areas, Voting Districts, or ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) please visit the “2020” tab above.

To learn more about the filenames, please see:

Cartographic Boundary Files by Scale

You can download these files one geographic layer at a time by visiting the “Cartographic Boundary Files by Geography” section below or you can download the entire dataset available for a given scale here:

1 : 500,000 (national)  

shapefile [312 MB]  |  geodatabase [186 MB]  | geopackage [334 MB]

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  

shapefile [26 MB]  |  geodatabase [18 MB]  | geopackage [29 MB]

1 : 20,000,000 (national)

shapefile [2.2 MB]  |  geodatabase [1.5 MB]  | geopackage [2.4 MB]

Cartographic Boundary Files by Geography

You can download files one geographic layer at a time for the entire nation or by state, when available, below.

American Indian Area Geographies

American Indian/Alaska Native Areas/Hawaiian Home Lands

1 : 500,000 (national)   shapefile [1.4 MB]  |  kml [1.1 MB ]

American Indian Tribal Subdivisions

1 : 500,000 (national)   shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB ]

Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRC)

1 : 500,000   shapefile [1.2 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

Tribal Block Groups

1 : 500,000 (national)   shapefile [1.6 MB]  |  kml [1.1 MB ]

Tribal Census Tracts

1 : 500,000 (national)   shapefile [1.2 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB ]

Census Block Groups

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [93 MB]

Census Tracts

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [55 MB]

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  shapefile [17 MB]  |  kml [12 MB]

Congressional Districts: 119th Congress

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [6.7 MB]  

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  shapefile [2 MB]  |  kml [1.4 MB]

1 : 20,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

Consolidated Cities

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]

Counties

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [11 MB]  |  kml [8.2 MB]

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  shapefile [2.8 MB]  |  kml [2.2 MB]

1 : 20,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

Counties within Congressional Districts: 119th Congress

1 : 500,000 (national)   shapefile [12 MB]  |  kml [9 MB]

County Subdivisions

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [38 MB]

Divisions

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [2.4 MB]  |  kml [1.8 MB]

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

1 : 20,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

Estates

1 : 500,000  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Related Statistical Areas

Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs):

1: 500,000 (national)  shapefile [4.5 MB]  |  kml [3.4 MB]

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  shapefile [1.2 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

1 : 20,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs):

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [1.8 MB]  |  kml [1.4 MB]

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

1 : 20,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

Metropolitan Divisions:

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

1 : 20,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

Places

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [22 MB]

Regions

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [2.2 MB]  |  kml [1.6 MB]

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

1 : 20,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

School Districts

School District Administrative Areas

1 : 500,000 shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

School Districts - Elementary

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [2.0 MB]

School Districts - Secondary

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [1.0 MB]

School Districts - Unified

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [23 MB]

State Legislative Districts

State Legislative Districts - Lower Chamber

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [16 MB]

State Legislative Districts - Upper Chamber

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [11 MB]

States

1 : 500,000 (national)  shapefile [3.1 MB]  |  kml [2.4 MB]

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  shapefile [1.1 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

1 : 20,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

Subbarrios

1 : 500,000  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

United States Outline

1 : 5,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

1 : 20,000,000 (national)  shapefile [<1.0 MB]  |  kml [<1.0 MB]

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