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TIGER/Line Shapefiles
TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Format:
- Shapefile - 2007 to Present
- TIGER/Line ASCII format - 2006 and earlier
- Census 2000 available in both formats
The core TIGER/Line Files and Shapefiles do not include demographic data, but they do contain geographic entity codes (GEOIDs) that can be linked to the Census Bureau’s demographic data, available on data.census.gov.
All legal boundaries and names are as of January 1, 2012. Released August 17, 2012.
Address Locators
State-based address locater files are available to download for each State, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, to assist customers with their geocoding needs. These address locator files reference 2012 Address Feature (ADDFEAT) TIGER/Line Shapefile data, which contain all address range to feature name and address range to edge database relationships.
Address locators were created, in ArcGIS 10.1, using the "US Address – Dual Ranges" Address Locator Style type. Five fields of reference data were required to build each Address Locator:
Required Field |
ADDFEAT equivalent field |
|---|---|
| From Left | LFROMHN |
| To Left | LTOHN |
| From Right | RFROMHN |
| To Right | RTOHN |
| Street Name | FULLNAME |
The address locator files lack metadata; however, metadata for Address Feature (ADDRFEAT) reference data are available to view/download in "Appendix A" of the 2012 TIGER/Line Shapefiles Technical Documentation.
Page Last Revised - January 9, 2024
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