Gazetteer Files
Gazetteer Files
The U.S. Gazetteer Files provide a listing of all geographic areas for selected geographic area types. The files include geographic identifier codes, names, area measurements, and representative latitude and longitude coordinates.
2018
This page provides links to the 2018 gazetteer files for 116th Congressional Districts, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Areas, census tracts, counties, county subdivisions (minor civil divisions/census county divisions), places, school districts (elementary, secondary, and unified), state legislative districts (upper and lower), urban areas, and ZIP Code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Notes:
- All national files are in compressed format.
- Files are tab-delimited text, one line per record unless other noted.
- Data are available for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico unless otherwise noted.
- Population and housing unit counts are not included in these files.
- The Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) are not included in these files.
- The geography in these files matches the areas for which the 2018 American Community Survey data are published.
- Because of changes in boundaries and entity names, the creation of new entities, and the dissolution of others, users should not expect a one-to-one relationship between the entity names and codes in these files and the 2012-2017 American Community Survey, 2010 Census, Census 2000, or 1990 Census files.
- User note on Congressional and State Legislative Districts in Geographic Products.
116th Congressional Districts
The Congressional Districts file contains data for the 116th Congress (January 2019 to January 2021).
American Indian Reservations, Statistical Areas, and Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas
American Indian Reservations, Trust Lands, and Native Hawaiian Home Lands
Census Tracts
The 2018 census tract file is based on the 2010 Census.
Download a Single State Census Tracts Gazetteer File:
Core Based Statistical Areas
Some records contain special characters.
Counties
Some records contain special characters.
Download a Single State Counties Gazetteer File:
County Subdivisions
Some records contain special characters.
Download a Single State County Subdivisions Gazetteer File:
Current American Indian, Alaska Native, and Hawaiian Home Lands Legal and Statistical Areas
Current American Indian Off-Reservation Trust Lands
Current Hawaiian Home Lands
Places
Download a Single State Places Gazetteer File:
School Districts - Elementary
The school districts - elementary file contains data for 24 states and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2018. The states represented in the file are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
School Districts - Secondary
The school districts - secondary file contains data for 19 states and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2018. The states represented in the file are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin.
School Districts - Unified
The school districts - unified file contains data for unified school districts in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2018.
State Legislative Districts - Lower Chamber
The state legislative districts - lower chamber file contains data for 49 states and Puerto Rico for the 2018 election cycle. Nebraska and the District of Columbia are not included because they do not have a state legislative district - lower chamber.
State Legislative Districts - Upper Chamber
The state legislative districts - upper chamber file contains data for the 2018 election cycle. Some records contain special characters.
Urban Areas
Some records contain special characters.
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas
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