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.
2024
This page provides links to the 2024 gazetteer files for 119th 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, unified, and administrative), state legislative districts (upper and lower), 2020 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 otherwise 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 2024 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 2013-2023 American Community Survey, 2020 Census, 2010 Census, Census 2000, or 1990 Census files.
- Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA) files are available for the 2024 data year.
- State file added on January 23, 2025.
119th Congressional Districts
The Congressional Districts file contains data for the 119th Congress (January 2024 to January 2026).
American Indian Reservations, Statistical Areas, and Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas
American Indian Reservations, Trust Lands, and Native Hawaiian Home Lands
Census Tracts
The 2020 census tract file is based on the 2020 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 26 states and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2024. 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 20 states and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2024. The states represented in the file are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 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 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2024.
School Districts - Administrative
The school districts - administrative file contains data for administrative school district areas in the state of Vermont and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2024.
States
State Legislative Districts - Lower Chamber
The state legislative districts - lower chamber file contains data for 49 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the 2024 election cycle. Nebraska has a unicameral legislature, and the District of Columbia has a single council, both of which the Census Bureau treats as upper-chamber legislative areas for the purpose of data presentation. Therefore, there are no lower chamber state legislative districts provided for Nebraska or the District of Columbia.
State Legislative Districts - Upper Chamber
The state legislative districts - upper chamber file contains data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the 2024 election cycle. Some records contain special characters.
Urban Areas
The Urban Areas file contains records based on the 2020 Census tabulation blocks.
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas
The ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are based on the 2020 Census tabulation blocks.
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