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2013

113th Congressional Districts

The congressional district file contains data for the 113th Congress (January 2013 to January 2015).

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and district number)
Column 3 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 4 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 8 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Areas

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Areas - Reservations Only

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

American Indian Areas/Alaska Native Areas/Native Hawaiian Areas - Trust Lands Only

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Census Tracts

The 2013 census tract file contains data as of the 2010 Census, with a few updates based on small boundary corrections.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS, County FIPS, census tract number)
Column 3 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 4 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 8 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Counties

Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and County FIPS)
Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 10 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

County Subdivisions

Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS, County FIPS, County Subdivision FIPS)
Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 FUNCSTAT Functional status of entity
Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Places

Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and Place FIPS)
Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Insititute code
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 LSAD Legal/Statistical area descriptor
Column 6 FUNCSTAT Functional status of entity
Column 7 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 11 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 12 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

School Districts - Elementary

The school districts - elementary file contains data for elementary school districts in 24 states and are from the 2011-2012 school year. The 2011-2012 school districts represent districts in operation as of January 1, 2012. The states represented in the file are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and local education agency number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 5 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively


School Districts - Secondary

The school districts - secondary file contains data for secondary school districts in 19 states and are from the 2011-2012 school year. The 2011-2012 school districts represent districts in operation as of January 1, 2012. The states represented in the file are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and local education agency number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 5 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

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 are from the 2011-2012 school year. The 2011-2012 school districts represent districts in operation as of January 1, 2012.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and local education agency number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 5 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

State Legislative Districts - Lower Chambers

The state legislative districts - lower chamber file contains data for state legislative districts - lower chamber in the 49 states and Puerto Rico as of the 2012 election cycle. Note: Nebraska and the District of Columbia do not have state legislative district - lower chamber in the file.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and district number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

State Legislative Districts - Upper Chambers

The state legislative districts - upper chamber file contains data as of the 2012 election cycle. Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and district number)
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

Urban Areas

Some records contain special characters.

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Five digit Urban Area Census Code
Column 2 NAME Name
Column 3 UATYPE Urban Area Type
C = Urban Cluster
U = Urbanized Area
Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas

Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Five digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area Census Code
Column 2 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 3 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 4 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 5 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 6 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively
Column 7 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively

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