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2015

114th Congressional Districts


The congressional district file contains data for the 114th Congress (January 2015 to January 2017).
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 Areas - Legal American Indian Reservations and Off-Reservation Trust Lands
Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME American Indian Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land full 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 - Legal American Indian Areas - Excluding Off-Reservation Trust Land and Hawaiian Home Land Records
Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME American Indian Area full 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 - Legal and Statistical American Indian 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 American Indian Area full 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 - Legal American Indian Areas Off-Reservation Trust Lands and Hawaiian Home Lands
Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 3 NAME Off-Reservation Trust Land or Hawaiian Home Land full 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 2015 census tract file contains data as of the 2010 Census.
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
Core Based Statistical Areas


Some records contain special characters.
Column Label Description
Column 1 CSAFP Combined statistical area code (may be blank for some records)
Column 2 GEOID Metropolitan statistical area/micropolitan statistical area code
Column 3 NAME Name
Column 4 CBSA_TYPE Metropolitan/micropolitan status indicator
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
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 24 states and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2015. 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.
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 19 states and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2015. 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.
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 represents districts in operation as of January 1, 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 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 49 states and Puerto Rico for the 2015 election cycle. Nebraska and the District of Columbia are not included because they do not have a state legislative district - lower chamber.
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 for the 2015 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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Page Last Revised - September 2, 2026