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2025

119th Congressional Districts


The congressional district file contains data for the 119th Congress (January 2025 to January 2027).
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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
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
Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE)
Column 2 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 4 NAME American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Area full 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
American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Areas, by Component
Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE and Component Type)
Column 2 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 4 NAME Reservation, Statistical Area, or Trust Land full 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
Census Tracts


The 2020 census tract file is based on the 2020 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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
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
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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 CBSA_TYPE Metropolitan/micropolitan status indicator
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
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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
Column 4 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 5 NAME Name
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
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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
Column 4 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 5 NAME Name
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
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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
Column 4 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code
Column 5 NAME Name
Column 6 LSAD Legal/Statistical area descriptor
Column 7 FUNCSTAT Functional status of entity
Column 8 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 9 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 10 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 11 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only
Column 12 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 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.
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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 6 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
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 - 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.
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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 6 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
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 - 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, 2024.
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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 6 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
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 - 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.
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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
Column 4 NAME Name
Column 5 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided
Column 6 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided
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
States
Column Label Description
Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation
Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - State FIPS geographic code
Column 3 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
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
State Legislative Districts - Lower Chambers


The state legislative districts - lower chamber file contains data for 49 states and 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 data by the lower house of the state legislative districts for either Nebraska or the District of Columbia.

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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
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
State Legislative Districts - Upper Chambers


The state legislative districts - upper chamber file contains data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for 2024 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 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
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
Urban Areas


The Urban Areas file is based on the 2020 Census tabulation blocks. Some records contain special characters.
Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Five digit Urban Area Census Code
Column 2 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
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
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas


The ZIP Code Tabulation Areas file is based on the 2020 Census tabulation blocks.
Column Label Description
Column 1 GEOID Five digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area Census Code
Column 2 GEOIDFQ Fully qualified geographic identifier - used to join to data.census.gov data tables
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

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Page Last Revised - September 2, 2026