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TIGER^®, TIGER/Line^® and TIGER^®-Related Products

T I G E R

Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system

MAF/TIGER Enhancements Program (MTEP)

TIGER/Line Shapefiles

2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles -- Released March 31, 2008.

TIGER/Line^® Files

The Future of TIGER/Line^®

2006 Second Edition TIGER/Line^® Files -- Released March 6, 2007.
2006 First Edition TIGER/Line^® Files -- No longer available on-line.
2005 Second Edition TIGER/Line^® Files -- No longer available on-line.
2005 First Edition TIGER/Line ^® Files -- No longer available on-line.
2004 First Edition TIGER/Line^® Files -- No longer available on-line.
2004 Second Edition TIGER/Line^® Files -- No longer available on-line.
108^th CD Census 2000 TIGER/Line^® Files
Previous Versions of Census 2000 TIGER/Line files
TIGER/Line 1992 -- A Link Between 1980 and 1990 Census Geography
TIGER/Line Metadata -- Metadata for 1992 and later versions
Ordering TIGER/Line^® Files -- Product and Price Information
TIGER Vendors -- A list of companies providing products and services related to TIGER
What are the TIGER/Line files and How are they Used? -- Overview and Trademark information
TIGER FAQs -- Frequently Asked Questions about TIGER/Line and TIGER products
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions -- about Census Bureau Geography, Maps and Mapping Engines
Information on the Census Bureau's position in regard to U.S. Postal Service ZIP Codes

TIGER^®-Related Products

Census Bureau Maps -- Census 2000 Map Series, Online Mapping, and Census 2000 Centers of Population
Cartographic Boundary Files -- Generalized boundary files in (.shp), (.e00) and (ASCII) formats.
Census 2000 Block Relationship Files -- 1990 to 2000 Census Blocks.
Census 2000 Census Tract Relationship Files -- 1990 to 2000 Census Tracts.
LandView^® -- A Federal Geographic Data Viewer
TIGER/CTSI^® -- Census Tract Street Index^® Version 4 -- A tool for 1990 HMDA/CRA reporting. No longer available

Access More Information About Census Geography

For information about geographic areas, such as ZIP Code Tabulation Areas ( ZCTAs^TM ), legal and statistical geographic entities for which the Census Bureau tabulates data, statistical area criteria and geographic programs, refer to the Geographic Programs and Understanding Census Geography Web pages. These links are also accessible from the Geography main page.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Geography Division
Created: February 28, 2007

TIGER®, TIGER/Line® and TIGER®-Related Products