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U.S. Gazetteer: 2000 and 1990



Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files
Download Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files for places, counties, county subdivisions, and ZCTAsTM (ZIP Code® Tabulation Area). These files are available to the public "as is"; the vintage matches the Census 2000 data available from the Census Bureau.


1990 Census Gazetteer Place Search
Search for a Place in the U.S. (1990 vintage) using the Census Bureau's 1990 Gazetteer search engine.


1990 Census Gazetteer Files
Download 1990 Census U.S. Gazetteer files for counties, places and U.S. Postal Service ZIP Codes. These files are available to the public "as is"; the vintage matches the 1990 Census data available from the Census Bureau.

Note: We recommend reading the folowing FAQs before downloading any files from this page: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. as well as the Census Bureau's position regarding U.S. Postal Service ZIP Code Information.

  • Place s (23789 records): 3378038 bytes
  • MCDs (36289 records): 5298194 bytes
  • Counties (3141 records): 446022 bytes
  • Zips (29470 records): 1893118 bytes

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Record Layout 1990 Gazetteer Files
The source of the following record layout information is the 1990 Census Geographic Information Coding Scheme (GICS) with the exception of the ZIP Code file whose source is the 1990 Zip/Block Equivalence File:


Additional Resource:

  • American FactFinder
    Create custom data tables containing statistics from the 1990 Census Summary Tape Files and the Census 2000 Summary Files.