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TIGER Geodatabases

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2016 TIGER Geodatabases


TIGER Geodatabases are spatial extracts from the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER database for use with Esri’s ArcGIS.  The geodatabases contain national coverage (for geographic boundaries or features) or state coverage (boundaries within state).

These files do not include demographic data, but they contain geographic entity codes that can be linked to the Census Bureau’s demographic data, available on American FactFinder.

See the documentation for the description of geographic boundaries and features contained in each geodatabase.  Further details of the geographic boundaries and features can be found in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles technical documentation. These files will be released up to two times a year.

Download

Select a layer below or connect directly to our ftp site to download the files. The files are large. They are compressed and the size indicated in the download menu is the compressed size.  We strongly suggest you access these files through our site using an ftp client (anonymous log-in and password).

 

Download these files from our FTP site

Documentation

2016 TIGER Geodatabase Documentation [PDF]

2016 TIGER/Line Shapefile Technical Documentation [PDF]

Geographic Codes

2015 TIGER Geodatabases


TIGER Geodatabases are spatial extracts from the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER database for use with Esri’s ArcGIS.  The geodatabases contain national coverage (for geographic boundaries or features) or state coverage (boundaries within state).

These files do not include demographic data, but they contain geographic entity codes that can be linked to the Census Bureau’s demographic data, available on American FactFinder.

See the documentation for the description of geographic boundaries and features contained in each geodatabase.  Further details of the geographic boundaries and features can be found in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles technical documentation.

Please see 2015 User Note 1: County Name and Code Changes on the TIGER/Line Shapefiles page for information about 2 exceptions to the January 1, 2015 boundaries.

Download

These compressed files are large. Select a layer below or connect directly to our ftp site to download the files.  We strongly suggest you access these files through our site using an ftp client (anonymous log-in and password).

 

Download these files from our FTP site

Documentation

2015 TIGER Geodatabase Documentation [PDF]

2015 TIGER/Line Shapefile Technical Documentation [PDF]

Geographic Codes

2014 TIGER Geodatabases


TIGER Geodatabases are spatial extracts from the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER database for use with Esri’s ArcGIS.  The geodatabases contain national coverage (for geographic boundaries or features) or state coverage (boundaries within state).

These files do not include demographic data, but they contain geographic entity codes that can be linked to the Census Bureau’s demographic data, available on American FactFinder.

See the documentation for the description of geographic boundaries and features contained in each geodatabase.  Further details of the geographic boundaries and features can be found in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles technical documentation.  These files will be released up to two times a year.

Download

These compressed files are large. Select a layer below or connect directly to our ftp site to download the files.  We strongly suggest you access these files through our site using an ftp client (anonymous log-in and password).

 

Download these files from our FTP site

Documentation

2014 TIGER Geodatabase Documentation [PDF]

2014 TIGER/Line Shapefile Technical Documentation [PDF]

Geographic Codes

2013 TIGER Geodatabases


TIGER Geodatabases are spatial extracts from the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER database for use with Esri’s ArcGIS.  The geodatabases contain national coverage (for geographic boundaries or features) or state coverage (boundaries within state).

These files do not include demographic data, but they contain geographic entity codes that can be linked to the Census Bureau’s demographic data, available on American FactFinder.

See the documentation for the description of geographic boundaries and features contained in each geodatabase.  Further details of the geographic boundaries and features can be found in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles technical documentation.  These files will be released up to two times a year.

Download

These compressed files are large. Select a layer below or connect directly to our ftp site to download the files.  We strongly suggest you access these files through our site using an ftp client (anonymous log-in and password).

 

Download these files from our FTP site

Documentation

2013 TIGER Geodatabase Documentation [PDF]

2013 TIGER/Line Shapefile Technical Documentation [PDF]

Geographic Codes


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Geography | (301) 763-1128 |  Last Revised: September 26, 2016