zcta15

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information
• City
• Country
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• Country
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• Country

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Publication_Date: 20150101

Title: zcta15

Edition: 2015

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

<http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2015/ZCTA510/tl_2015_us_zcta510.zip>

Description:

Abstract:

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) are approximate area representations of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ZIP Code service areas that the Census Bureau creates to present statistical data for each decennial census. The Census Bureau delineates ZCTA boundaries for the United States, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands once each decade following the decennial census. Data users should not use ZCTAs to identify the official USPS ZIP Code for mail delivery. The USPS makes periodic changes to ZIP Codes to support more efficient mail delivery. The Census Bureau uses tabulation blocks as the basis for defining each ZCTA. Tabulation blocks are assigned to a ZCTA based on the most frequently occurring ZIP Code for the addresses contained within that block. The most frequently occurring ZIP Code also becomes the five-digit numeric code of the ZCTA. These codes may contain leading zeros. Blocks that do not contain addresses but are surrounded by a single ZCTA (enclaves) are assigned to the surrounding ZCTA. Because the Census Bureau only uses the most frequently occurring ZIP Code to assign blocks, a ZCTA may not exist for every USPS ZIP Code. Some ZIP Codes may not have a matching ZCTA because too few addresses were associated with the specific ZIP Code or the ZIP Code was not the most frequently occurring ZIP Code within any of the blocks where it exists. The ZCTA boundaries in this release are those delineated following the 2010 Census.

Purpose:

In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20140601

Ending_Date: 20150501

Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -160.253856

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -154.729341

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.239973

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.888027

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: Boundaries

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Zip Code

Theme_Keyword: Polygon

Theme_Keyword: Nation

Theme_Keyword: ZCTA

Theme_Keyword: ZIP Code Tabulation Area

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NGDA Portfolio Themes

Theme_Keyword: NGDA

Theme_Keyword: National Geospatial Data Asset

Theme_Keyword:

Governmental Units and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

ANSI INCITS 38:2009 (Formerly FIPS 5-2), ANSI INCITS 31:2009 (Formerly FIPS 6-4),ANSI INCITS 454:2009 (Formerly FIPS 8-6), ANSI INCITS 455:2009(Formerly FIPS 9-1), ANSI INCITS 446:2008 (Geographic Names Information System (GNIS))

Place_Keyword: U.S.

Place_Keyword: United States

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20233-7400

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-1128

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-4710

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: geo.tiger@census.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Accurate against National Standard Codes, Federal Information Processing (FIPS) and the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) at the 100% level for the codes and base names. The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons.

Completeness_Report:

Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Publication_Date: unpublished material

Title: Census MAF/TIGER database

Type_of_Source_Media: onLine

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20140601

Ending_Date: 20150501

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: MAF/TIGER

Source_Contribution: All line segments

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER data for all of the aforementioned geographic entities are then distributed among the shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: MAF/TIGER

Process_Date: 20150101

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference:

Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS), Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), and feature names.

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 94

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 HARN UTM Zone 4N

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -159.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0

False_Easting: 500000.0

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001

Planar_Distance_Units: meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983 HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: zcta15

Entity_Type_Definition: 2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA5) National

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: INTPTLAT10

Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census latitude of the internal point

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -90

Range_Domain_Maximum: 90

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MTFCC10

Attribute_Definition: MAF/TIGER feature class code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: G6350

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: ZIP Code Tabulation Area (5-digit)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: INTPTLON10

Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census longitude of the internal point

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -180

Range_Domain_Maximum: 180

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AWATER10

Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census water area (square meters)

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 0

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GEOID10

Attribute_Definition:

2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area identifier, 2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code found in ZCTA5CE10

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ALAND10

Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census land area (square meters)

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 0

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CLASSFP10

Attribute_Definition:

2010 Census Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) class code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: B5

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Five-digit ZCTA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FUNCSTAT10

Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census functional status

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Statistical entity

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ZCTA5CE10

Attribute_Definition: 2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 401

Range_Domain_Maximum: 99950

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: featureuid

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: createdate

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: createdby

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: modifieddate

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: modifiedby

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: agency

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: deliverydate

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: sourceid

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: severity

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: publishdate

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: comments

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Pop15

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: shape_Length

Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: shape_Area

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20233-7400

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-1128

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-4710

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: geo.tiger@census.gov

Distribution_Liability:

No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: TGRSHP (compressed)

File_Decompression_Technique: PK-ZIP, version 1.93 A or higher

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2015/ZCTA510/tl_2015_us_zcta510.zip>

Fees:

The online copy of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles may be accessed without charge.

Ordering_Instructions:

To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line Shapefiles visit <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger>

Technical_Prerequisites:

The TIGER/Line shapefiles contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data. For information on how to use the TIGER/Line shapefile data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20171222

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20233-7400

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-763-1128

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-763-4710

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: geo.tiger@census.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

City: Washington

Country: US

City: Washington

Country: US

City: Washington

Country: US