Location.ZIPCODE_TABULATION_CENSUS_2013


Tags
United States, Polygon, Nation, boundaries, ZIP Code Tabulation Area, Zip Code, ZCTA, U.S.


Summary

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.

Description

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.

Credits

Use limitations

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.

Extent

West  -94.619750    East  -89.616251
North  36.598227    South  32.931369

Scale Range

ArcGIS Metadata 

Topics and Keywords 

Themes or categories of the resource  boundaries


*Content type  Downloadable Data


Place keywords  United States, U.S.

Thesaurus
Title 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))




Theme keywords  Polygon, Nation, ZIP Code Tabulation Area, Zip Code, ZCTA

Theme keywords  boundaries

Thesaurus
Title ISO 19115 Topic Categories




Citation 

Title Location.ZIPCODE_TABULATION_CENSUS_2013
Publication date 2013-09-26


Edition 2013


Presentation formats  digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format  vector digital data


Citation Contacts 

Responsible party
Organization's name U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
Contact's role  originator


Resource Details 

Dataset languages  English (UNITED STATES)


Status  completed
Spatial representation type  vector


Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.0.4322


ArcGIS item properties
*Name asdi.location.ZIPCODE_TABULATION_CENSUS_2013
*Location Server=170.94.248.50; Service=sde:postgresql:170.94.248.50; Database=asdi; User=sde; Version=sde.DEFAULT
*Access protocol ArcSDE Connection

Extents 

Extent
Description
Publication Date

Temporal extent
Beginning date 2012-06-01
Ending date 2013-05-01

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -94.61975
East longitude -89.616251
South latitude 32.931369
North latitude 36.598227

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type  Extent used for searching
*West longitude -94.619750
*East longitude -89.616251
*North latitude 36.598227
*South latitude 32.931369
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
*West longitude 355100.061900
*East longitude 802888.479300
*South latitude 3648335.956700
*North latitude 4050303.896400
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact 

Point of contact
Organization's name U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Contact's role  point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 301-763-1128
Fax 301-763-4710

Address
Type postal
Delivery point 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
City Washington
Administrative area DC
Postal code 20233-7400
Country US
e-mail addressgeo.tiger@census.gov



Resource Constraints 

Legal constraints
Limitations of use
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.

Constraints
Limitations of use
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.

Spatial Reference 

ArcGIS coordinate system
*Type Projected
*Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983
*Projection NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_15N
*Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
Well-known identifier 26915
X origin -5120900
Y origin -9998100
XY scale 10000
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 26915
Well-known text PROJCS["NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_15N",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-93.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",26915]]

Reference system identifier
*Value 26915
*Codespace EPSG
*Version 8.2.6


Spatial Data Properties 

Vector
*Level of topology for this dataset  geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name asdi.location.ZIPCODE_TABULATION_CENSUS_2013
*Object type  composite
*Object count 593



Indirect spatial referencing
Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS), ANSI, and feature names.


Vector
*Level of topology for this dataset  geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name asdi.location.ZIPCODE_TABULATION_CENSUS_2013
*Object type  composite
*Object count 593



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name asdi.location.ZIPCODE_TABULATION_CENSUS_2013
*Feature type Simple
*Geometry type Polygon
*Has topology FALSE
*Feature count 593
*Spatial index TRUE
*Linear referencing FALSE



Data Quality 

Scope of quality information
Resource level  dataset




Data quality report - Conceptual consistency
Measure description
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 FIPS 55. 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.





Data quality report - Completeness omission
Measure description
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.





Data quality report - Quantitative attribute accuracy
Measure description
Accurate against Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS), FIPS Publication 6-4, and FIPS-55 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.





Lineage 

Process step
When the process occurred 2013-01-01
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 data
Relationship to the process step used


Source citation
Alternate titles  MAF/TIGER








Source data
Description
All line segments



Source medium name  online link
Source citation
Title Census MAF/TIGER database
Alternate titles  MAF/TIGER
Publication date
Indeterminate date inapplicable


Responsible party
Organization's name U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
Contact's role  originator




Extent of the source data
Description
Publication Date

Temporal extent
Beginning date 2012-06-01
Ending date 2013-05-01



Distribution 

Distributor
Contact information
Individual's name Arkansas GIS Office
Organization's name State of Arkansas
Contact's role  distributor


Contact information
Phone
Voice 501-682-2929

Address
Type physical
Delivery point 1 Capitol Mall, Suite 6D
City Little Rock
Administrative area AR
Postal code 72212
Country US
e-mail addresscommunication@arkansasgisoffice.org



Ordering process

Transfer options
Online source
Locationhttp://gis.arkansas.gov/product/zip-code-tabulation-areas-2010-polygon/

Online source
Location https://gis.arkansas.gov/arcgis/rest/services/FEATURESERVICES/Location/FeatureServer/22



Distribution format
*Name SDE Feature Class


Transfer options
Online source
Locationhttp://gis.arkansas.gov

Online source
Locationhttp://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2013/ZCTA510/tl_2013_us_zcta510.zip

Fields 

Details for object asdi.location.ZIPCODE_TABULATION_CENSUS_2013 
*Type Feature Class
*Row count 593
Definition
2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA5) National

Definition source
U.S. Census Bureau



Field INTPTLAT10
 
*Alias INTPTLAT10
*Data type String
*Width 11
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
2010 Census latitude of the internal point

Description source
U.S. Census Bureau

Range of values
Minimum value -90
Maximum value 90
Units of measure Decimal degrees



Field ZCTA5CE10
 
*Alias ZCTA5CE10
*Data type String
*Width 5
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code

Description source
U.S. Census Bureau

List of values
Value 00401 to 99950
Description Five-digit ZIP code
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau




Field AWATER10
 
*Alias AWATER10
*Data type Double
*Width 8
*Precision 14
*Scale 0
Field description
2010 Census water area (square meters)

Description source
U.S. Census Bureau

Range of values
Minimum value 0
Maximum value 0
Units of measure square meters



Field CLASSFP10
 
*Alias CLASSFP10
*Data type String
*Width 2
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
2010 Census Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) 55 class code

Description source
U.S. Census Bureau

List of values
Value B5
Description Five-digit ZCTA
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau




Field GEOID10
 
*Alias GEOID10
*Data type String
*Width 5
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area identifier, 2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code

Description source
U.S. Census Bureau

Description of values
2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area codefound in ZCTA5CE10





Field st_area(shape)
 
*Alias st_area(shape)
*Data type Double
*Width 0
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field st_length(shape)
 
*Alias st_length(shape)
*Data type Double
*Width 0
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field MTFCC10
 
*Alias MTFCC10
*Data type String
*Width 5
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
MAF/TIGER feature class code

Description source
U.S. Census Bureau

List of values
Value G6350
Description ZIP Code Tabulation Area (5-digit)
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau




Field globalid
 
*Alias globalid
*Data type GlobalID
*Width 38
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field FUNCSTAT10
 
*Alias FUNCSTAT10
*Data type String
*Width 1
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
2010 Census functional status

Description source
U.S. Census Bureau

List of values
Value S
Description Statistical entity
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau




Field INTPTLON10
 
*Alias INTPTLON10
*Data type String
*Width 12
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
2010 Census longitude of the internal point

Description source
U.S. Census Bureau

Range of values
Minimum value -180
Maximum value 180
Units of measure Decimal degrees



Field OBJECTID
 
*Alias OBJECTID
*Data type OID
*Width 4
*Precision 10
*Scale 0
Field description
Internal feature number.

Description source
Esri

Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.





Field SE_ANNO_CAD_DATA
 
*Alias SE_ANNO_CAD_DATA
*Data type Blob
*Width 0
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field Shape
 
*Alias SHAPE
*Data type Geometry
*Width 4
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
Feature geometry.

Description source
Esri

Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.





Field ALAND10
 
*Alias ALAND10
*Data type Double
*Width 8
*Precision 14
*Scale 0
Field description
2010 Census land area (square meters)

Description source
U.S. Census Bureau

Range of values
Minimum value 0
Maximum value 0
Units of measure square meters





Metadata Details 

Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set  utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata  dataset
Scope name* dataset


Last update 2013-06-15


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata ISO19139
Metadata style FGDC CSDGM Metadata


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2014-01-29 14:11:53
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2017-01-19 11:58:30


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2017-01-19 11:58:30


Metadata Contacts 

Metadata contact
Organization's name U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch
Contact's role  point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 301-763-1128
Fax 301-763-4710

Address
Type postal
Delivery point 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
City Washington
Administrative area DC
Postal code 20233-7400
Country US
e-mail addressgeo.tiger@census.gov



Thumbnail and Enclosures 

FGDC Metadata (read-only) 

Entities and Attributes 

Detailed Description
Entity Type
Entity Type LabelZCTA510.shp
Entity Type Definition
2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA5) National
Entity Type Definition SourceU.S. Census Bureau

Attribute
Attribute LabelINTPTLAT10
Attribute Definition
2010 Census latitude of the internal point
Attribute Definition SourceU.S. Census Bureau
Attribute Domain Values
Range Domain
Range Domain Minimum-90
Range Domain Maximum90
Attribute Units of MeasureDecimal degrees

Attribute
Attribute LabelZCTA5CE10
Attribute Definition
2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code
Attribute Definition SourceU.S. Census Bureau
Attribute Domain Values
Enumerated Domain
Enumerated Domain Value00401 to 99950
Enumerated Domain Value Definition
Five-digit ZIP code
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute
Attribute LabelAWATER10
Attribute Definition
2010 Census water area (square meters)
Attribute Definition SourceU.S. Census Bureau
Attribute Domain Values
Range Domain
Range Domain Minimum0
Range Domain Maximum0
Attribute Units of Measuresquare meters

Attribute
Attribute LabelCLASSFP10
Attribute Definition
2010 Census Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) 55 class code
Attribute Definition SourceU.S. Census Bureau
Attribute Domain Values
Enumerated Domain
Enumerated Domain ValueB5
Enumerated Domain Value Definition
Five-digit ZCTA
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute
Attribute LabelGEOID10
Attribute Definition
2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area identifier, 2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area code
Attribute Definition SourceU.S. Census Bureau
Attribute Domain Values
Unrepresentable Domain
2010 Census 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area codefound in ZCTA5CE10

Attribute
Attribute Labelst_area(shape)

Attribute
Attribute Labelst_length(shape)

Attribute
Attribute LabelMTFCC10
Attribute Definition
MAF/TIGER feature class code
Attribute Definition SourceU.S. Census Bureau
Attribute Domain Values
Enumerated Domain
Enumerated Domain ValueG6350
Enumerated Domain Value Definition
ZIP Code Tabulation Area (5-digit)
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute
Attribute Labelglobalid

Attribute
Attribute LabelFUNCSTAT10
Attribute Definition
2010 Census functional status
Attribute Definition SourceU.S. Census Bureau
Attribute Domain Values
Enumerated Domain
Enumerated Domain ValueS
Enumerated Domain Value Definition
Statistical entity
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source
U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute
Attribute LabelINTPTLON10
Attribute Definition
2010 Census longitude of the internal point
Attribute Definition SourceU.S. Census Bureau
Attribute Domain Values
Range Domain
Range Domain Minimum-180
Range Domain Maximum180
Attribute Units of MeasureDecimal degrees

Attribute
Attribute LabelOBJECTID
Attribute Definition
Internal feature number.
Attribute Definition SourceEsri
Attribute Domain Values
Unrepresentable Domain
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute
Attribute LabelSE_ANNO_CAD_DATA

Attribute
Attribute LabelShape
Attribute Definition
Feature geometry.
Attribute Definition SourceEsri
Attribute Domain Values
Unrepresentable Domain
Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute
Attribute LabelALAND10
Attribute Definition
2010 Census land area (square meters)
Attribute Definition SourceU.S. Census Bureau
Attribute Domain Values
Range Domain
Range Domain Minimum0
Range Domain Maximum0
Attribute Units of Measuresquare meters