Society.TRACTS_2010


Tags
tract, population, demographic, census, society


Summary

In order for others to use the information in the Census 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 files.

Description

The 2010 TIGER/Line files are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census TIGER database. The geographic coverage for a single TIGER/Line file is a county or statistical equivalent entity, with the coverage area based on the latest available governmental unit boundaries. The Census TIGER database represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts. However, each county-based TIGER/Line file is designed to stand alone as an independent data set or the files can be combined to cover the whole Nation. The 2005 First Edition TIGER/Line files consist of line segments representing physical features and governmental and statistical boundaries. The files contain information distributed over a series of record types for the spatial objects of a county. There are 19 record types, including the basic data record, the shape coordinate points, and geographic codes that can be used with appropriate software to prepare maps. Other geographic information contained in the files includes attributes such as feature identifiers/census feature class codes (CFCC) used to differentiate feature types, address ranges and ZIP Codes, codes for legal and statistical entities, latitude/longitude coordinates of linear and point features, landmark point features, area landmarks, and area boundaries.

Credits

Acknowledgment of the U.S. Census Bureau would be appreciated for products derived from these files.

Use limitations

Acknowledgment of the U.S. Census Bureau would be appreciated for products derived from these files. TIGER, TIGER/Line, and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. ZCTA is a trademark of the U.S. Census Bureau. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line files 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 are they are not legal land descriptions. The horizontal spatial accuracy information present in these files is provided for the purposes of statistical analysis and census operations only. No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of the spatial accuracy, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The TIGER/Line files may not be suitable for high-precision measurement applications such as engineering problems, property transfers, or other uses that might require highly accurate measurements of the earth's surface. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line files have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.

Extent

West  -94.618368    East  -89.619134
North  36.531955    South  32.969394

Scale Range

ArcGIS Metadata 

Topics and Keywords 

Themes or categories of the resource  society


*Content type  Downloadable Data


Theme keywords  tract, population, demographic, census, society

Citation 

Title Society.TRACTS_2010


Presentation formats  digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format  vector digital data


Resource Details 

Dataset languages  English (UNITED STATES)


Spatial representation type  vector


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


Credits
Acknowledgment of the U.S. Census Bureau would be appreciated for products derived from these files.

ArcGIS item properties
*Name asdi.society.TRACTS_2010
*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
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -94.618368
East longitude -89.619134
South latitude 32.969394
North latitude 36.531955

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type  Extent used for searching
*West longitude -94.618368
*East longitude -89.619134
*North latitude 36.531955
*South latitude 32.969394
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
*West longitude 355100.061913
*East longitude 802888.479256
*South latitude 3652558.170557
*North latitude 4042952.679307
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact 

Point of contact
Individual's name Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office
Organization's name State of Arkansas
Contact's role  point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 501-682-2676
Fax 501-682-6077

Address
Type both
Delivery point 1 Capitol Mall Suite 6D
City Little Rock
Administrative area AR
Postal code 72201
e-mail addresscommunication@arkansasgisoffice.org



Point of contact
Individual's name Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office
Organization's name State of Arkansas
Contact's role  point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 501-682-2676
Fax 501-682-6077

Address
Type both
Delivery point 1 Capitol Mall Suite 6D
City Little Rock
Administrative area AR
Postal code 72201
e-mail addresscommunication@arkansasgisoffice.org



Resource Maintenance 

Resource maintenance
Update frequency  unknown


Resource Constraints 

Legal constraints
Limitations of use
See access and use constraints information.

Constraints
Limitations of use
Acknowledgment of the U.S. Census Bureau would be appreciated for products derived from these files. TIGER, TIGER/Line, and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. ZCTA is a trademark of the U.S. Census Bureau. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line files 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 are they are not legal land descriptions. The horizontal spatial accuracy information present in these files is provided for the purposes of statistical analysis and census operations only. No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of the spatial accuracy, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The TIGER/Line files may not be suitable for high-precision measurement applications such as engineering problems, property transfers, or other uses that might require highly accurate measurements of the earth's surface. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line files 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 -10158462.226681
Y origin -9998099.9919429999
XY scale 6400
Z origin 0
Z scale 1
M origin 0
M scale 1
XY tolerance 0.02
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.society.TRACTS_2010
*Object type  composite
*Object count 686



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name asdi.society.TRACTS_2010
*Feature type Simple
*Geometry type Polygon
*Has topology FALSE
*Feature count 686
*Spatial index TRUE
*Linear referencing FALSE



Geoprocessing history 

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/tracts-2010-census/

Online source
Location https://gis.arkansas.gov/arcgis/rest/services/FEATURESERVICES/Society/FeatureServer/9



Distribution format
*Name SDE Feature Class


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

Fields 

Details for object asdi.society.TRACTS_2010 
*Type Feature Class
*Row count 686


Field FIPSSTCO
 
*Alias FIPSSTCO
*Data type String
*Width 5
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field GIST_ID
 
*Alias GIST_ID
*Data type Integer
*Width 4
*Precision 10
*Scale 0




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




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




Field globalid
 
*Alias globalid
*Data type GlobalID
*Width 38
*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 STFID
 
*Alias STFID
*Data type String
*Width 11
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field NAME
 
*Alias NAME
*Data type String
*Width 60
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field TRACT
 
*Alias TRACT
*Data type String
*Width 6
*Precision 0
*Scale 0






Overview Description
Entity and Attribute Overview
The TIGER/Line files contain data describing three major types of features/entities; Line Features - (1) Roads (2) Railroads (3) Hydrography (4) Miscellaneous transportation features and selected power lines and pipe lines (5) Legal (governmental unit) and statistical boundaries Landmark Features - (1) Point landmarks, e.g., schools and churches; sporadic coverage added on an as-needed basis (2) Area landmarks, e.g., Parks and cemeteries; sporadic coverage added on an as-needed basis Polygon features - (1) Geographic entity codes for areas used to tabulate the Census 2000 census statistical data and governmental unit boundaries legally in effect as of the latest Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) (2) Locations of area landmarks The line features and polygon information form the majority of data in the TIGER/Line files. Some of the data/attributes describing the lines include coordinates, feature identifiers (names), CFCCs (used to identify the most noticeable characteristic of a feature), address ranges, and geographic entity codes. The Census Bureau includes landmark features on an as-needed-basis and has made no attempt to ensure that all instances of a particular landmark feature were included. The TIGER/Line files contain point and area labels that describe landmark features and provide locational reference. Area landmarks consist of a feature name or label and feature Landmarks may overlap or refer to the same set of polygons. The Census TIGER database uses collections of spatial objects (points, lines, and polygons) to model or describe real-world geography. The Census Bureau uses these spatial objects to represent features such as streets, rivers, and political boundaries and assigns attributes to these features to identify and describe specific features such as the 500 block of Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.



Entity and Attribute Detail Citation
U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line files, 2005 First Edition Technical Documentation. The TIGER/Line documentation defines the terms and definitions used within the files.





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 2017-01-12


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


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2012-10-23 15:00:55
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2017-01-19 12:08:34


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2017-01-19 12:08:34

Published to an ArcIMS Metadata Service Published



Metadata Contacts 

Metadata contact
Individual's name Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office
Organization's name State of Arkansas
Contact's role  point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 501-682-2676
Fax 501-682-6077

Address
Type both
Delivery point 1 Capitol Mall Suite 6D
City Little Rock
Administrative area AR
Postal code 72201
e-mail addresscommunication@arkansasgisoffice.org



Thumbnail and Enclosures 

FGDC Metadata (read-only) 

Entities and Attributes 

Detailed Description
Entity Type
Entity Type Labelasdi.society.TRACTS_2010

Attribute
Attribute LabelFIPSSTCO

Attribute
Attribute LabelGIST_ID

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 Labelst_length(shape)

Attribute
Attribute Labelst_area(shape)

Attribute
Attribute Labelglobalid

Attribute
Attribute LabelSHAPE
Attribute Definition
Feature geometry.
Attribute Definition SourceESRI
Attribute Domain Values
Unrepresentable Domain
Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute
Attribute LabelSTFID

Attribute
Attribute LabelNAME

Attribute
Attribute LabelTRACT

Overview Description
Entity and Attribute Overview
                            The TIGER/Line files contain data describing three major types of features/entities; Line Features - (1) Roads (2) Railroads (3) Hydrography (4) Miscellaneous transportation features and selected power lines and pipe lines (5) Legal (governmental unit) and statistical boundaries Landmark Features - (1) Point landmarks, e.g., schools and churches; sporadic coverage added on an as-needed basis (2) Area landmarks, e.g., Parks and cemeteries; sporadic coverage added on an as-needed basis Polygon features - (1) Geographic entity codes for areas used to tabulate the Census 2000 census statistical data and governmental unit boundaries legally in effect as of the latest Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) (2) Locations of area landmarks The line features and polygon information form the majority of data in the TIGER/Line files. Some of the data/attributes describing the lines include coordinates, feature identifiers (names), CFCCs (used to identify the most noticeable characteristic of a feature), address ranges, and geographic entity codes. The Census Bureau includes landmark features on an as-needed-basis and has made no attempt to ensure that all instances of a particular landmark feature were included. The TIGER/Line files contain point and area labels that describe landmark features and provide locational reference. Area landmarks consist of a feature name or label and feature Landmarks may overlap or refer to the same set of polygons. The Census TIGER database uses collections of spatial objects (points, lines, and polygons) to model or describe real-world geography. The Census Bureau uses these spatial objects to represent features such as streets, rivers, and political boundaries and assigns attributes to these features to identify and describe specific features such as the 500 block of Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
                          
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation
                            U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line files, 2005 First Edition Technical Documentation. The TIGER/Line documentation defines the terms and definitions used within the files.