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2012 Cartographic Boundary File, 2010 Census Urban Area for United States, 1:500,000

Published by U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division/Cartographic Products Branch | U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 11, 2026 at 06:29 AM | Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 2012 at 12:00 AM
The 2012 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER geographic database. These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based shapefiles while others are available only as state-based files.

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