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Feature Catalog for the 2012 2010 Census Voting District State-based (VTD) Shapefile

Published by U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch | U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM | Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 2012 at 12:00 AM
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. Voting district is the generic name for geographic entities such as precincts, wards, and election districts established by State governments for the purpose of conducting elections. States participating in the 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program as part of Public Law 94-171 (1975) provided the Census Bureau with boundaries, codes, and names for their VTDs. Each VTD is identified by a 1- to 6-character alphanumeric census code that is unique within county. For the 2010 Census, Rhode Island is the only State that did not participate in Phase 2 (the Voting District Project) of the Redistricting Data Program and no VTDs exist for this State in the 2010 Census data products. Note that only Montana and Oregon do not have complete coverage of VTDs for the 2010 Census.

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accessLevel non-public
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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. Voting district is the generic name for geographic entities such as precincts, wards, and election districts established by State governments for the purpose of conducting elections. States participating in the 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program as part of Public Law 94-171 (1975) provided the Census Bureau with boundaries, codes, and names for their VTDs. Each VTD is identified by a 1- to 6-character alphanumeric census code that is unique within county. For the 2010 Census, Rhode Island is the only State that did not participate in Phase 2 (the Voting District Project) of the Redistricting Data Program and no VTDs exist for this State in the 2010 Census data products. Note that only Montana and Oregon do not have complete coverage of VTDs for the 2010 Census.
distribution 
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    "title": "tl_2012_01_vtd10.zip",
    "format": "ZIP",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Voting Districts for Alabama",
    "downloadURL": "https:////www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2012/VTD/tl_2012_01_vtd10.zip",
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    "title": "2012 TIGER/Line Shapefiles and Relationship Files",
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    "description": "2012 TIGER/Line Shapefiles and Relationship Files",
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    "title": "Census 2010 WMS (Web Mapping Service) Voting Districts Layer",
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    "description": "This web mapping service contains the layer for the voting districts. Since this layer displays at scales of 1:324,999 or greater, adjusting the BBox coordinates in the URL is necessary.",
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    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "More information about ordering TIGER/Line shapefiles",
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    "mediaType": "application/xml",
    "description": "Entity and Attribute File for the Voting District Shapefiles",
    "downloadURL": "https:////meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/TL2012/ISO/vtd10/2012_vtd10.ea.iso.xml",
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issued 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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[]
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "name": "U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch",
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rights otherRestrictions
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temporal 2011-08-01T00:00:00+00:00/2012-06-01T00:00:00+00:00
theme 
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title Feature Catalog for the 2012 2010 Census Voting District State-based (VTD) Shapefile

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