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    • TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2018, state, Massachusetts, Current County Subdivision State-based

    Metadata Updated: January 15, 2021

    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.

    County subdivisions are the primary divisions of counties and their equivalent entities for the reporting of Census Bureau data. They include legally- recognized minor civil divisions (MCDs) and statistical census county divisions (CCDs), and unorganized territories. For the 2010 Census, the MCDs are the primary governmental and/or administrative divisions of counties in 29 States and Puerto Rico; Tennessee changed from having CCDs for Census 2000 to having MCDs for the 2010 Census. In MCD States where no MCD exists or is not defined, the Census Bureau creates statistical unorganized territories to complete coverage. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas are covered by county subdivisions. The boundaries of most legal MCDs are as of January 1, 2018, as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS).

    The boundaries of all CCDs, delineated in 20 states, are those as reported as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) for the 2010 Census.

    Access & Use Information

    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

    Collection

    This dataset is part of the following collection:

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    Dates

    Metadata Date October 10, 2019
    Metadata Created Date January 15, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date January 15, 2021
    Reference Date(s) 2018 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from 2018_cousub

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date October 10, 2019
    Metadata Created Date January 15, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date January 15, 2021
    Reference Date(s) 2018 (publication)
    Responsible Party Unknown
    Contact Email
    Guid tl_2018_25_cousub.shp.iso.xml
    Access Constraints 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.
    Bbox East Long -69.858861
    Bbox North Lat 42.886778
    Bbox South Lat 41.187053
    Bbox West Long -73.50821
    Collection Package Id d1754334-14af-4347-88c5-7c7c4f3167b8
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 688bed14-01b0-4d25-95b3-a86bbd75ce35
    Harvest Source Id 968a6034-12c9-4601-a0aa-118bbed9c721
    Harvest Source Title 2018_cousub
    Licence
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-73.50821, 41.187053], [-69.858861, 41.187053], [-69.858861, 42.886778], [-73.50821, 42.886778], [-73.50821, 41.187053]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2017-06
    Temporal Extent End 2018-05

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