Urban Areas eng; USA 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 information applies to the dataset U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 301-763-1128 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400 Washington DC 20233 United States geo.geography@census.gov party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource 2025-10-14 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO/TS 19139:2007 3857 EPSG Urban Areas 1997-07-01 date identifies when the resource was brought into existence 2025-09-22 date identifies when the resource was examined or re-examined and imporved or amended U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division party who created the resource map represented in raster or vector form The Urban Areas dataset was compiled on January 01, 2025 from the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). This resource is a member of a series. 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) System (MTS). The MTS 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. After each decennial census, the Census Bureau delineates urban areas that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, this territory consists of areas of high population density and urban land use resulting in a representation of the urban footprint. There are 2,644 Urban Areas (UAs) in this data release with either a minimum population of 5,000 or a housing unit count of 2,000 units. Each urban area is identified by a five-character numeric census code that may contain leading zeros. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529088 The Census Bureau releases extracts of the MAF/TIGER database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles for others to use in geographic information systems (GIS) or for other geographic applications. Acknowledgment of the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) [distributor]. data is continually being updated U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 301-763-1128 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400 Washington DC 20233 United States geo.geography@census.gov party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource there are no plans to update the data NTAD National Transportation Atlas Database Transportation Atlas Database vector polygon Urban areas urbanized urbanized areas UA keyword identifies a particular subject or topic none USA National U.S. United States keyword identifies a location none he 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. limitation not listed Access Constraints: unrestricted National Transportation Atlas Database 2025-09-22 publication Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) party who published the resource reference to a master dataset of which this one is a part vector data is used to represent geographic data eng; USA boundaries Native Dataset Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 2025-01-01 1 Urban Areas A data dictionary resource of attribute information is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529088 Open Data Catalog 1.0 ArcGIS REST Services Directory Feature Server (WFS) 11.5 ArcGIS Online Hosted Vector Tile Service June 2025 Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) NTAD Program Manager 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC 20590 United States ntad@dot.gov party who distributes the resource None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset. https://doi.org/10.21949/1522282 http Open Data Catalog Web page to view and download dataset. The file download formats available include: ESRI File Geodatabase or Shapefile, GeoPackage, Comma-Seperated Values (CSV), Microsoft Excel, GeoJSON, KML, Feature Collection, and SQLite Geodatabase. online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another https://doi.org/10.21949/1522283 http ArcGIS REST Services Directory Feature Server (WFS) complies with OGC WFS Map Service for visualizing geospatial information online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another https://doi.org/10.21949/1522284 http ArcGIS Online Hosted Vector Tile Service ArcGIS Online Hosted Esri ArcGIS Vector Tile Service for visualizing geospatial information online instructions for transferring data from one storage device or system to another information applies to the dataset Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. 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. data is updated as deemed necessary U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 301-763-1128 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400 Washington DC 20233 United States geo.geography@census.gov party that accepts accountability and responsability for the data and ensures appropriate care and maintenance of the resource