TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, 2010 nation, U.S., 2010 Census Urban Area National

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.

           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 two types of urban areas: urbanized areas (UAs) that contain 50,000 or more people and urban clusters
           (UCs) that contain at least 2,500 people, but fewer than 50,000 people (except in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam which each contain urban clusters with
           populations greater than 50,000).  Each urban area is identified by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain leading zeroes.

Data and Resources

Field Value
access_constraints [" Access Constraints: None", " Use Constraints:The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered\n trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgment must be given to the\n U.S. Census Bureau as the source.\n \n The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and\n designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they\n are not legal land descriptions. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these\n coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest."]
bbox-east-long 179.859681
bbox-north-lat 71.441059
bbox-south-lat -14.601813
bbox-west-long -179.231086
coupled-resource []
dataset-reference-date [{"type": "publication", "value": "2015"}]
frequency-of-update notPlanned
graphic-preview-description URL for the TigerWeb Web Mapping Service
graphic-preview-file https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_ACS2015/MapServer/WmsServer?REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0&LAYERS=2010 Census Urban Clusters,2010 Census Urban Clusters Labels&STYLES=default,default&FORMAT=image/svg+xml&BGCOLOR=0xFFFFFF&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&CRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=41.187053,-72.508142,41.28679,-71.858861&WIDTH=891&HEIGHT=751
graphic-preview-type URL for a web mapping service
guid tl_2015_us_uac10.shp.iso.xml
licence []
metadata-date 2016-11-15
metadata-language eng
metadata_type geospatial
old-spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.231086, -14.601813], [179.859681, -14.601813], [179.859681, 71.441059], [-179.231086, 71.441059], [-179.231086, -14.601813]]]}
progress completed
resource-type dataset
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.231086, -14.601813], [179.859681, -14.601813], [179.859681, 71.441059], [-179.231086, 71.441059], [-179.231086, -14.601813]]]}
spatial_harvester true
temporal-extent-begin 2014-06
temporal-extent-end 2015-05
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geoss
  • nation
  • national
  • north-america
  • polygon
  • ua
  • uc
  • united-states
  • urban-area
  • urban-cluster
  • urbanized-areas
  • us
isopen False
metadata_created 2025-11-21T07:21:39.823776
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T07:21:39.823780
notes 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. 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 two types of urban areas: urbanized areas (UAs) that contain 50,000 or more people and urban clusters (UCs) that contain at least 2,500 people, but fewer than 50,000 people (except in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam which each contain urban clusters with populations greater than 50,000). Each urban area is identified by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain leading zeroes.
num_resources 6
num_tags 16
title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, 2010 nation, U.S., 2010 Census Urban Area National