US County Boundaries
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 seamle...
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Data schema (22 fields)
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| Fill | Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | geo_point_2dGeo Point | geo_point_2d | — |
| — | geo_shapeShape | geo_shape | — |
| — | statefp | text | — |
| — | countyfp | text | — |
| — | countyns | text | — |
| — | geoid | text | — |
| — | name | text | — |
| — | namelsad | text | — |
| — | stusab | text | — |
| — | lsad | text | — |
| 100% | classfp | text | — |
| 100% | mtfcc | text | — |
| 38.8% | csafp | text | — |
| 59.2% | cbsafp | text | — |
| 3.4% | metdivfp | text | — |
| 100% | funcstat | text | — |
| 100% | aland | int | — |
| 100% | awater | int | — |
| 100% | intptlat | text | — |
| 100% | intptlon | text | — |
| 100% | state_nameState name | text | — |
| 100% | countyfp_nozeroCountyfp nozero | text | County FIPS code without the heading zeros. |
Schema captured from opendatasoft 7 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1lsad: 06 · name: Mono
{
"lsad": "06",
"name": "Mono",
"aland": 7896838483,
"csafp": null,
"geoid": "06051",
"mtfcc": "G4020",
"awater": 214695677,
"cbsafp": null,
"stusab": "CA",
"classfp": "H1",
"statefp": "06",
"countyfp": "051",
"countyns": "00277290",
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": "+37.9158363",
"intptlon": "-118.8751668",
"metdivfp": null,
"namelsad": "Mono County",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"state_name": "California",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 37.938990343,
"lon": -118.886709262
},
"countyfp_nozero": "51"
}Record 2lsad: 06 · name: Morrow
{
"lsad": "06",
"name": "Morrow",
"aland": 1051881046,
"csafp": "198",
"geoid": "39117",
"mtfcc": "G4020",
"awater": 2819351,
"cbsafp": "18140",
"stusab": "OH",
"classfp": "H1",
"statefp": "39",
"countyfp": "117",
"countyns": "01074071",
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": "+40.5252659",
"intptlon": "-082.7977288",
"metdivfp": null,
"namelsad": "Morrow County",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"state_name": "Ohio",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 40.5240865228,
"lon": -82.7940677882
},
"countyfp_nozero": "117"
}Record 3lsad: 06 · name: Massac
{
"lsad": "06",
"name": "Massac",
"aland": 614453457,
"csafp": "424",
"geoid": "17127",
"mtfcc": "G4020",
"awater": 11901753,
"cbsafp": "37140",
"stusab": "IL",
"classfp": "H1",
"statefp": "17",
"countyfp": "127",
"countyns": "01784730",
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": "+37.2161190",
"intptlon": "-088.7056578",
"metdivfp": null,
"namelsad": "Massac County",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"state_name": "Illinois",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 37.2190501994,
"lon": -88.7077397007
},
"countyfp_nozero": "127"
}Record 4lsad: 06 · name: Erie
{
"lsad": "06",
"name": "Erie",
"aland": 651069515,
"csafp": "184",
"geoid": "39043",
"mtfcc": "G4020",
"awater": 969942442,
"cbsafp": "41780",
"stusab": "OH",
"classfp": "H1",
"statefp": "39",
"countyfp": "043",
"countyns": "01074034",
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": "+41.5540061",
"intptlon": "-082.5258973",
"metdivfp": null,
"namelsad": "Erie County",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"state_name": "Ohio",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 41.4705726437,
"lon": -82.5763150918
},
"countyfp_nozero": "43"
}Record 5lsad: 06 · name: Patrick
{
"lsad": "06",
"name": "Patrick",
"aland": 1250846143,
"csafp": null,
"geoid": "51141",
"mtfcc": "G4020",
"awater": 7141128,
"cbsafp": null,
"stusab": "VA",
"classfp": "H1",
"statefp": "51",
"countyfp": "141",
"countyns": "01497999",
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": "+36.6671385",
"intptlon": "-080.2864130",
"metdivfp": null,
"namelsad": "Patrick County",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"state_name": "Virginia",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 36.6783637366,
"lon": -80.2842745676
},
"countyfp_nozero": "141"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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- https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/us-county-boundaries
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