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 2 hours ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1lsad: 06 · name: Martin
{
"lsad": "06",
"name": "Martin",
"aland": 1182135160,
"csafp": null,
"geoid": "37117",
"mtfcc": "G4020",
"awater": 746610,
"cbsafp": null,
"stusab": "NC",
"classfp": "H1",
"statefp": "37",
"countyfp": "117",
"countyns": "01026328",
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": "+35.8473006",
"intptlon": "-077.1196022",
"metdivfp": null,
"namelsad": "Martin County",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"state_name": "North Carolina",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 35.843213981,
"lon": -77.109232267
},
"countyfp_nozero": "117"
}Record 2lsad: 06 · name: Marquette
{
"lsad": "06",
"name": "Marquette",
"aland": 4685406068,
"csafp": null,
"geoid": "26103",
"mtfcc": "G4020",
"awater": 4185352679,
"cbsafp": "32100",
"stusab": "MI",
"classfp": "H1",
"statefp": "26",
"countyfp": "103",
"countyns": "01622994",
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": "+46.6565964",
"intptlon": "-087.5840278",
"metdivfp": null,
"namelsad": "Marquette County",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"state_name": "Michigan",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 46.6628779661,
"lon": -87.5735241034
},
"countyfp_nozero": "103"
}Record 3lsad: 13 · name: Corozal
{
"lsad": "13",
"name": "Corozal",
"aland": 110248534,
"csafp": "490",
"geoid": "72047",
"mtfcc": "G4020",
"awater": 16284,
"cbsafp": "41980",
"stusab": "PR",
"classfp": "H1",
"statefp": "72",
"countyfp": "047",
"countyns": "01804503",
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": "+18.3039098",
"intptlon": "-066.3261795",
"metdivfp": null,
"namelsad": "Corozal Municipio",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"state_name": "Puerto Rico",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 18.3043195475,
"lon": -66.3278966402
},
"countyfp_nozero": "47"
}Record 4lsad: 06 · name: Genesee
{
"lsad": "06",
"name": "Genesee",
"aland": 1276705469,
"csafp": "464",
"geoid": "36037",
"mtfcc": "G4020",
"awater": 6137411,
"cbsafp": "12860",
"stusab": "NY",
"classfp": "H1",
"statefp": "36",
"countyfp": "037",
"countyns": "00974117",
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": "+43.0009096",
"intptlon": "-078.1927784",
"metdivfp": null,
"namelsad": "Genesee County",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"state_name": "New York",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 43.0009332766,
"lon": -78.1937114415
},
"countyfp_nozero": "37"
}Record 5lsad: 06 · name: Cleburne
{
"lsad": "06",
"name": "Cleburne",
"aland": 1434077953,
"csafp": null,
"geoid": "05023",
"mtfcc": "G4020",
"awater": 98890719,
"cbsafp": null,
"stusab": "AR",
"classfp": "H1",
"statefp": "05",
"countyfp": "023",
"countyns": "00066983",
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": "+35.5663146",
"intptlon": "-092.0599504",
"metdivfp": null,
"namelsad": "Cleburne County",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"state_name": "Arkansas",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 35.5381064958,
"lon": -92.0267180322
},
"countyfp_nozero": "23"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/us-county-boundaries
License
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Query examples
curl -s 'https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/us-county-boundaries/records?limit=20' -H 'Accept: application/json'First 20 records of the dataset as JSON.
Uses the Opendatasoft Explore v2.1 syntax — supports select, where, group_by and order_by.
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