US State Boundaries
This dataset provides boundaries for U.S. states and equivalent entities, the primary governmental divisions of the United States. It is derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles, an extract of geographic and cartographic information from the Census Bureau's Master Address File/TIGER database. The data includes state polygon geometries suitable for mapping and geographic analysis, and is published via the OpenDataSoft public data platform. It is useful for cartography, spatial analysis, and applications requiring authoritative administrative boundaries at the national (federal) level of the United States, such as thematic mapping, GIS integration, and regional statistical reporting.This dataset represents States and equivalent entities, which are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. 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 Fi...
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Data schema (22 fields)
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| Fill | Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | gid | int | — |
| 100% | arealand | text | — |
| 100% | division | int | — |
| 100% | intptlat | double | — |
| 100% | name | text | — |
| 100% | objectid | int | — |
| 100% | areawater | text | — |
| 100% | intptlon | double | — |
| 100% | oid | text | — |
| 100% | funcstat | text | — |
| 100% | centlon | double | — |
| 100% | stusab | text | — |
| 100% | state | text | — |
| 100% | statens | text | — |
| 100% | centlat | double | — |
| 100% | basename | text | — |
| 100% | mtfcc | text | — |
| 100% | region | int | — |
| 100% | lsadc | text | — |
| 100% | geoid | text | — |
| — | st_asgeojsonSt asgeojson | geo_shape | — |
| — | geo_point_2dCoordinates | geo_point_2d | — |
Schema captured from opendatasoft 7 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1gid: 49 · oid: -1799523090
{
"gid": 49,
"oid": "-1799523090",
"name": "New Jersey",
"geoid": "34",
"lsadc": "00",
"mtfcc": "G4000",
"state": "34",
"region": 1,
"stusab": "NJ",
"centlat": 40.1050485,
"centlon": -74.6580421,
"statens": "01779795",
"arealand": "1870899812",
"basename": "New Jersey",
"division": 2,
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": 40.1072744,
"intptlon": -74.6652012,
"objectid": 15,
"areawater": "-753053640",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 40.1102763626,
"lon": -74.6555473755
},
"st_asgeojson": "[large value omitted]"
}Record 2gid: 17 · oid: 313806704
{
"gid": 17,
"oid": "313806704",
"name": "South Dakota",
"geoid": "46",
"lsadc": "00",
"mtfcc": "G4000",
"state": "46",
"region": 2,
"stusab": "SD",
"centlat": 44.4445721,
"centlon": -100.2270346,
"statens": "01785534",
"arealand": "-1220695848",
"basename": "South Dakota",
"division": 4,
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": 44.4467957,
"intptlon": -100.2381762,
"objectid": 51,
"areawater": "-913576672",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 44.4361504276,
"lon": -100.230377123
},
"st_asgeojson": "[large value omitted]"
}Record 3gid: 55 · oid: 273332861
{
"gid": 55,
"oid": "273332861",
"name": "Louisiana",
"geoid": "22",
"lsadc": "00",
"mtfcc": "G4000",
"state": "22",
"region": 3,
"stusab": "LA",
"centlat": 30.902586,
"centlon": -91.7982269,
"statens": "01629543",
"arealand": "235758874",
"basename": "Louisiana",
"division": 7,
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": 30.8634368,
"intptlon": -91.7987173,
"objectid": 21,
"areawater": "-2023496089",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 30.9091786621,
"lon": -91.8142984793
},
"st_asgeojson": "[large value omitted]"
}Record 4gid: 19 · oid: 320541347
{
"gid": 19,
"oid": "320541347",
"name": "Virginia",
"geoid": "51",
"lsadc": "00",
"mtfcc": "G4000",
"state": "51",
"region": 3,
"stusab": "VA",
"centlat": 37.518265,
"centlon": -78.6759106,
"statens": "01779803",
"arealand": "-821915984",
"basename": "Virginia",
"division": 5,
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": 37.5222512,
"intptlon": -78.6681938,
"objectid": 53,
"areawater": "-61307834",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 37.5108555353,
"lon": -78.666442414
},
"st_asgeojson": "[large value omitted]"
}Record 5gid: 16 · oid: 303146031
{
"gid": 16,
"oid": "303146031",
"name": "Puerto Rico",
"geoid": "72",
"lsadc": "00",
"mtfcc": "G4000",
"state": "72",
"region": 9,
"stusab": "PR",
"centlat": 18.2164715,
"centlon": -66.4147614,
"statens": "01779808",
"arealand": "278176477",
"basename": "Puerto Rico",
"division": 0,
"funcstat": "A",
"intptlat": 18.217648,
"intptlon": -66.4107992,
"objectid": 50,
"areawater": "628200285",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 18.2157325628,
"lon": -66.4146425123
},
"st_asgeojson": "[large value omitted]"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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