Urbanized Areas: United States and Territories, 2013

Author(s)

United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics and United States. Bureau of the Census. Geography Division

Description

This polygon shapefile contains areas of urban land extracted from the United States Census Bureau's 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 United States 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. This layer is part of the 2014 National Transportation Atlas Database. The National Transportation Atlas Databases 2014 (NTAD2014) is a set of nationwide geographic datasets of transportation facilities, transportation networks, associated infrastructure and other political and administrative entities. These datasets include spatial information for transportation modal networks and intermodal terminals, as well as the re¬lated attribute information for these features. This data supports research, analysis, and decision-making across all transportation modes. It is most useful at the national level, but has major applications at regional, state and local scales throughout the transportation community. The data used to compile NTAD2014 was provided by our partners within the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and by other agencies throughout the United States Federal Government. These contributors are the actual data stewards and are ultimately responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of their data. This data was sourced from the information contained in the Census Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database. The content of the MAF/TIGER database is undergoing continuous census data updates and is made available to the public through a variety of TIGER/Line® shapefiles. United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration. (2014). Urbanized Areas: United States and Territories, 2013. National Transportation Atlas Database 2014. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/vt734jy6725.

Publisher

United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Collection

National transportation atlas databases : NTAD

Place(s)

United States, Washington (D.C.), United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam

Subject(s)

Census, Population density, Metropolitan areas, Cities and towns, Land use, Urban, Boundaries, and Society

Year

2013

Held by

Stanford

More details at

https://purl.stanford.edu/vt734jy6725

Use and reproduction

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Copyright

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