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Column Label Description Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and district number) Column 3 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 4 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 8 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively American Indian Reservations, Statistical Areas, and Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas Column Label Description Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE) Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code Column 3 NAME American Indian Area full name Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively American Indian Reservations, Trust Lands, and Native Hawaiian Home Lands Column Label Description Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE) Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code Column 3 NAME American Indian Reservation or Trust Land full name Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively Census Tracts The 2020 census tract file is based on the 2020 Census. Column Label Description Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS, County FIPS, census tract number) Column 3 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 4 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 8 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively Core Based Statistical Areas Some records contain special characters. Column Label Description Column 1 CSAFP Combined statistical area code (may be blank for some records) Column 2 GEOID Metropolitan statistical area/micropolitan statistical area code Column 3 NAME Name Column 4 CBSA_TYPE Metropolitan/micropolitan status indicator Column 5 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 9 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 10 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively Counties Some records contain special characters. Column Label Description Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and County FIPS) Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code Column 4 NAME Name Column 5 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 9 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 10 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively County Subdivisions Some records contain special characters. Column Label Description Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS, County FIPS, County Subdivision FIPS) Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code Column 4 NAME Name Column 5 FUNCSTAT Functional status of entity Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively Current American Indian, Alaska Native, and Hawaiian Home Lands Legal and Statistical Areas Column Label Description Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE) Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code Column 3 NAME American Indian Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land full name Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively Current American Indian Off-Reservation Trust Lands Column Label Description Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE) Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code Column 3 NAME Off-Reservation Trust Land full name (NAMELSAD) Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively Current Hawaiian Home Lands Column Label Description Column 1 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (AIANNHCE) Column 2 ANSICODE American National Standards Institute code Column 3 NAME Hawaiian Home Land full name (NAMELSAD) Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively Places Some records contain special characters. Column Label Description Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and Place FIPS) Column 3 ANSICODE American National Standards Insititute code Column 4 NAME Name Column 5 LSAD Legal/Statistical area descriptor Column 6 FUNCSTAT Functional status of entity Column 7 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 9 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 10 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 11 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 12 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively School Districts - Elementary The school districts - elementary file contains data for 26 states and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2020. The states represented in the file are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Column Label Description Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and local education agency number) Column 3 NAME Name Column 4 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided Column 5 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively School Districts - Secondary The school districts - secondary file contains data for 20 states and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2020. The states represented in the file are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. Column Label Description Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and local education agency number) Column 3 NAME Name Column 4 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided Column 5 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively School Districts - Unified The school districts - unified file contains data for unified school districts in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and represents districts in operation as of January 1, 2020. Column Label Description Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and local education agency number) Column 3 NAME Name Column 4 LOGRADE Lowest Grade Provided Column 5 HIGRADE Highest Grade Provided Column 6 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 9 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 10 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 11 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively State Legislative Districts - Lower Chambers The state legislative districts - lower chamber file contains data for 49 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the 2018 election cycle. Nebraska has a unicameral legislature and the District of Columbia has a single council, both of which the Census Bureau treats as upper-chamber legislative areas for the purpose of data presentation. Therefore, there are no data by the lower house of the state legislative districts for either Nebraska or the District of Columbia. Column Label Description Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and district number) Column 3 NAME Name Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively State Legislative Districts - Upper Chambers The state legislative districts - upper chamber file contains data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for 2018 election cycle. Some records contain special characters. Column Label Description Column 1 USPS United States Postal Service State Abbreviation Column 2 GEOID Geographic Identifier - fully concatenated geographic code (State FIPS and district number) Column 3 NAME Name Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively Urban Areas Some records contain special characters. Column Label Description Column 1 GEOID Five digit Urban Area Census Code Column 2 NAME Name Column 3 UATYPE Urban Area Type C = Urban Cluster U = Urbanized Area Column 4 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 7 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 8 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 9 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively ZIP Code Tabulation Areas Column Label Description Column 1 GEOID Five digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area Census Code Column 2 ALAND Land Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 3 AWATER Water Area (square meters) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 4 ALAND_SQMI Land Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 5 AWATER_SQMI Water Area (square miles) - Created for statistical purposes only Column 6 INTPTLAT Latitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting North or South latitude respectively Column 7 INTPTLONG Longitude (decimal degrees) First character is blank or "-" denoting East or West longitude respectively Related Information REFERENCE FILE Gazetteer Files Page Last Revised - September 2, 2026 ✕ Is this page helpful? 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