Feature Catalog for the Current County Subdivision State-based
The Current County Subdivision State-based shapefiles contain the attributes for all County subdivisions, which are the primary divisions of counties and their equivalent entities for the reporting of Census Bureau data. They include legally-recognized minor civil divisions (MCDs) and statistical census county divisions (CCDs), and unorganized territories.
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Current County Subdivision State-based
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STATEFP
Current state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code
National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) - States/State Equivalents
COUNTYFP
Current county Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code
National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 31-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) - Counties/County Equivalents
COUSUBFP
Current county subdivision Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code
Federal Information Processing Series Census Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (Formerly FIPS 55-3)
COUSUBNS
Current county subdivision GNIS code
INCITS 446:2008 (Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)), Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory Zone
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
resourceProvider
GEOID
County subdivision identifier, a concatenation of Current state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code, county FIPS code, and county subdivision FIPS code
The GEOID attribute is a concatenation of the state FIPS code, followed by the county FIPS code, followed by the county subdivision FIPS code. No spaces are allowed between the two codes. The State FIPS code is taken from "National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) - States". The county FIPS code is taken from "National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 31-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) - Counties/County Equivalents". The county subdivision FIPS code is taken from Federal Information Processing Series Census Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (Formerly FIPS 55-3)
NAME
Current county subdivision name
Values for this attribute are composed of a set of county subdivision names. As such, they do not exist in a known, predefined set.
NAMELSAD
Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for county subdivision
Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for county subdivisions
LSAD
Current legal/statistical area description code for county subdivision
00
Blank
20
barrio (suffix)
21
borough (suffix)
22
census county division (CCD) (suffix)
23
census subarea (suffix)
24
census subdistrict (suffix)
25
city (suffix)
26
county (suffix)
27
district (suffix)
28
District (prefix)
29
precinct (suffix)
30
Precinct (prefix)
31
gore (suffix)
32
grant (suffix)
36
location (suffix)
37
municipality (suffix)
39
plantation (suffix)
41
barrio-pueblo (suffix)
42
purchase (suffix)
43
town (suffix)
44
township (suffix)
45
Township (prefix)
46
Unorganized Territory (UT) (suffix)
47
village (suffix)
49
charter township (suffix)
86
Reservation (suffix)
CLASSFP
Current Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) class code
C2
An active incorporated place that is legally coextensive with a county subdivision but treated as independent of any county subdivision
C5
An active incorporated place that is independent of any county subdivision and serves as a county subdivision equivalent
C7
An incorporated place that is independent of any county
S1
A nonfunctioning county subdivision that is coextensive with a census designated place
S2
A statistical county subdivision that is coextensive with a census designated place
S3
A statistical county subdivision that is coextensive with a legal American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian area
T1
An active county subdivision that is not coextensive with an incorporated place
T2
An active county subdivision that is coextensive with a census designated place
T5
An active county subdivision that is coextensive with an incorporated place
T9
An inactive county subdivision
Z1
A nonfunctioning county subdivision
Z2
A county subdivision that is coextensive with an American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian area and legally is independent of any other county subdivision
Z3
A county subdivision defined as an unorganized territory
Z5
A statistical county subdivision
Z7
A county subdivision that is coextensive with a county or equivalent feature or all or part of an incorporated place that the Census Bureau recognizes separately
Z9
Area of a county or equivalent, generally in territorial sea, where no county subdivision exists
MTFCC
MAF/TIGER feature class code
G4040
County Subdivision
CNECTAFP
Current combined New England city and town area code
Range Domain Minimum: 700
Range Domain Maximum: 799
NECTAFP
Current New England city and town area code
Range Domain Minimum: 70000
Range Domain Maximum: 79999
NCTADVFP
Current New England city and town area division code
Range Domain Minimum: 70004
Range Domain Maximum: 79994
FUNCSTAT
Current functional status
A
Active government providing primary general-purpose functions
B
Active government that is partially consolidated with another government but with separate officials providing primary general-purpose functions
C
Active government consolidated with another government with a single set of officials
F
Fictitious entity created to fill the Census Bureau geographic hierarchy
G
Active government that is subordinate to another unit of government.
I
Inactive governmental unit that has the power to provide primary special-purpose functions
N
Nonfunctioning legal entity
S
Statistical entity
ALAND
Current land area
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 9,999,999,999,999
AWATER
Current water area
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 9,999,999,999,999
INTPTLAT
Current latitude of the internal point
Range Domain Minimum: -90.000000
Range Domain Maximum: 90.000000
INTPTLON
Current longitude of the internal point
Range Domain Minimum: -180.000000
Range Domain Maximum: 180.000000