Feature Catalog for the 2024 Metropolitan Divisions TIGER/Line Shapefile Metropolitan Divisions 2024 2024-09-21 eng; USA utf8 U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 301-763-1128 301-763-4710 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400 Washington DC 20233-7400 United States geo.geography@census.gov pointOfContact METDIV.shp Current Metropolitan Division National false CSAFP Current combined statistical area code 100 599 CBSAFP Current metropolitan statistical area/micropolitan statistical area code 10000 49999 METDIVFP Current metropolitan division code 10004 49994 GEOID Metropolitan division identifier; a concatenation of metropolitan statistical area/micropolitan statistical area code and metropolitan division code The GEOID attribute is a concatenation of the Metropolitan statistical area/micropolitan statistical area code ("CBSAFP" attribute) followed by the metropolitan division code ("METDIVFP" attribute). No spaces are allowed between the two codes. GEOIDFQ Fully qualified metropolitan division identifier; a concatenation of census survey summary level information with the metropolitan division identifier. The GEOIDFQ attribute is calculated to facilitate joining census spatial data to census survey summary files. The GEOIDFQ attribute is a concatenation of the summary level code, followed by the geovariant code, followed by the geocomponent code, followed by 'US', followed by the metropolitan division identifier. No spaces are allowed between the codes. The summary level code is '314'. The geovariant code is 'M6'. The geocomponent code is '00'. The metropolitan division identifier is taken from the 'GEOID' attribute. NAME Current metropolitan division name Values for this attribute are composed of a set of metropolitan division names. As such, they do not exist in a known, predefined set. NAMELSAD Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for metropolitan division Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description code for metropolitan division LSAD Current legal/statistical area description code for metropolitan division M3 Metro Division (suffix) MTFCC MAF/TIGER feature class code G3120 Metropolitan Division ALAND Current land area (square meters) 0 9,999,999,999,999 AWATER Current water area (square meters) 0 9,999,999,999,999 INTPTLAT Current latitude of the internal point -90 90 INTPTLON Current longitude of the internal point -180 180