Feature Catalog for the 2024 2020 Census Blocks with Suffixes TIGER/Line Shapefile 2020 Census Blocks with suffixes 2024 2024-09-20 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 TABBLOCKSUFX.shp 2020 Census Blocks with Suffixes (State-based) false STATEFP 2020 Census state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) codes National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing Series(FIPS) - States/State Equivalents COUNTYFP 2020 Census county Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 31-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) - Counties/County Equivalents TRACTCE 2020 Census census tract code. 000100 to 989999 Census tract number 990000 to 990099 Water tract 990100 to 998999 Census tract number BLKGRPCE 2020 Census block group number. A block group number of 0 represents a water block group. 0 9 STATEFP20 2020 Census state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) codes National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing Series(FIPS) - States/State Equivalents COUNTYFP20 2020 Census county Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 31-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) - Counties/County Equivalents TRACTCE20 2020 Census census tract code. 000100 to 989999 Census tract number 990000 to 990099 Water tract 990100 to 998999 Census tract number BLOCKCE20 2020 Census tabulation block number 0001 9999 SUFFIX1CE Current census block suffix 1 (State Level File) A Z GEOID Block identifier; a concatenation of Current Census state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code, county FIPS code, census tract code, and tabulation block number The GEOID attribute is a concatenation of the 2020 state FIPS code, followed by the 2020 county FIPS code, followed by the 2020 census tract code, followed by the 2020 tabulation block number. 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 census tract code is taken from the "TRACTCE20" attribute. The tabulation block number is taken from the "BLOCKCE20" attribute. GEOIDFQ Fully Qualified Block identifier; a concatenation of census survey summary level information with the GEOID20 block identifier code. The GEOIDFQ attribute is calculated to facilitate joining census spatial data to census survey summary files. The GEOIDFQ attribute is a concatenation of the sumarry level code, followed by the geovariant code, followed by the geocomponent code, followed by 'US', followed by the 2020 block identifier. No spaces are allowed between the codes. The summary level code is '100'. The geovariant code is '00'. The geocomponent code is '00'. The 2020 block identifier is taken from the 'GEOID' attribute. NAME 2020 Census tabulation block name; a concatenation of 'Block', and the current tabulation block number Refer to the tabulation block number that appears in BLOCKCE20 MTFCC MAF/TIGER feature class code G5040 Tabulation Block FUNCSTAT Current Census functional status S Statistical entity ALAND Current Census land area (square meters) 0 9,999,999,999,999 AWATER Current Census water area (square meters) 0 9,999,999,999,999 INTPTLAT Current Census latitude of the internal point -90 90 INTPTLON Current Census longitude of the internal point -180 180