Feature Catalog for the Current Block Group State-based
The Current Block Group State-based shapefiles contain the attributes of Block Groups (BGs), which are clusters of blocks within the same census tract.
2018
2018-10-12
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U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography
Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch
301-763-1128
301-763-4710
4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
Washington
DC
20233-7400
United States
geo.geography@census.gov
custodian
BG.shp
Current Block Group State-based
false
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
TRACTCE
Current census tract code
000100 to 998999
Census tract number
990000 to 990099
Water tract (2010 and continuing)
990100 to 998999
Census tract number
BLKGRPCE
Current block group number. A block group number of 0 represents a water block group.
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 9
GEOID
Census block group identifier; a concatenation of the current state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code, county FIPS code, census tract code, and block group number
The GEOID attribute is a concatenation of the state FIPS code, followed by the county FIPS code, followed by the census tract code, followed by the block group 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 "TRACTCE" attribute. The block group number is taken from the "BLKGRPCE" attribute.
NAMELSAD
Current translated legal/statistical area description and the block group number
Refer to the block group number that appears in BLKGRPCE and translated legal/statistical area description code BG, Block Group
MTFCC
MAF/TIGER feature class code
G5030
Block Group
FUNCSTAT
Current functional status
S
Statistical entity
ALAND
Current land area (square meters)
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 9,999,999,999,999
AWATER
Current water area (square meters)
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 9,999,999,999,999
INTPTLAT
Current latitude of the internal point
Decimal degrees
Range Domain Minimum: -90.000000
Range Domain Maximum: 90.000000
INTPTLON
Current longitude of the internal point
Decimal degrees
Range Domain Minimum: -180.000000
Range Domain Maximum: 180.000000