Feature Catalog for the Current Metropolitan Division National
The Current Metropolitan Division National shapefile contains a record for Metropolitan Divisions, which subdivide a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). A MSA contains a single core urban area that has a population of at least 2.5 million to form smaller groupings of counties or equivalent entities. Not all Metropolitan Statistical Areas with urban areas of this size will contain Metropolitan Divisions. Metropolitan Division consist of one or more main counties or equivalent entities that represent an employment center or centers, plus adjacent counties associated with the main county or counties through commuting ties.
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2017-06-01
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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
METDIV.shp
Current Metropolitan Division National
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CSAFP
Current combined statistical area code
The Office of Management and Budget
resourceProvider
Range Domain Minimum: 100
Range Domain Maximum: 599
CBSAFP
Current metropolitan statistical area/micropolitan statistical area code
The Office of Management and Budget
resourceProvider
Range Domain Minimum: 10000
Range Domain Maximum: 49999
METDIVFP
Current metropolitan division code
The Office of Management and Budget
resourceProvider
Range Domain Minimum: 10004
Range Domain Maximum: 49994
GEOID
Metropolitan division identifier; a concatenation of metropolitan statistical
area/micropolitan statistical area code and metropolitan division code
The Office of Management and Budget
resourceProvider
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.
NAME
Current metropolitan division name
The Office of Management and Budget
resourceProvider
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
The Office of Management and Budget
resourceProvider
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)
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