Feature Catalog for the Current State and Equivalent National
The Current State and Equivalent National contains attributes for the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the fifty States, the Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) as the statistical equivalents of States for the purpose of data presentation.
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STATE.shp
Current State and Equivalent National entities
false
REGION
Current Census region code
1
Northeast
2
Midwest
3
South
4
West
9
Puerto Rico and the Island Areas
DIVISION
Current Census division code
0
Puerto Rico and the Island Areas
1
New England
2
Middle Atlantic
3
East North Central
4
West North Central
5
South Atlantic
6
East South Central
7
West South Central
8
Mountain
9
Pacific
STATEFP
Current state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code
National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing
Series (FIPS) - States/State Equivalents
STATENS
Current state 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
GEOID
State identifier; state FIPS code
National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing
STUSPS
Current United States Postal Service state abbreviation
U.S. Postal Service
resourceProvider
Publication 28 - Postal Addressing Standards
U.S. Postal Service
resourceProvider
NAME
Current state name
National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing
Series (FIPS) - States/State Equivalents
LSAD
Current legal/statistical area description code for state
00
Blank
MTFCC
MAF/TIGER feature class code
G4000
State or Equivalent feature
FUNCSTAT
Current functional status
A
Active government providing primary general-purpose functions
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