U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 2015 2015 vector digital data http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2015/SLDU/tl_2015_15_sldu.zip The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. State Legislative Districts (SLDs) are the areas from which members are elected to State legislatures. The SLDs embody the upper (senate) and lower (house) chambers of the state legislature. Nebraska has a unicameral legislature and the District of Columbia has a single council, both of which the Census Bureau treats as upper-chamber legislative areas for the purpose of data presentation; there are no data by SLDL for either Nebraska or the District of Columbia. A unique three-character census code, identified by State participants, is assigned to each SLD within a state. In Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, and Puerto Rico, the Redistricting Data Program (RDP) participant did not define the SLDs to cover all of the state or state equivalent area. In these areas with no SLDs defined, the code "ZZZ" has been assigned, which is treated as a single SLD for purposes of data presentation. The boundaries of the 2014 State legislative districts were provided by state-level participants through the RDP and reflect the districts used to elect members in or prior to the November 2014 election. In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Hawaii(15) 201406 201505 Publication Date Complete No changes or updates will be made to this version of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Future releases of TIGER/Line Shapefiles will reflect updates made to the Census MAF/TIGER database. -178.443593 -154.755792 28.517269 18.86546 ISO 19115 Topic Categories boundaries NGDA Portfolio Themes NGDA Governmental Units and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme National Geospatial Data Asset None State or equivalent entity Polygon Legislative District ANSI INCITS 38:2009 (Formerly FIPS 5-2), ANSI INCITS 31:2009 (Formerly FIPS 6-4),ANSI INCITS 454:2009 (Formerly FIPS 8-6), ANSI INCITS 455:2009(Formerly FIPS 9-1), ANSI INCITS 446:2008 (Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)) United States U.S. State or Equivalent Entity Hawaii HI 15 None The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest. Yes, the data are free from Title 13 restrictions U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch Mailing

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Washington DC 20233-7400 United States 301-763-1128 301-763-4710 geo.tiger@census.gov 8859part1 eng Accurate against National Standard Codes, Federal Information Processing (FIPS) and the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) at the 100% level for the codes and base names. The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy. The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons. Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division Unpublished material online 201406 201505 Publication Date MAF/TIGER All line segments TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER data for all of the aforementioned geographic entities are then distributed among the shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data. MAF/TIGER 2015 Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS), Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), and feature names. Vector G-polygon 25 0.000458 0.000458 Decimal degrees North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137 298.257 SLDU.shp Current State Legislative District (SLD) (Upper Chamber) State-based U.S. Census Bureau STATEFP Current state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code U.S. Census Bureau National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 38-2009), Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) - States/State Equivalents U.S. Census Bureau SLDUST Current state legislative district (upper chamber) code U.S. Census Bureau Any ASCII alphabetic or numeric character combination plus hyphens from one to three characters. A code of ZZZ represents a State legislative district (upper chamber) that has not been defined. GEOID State legislative district upper chamber identifier; a concatenation of Current state FIPS code and state legislative district upper chamber code U.S. Census Bureau The GEOID attribute is a concatenation of the state FIPS code followed by the state legislative district upper chamber code. 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 state legislative district upper chamber code is taken from the "SLDUST" attribute. NAMELSAD Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description for the state legislative district (upper chamber) U.S. Census Bureau Values for this attribute are composed of a set of name codes. As such, they do not exist in a known, predefined set. For the current name and the translated legal/statistical area description code, refer to the "LSAD" attribute. LSAD Current legal/statistical area description code for state legislative district (upper chamber) U.S. Census Bureau 00 Blank U.S. Census Bureau 07 District (suffix) U.S. Census Bureau L1 Ward (prefix) U.S. Census Bureau L2 Senatorial District (suffix) U.S. Census Bureau L8 State Senate District (suffix) U.S. Census Bureau LU State Senate District (prefix) U.S. Census Bureau LSY Legislative session year U.S. Census Bureau 2000 2999 Years MTFCC MAF/TIGER feature class code U.S. Census Bureau G5210 State Legislative District (Upper Chamber) U.S. Census Bureau FUNCSTAT Current functional status U.S. Census Bureau F Fictitious entity created to fill the Census Bureau geographic hierarchy U.S. Census Bureau N Nonfunctioning legal entity U.S. Census Bureau ALAND Current land area (square meters) U.S. Census Bureau 0 9,999,999,999,999 square meters AWATER Current water area (square meters) U.S. Census Bureau 0 9,999,999,999,999 square meters INTPTLAT Current latitude of the internal point U.S. Census Bureau -90.000000 90.000000 Decimal degrees INTPTLON Current longitude of the internal point U.S. Census Bureau -180.000000 180.000000 Decimal degrees U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch Mailing

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Washington DC 20233-7400 United States 301-763-1128 301-763-4710 geo.tiger@census.gov No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. TGRSHP (compressed) PK-ZIP, version 1.93 A or higher http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2015/SLDU/tl_2015_15_sldu.zip The online copy of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles may be accessed without charge. To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line Shapefiles visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger The TIGER/Line shapefiles contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data. For information on how to use the TIGER/Line shapefile data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software. 20140601 U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch Mailing

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Washington DC 20233-7400 United States 301-763-1128 301-763-4710 geo.tiger@census.gov FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 8859part1 tl_2015_15_sldu.shp.xml eng