2016 Cartographic Boundary File, Current Metropolitan/Micropolitan Statistical Area for United States, 1:5,000,000
The 2016 cartographic boundary KMLs are simplified representations
of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File /
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database
(MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic
mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the
hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of
geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with
the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based
files while others are available only as state-based files. Metropolitan and
Micropolitan Statistical Areas are together termed Core Based Statistical Areas
(CBSAs) and are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and consist of
the county or counties or equivalent entities associated with at least one urban core
(urbanized area or urban cluster) of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent
counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as
measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core. Categories of
CBSAs are: Metropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urbanized areas of 50,000 or more
population; and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urban clusters of at least
10,000 population but less than 50,000 population. The generalized boundaries in this
file are based on those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census, published in 2013,
and updated in 2015.
Complete Metadata
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| accessLevel | non-public |
| contactPoint |
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"hasEmail": "mailto:geo.geography@census.gov"
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| description | The 2016 cartographic boundary KMLs are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas are together termed Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) and are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and consist of the county or counties or equivalent entities associated with at least one urban core (urbanized area or urban cluster) of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core. Categories of CBSAs are: Metropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urbanized areas of 50,000 or more population; and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urban clusters of at least 10,000 population but less than 50,000 population. The generalized boundaries in this file are based on those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census, published in 2013, and updated in 2015. |
| distribution |
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"title": "Keyhole Markup Language (KML)",
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"description": "The cartographic boundary files contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical
data. For information on how to use cartographic boundary file data with specific software package users shall contact the
company that produced the software.",
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"title": "Cartographic Boundary Shapefiles",
"accessURL": "https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-cart-boundary.html",
"description": "Simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER geographic database",
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| issued | 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
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"Boundaries",
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"CBSA",
"Cartographic Boundary",
"Generalized",
"Metropolitan Statistical Area",
"Micropolitan Statistical Area",
"United States",
"US"
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| language |
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|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Customer Services Branch
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| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | 179.77847,-14.552549,-179.14734,71.352561 |
| temporal | 2017-03-01T00:00:00+00:00/2017-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | 2016 Cartographic Boundary File, Current Metropolitan/Micropolitan Statistical Area for United States, 1:5,000,000 |
