2010 US Census Tracts

ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  2010 US Census Tracts

Reference date - publication:  2010-01-01

Edition: 2010
Presentation format:  mapDigital

Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Themes or categories of the resource:  boundaries

Place keywords:
Keywords:  State or Equivalent Entity, U.S., United States, NC, 37, North Carolina

Thesaurus name:
Title:  INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008

Place keywords:
Keywords:  State or Equivalent Entity, U.S., United States, NC, 37, North Carolina

Thesaurus name:
Title:  INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008

Place keywords:
Keywords:  State or Equivalent Entity, U.S., United States, NC, 37, North Carolina

Thesaurus name:
Title:  INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008

Place keywords:
Keywords:  State or Equivalent Entity, U.S., United States, NC, 37, North Carolina

Thesaurus name:
Title:  INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008

Place keywords:
Keywords:  State or Equivalent Entity, U.S., United States, NC, 37, North Carolina

Thesaurus name:
Title:  INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008

Place keywords:
Keywords:  State or Equivalent Entity, U.S., United States, NC, 37, North Carolina

Thesaurus name:
Title:  INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  boundaries

Thesaurus name:
Title:  ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Tract, Census Tract, State or equivalent entity, Polygon

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Tract, Census Tract, State or equivalent entity, Polygon

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Tract, Census Tract, State or equivalent entity, Polygon

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Tract, Census Tract, State or equivalent entity, Polygon

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Downloadable Data

Thesaurus name: ArcGIS Content Type
Abstract:  The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that 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 File is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Census tracts are small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county or equivalent entity, and were defined by local participants as part of the 2010 Census Participant Statistical Areas Program. The Census Bureau delineated the census tracts in situations where no local participant existed or where all the potential participants declined to participate. The primary purpose of census tracts is to provide a stable set of geographic units for the presentation of census data and comparison back to previous decennial censuses. Census tracts generally have a population size between 1,200 and 8,000 people, with an optimum size of 4,000 people. When first delineated, census tracts were designed to be homogeneous with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions. The spatial size of census tracts varies widely depending on the density of settlement. Physical changes in street patterns caused by highway construction, new development, and so forth, may require boundary revisions. In addition, census tracts occasionally are split due to population growth, or combined as a result of substantial population decline. Census tract boundaries generally follow visible and identifiable features. They may follow legal boundaries such as minor civil division (MCD) or incorporated place boundaries in some States and situations to allow for census tract-to-governmental unit relationships where the governmental boundaries tend to remain unchanged between censuses. State and county boundaries always are census tract boundaries in the standard census geographic hierarchy. In a few rare instances, a census tract may consist of noncontiguous areas. These noncontiguous areas may occur where the census tracts are coextensive with all or parts of legal entities that are themselves noncontiguous. For the 2010 Census, the census tract code range of 9400 through 9499 was enforced for census tracts that include a majority American Indian population according to Census 2000 data and/or their area was primarily covered by federally recognized American Indian reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands; the code range 9800 through 9899 was enforced for those census tracts that contained little or no population and represented a relatively large special land use area such as a National Park, military installation, or a business/industrial park; and the code range 9900 through 9998 was enforced for those census tracts that contained only water area, no land area.

Purpose: 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.

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Status:  completed
Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: https://www.nconemap.gov/pages/terms

Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints:  otherRestrictions

Other constraints: NoneAccess constraints: None

Limitations of use: See access and use constraints information.

Spatial representation type:  vector

Processing environment: Esri ArcGIS 12.8.0.29751

Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -84.3
East longitude: -75.3
North latitude: 36.6
South latitude: 33.6
Extent:
Extent description: Publication Date

2010-01 2010-07
Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -84.422158
East longitude: -75.355688
North latitude: 36.617273
South latitude: 33.641965
Point of contact - pointOfContact: 
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 301-763-1128
Fax: 301-763-4710
Address:
Delivery point: 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20233-7400
Country:  US
e-mail address: geo.tiger@census.gov

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset:  geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type:  composite
Object count: 2195

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: 32119
Code space: EPSG
Version: 4.2(3.0.1)

Data Quality Information:

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset

Lineage:
Process step:
When the process occurred:  2010-01-01T00:00:00
Description: 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.

Process step:
When the process occurred:  2011-04-01T00:00:00
Description: Projected data to NC Stateplane meters, NAD83.

Process contact - processor: 
Organization's name: NC CGIA

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 919-754-6580
Fax: 919-715-8551
Hours of service: 8am to 5pm
Contact instructions: Phone and electronic mail preferred
Source data:
Level of the source data: The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.

Source citation:
Title:  Census MAF/TIGER database
Alternate titles:  Census MAF/TIGER database

Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Distribution Information:

Format:
Format name: Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class

Transfer options:
Online resource:
Online location:http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2022-05-23

Metadata constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: This metadata file is to accompany the dataset. NCCGIA does not support secondary distribution of this dataset without its current, compliant metadata record. If the dataset described in this metadata record was received from anyone besides NCCGIA, this metadata and the dataset it describes may contain discrepancies.

Metadata constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints:  otherRestrictions

Other constraints: NoneAccess constraints: None

Metadata contact - pointOfContact: 
Organization's name: NC CGIA

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 919-754-6580
Fax: 919-715-8551
Hours of service: 8am to 5pm
Contact instructions: Phone and electronic mail preferred
Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset
Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007