The United States Census Bureau TIGER dataset contains the 2018 boundaries
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.
Each feature represents a state or state equivalent.
The U.S. Census Bureau offers some of its public data
in machine-readable format via an Application Programming Interface
(API). All of the content, documentation, code and related materials
made available through the API are subject tothese terms and
conditions.
Citations
Citations:
For the creation of any reports, publications, new data sets, derived
products, or services resulting from the data set, users shouldcite the US Census Bureau.
The United States Census Bureau TIGER dataset contains the 2018 boundaries 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 …
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In addition\nto the fifty states, the Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia,\nPuerto Rico, and each of the island areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth\nof the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) as the\nstatistical equivalents of States for the purpose of data presentation.\nEach feature represents a state or state equivalent.\n\nFor full technical details on all TIGER 2018 products, see the [TIGER\ntechnical documentation](https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2018/TGRSHP2018_TechDoc.pdf).\n\n### Table Schema\n\n**Table Schema**\n\n| Name | Type | Description |\n|----------|--------|----------------------------------------------|\n| ALAND | DOUBLE | Land area |\n| AWATER | DOUBLE | Water area |\n| DIVISION | STRING | Division code |\n| FUNCSTAT | STRING | Functional Status |\n| GEOID | STRING | State identifier; state FIPS code |\n| INTPTLAT | STRING | Internal point latitude |\n| INTPTLON | STRING | Internal point longitude |\n| LSAD | STRING | Legal/statistical area description for state |\n| MTFCC | STRING | MAF/TIGER feature class code (=G4000) |\n| NAME | STRING | State name |\n| REGION | STRING | Region code |\n| STATEFP | STRING | State FIPS code |\n| STATENS | STRING | State GNIS code |\n| STUSPS | STRING | US Postal Service state abbreviation |\n\n### Terms of Use\n\n**Terms of Use**\n\nThe U.S. Census Bureau offers some of its public data\nin machine-readable format via an Application Programming Interface\n(API). All of the content, documentation, code and related materials\nmade available through the API are subject to [these terms and\nconditions](https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html).\n\n### Citations\n\nCitations:\n\n- For the creation of any reports, publications, new data sets, derived\n products, or services resulting from the data set, users should\n [cite the US Census Bureau](https://www.census.gov/about/policies/citation.html).\n\n### Explore with Earth Engine\n\n| **Important:** Earth Engine is a platform for petabyte-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets, both for public benefit and for business and government users. Earth Engine is free to use for research, education, and nonprofit use. To get started, please [register for Earth Engine access.](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth-engine)\n\n### Code Editor (JavaScript)\n\n```javascript\nvar dataset = ee.FeatureCollection('TIGER/2018/States');\nvar visParams = {\n palette: ['purple', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow', 'orange', 'red'],\n min: 500000000.0,\n max: 5e+11,\n opacity: 0.8,\n};\nvar image = ee.Image().float().paint(dataset, 'ALAND');\nMap.setCenter(-99.844, 37.649, 5);\nMap.addLayer(image, visParams, 'TIGER/2018/States');\nMap.addLayer(dataset, null, 'for Inspector', false);\n```\n[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/TIGER/TIGER_2018_States)\n\n### Visualize as a FeatureView\n\n\nA `FeatureView` is a view-only, accelerated representation of a\n`FeatureCollection`. For more details, visit the\n[`FeatureView` documentation.](/earth-engine/guides/featureview_overview)\n| **Important:** Earth Engine is a platform for petabyte-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets, both for public benefit and for business and government users. Earth Engine is free to use for research, education, and nonprofit use. To get started, please [register for Earth Engine access.](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth-engine)\n\n### Code Editor (JavaScript)\n\n```javascript\nvar fvLayer = ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer('TIGER/2018/States_FeatureView');\n\nvar visParams = {\n opacity: 0.8,\n color: {\n property: 'ALAND',\n mode: 'linear',\n palette: ['purple', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow', 'orange', 'red'],\n min: 5e8,\n max: 5e11\n }\n};\n\nfvLayer.setVisParams(visParams);\nfvLayer.setName('US census states');\n\nMap.setCenter(-99.844, 37.649, 5);\nMap.add(fvLayer);\n```\n[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/TIGER/TIGER_2018_States_FeatureView) \n[TIGER: US Census States 2018](/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/TIGER_2018_States) \nThe United States Census Bureau TIGER dataset contains the 2018 boundaries 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 ... \nTIGER/2018/States, census,infrastructure-boundaries,state,states,table,tiger,us \n2018-01-01T00:00:00Z/2019-01-01T00:00:00Z \n-14.69 -180 71.567 -64.435 \nGoogle Earth Engine \nhttps://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets\n\n- [](https://doi.org/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/tiger-data-products-guide.html)\n- [](https://doi.org/https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/TIGER_2018_States)"]]
