The United States Census Bureau regularly releases
a geodatabase named TIGER. This dataset contains the 2020 census
blocks, roughly equivalent to a city block. There are just over
eight million polygon features covering the United States, the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and theIsland areas.
Census block identifier: a concatenation of 2020
Census state FIPS code, 2020 Census county FIPS
code, 2020 Census tract code, and 2020 Census
block number
INTPTLAT20
STRING
2020 Census latitude of the internal point
INTPTLON20
STRING
2020 Census longitude of the internal point
MTFCC20
STRING
MAF/TIGER feature class code
NAME20
STRING
2020 Census tabulation block name: a concatenation
of Block and the tabulation block number
STATEFP20
STRING
2020 Census state FIPS code
TRACTCE20
STRING
2020 Census tract code
UACE20
STRING
2020 Census urban area code
UATYPE20
STRING
2020 Census urban area type
UR20
STRING
2020 Census urban/rural indicator
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
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 to you 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 regularly releases a geodatabase named TIGER. This dataset contains the 2020 census blocks, roughly equivalent to a city block. There are just over eight million polygon features covering the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island areas. For full technical details …
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This dataset contains the 2020 census\nblocks, roughly equivalent to a city block. There are just over\neight million polygon features covering the United States, the District\nof Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the\n[Island areas](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/planning-management/release/2020-island-areas-data-products.html).\n\nFor full technical details on all TIGER 2020 products, see the\n[TIGER technical documentation](https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2020/TGRSHP2020_TechDoc.pdf).\n\n### Table Schema\n\n**Table Schema**\n\n| Name | Type | Description |\n|------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ALAND20 | DOUBLE | 2020 Census land area |\n| AWATER20 | DOUBLE | 2020 Census water area |\n| BLOCKCE20 | STRING | 2020 Census tabulation block number |\n| COUNTYFP20 | STRING | 2020 Census county FIPS code |\n| FUNCSTAT20 | STRING | 2020 Census functional status |\n| GEOID20 | STRING | Census block identifier: a concatenation of 2020 Census state FIPS code, 2020 Census county FIPS code, 2020 Census tract code, and 2020 Census block number |\n| INTPTLAT20 | STRING | 2020 Census latitude of the internal point |\n| INTPTLON20 | STRING | 2020 Census longitude of the internal point |\n| MTFCC20 | STRING | MAF/TIGER feature class code |\n| NAME20 | STRING | 2020 Census tabulation block name: a concatenation of Block and the tabulation block number |\n| STATEFP20 | STRING | 2020 Census state FIPS code |\n| TRACTCE20 | STRING | 2020 Census tract code |\n| UACE20 | STRING | 2020 Census urban area code |\n| UATYPE20 | STRING | 2020 Census urban area type |\n| UR20 | STRING | 2020 Census urban/rural indicator |\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 to you 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/2020/TABBLOCK20');\n\nvar visParams = {\n min: 0.0,\n max: 1e7,\n palette: ['d8d9d9', 'aaaaaa', 'b6dfe9', '2ea3f2', '0c71c3']\n};\n\n// plotting the water area per polygon\ndataset = dataset.map(function (f) {\n return f.set('AWATER20', ee.Number.parse(f.get('AWATER20')));\n});\n\nvar image = ee.Image().float().paint(dataset, 'AWATER20');\n\nMap.setCenter(-73.15, 40.9, 9);\nMap.addLayer(ee.Image(1), {min:0, max:1}, 'background');\nMap.addLayer(image, visParams, 'TIGER/2020/TABBLOCK20');\nMap.addLayer(dataset, null, 'for Inspector', false);\n```\n[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/TIGER/TIGER_2020_TABBLOCK20)\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/2020/TABBLOCK20_FeatureView');\n\nvar visParams = {\n opacity: 1,\n color: {\n property: 'AWATER20',\n mode: 'linear',\n palette: ['d8d9d9', 'aaaaaa', 'b6dfe9', '2ea3f2', '0c71c3'],\n min: 0,\n max: 1e7\n }\n};\n\nfvLayer.setVisParams(visParams);\nfvLayer.setName('Water area by US census block');\n\nMap.setCenter(-73.15, 40.9, 9);\nMap.add(fvLayer);\n```\n[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/TIGER/TIGER_2020_TABBLOCK20_FeatureView) \n[TIGER: 2020 Tabulation (Census) Block](/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/TIGER_2020_TABBLOCK20) \nThe United States Census Bureau regularly releases a geodatabase named TIGER. This dataset contains the 2020 census blocks, roughly equivalent to a city block. There are just over eight million polygon features covering the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island areas. For full technical details ... \nTIGER/2020/TABBLOCK20, census,city,infrastructure-boundaries,neighborhood,table,tiger,urban,us \n2020-01-01T00:00:00Z/2020-01-02T00:00:00Z \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_2020_TABBLOCK20)"]]
