pdGeoTIGER – Address Range File Layout & Data Definitions

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Below are the layout and data definitions for the Address Range databases. To view the layout and data definitions for the companion ZIP+4 databases click here.

Field: name of the field. Type: field type; Chr = character or alphanumeric, Num = numeric. Width: field width. Dec: number of decimal points. From: field starting point. To: field ending point. Description: data definition of the field contents. Users can match the MATCHKEY, FRADD and TOADD fields against their lists to append the geo location information contained in the fields beginning with STABBR. Alternatively users can match directly against the parsed address fields: FEDIRP, FENAME, FETYPE, FEDIRS, FRADD, TOADD and ZIP.

Field Type Width Dec From To Description
PEACOCK_ID Chr 10   1 10 Unique ID number assigned to each record
RT Chr 1   11 11 Source Record Type from the TIGER database
TLID Chr 10   12 21 Source code from the TIGER database
RTSQ Chr 3   22 24 Source code sequence add-on number from the TIGER database
MATCHKEY Chr 44   25 68 Match key preset for easy matching
FEDIRP Chr 2   69 70 Street pre-direction
FENAME Chr 30   71 100 Street name
FETYPE Chr 4   101 104 Street type
FEDIRS Chr 2   105 106 Street post-direction
FRADD Chr 11   107 117 From address
TOADD Chr 11   118 128 To address
ADDPARITY Chr 1   129 129 Address parity (key):
O = Odd
E = Even
ZIP Chr 5   130 134 5-digit ZIP Code
STABBR Chr 2   135 136 State abbreviation
STNAME Chr 25   137 161 State name - Mixed Case
STNAMEUPR Chr 25   162 186 State Name - UPPER CASE
STNUM Chr 2   187 188 State 2-digit FIPS code number
COUNTY Chr 31   189 219 County name - Mixed Case
COUNTYUPR Chr 31   220 250 County name - UPPER CASE
COUNUM Chr 3   251 253 County 3-digit FIPS code number
TRACT Chr 6   254 259 Census Tract
TRBAS Chr 4   260 263 Census Tract base number (first four digits)
TRSUF Chr 2   264 265 Census Tract suffix number (last two digits)
BLKGRP Chr 1   266 266 Census Block Group
BLOCK Chr 4   267 270 Census Block
BLKSUF Chr 1   271 271 Census Block Suffix
LAT Num 9 6 272 280 Latitude coordinate - 6 decimal places
LATHEM Chr 1   281 281 Latitude Hemisphere (key):
N = Northern Hemisphere
S = Southern Hemisphere
LONG Num 10 6 282 291 Longitude coordinate - 6 decimal places
LONHEM Chr 1   292 292 Longitude Hemisphere (key):
E = Eastern Hemisphere
W = Western Hemisphere
LATRAD Num 18 15 293 310 Latitude coordinate converted to radians for use in trigonometry functions - 15 numeric places
LONRAD Num 18 15 311 328 Longitude coordinate converted to radians for use in trigonometry functions - 15 numeric places
LATDMS Chr 14   329 342 Latitude coordinate - Degrees/Minutes/Seconds
LONDMS Chr 15   343 357 Longitude coordinate - Degrees/Minutes/Seconds
UR Chr 1   358 358 Urban/Rural indicator (key):
U = Urban
R = Rural
COUSUB Chr 5   359 363 County Subdivision
SUBMCD Chr 5   364 368 Puerto Rico Subbarrio
PLACENAME Chr 52   369 420 Place name - Mixed Case
PLACENMUPR Chr 52   421 472 Place name - UPPER CASE
PLACE Chr 5   473 477 Place 5-digit FIPS code number
CONG Chr 2   478 479 Congressional District
SLDUPR Chr 3   480 482 State Legislature - Upper Chamber
SLDLWR Chr 3   483 485 State Legislature - Lower Chamber
SDELM Chr 5   486 490 School District - Elementary
SDSEC Chr 5   491 495 School District - Secondary
SDUNI Chr 5   496 500 School District - Unified
VTD Chr 6   501 506 Voting District
ZCTA3 Chr 3   507 509 3-digit Zip Code Tabulation Area
ZCTA Chr 5   510 514 5-digit Zip Code Tabulation Area