pdGeoTIGER – File Layout & Data Definitions

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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, FROMHN and TOHN 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: PREQUAL, PREDIR, STREETNAME, STREETTYPE, SUFDIR, SUFQUAL, ZIP and PLUS4, along with the ADDRPARITY, FROMHN and TOHN fields.

Field Type Width Dec From To Description
PEACOCK_ID Chr 22   1 22 Unique ID number assigned to each record
GEO_ID Chr 15   23 37 Geo identifier; combines the state FIPS code, county FIPS code, Census Tract number and Census Block number
SOURCETYPE Chr 1   38 38 Source type identifier (key):
1 = Census Shapefile data
2 = Census Shapefile data algorithmically enhanced to accommodate new address ranges
3 = Peacock Data corrected Census Shapefile data
4 = Peacock Data variation or proprietary data - high confidence
5 = Peacock Data variation or proprietary data - medium confidence
MATCHKEY Chr 50   39 88 Match key preset for easy matching
FROMHN Chr 12   89 100 From house or structure number
TOHN Chr 12   101 112 To house or structure number
STREET Chr 75   113 187 Full street address line in Mixed Case
ZIP Chr 5   188 192 USPS 5-digit ZIP Code
PLUS4 Chr 4   193 196 USPS 4-digit Plus4 add-on code
ADDRPARITY Chr 1   197 197 Address parity (key):
O = Odd
E = Even
ADDRSIDE Chr 1   198 198 Address side (key):
L = Left side of the street
R = Right side of the street
PREQUAL Chr 5   199 203 Street pre-qualifier in Mixed Case
PREDIR Chr 2   204 205 Street pre-direction
STREETNAME Chr 55   206 260 Street name in Mixed Case
STREETTYPE Chr 15   261 275 Street type in Mixed Case; Ave, St, Rd, etc.
SUFDIR Chr 2   276 277 Street suffix-direction
SUFQUAL Chr 5   278 282 Street suffix-qualifier in Mixed Case
STATENUM Chr 2   283 284 State 2-digit FIPS code number
STATEABBR Chr 2   285 286 USPS state 2-character abbreviation
STATE Chr 20   287 306 Full state name in Mixed Case
COUNTYNUM Chr 3   307 309 County 3-digit FIPS code number
COUNTY Chr 21   310 330 County name in Mixed Case
COUNTYLONG Chr 33   331 363 County name in Mixed Case - long form
TRACT Chr 6   364 369 Census Tract
BLKGRP Chr 1   370 370 Census Block Group
BLOCK Chr 4   371 374 Census Block
LATITUDE Chr 11   375 385 Latitude coordinate - 6 decimal places
LONGITUDE Chr 12   386 397 Longitude coordinate - 6 decimal places
LATRAD Num 18 15 398 415 Latitude coordinate converted to radians for use in trigonometry functions - 15 numeric places
LONRAD Num 18 15 416 433 Longitude coordinate converted to radians for use in trigonometry functions - 15 numeric places
LATDMS Chr 14   434 447 Latitude coordinate - Degrees/Minutes/Seconds
LONDMS Chr 15   448 462 Longitude coordinate - Degrees/Minutes/Seconds
COUNTYSUB Chr 5   463 467 County Subdivision FIPS code number
SUBMCD Chr 5   468 472 Subminor Civil Division FIPS code number - Puerto Rico Subbarrio
URBANAREA Chr 5   473 477 Census Urban Area Code
CONCITY Chr 5   478 482 Consolidated City FIPS code number
PLACE Chr 5   483 487 Place FIPS code number
CONG Chr 2   488 489 Congressional District - 111th Congress
SLDUPR Chr 3   490 492 State Legislative District - Upper Chamber
SLDLWR Chr 3   493 495 State Legislative District - Lower Chamber
SDELM Chr 5   496 500 Census School District Code - Elementary
SDSEC Chr 5   501 505 Census School District Code - Secondary
SDUNI Chr 5   506 510 Census School District Code - Unified
VTD Chr 6   511 516 Census Voting District Code
ZCTA Chr 5   517 521 Census 5-digit Zip Code Tabulation Area
STATENUM00 Chr 2   522 523 2000 state 2-digit FIPS code number
COUNUM00 Chr 3   524 526 2000 county 3-digit FIPS code number
TRACT00 Chr 6   527 532 2000 Census Tract
BLKGRP00 Chr 1   533 533 2000 Census Block Group
BLOCK00 Chr 4   534 537 2000 Census Block
COUSUB00 Chr 5   538 542 2000 County Subdivision FIPS code number
SUBMCD00 Chr 5   543 547 2000 Subminor Civil Division FIPS code number - Puerto Rico Subbarrio
UA00COR Chr 5   548 552 Corrected 2000 Census Urban Area Code
CONCITY00 Chr 5   553 557 2000 Consolidated City FIPS code number
PLACE00 Chr 5   558 562 2000 Place FIPS code number
CONG108 Chr 2   563 564 Congressional District - 108th Congress
SLDUPR00 Chr 3   565 567 2000 State Legislative District - Upper Chamber
SLDLWR00 Chr 3   568 570 2000 State Legislative District - Lower Chamber
SDELM00 Chr 5   571 575 2000 Census School District Code - Elementary
SDSEC00 Chr 5   576 580 2000 Census School District Code - Secondary
SDUNI00 Chr 5   581 585 2000 Census School District Code - Unified
VTD00 Chr 6   586 591 2000 Census Voting District Code
ZCTA00 Chr 5   592 596 2000 Census 5-digit Zip Code Tabulation Area