US State Boundaries


ISO-19139 Metadata

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Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007
Metadata identifier: b0ac564255834a6abeddb48c870c2555

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Title: US State Boundaries
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Reference date - creation: 2024-06-05T17:05:13
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Reference date - revision: 2025-04-08T19:54:42
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Keywords: state boundary, NGDA, Governmental Units and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries, National Geospatial Data Asset, HIFLD, Feature Service, SDI, NSDI, Open Data, FGDC, Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Planning, Infrastructure
Abstract: States and Equivalent Entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the 50 states, the Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 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.Download: https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TGRGDB24/tlgdb_2024_a_us_nationgeo.gdb.zip Layer: StateMetadata: https://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/Current_19115/series_tl_2023_state.shp.iso.xml
Purpose: States (or statistically equivalent entities); January 1, 2024 vintage
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Limitations of use: Access Constraints: None (Public Domain Information)Use Constraints: None (Public Use)
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Credits: U.S. Census Bureau

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Format name: Feature Service
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Online location: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/State_County/MapServer/0