Urban Areas


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: 1bbf23fcc54545d785300240c1a48d7e

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: Urban Areas
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Reference date - creation: 2024-06-05T16:40:03
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Reference date - revision: 2025-04-08T19:54:42
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Keywords: Boundaries, Urban, Areas, Clusters, National Geospatial Data Asset, NGDA, HIFLD, Feature Service, SDI, NSDI, Open Data, FGDC, Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Planning, Infrastructure
Abstract: After each decennial census, the Census Bureau delineates urban areas that represent densely developed territory, encompassing residential, commercial, and other nonresidential urban land uses. In general, this territory consists of areas of high population density and urban land use resulting in a representation of the urban footprint. There are 2,644 Urban Areas (UAs) in this data release with either a minimum population of 5,000 or a housing unit count of 2,000 units. Each urban area is identified by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain leading zeros. For 2020 Census products and beyond, the Census Bureau eliminated the distinction between Urbanized Areas and Urban Clusters. All urban areas are now identified by the generic term, “Urban Area.”Download: https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TGRGDB24/tlgdb_2024_a_us_nationgeo.gdb.zip Layer: Urban_Area_20Metadata: https://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/Current_19115/series_tl_2023_uac20.shp.iso.xml
Purpose: Urban Areas; 2020 Census - January 1, 2020 vintage
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Dataset character set: utf8
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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/Urban/MapServer/8