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Use this tag for programming-related questions about the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing census data format (TIGER).

Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) is a format for census data issued by the United States Census Bureau.

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Shape_area and ALAND AWATER in Tiger census data

What does Shape_area mean? I noticed that it is not the sum of Aland and Awater. What are the units of these three?
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Choropleth Maps in R - TIGER Shapefile issue

Have a Question on Mapping with R, specifically around the choropleth maps in R. I have a dataset of ZIP codes assigned to an are and some associated data (dataset is here). My final data format is: Area ID, ZIP, Probability Value, Customer Count,…
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How to access US Census TIGER shapefiles in geopandas?

Context: I have a range of ACS data I work with, and I was looking to plot it at the block group level. However, I am struggling to find the relevant geometry objects to actually make such plots. TIGER files from census (which I think I used back…
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How to get county name from US addresses

I have the firm addresses and would like to know which county it belongs to. What kind of package should I use to get it done efficiently? I have over 40000 addresses. I am trying tigris and censusxy now but not sure how to do it. The issue with…
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Why is tidycensus area provided different that calculated by sf::_st_area()

I am using the tidycensus R package to pull in census data and geometries. I want to be able to calculate population densities and have the results match what I see on censusreporter.org. I am noticing a difference between the geography variables…
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GEOID not found in TIGERLINE Shapefiles

Trying to use the TIGER/Line shapefiles and convert some GEOIDs (census track number) of Georgia into LAT/LONG in R. After the first round of conversion, I still have about 50k unmatched GEOIDs. Some of these leftovers…
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Querying a variable using the ACS census API

I'm looking here, which says this variable exists in the ACS1 2016 collection: https://api.census.gov/data/2016/acs/acs1/profile/variables/DP02_0001E.json And is listed generally in the data dictionary for that collection. But I query it in any of…
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Is it possible to get the gps coordinates (latitude and longitude) that correspond with all of the census blocks in the United States?

I have a list of all of the census blocks (FIPS codes) in the US and I need to get the corresponding GPS codes for each of these. I've tried looking on the census.gov site and their API, and I've found some other relevant resources like…
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