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2026

120th Congressional Districts
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID Congressional district identifier; a concatenation of the state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code and 120th congressional district FIPS code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Areas
Field Name Field Description
GEOID American Indian Area/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian (AIANNH) census code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
ANSICODE AIANNH American National Standards Institute (ANSI) code
NAME Name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) code for the AIANNH
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Areas, by Component
Field Name Field Description
GEOID American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian (AIANNH) identifier; a concatenation of the AIANNH census code and AIANNH reservation/statistical area or off-reservation trust land/Hawaiian home land indicator
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
ANSICODE AIANNH American National Standards Institute (ANSI) code
NAME Name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) code for the AIANNH
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
Census Tracts
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID Census tract identifier; a concatenation of the state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code, county FIPS code, and census tract code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
Core Based Statistical Areas
Field Name Field Description
CSAFP Combined statistical area Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code (may be blank for some records)
GEOID Core based statistical area identifier; core based statistical area FIPS code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
NAME Name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) for the core based statistical area
CBSA_TYPE Metropolitan/micropolitan status indicator
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
Counties
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID County identifier; a concatenation of the state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code and county FIPS code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
ANSICODE County American National Standards Institute (ANSI) code
NAME Name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) for the county or county equivalent
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
County Subdivisions
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID County subdivision identifier; a concatenation of the state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code, county FIPS code, and county subdivision FIPS code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
ANSICODE County subdivision American National Standards Institute (ANSI) code
NAME Name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) for the county subdivision
FUNCSTAT Functional status
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
Places
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID Place identifier; a concatenation of the state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code and place FIPS code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
ANSICODE Place American National Standards Institute (ANSI) code
NAME Name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) for the place
LSAD LSAD code for the place
FUNCSTAT Functional status
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
School Districts – Elementary
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID School district identifier; a concatenation of the state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code and the elementary school district local education agency (SDLEA) code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
NAME Name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) for the elementary school district
LOGRADE Lowest grade covered by school district
HIGRADE Highest grade covered by school district
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
School Districts – Secondary
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID School district identifier; a concatenation of the state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code and the secondary school district local education agency (SDLEA) code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
NAME Name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) for the secondary school district
LOGRADE Lowest grade covered by school district
HIGRADE Highest grade covered by school district
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
School Districts – Unified
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID School district identifier; a concatenation of the state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code and the unified school district local education agency (SDLEA) code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
NAME Name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) for the unified school district
LOGRADE Lowest grade covered by school district
HIGRADE Highest grade covered by school district
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
School Districts – Administrative Areas
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID School district identifier; a concatenation of the state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code and the school district administrative area (SDADM) school district local education agency (SDLEA) code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
NAME Name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) for the SDADM
LOGRADE Lowest grade covered by school district
HIGRADE Highest grade covered by school district
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
States
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID State identifier; state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
NAME State or equivalent area name
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
State Legislative Districts – Lower Chamber
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID State legislative district – lower chamber (SLDL) identifier; a concatenation of state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code and SLDL code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
NAME SLDL name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) code
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
State Legislative Districts – Upper Chamber
Field Name Field Description
USPS Two-character United States Postal Service (USPS) state postal abbreviation
GEOID State legislative district – upper chamber (SLDU) identifier; a concatenation of state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code and SLDU code
GEOIDFQ Fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
NAME SLDU name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) code
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
Urban Areas
Field Name Field Description
GEOID 2020 Census urban area identifier; 2020 Census urban area code
GEOIDFQ 2020 Census fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
NAME 2020 Census urban area name and translated legal/statistical area description (LSAD) code
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas
Field Name Field Description
GEOID 2020 Census 5-digit ZIP Code tabulation area identifier; 2020 Census 5-digit ZIP Code tabulation area code
GEOIDFQ 2020 Census fully qualified GEOID; used to join data tables from data.census.gov
ALAND Land area in square meters
AWATER Water area in square meters
ALAND_SQMI Land area in square miles
AWATER_SQMI Water area in square miles
INTPTLAT Latitude of the internal point
INTPTLONG Longitude of the internal point

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