HIFLD Open Incorporated Places

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census; United States Department of Homeland Security

Version:  View help for Version V1

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incorporated-places-geojson.zip application/zip 127.3 MB 10/28/2025 11:45:AM
incorporated-places-shapefile.zip application/zip 94.6 MB 10/28/2025 08:03:AM
metadata.xml application/xml 1.4 KB 10/28/2025 08:03:AM

Project Citation: 

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census, and United States Department of Homeland Security. HIFLD Open Incorporated Places. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-10-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E239291V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HIFLD Open Incorporated Places
Summary:  View help for Summary
Incorporated Places are those reported to the Census Bureau as legally in existence as of the latest Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS), under the laws of their respective states. An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division, which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always are within a single state or equivalent entity, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough but can have other legal descriptions. For Census Bureau data tabulation and presentation purposes, incorporated places exclude:1) The boroughs in Alaska (treated as statistical equivalents of counties).2) Towns in the New England states, New York, and Wisconsin (treated as MCDs).3) The boroughs in New York (treated as MCDs).
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Consolidated City; Incorporated Places; Census Designated Places; Places; HIFLD Open; GIS
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 8/28/2024 – 8/28/2024
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Archived from the HIFLD Open GIS data repository, which was deactivated on August 26, 2025.


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