HIFLD OPEN Urban Areas

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

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Project Citation: 

Census Bureau, and United States Department of Homeland Security. HIFLD OPEN Urban Areas. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-11-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E239799V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HIFLD OPEN Urban Areas
Summary:  View help for Summary 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_...
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 HIFLD Open; GIS; Boundaries; Urban; infrastructure
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) census/enumeration data; 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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