TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2009, state, Mississippi, Current Block State-based 
Type  Shapefile 
Tags  28, boundaries, State or Equivalent Entity, Mississippi, Census Block, State or equivalent entity, U.S., United States, MS, Block, Polygon 
Summary 
In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles. 
Description 
The TIGER/Line Shapefiles are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census MAF/TIGER database. The Census MAF/TIGER database represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts. However, each TIGER/Line Shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set or the shapefiles can be combined to cover the whole nation. 
Credits 
There are no credits for this item. 
Use limitations 
The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest. 
Extent 
West   
 -91.737508 
      East  
 -88.095839 
 
North   
 35.005536 
      South  
 30.139022 
 

Scale Range 
There is no scale range for this item. 
Topics and Keywords  . 
Themes or categories of the resource Boundaries 
 
Content type . Downloadable Data 
 
Theme keywords Census Block, State or equivalent entity, Block, Polygon 
 
Theme keywords boundaries 
 
Thesaurus . 
Title ISO 19115 Topic Categories 
 
Place keywords 28, State or Equivalent Entity, Mississippi, U.S., United States, MS 
 
Thesaurus . 
Title INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008 
 
Citation  . 
Title TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2009, state, Mississippi, Current Block State-based 
Publication date 2009-01-01 
 
Edition 2009 
 
Presentation formats digital map 
FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data 
 
Citation Contacts  . 
Responsible party - originator  
Organization's name U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 
 
Resource Details  . 
Dataset languages English (UNITED STATES) 
 
Status completed 
Spatial representation type vector 
 
Processing environment .  Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.9.1.28388 
 
ArcGIS item properties  
Name . MS_CENSUSBlocks_2010 
Size . 232.927 
Location . file://\\10.10.17.25\data1\MARISdata\Census\MS_CENSUSBlocks_2010\MS_CENSUSBlocks_2010.shp 
Access protocol . Local Area Network 
Extents  . 
Extent  
Description  
Publication Date 
 
Temporal extent  
Beginning date 2009-01-01 
Ending date 2009-05-01 
 
Extent  
Geographic extent  
Bounding rectangle  
West longitude -91.655009 
East longitude -88.097888 
South latitude 30.146096 
North latitude 34.996099 
 
Extent  
Geographic extent  
Bounding rectangle  
Extent type  
Extent used for searching 
West longitude . -91.737508 
East longitude . -88.095839 
North latitude . 35.005536 
South latitude . 30.139022 
Extent contains the resource . Yes 
 
Extent in the item's coordinate system  
westBL . 318558.009746 
eastBL . 650997.953624 
southBL . 1039767.637839 
northBL . 1577862.780447 
exTypeCode . Yes 
 
Resource Points of Contact  . 
Point of contact - point of contact  
Organization's name U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch 
 
Contact information . 
Phone  
Voice 301-763-1128 
Fax 301-763-4710 
Address  
Type postal 
Delivery point 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400 
City Washington 
Administrative area DC 
Postal code 20233-7400 
Country US 
e-mail address geo.tiger@census.gov 
Resource Maintenance  . 
Resource maintenance  
Resource Constraints  . 
Legal constraints  
Limitations of use  
No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. 
 
Constraints  
Limitations of use  
The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest. 
 
Spatial Reference  . 
ArcGIS coordinate system  
Type . Projected 
Geographic coordinate reference . GCS_North_American_1983 
Projection . mstm 
Coordinate reference details .  
ProjectedCoordinateSystem  
XOrigin -5122200 
YOrigin -12297100 
XYScale 450339697.45066422 
ZOrigin -100000 
ZScale 10000 
MOrigin -100000 
MScale 10000 
XYTolerance 0.001 
ZTolerance 0.001 
MTolerance 0.001 
HighPrecision true 
WKT PROJCS["mstm",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",1300000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-89.75],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9998335],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",32.5],UNIT["Meter",1.0]] 
 
Reference system identifier  
Value . 0 
 
 
Spatial Data Properties  . 
Indirect spatial referencing  
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), ANSI, and feature names. 
 
Vector . 
Level of topology for this dataset . geometry only 
 
Geometric objects  
Feature class name MS_CENSUSBlocks_2010 
Object type . composite 
Object count . 170167 
ArcGIS Feature Class Properties . 
Feature class name MS_CENSUSBlocks_2010 
Feature type . Simple 
Geometry type . Polygon 
Has topology . FALSE 
Feature count . 170167 
Spatial index . TRUE 
Linear referencing . FALSE 
 
Data Quality  . 
Scope of quality information . 
Resource level dataset 
 
Data quality report - Conceptual consistency  . 
Data quality measure reference 
Measure description  
The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining FIPS 55. Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons. 
 
Data quality report - Completeness omission  . 
Data quality measure reference 
Measure description  
Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created. 
 
Data quality report - Quantitative attribute accuracy  . 
Data quality measure reference 
Measure description  
Accurate against Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), FIPS Publication 6-4, and FIPS-55 at the 100% level for the codes and base names. The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy. 
 
Lineage  . 
Process step . 
When the process occurred 2009-01-01 
Description  
TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER data for the nation, state, county, and entity are then distributed among 58 shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data. 
 
Source data . 
Relationship to the process step used 
 
Source citation . 
Alternate titles Census MAF/TIGER 
 
Source data . 
Description  
The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database. 
 
Source medium name online link 
 
Source citation . 
Title Census MAF/TIGER database 
Alternate titles MAF/TIGER 
Publication date  
Indeterminate date inapplicable 
 
Responsible party - originator  
Organization's name U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 
 
Extent of the source data  
Description  
Publication Date 
 
Temporal extent  
Beginning date 2009-01-01 
Ending date 2009-05-01 
 
Distribution  . 
Distributor . 
Contact information - distributor  
Organization's name U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch 
 
Contact information . 
Phone  
Voice 301-763-1128 
Fax 301-763-4710 
Address  
Type postal 
Delivery point 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400 
City Washington 
Administrative area DC 
Postal code 20233-7400 
Country US 
e-mail address geo.tiger@census.gov 
Available format  
Name TGRSHP (compressed) 
 
File decompression technique PK-ZIP, version 1.93 A or higher 
Technical prerequisites The TIGER/Line shapefiles contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data. For information on how to use the TIGER/Line shapefile data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software. 
 
Ordering process  
Terms and fees The online copy of the TIGER/Line files may be accessed without charge. 
 
Instructions  
To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line shapefiles visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger 
 
Transfer options  
Online source  
Online location (URL) http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger 
 
Transfer options  
Medium of distribution  
How data is written iso9660 (CD-ROM) 
 
Distribution format  
Name . Shapefile 
 
Transfer options  
Transfer size . 232.927 
 
Online source  
Online location (URL) http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger 
 
Fields  . 
Details for object MS_CENSUSBlocks_2010 . 
Type . Feature Class 
Row count . 170167 
Definition  
Current Block State-based 
 
Definition source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field FID . 
Alias . FID 
Data type . OID 
Width . 4 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description .  
Internal feature number. 
 
Description source .  
Esri 
 
Description of values .  
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. 
 
Field Shape . 
Alias . Shape 
Data type . Geometry 
Width . 0 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description .  
Feature geometry. 
 
Description source .  
Esri 
 
Description of values .  
Coordinates defining the features. 
 
Field STATEFP . 
Alias . STATEFP 
Data type . String 
Width . 2 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Coded values  
Name of codelist INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 5-2) 
Source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field STATENS . 
Alias . STATENS 
Data type . String 
Width . 8 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current state ANSI code 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Coded values  
Name of codelist INCITS 446-2008, (GNIS) Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory Zone 
Source U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 
 
Field COUNTYFP . 
Alias . COUNTYFP 
Data type . String 
Width . 3 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current county Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Coded values  
Name of codelist INCITS.31-200x (R2007), Codes for the Identification of the Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 6-4) 
Source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field STATEFP00 . 
Alias . STATEFP00 
Data type . String 
Width . 2 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Census 2000 state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Coded values  
Name of codelist INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 5-2) 
Source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field COUNTYFP00 . 
Alias . COUNTYFP00 
Data type . String 
Width . 3 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Census 2000 county Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Coded values  
Name of codelist INCITS.31-200x (R2007), Codes for the Identification of the Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 6-4) 
Source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field TRACTCE00 . 
Alias . TRACTCE00 
Data type . String 
Width . 6 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Census 2000 census tract code 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value 000000 
Description Water tract in some coastal and Great Lakes water and territorial sea 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census 
 
Value 000100 to 998999 
Description Census tract number 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field BLOCKCE00 . 
Alias . BLOCKCE00 
Data type . String 
Width . 4 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Census 2000 tabulation block number 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value 0001 to 9999 
Description tabulation block number 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field SUFFIX1CE . 
Alias . SUFFIX1CE 
Data type . String 
Width . 1 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current census block suffix 1 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value A to Z 
Description Current census block suffix 1 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field BLKIDFP . 
Alias . BLKIDFP 
Data type . String 
Width . 17 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current block identifier; a concatenation of Census 2000 state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code, Census 2000 county FIPS code, Census 2000 census tract code, Census 2000 tabulation block number, and current block suffix 1. 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Coded values  
Name of codelist INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 5-2), INCITS.31-200x (R2007), Codes for the Identification of the Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 6-4), the tract number that appears in TRACTCE00 and the tabulation block number that appears in BLOCKCE00 
Source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field NAME . 
Alias . NAME 
Data type . String 
Width . 11 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current tabulation block name; a concatenation of 'Block', the current tabulation block number, and the block suffix 1 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Description of values  
Refer to the tabulation block number that appears in BLOCKCE00, and the current block suffix that appears in SUFFIX1CE 
 
Field MTFCC . 
Alias . MTFCC 
Data type . String 
Width . 5 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
MAF/TIGER feature class code 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value G5040 
Description Tabulation Block 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field UR . 
Alias . UR 
Data type . String 
Width . 1 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Corrected Census 2000 urban/rural indicator 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value M 
Description Mixed - part of the land area is classified as urban and part is classified as rural 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Value N 
Description Not Applicable (water-only and international areas) 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Value R 
Description Area is classified as rural 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Value U 
Description Area is classified as urban 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field UACE . 
Alias . UACE 
Data type . String 
Width . 5 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Corrected Census 2000 urban area code 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value 00001 to 98999 
Description Urban Area Code 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field FUNCSTAT . 
Alias . FUNCSTAT 
Data type . String 
Width . 1 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current functional status 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value S 
Description Statistical entity 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field ALAND . 
Alias . ALAND 
Data type . Double 
Width . 14 
Precision . 14 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current land area 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value 0 to 9,999,999,999,999 
Description Blank 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field AWATER . 
Alias . AWATER 
Data type . Double 
Width . 14 
Precision . 14 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current water area 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value 0 to 9,999,999,999,999 
Description Blank 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field INTPTLAT . 
Alias . INTPTLAT 
Data type . String 
Width . 11 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current latitude of the internal point 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value 00 
Description Blank 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Field INTPTLON . 
Alias . INTPTLON 
Data type . String 
Width . 12 
Precision . 0 
Scale . 0 
 
Field description  
Current longitude of the internal point 
 
Description source  
U.S. Census Bureau 
 
List of values  
Value 00 
Description Blank 
Enumerated domain value definition source U.S. Census Bureau 
 
Metadata Details  . 
Metadata language English (UNITED STATES) 
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format 
 
Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset 
Scope name . dataset 
 
Last update . 2022-06-03  
 
ArcGIS metadata properties 
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0 
 
Created in ArcGIS for the item 2010-07-14 14:04:34 
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2022-06-03 08:25:13 
 
Automatic updates 
Have been performed Yes 
Last update 2022-06-03 08:25:13 
Metadata Contacts  . 
Metadata contact - point of contact  
Organization's name U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch 
 
Contact information . 
Phone  
Voice 301-763-1128 
Fax 301-763-4710 
Address  
Type postal 
Delivery point 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400 
City Washington 
Administrative area DC 
Postal code 20233-7400 
Country US 
e-mail address geo.tiger@census.gov 
Thumbnail and Enclosures  . 
Enclosure  
Enclosure type  
File 
Description of enclosure original metadata 
Original metadata document, which was translated yes 
Source metadata format fgdc