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Louisiana voting districts from 2010 Census
- Identification Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- US Census Bureau, Geography Division
- Publication Date
- 20120101
- Title
- Louisiana voting districts from 2010 Census
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Online Linkage
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/a287cc33-3c2b-4cca-bdd2-525bc18ece49/file/7f5a693a-617e-4fe8-88ce-5f3b2c24a017
- Abstract
- Voting districts in Louisiana based on the US decennial Census of 2010. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB 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 they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Voting district is the generic name for geographic entities such as precincts, wards, and election districts established by State governments for the purpose of conducting elections. States participating in the 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program as part of Public Law 94-171 (1975) provided the Census Bureau with boundaries, codes, and names for their VTDs. Each VTD is identified by a 1- to 6-character alphanumeric census code that is unique within county. For the 2010 Census, Rhode Island is the only State that did not participate in Phase 2 (the Voting District Project) of the Redistricting Data Program and no VTDs exist for this State in the 2010 Census data products. Note that only Montana and Oregon do not have complete coverage of VTDs for the 2010 Census.
- Purpose
- 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.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- Publication date.
- Time Instant
- 20120101
- Bounding Box
- West
- -94.043352
- East
- -88.758388
- North
- 33.019543
- South
- 28.855127
- Theme Keyword
- Census
- voting districts
- electoral districts
- electoral boundaries
- state legislative district
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- boundaries
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- Louisiana
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Temporal Keyword
- 2010
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- 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.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Unknown
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
- Delivery Point
- Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
- City
- Princeton
- State
- NJ
- Postal Code
- 08544
- Country
- US
- Contact Telephone
- 609-258-1097
- Credit
- US Census Bureau
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.0.3348
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- GT-polygon composed of chains
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 3671
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 8.9831528411952133e-009
- Longitude Resolution
- 8.9831528411952133e-009
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D North American 1983
- Ellipsoid Name
- GRS 1980
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.0
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257222101
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- LA_2010_voting_districts
- Entity Type Definition
- 2010 Census Voting District (VTD) State-based
- Entity Type Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Attributes
- FID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- Esri
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- Esri
- STATEFP10
- 2010 Census state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code (INCITS.38-2009,, 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)U.S. Census Bureau)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- COUNTYFP10
- 2010 Census county Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code (INCITS.31-2009, 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)U.S. Census Bureau)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- VTDST10
- 2010 Census voting district code
- Any ASCII alphabetic or numeric character combination plus hyphens from one to six characters
- Voting district code
- ZZZZZZ
- No voting district defined
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- GEOID10
- Voting district identifier; a concatenation of 2010 census state FIPS code, county FIPS code, and voting district code (INCITS.38-2009, 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.31-2009, 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), and the voting district code found in VTDST10U.S. Census Bureau)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- VTDI10
- 2010 Census voting district indicator
- A
- Actual
- P
- Pseudo (adjusted)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- NAME10
- 2010 Census voting district name (Names of voting districts)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- NAMELSAD10
- 2010 Census name and the translated legal/statistical area description for voting district (Refer to the name in the 'NAME' field and the translated legal/statistical area description code for Voting District)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- LSAD10
- 2010 Census legal/statistical area description code for voting district
- 00
- Blank
- V1
- Voting District
- V2
- Voting District
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- MTFCC10
- MAF/TIGER feature class code
- G5240
- Voting District
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- FUNCSTAT10
- 2010 Census functional status
- F
- Fictitious entity created to fill the Census Bureau geographic hierarchy
- N
- Nonfunctioning legal entity
- S
- Statistical entity
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- ALAND10
- Current land area (square meters) (0 to 9999999999999 square meters)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- AWATER10
- Current water area (square meters) (0 to 9999999999999 square meters)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- INTPTLAT10
- 2010 Census latitude of the internal point (-90.000000 to 90.000000 Decimal degrees)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- INTPTLON10
- 2010 Census longitude of the internal point (-180.000000 to 180.000000 Decimal degrees)
- Definition Source
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Distribution Information
- Distributor
- US Census Bureau, Geography Division
- Online Access
- http://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/TIGERweb2010_cdp_census2010.html
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20151215
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
- Contact Address
- Address
- Map and Geospatial Information Center, Lewis Library, Princeton University
- City
- Princeton
- State or Province
- NJ
- Postal Code
- 08544
- Country
- US
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 609-258-1097
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998