2010 Census TIGER/Line® Shapefiles Code Names

I’ve been playing with the Tiger shapefiles to generate some interesting plots. While doing this I kept wondering what all the different geographies were. I couldn’t find a single concise list, so I made my own (but not yet complete) list from various source of information:

cbsa
Metropolitan/Micropolitan Statistical Area
bg
Block Group
csa
Combined Statistical Area
cd
Congress Districts
state
State
county
County
cnecta
Combined New England City and Town Area
necta
New England City and Town Area
elsd
Elementary School District
scsd
Secondary School District
unsd
Unified School District
sldl
State Legislative District Lower Chamber
sldu
State Legislative District Upper Chamber
submcd
Subminor Civil Division
vtd
Voting Districting
zcta5
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas

More to be added later, as well as some tools for processing Tiger 2010.

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