Census County Subdivisions (500k Carto Boundary File), WI 2020

Description:

Resource provided by UW-Madison Robinson Map Library. This data represents County Subdivisions from the U.S. Census Bureau for Wisconsin in 2020. [The 2020 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files. County subdivisions are the primary divisions of counties and their equivalent entities for the reporting of Census Bureau data. They include legally-recognized minor civil divisions (MCDs) and statistical census county divisions (CCDs), and unorganized territories. In MCD states where no MCD exists or no MCD is defined, the Census Bureau creates statistical unorganized territories to complete coverage. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas are covered by county subdivisions. The boundaries of legal MCDs are as of January 1, 2020 as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The boundaries of all CCDs, delineated in 21 states, are those as reported as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) for the 2020 Census.]

Resource Link:

https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files.html

Identifier:

35165B85-AFE2-4FF5-A87D-7AF2EAC01ED1

Language:

English

Creator:

U.S. Census Bureau

Publisher:

U.S. Census Bureau

Provider:

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Resource Class:

Datasets

Subject:

Boundaries

Temporal Coverage:

2020

Date Issued:

Spatial Coverage:

Wisconsin

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile