This polygon shapefile represents community areas in Monterey County, California including Boronda, Castroville, Chualar, Pajaro and Fort Ord/East Garrison. Community areas are existing areas that support residential and commercial development. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data for Monterey County in California. This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. Monterey County, California. (2015). Community Areas, Monterey County, California, 2015. Monterey County, Ca. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/xz981qh7561.