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TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2015, Series Information for the 2010 Census Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) State-based Shapefile

After each decennial census, the Census Bureau delineates Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) for the tabulation and dissemination of decennial census Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data, American Community Survey (ACS) PUMS data, and ACS period estimates. Nesting within states, or equivalent entities, PUMAs cover the entirety of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PUMA delineations are subject to population, building block geography, geographic nesting, and contiguity criteria. Each PUMA is identified by a 5-character numeric census code that may contain leading zeros and a descriptive name. 

           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.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

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Last Updated March 6, 2021, 11:21 (EST)
Created March 6, 2021, 11:21 (EST)
GUID SeriesCollection_tl_2015_puma10.shp.iso.xml
access_constraints [" Access Constraints: None", " Use Constraints:The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered\n trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgment must be given to the\n U.S. Census Bureau as the source.\n \n The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and\n designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they\n are not legal land descriptions. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these\n coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest."]
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