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TIGER/Line shapefiles

Official boundaries for every city, county, tract, block, district, plus roads and water

TIGER/Line shapefiles is published by US Census Bureau for United States. It's a web page or PDF, with no API; it updates yearly, last updated 2026-10-14. Reuse: check terms. Check status: verified.

UpdatesYearly
Last updated2026-10-14
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PublisherUS Census Bureau
Originalhttps://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html ↗
PlaceUnited States · federal
ShelfPeople and places
FormatsShapefile
Update rateAnnual
Located byAll census geographies
Licencenot stated
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Cite this source: US Census Bureau, “TIGER/Line shapefiles”, https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html, last updated 2026-10-14. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/677 (verified).

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