TIGER/Line® Shapefiles & TIGER/Line® Files - Geography

TIGER/Line^® Shapefiles and TIGER/Line^® Files

TIGER/Line^®Shapefiles are spatial extracts from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER database, containing features such as roads, railroads, rivers, as well as legal and statistical geographic areas.
They are made available to the public for no charge and are typically used to provide the digital map base for a Geographic Information System or for mapping software.
They are designed for use with geographic information system (GIS) software. The TIGER/Line^®Shapefiles do not include demographic data, but they contain geographic entity codes that can be linked to the Census Bureau’s demographic data, available on American FactFinder

Latest TIGER/Line^® Shapefile Release

2010 Census TIGER/Line^® Shapefiles with Urban Area Geography -- New urban area, census block, and faces shapefiles. Released March 26, 2012

2012 TIGER/Line^® Shapefiles Main Page -- Released August 17, 2012

View our how-to guides on Using the TIGER/Line Shapefiles^® and Census Data.

Previous TIGER/Line^® Shapefiles

2011 TIGER/Line^® Shapefiles Main Page -- Released December 12, 2011
2010 TIGER/Line^® Shapefiles Main Page -- Released on a rolling basis (began November 30, 2010, updates continue through 2013).
2009 TIGER/Line^® Shapefiles Main Page -- Released October 1, 2009.
2008 TIGER/Line^® Shapefiles Main Page -- Released December 8, 2008.
2007 TIGER/Line^® Shapefiles Main Page -- Released March 31, 2008.
- The 2007 TIGER/Line^®Shapefiles were the first release of TIGER spatial data from the modernized Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER database in shapefile format.
- TIGER/Line^®Shapefiles have replaced the TIGER/Line files which were first made available in 1990.

Previous TIGER/Line^® Files

The first TIGER/Line files, offered in ASCII format, were released in 1990 and provided the first nationwide street centerline coverage of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas.
TIGER/Line ^®files are digital files and contain geographic features, such as roads, railroads, rivers, as well as legal and statistical geographic areas.
The 2006 Second Edition TIGER/Line files are the last version of the TIGER/Line^®files the Census Bureau released.
TIGER/Line^®files are offered in State/County folders. The following versions of TIGER/Line^®files are available online: 2006 Second Edition TIGER/Line^®files, 108th CD Census 2000 TIGER/Line^® files, UA Census 2000 TIGER/Line^® files, Census 2000 TIGER/Line^® files, and the Redistricting Census 2000 TIGER/Line^® files.

2006 Second Edition TIGER/Line^® Files
Previous Versions of Census 2000 TIGER/Line^® Files
108^th CD Census 2000 TIGER/Line^® Files
1992 TIGER/Line -- A Link Between 1980 and 1990 Census Geography

Previous TIGER/Line ^® Files Documentation

Previous Versions of TIGER/Line^® Files Technical Documentation

TIGER/Line ^® Files Metadata

TIGER/Line Metadata -- Metadata for 1992 and later versions

TIGER/Line^® FAQs and Trademark Information

TIGER FAQs -- Frequently Asked Questions about TIGER/Line and TIGER products
What are the TIGER/Line files and How are they Used? -- Overview and Trademark information

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