Identification Information

Citation

Citation Information

Originator U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Publication Date 2021-09-10

Publication Time 14:11:01

Title 2020 Census New Mexico County Boundaries

Geospatial Data Presentation Form vector digital data

Publication Information

Publication Place

Publisher

Other Citation Details

Online Linkage http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger

Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgis/datasets/1aa6acca-8b20-43cc-9463-1098d0b1e7f8/tl_2020_35_county20.original.zip

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Description

Abstract 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. The primary legal divisions of most states are termed counties. In Louisiana, these divisions are known as parishes. In Alaska, which has no counties, the equivalent entities are the organized boroughs, city and boroughs, municipalities, and for the unorganized area, census areas. The latter are delineated cooperatively for statistical purposes by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau. In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia), there are one or more incorporated places that are independent of any county organization and thus constitute primary divisions of their states. These incorporated places are known as independent cities and are treated as equivalent entities for purposes of data presentation. The District of Columbia and Guam have no primary divisions, and each area is considered an equivalent entity for purposes of data presentation. The Census Bureau treats the following entities as equivalents of counties for purposes of data presentation: Municipios in Puerto Rico, Districts and Islands in American Samoa, Municipalities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas is covered by counties or equivalent entities. The boundaries for counties and equivalent entities are as of January 1, 2018, primarily as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS).

Purpose In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.

Time Period of Content

Single Date/Time

Calendar Date 2020-05-23

Currentness Reference Publication Date

Status

Progress Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database. No changes or updates will be made to this version of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Future releases of TIGER/Line Shapefiles will reflect updates made to the Census MAF/TIGER database.

Spatial Domain

Bounding Coordinates

West Bounding Coordinate -109.050431

East Bounding Coordinate -103.002043

North Bounding Coordinate 37.000233

South Bounding Coordinate 31.33216

Keywords

Theme

Thesaurus ISO 19115 Topic Category

Keyword boundaries

Theme

Thesaurus None

Keyword County or equivalent entity

Keyword Polygon

Place

Thesaurus FIPS Publication 5-2, FIPS Publication 6-4, FIPS Publication 8-6, FIPS Publication 9-1

Keyword United States

Keyword U.S.

Keyword State or Equivalent Entity

Keyword New Mexico

Keyword NM

Keyword 35

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.

Point of Contact

Contact Information

Contact Person Primary

Contact Person

Contact Organization

Contact Organization Primary

Contact Organization U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Management Branch

Contact Person

Contact Position

Contact Address

Address Type Mailing address

Address 4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400

City Washington

State or Province DC

Postal Code 20233-7400

Country United States

Contact Voice Telephone 301-763-1128

Contact Facsimile Telephone 301-763-4710

Contact Electronic Mail Address tiger@census.gov

Hours of Service

Contact Instructions

Browse Graphic

File Name tl_2020_35_county20.zip

File Type application/zip

Description TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2020, state, New Mexico, County and Equivalent

Data Quality Information

Attribute Accuracy Report

Report Accurate against Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), FIPS Publication 6-4, and FIPS-55 at the 100% level for the codes and base names. The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy.

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment

Attribute Accuracy Value

Attribute Accuracy Explanation

Logical Consistency Report The Census Bureau performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of shapefiles. Segments making up the outer and inner boundaries of a polygon tie end-to-end to completely enclose the area. All polygons are tested for closure. The Census Bureau uses its internally developed geographic update system to enhance and modify spatial and attribute data in the Census MAF/TIGER database. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, municipalities, county subdivisions, places, American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian areas, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. The Census Bureau performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the compilation of the original Census MAF/TIGER database files. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, urban areas, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), American Indian Areas (AIAs), and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining FIPS 55. Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency. For the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Point and Vector Object Count for the G-polygon SDTS Point and Vector Object Type reflects the number of records in the shapefile attribute table. For multi-polygon features, only one attribute record exists for each multi-polygon rather than one attribute record per individual G-polygon component of the multi-polygon feature. TIGER/Line Shapefile multi-polygons are an exception to the G-polygon object type classification. Therefore, when multi-polygons exist in a shapefile, the object count will be less than the actual number of G-polygons.

Completeness Report Data completeness of the TIGER/Line Shapefiles reflects the contents of the Census MAF/TIGER database at the time the TIGER/Line Shapefiles were created.

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Source Information

Source Citation

Citation Information

Originator U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division

Publication Date Unpublished

Publication Time

Title Census MAF/TIGER database

Geospatial Data Presentation Form vector digital data

Publication Information

Publication Place

Publisher

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Source Scale Denominator

Type of Source Media online

Source Time Period of Content

Source Currentness Reference Publication Date

Source Citation Abbreviation MAF/TIGER

Source Contribution The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.

Process Step

Process Description TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER data for the nation, state, county, and entity are then distributed among 58 shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data.

Process Date 2020-05-23

Process Time

Process Contact

Spatial Data Organization Information

Indirect Spatial Reference Method New Mexico

Direct Spatial Reference Method Vector

Point and Vector Object Information

SDTS Terms Description

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type G-polygon

Point and Vector Object Count 33

Spatial Reference Information

Entity and Attribute Information

Detailed Description

Entity Type

Entity Type LabelCOUNTY.shp

Entity Type Definition Current county and equivalent entities

Entity Type Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label STATEFP20

Attribute Definition Current state FIPS code

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Codeset Domain

Codeset Name FIPS PUB 5-2, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas

Codeset Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label COUNTYFP20

Attribute Definition Current county FIPS code

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Codeset Domain

Codeset Name FIPS PUB 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas

Codeset Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label COUNTYNS20

Attribute Definition Current county ANSI code

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Codeset Domain

Codeset Name data are unavailable

Codeset Source data are unavailable

Attribute

Attribute Label GEOID20

Attribute Definition Census block group identifier; a concatenation of 2020 Census state Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code, county FIPS code, census tract code, and block group number

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Codeset Domain

Codeset Name INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 5-2), INCITS.31-200x (R2007), Codes for the Identification of the Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 6-4) and the tract code that appears in TRACTCE10 and the census block group number that appears in BLKGRPCE10

Codeset Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label NAME20

Attribute Definition Current county name

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Codeset Domain

Codeset Name FIPS PUB 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas

Codeset Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label NAMELSAD20

Attribute Definition Current name and the translated legal/statistical area description code for county

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Codeset Domain

Codeset Name FIPS PUB 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas and the translated legal/statistical area description code for county that appears in LSAD00

Codeset Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label LSAD20

Attribute Definition Current legal/statistical area description code for county

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Enumerated Domain

Enumerated Domain Value 00

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Blank

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value 03

Enumerated Domain Value Definition City and Borough

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value 04

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Borough

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value 05

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Census Area

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value 06

Enumerated Domain Value Definition County

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value 07

Enumerated Domain Value Definition District

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value 10

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Island

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value 12

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Municipality

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value 13

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Municipio

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value 15

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Parish

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value 25

Enumerated Domain Value Definition city

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label CLASSFP20

Attribute Definition Current FIPS 55 class code

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Enumerated Domain

Enumerated Domain Value C7

Enumerated Domain Value Definition An incorporated place that is independent of any county

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value H1

Enumerated Domain Value Definition An active county or equivalent feature

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value H4

Enumerated Domain Value Definition An inactive county or equivalent feature

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value H5

Enumerated Domain Value Definition A statistical county equivalent feature

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value H6

Enumerated Domain Value Definition A county that is coextensive with an incorporated place, part of an incorporated place, or a consolidated city and the governmental functions of the county are part of the municipal govenment

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label MTFCC20

Attribute Definition MAF/TIGER feature class code

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Enumerated Domain

Enumerated Domain Value G4020

Enumerated Domain Value Definition County or Equivalent Feature

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label METDIVFP20

Attribute Definition 2020 Census metropolitan division code

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Range Domain

Range Domain Minimum 10004

Range Domain Maximum 49994

Attribute Units of Measure

Attribute

Attribute Label FUNCSTAT20

Attribute Definition Current functional status

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Enumerated Domain

Enumerated Domain Value A

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Active government providing primary general-purpose functions

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value B

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Active government that is partially consolidated with another government but with separate officials providing primary general-purpose functions

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value C

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Active government consolidated with another government with a single set of officials

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value F

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Fictitious Entity created to fill the Census Bureau geographic hierarchy

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value G

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Active government that is subordinate to another unit of government

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value N

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Nonfunctioning legal entity

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Enumerated Domain Value S

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Statistical Entity

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label ALAND20

Attribute Definition 2020 Census land area (square meters)

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Enumerated Domain

Enumerated Domain Value 0 to 9,999,999,999,999

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Blank

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label AWATER20

Attribute Definition 2020 Census water area (square meters)

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Enumerated Domain

Enumerated Domain Value 0 to 9,999,999,999,999

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Blank

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label INTPTLAT20

Attribute Definition 2020 Census latitude of the internal point

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Enumerated Domain

Enumerated Domain Value 00

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Blank

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute

Attribute Label INTPTLON20

Attribute Definition 2020 Census longitude of the internal point

Attribute Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Attribute Domain Values

Enumerated Domain

Enumerated Domain Value 00

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Blank

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source U.S. Census Bureau

Distribution Information

Distributor

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Distribution Liability The material on this site is made available as a public service. Maps and data are to be used for reference purposes only and the Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC), Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) and The University of New Mexico are not responsible for any inaccuracies herein contained. No responsibility is assumed for damages or other liabilities due to the accuracy, availability, use or misuse of the information herein provided. Unless otherwise indicated in the documentation (metadata) for individual data sets, information on this site is public domain and may be copied without permission; citation of the source is appreciated.

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Digital Transfer Information

Format Name ZIP

Transfer Size 1

Digital Transfer Option

Online Option

Computer Contact Information

Network Address

Network Resource Name https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/rgis/datasets/1aa6acca-8b20-43cc-9463-1098d0b1e7f8/tl_2020_35_county20.original.zip

Access Instructions Download from Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) at http://rgis.unm.edu.

Fees None. The files are available to download from Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) (http://rgis.unm.edu).

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Metadata Reference Information

Metadata Date 2025-08-06

Metadata Review Date

Metadata Future Review Date

Metadata Contact

Contact Information

Contact Person Primary

Contact Person

Contact Organization

Contact Organization Primary

Contact Organization Earth Data Analysis Center

Contact Person

Contact Position Clearinghouse Manager

Contact Address

Address Type mailing and physical address

Address MSC01 1110

Address 1 University of New Mexico

City Albuquerque

State or Province NM

Postal Code 87131-0001

Country USA

Contact Voice Telephone 505-277-3622 ext. 230

Contact Facsimile Telephone 505-277-3614

Contact Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu

Hours of Service 0800 - 1700 MT, M-F -7 hours GMT

Contact Instructions

Metadata Standard Name FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata Time Convention

Metadata Access Constraints None

Metadata Use Constraints None

Metadata Security Information

Security Classification System None

Security Classification Unclassified

Security Handling Description None

Metadata Extensions