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<metadata>
	<idinfo>
		<citation>
			<citeinfo>
				<origin>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division</origin>
				<pubdate>2010</pubdate>
				<title>TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2010, 2010 nation, U.S., 2010 Census  State and Equivalent National</title>
				<edition>2010</edition>
				<geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
				<onlink>http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger</onlink>
			</citeinfo>
		</citation>
		<descript>
			<abstract>The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that 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 File is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.  States and equivalent entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States.  In addition to the fifty States, the Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) as the statistical equivalents of States for the purpose of data presentation.  
</abstract>
			<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.</purpose>
			<Subject_Entity>United States,US</Subject_Entity>
		</descript>
		<timeperd>
			<timeinfo>
				<rngdates>
					<begdate>201001</begdate>
					<enddate>201007</enddate>
				</rngdates>
			</timeinfo>
			<current>Publication Date</current>
		</timeperd>
		<status>
			<progress>Complete</progress>
			<update>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.</update>
		</status>
		<spdom>
			<bounding>
				<westbc>-179.231086</westbc>
				<eastbc>179.859681</eastbc>
				<northbc>71.441059</northbc>
				<southbc>17.831509</southbc>
			</bounding>
		</spdom>
		<keywords>
			<theme>
				<themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</themekt>
				<themekey>boundaries</themekey>
			</theme>
			<theme>
				<themekt>None</themekt>
				
				<themekey>Nation</themekey>
				<themekey>Polygon</themekey>
			</theme>
			<place>
				<placekt>INCITS.38-200x (R2004),INCITS.31-200x (R2007),INCITS.454-200x,INCITS 455-200x,INCITS 446-2008</placekt>
				<placekey>United States</placekey>
				<placekey>U.S.</placekey>	
			</place>
		</keywords>
		<accconst>None</accconst>
		<useconst>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.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.</useconst>
		<Title_13_Restrictions>Yes, the data are free from Title 13 restrictions</Title_13_Restrictions>
		<ptcontac>
			<cntinfo>
				<cntorgp>
					<cntorg>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch</cntorg>
				</cntorgp>
				<cntaddr>
					<addrtype>Mailing address</addrtype>
					<address>4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400</address>
					<city>Washington</city>
					<state>DC</state>
					<postal>20233-7400</postal>
					<country>United States</country>
				</cntaddr>
				<cntvoice>301-763-1128</cntvoice>
				<cntfax>301-763-4710</cntfax>
				<cntemail>geo.tiger@census.gov</cntemail>
			</cntinfo>
		</ptcontac>
	</idinfo>
	<Data_Set_Character_Set>8859part1</Data_Set_Character_Set>
	<Data_Set_Language>eng</Data_Set_Language>
	<dataqual>
		<attracc>
			<attraccr>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.</attraccr>
		</attracc>
		<logic>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.</logic>
		<complete>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.</complete>
		<lineage>
			<srcinfo>
				<srccite>
					<citeinfo>
						<origin>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division</origin>
						<pubdate>Unpublished material</pubdate>
						<title>Census MAF/TIGER database</title>
					</citeinfo>
				</srccite>
				<typesrc>online</typesrc>
				<srctime>
					<timeinfo>
						<rngdates>
							<begdate>201001</begdate>
							<enddate>201007</enddate>
						</rngdates>
					</timeinfo>
					<srccurr>Publication Date</srccurr>
				</srctime>
				<srccitea>MAF/TIGER</srccitea>
				<srccontr>The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.</srccontr>
			</srcinfo>
			<procstep>
				<procdesc>TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity.  Census MAF/TIGER data for all of the aforementioned geographic entities are then distributed among the shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data. </procdesc>
				<srcused>Census MAF/TIGER</srcused>
				<procdate>2010</procdate>
			</procstep>
		</lineage>
	</dataqual>
	<spdoinfo>
		<indspref>Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), ANSI, and feature names.</indspref>
		<direct>Vector</direct>
		<ptvctinf>
			<sdtsterm>
				<sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
				<ptvctcnt>52</ptvctcnt>
			</sdtsterm>
		</ptvctinf>
	</spdoinfo>
	<spref>
		<horizsys>
			<geograph>
				<latres>0.000458</latres>
				<longres>0.000458</longres>
				<geogunit>Decimal degrees</geogunit>
			</geograph>
			<geodetic>
				<horizdn>North American Datum of 1983 in the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Pacific Island Areas.</horizdn>
				<ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
				<semiaxis>6378137</semiaxis>
				<denflat>298257</denflat>
			</geodetic>
		</horizsys>
	</spref>
	<eainfo>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>STATE10.shp</enttypl>
        <enttypd>2010 Census State and Equivalent National</enttypd>
        <enttypds>U.S. Census Bureau</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>REGION10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census region code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>1</edomv>
            <edomvd>Northeast</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>2</edomv>
            <edomvd>Midwest</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>3</edomv>
            <edomvd>South</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>4</edomv>
            <edomvd>West</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>9</edomv>
            <edomvd>Puerto Rico and the Island Areas</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>DIVISION10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census division code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>0</edomv>
            <edomvd>Puerto Rico and the Island Areas</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>1</edomv>
            <edomvd>New England</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>2</edomv>
            <edomvd>Middle Atlantic</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>3</edomv>
            <edomvd>East North Central</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>4</edomv>
            <edomvd>West North Central</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>5</edomv>
            <edomvd>South Atlantic</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>6</edomv>
            <edomvd>East South Central</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>7</edomv>
            <edomvd>West South Central</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>8</edomv>
            <edomvd>Mountain</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>9</edomv>
            <edomvd>Pacific</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>STATEFP10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census state Federal Information Processing Standards
                 (FIPS) code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <codesetd>
            <codesetn>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)</codesetn>
            <codesets>U.S. Census Bureau</codesets>
          </codesetd>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>STATENS10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census state ANSI code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <codesetd>
            <codesetn>INCITS 446-2008, (GNIS) Identifying Attributes for Named
                      Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads
                      and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories,
                      Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the
                      Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile
                      Statutory Zone</codesetn>
            <codesets>U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)</codesets>
          </codesetd>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>GEOID10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>State identifier; state FIPS code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <codesetd>
            <codesetn>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)</codesetn>
            <codesets>U.S. Census Bureau</codesets>
          </codesetd>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>STUSPS10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census United States Postal Service state abbreviation</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Postal Service</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <codesetd>
            <codesetn>Official USPS state abbreviations, as shown in Publication
                      65, National 5-Digit ZIP Code and Post Office Directory</codesetn>
            <codesets>U.S. Postal Service</codesets>
          </codesetd>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>NAME10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census state name</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <codesetd>
            <codesetn>Refer to INCITS.38-200x (R2004), for state and equivalent
                      entity names</codesetn>
            <codesets>U.S. Census Bureau</codesets>
          </codesetd>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>LSAD10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census legal/statistical area description code for state</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>00</edomv>
            <edomvd>Blank</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>MTFCC10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>MAF/TIGER feature class code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>G4000</edomv>
            <edomvd>State or Equivalent feature</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>FUNCSTAT10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census functional status</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>A</edomv>
            <edomvd>Active government providing primary general-purpose functions</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>N</edomv>
            <edomvd>Nonfunctioning legal entity</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ALAND10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census land area (square meters)</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>0 to 9,999,999,999,999</edomv>
            <edomvd>Blank</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>AWATER10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census water area (square meters)</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>0 to 9,999,999,999,999</edomv>
            <edomvd>Blank</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>INTPTLAT10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census latitude of the internal point</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>00</edomv>
            <edomvd>Blank</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>INTPTLON10</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2010 Census longitude of the internal point</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>U.S. Census Bureau</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>00</edomv>
            <edomvd>Blank</edomvd>
            <edomvds>U.S. Census Bureau</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
    </detailed>
  </eainfo>
	<distinfo>
		<distrib>
			<cntinfo>
				<cntorgp>
					<cntorg>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch</cntorg>
				</cntorgp>
				<cntaddr>
					<addrtype>Mailing address</addrtype>
					<address>4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400</address>
					<city>Washington</city>
					<state>DC</state>
					<postal>20233-7400</postal>
					<country>United States</country>
				</cntaddr>
				<cntvoice>301-763-1128</cntvoice>
				<cntfax>301-763-4710</cntfax>
				<cntemail>geo.tiger@census.gov</cntemail>
			</cntinfo>
		</distrib>
		<distliab>No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data.  The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files.  The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.</distliab>
		<stdorder>
			<digform>
				<digtinfo>
					<formname>TGRSHP (compressed)</formname>
					<filedec>PK-ZIP, version 1.93 A or higher</filedec>
				</digtinfo>
				<digtopt>
					<onlinopt>
						<computer>
							<networka>
								<networkr>http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger</networkr>
							</networka>
						</computer>
					</onlinopt>
					<offoptn>
						<offmedia>DVD-ROM (Only if offered offline)</offmedia>
						<recfmt>ISO 9660</recfmt>
					</offoptn>
				</digtopt>
			</digform>
			<fees>The online copy of the TIGER/Line files may be accessed without charge.</fees>
			<ordering>To obtain more information about ordering TIGER/Line shapefiles visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger </ordering>
		</stdorder>
		<techpreq>The TIGER/Line shapefiles contain geographic data only and do not include display mapping software or statistical data.  For information on how to use the TIGER/Line shapefile data with specific software package users shall contact the company that produced the software.</techpreq>
	</distinfo>
	<metainfo>
		<metd>20100507</metd>
		<metc>
			<cntinfo>
				<cntorgp>
					<cntorg>U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Geographic Products Branch</cntorg>
				</cntorgp>
				<cntaddr>
					<addrtype>Mailing address</addrtype>
					<address>4600 Silver Hill Road, Stop 7400</address>
					<city>Washington</city>
					<state>DC</state>
					<postal>20233-7400</postal>
					<country>United States</country>
				</cntaddr>
				<cntvoice>301-763-1128</cntvoice>
				<cntfax>301-763-4710</cntfax>
				<cntemail>geo.tiger@census.gov</cntemail>
			</cntinfo>
		</metc>
		<metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
		<metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
		<Metadata_Character_Set>8859part1</Metadata_Character_Set>
		<Metadata_File_Identifier>tl_2010_us_state10.shp.xml</Metadata_File_Identifier>
		<Metadata_Language>eng</Metadata_Language>
	</metainfo>
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