A detailed summary of the Congressional District Boundary specification.
1.0 Introduction
The Congressional District boundaries are reported once per year by the United States Census. The data reflects the boundaries of electoral districts in the defined search region. The boundaries are divided up based on population. The dataset is available to download through the Urban SDK Data Hub for the years 2015 - 2020.
Census Congressional Districts Parameters: Census.gov
2.0 Data Specification
The following table is the format in which downloaded Congressional District Boundary data will be provided:
Field |
Type |
Description |
|
String |
The GIS information required for the computer to read the mapping file. |
|
Integer |
The unique identifier for the school district. |
|
Float |
Area in square miles of the boundary. |
|
String |
Name of the district. |
|
String |
Name of the state the district resides in. |
|
String |
Name of the county that the district resides in. |