county Data Dictionary

Abstract: Abstract: The County Boundary with Detailed Shorelines database was created using TIGER/LINE 2000 shapefile data gathered from ESRI's Geography Network. The individual county shapefiles were processed into Arc/Info coverages and then appended together to create complete state/county coverages. RITA/BTS Hydrographic data was integrated to create detailed shorelines.

Purpose: Purpose: The United States County Boundary database is a geographic database of county political boundaries. The database includes boundaries for all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.. Supplemental_Information: The RITA/BTS County Boundary Database contains TIGER 2000 geometry and attributes. To find out more about TIGER/Line files and other Census TIGER data base derived data sets visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger.

Field NumberAttributeDescriptionData Type
0FIDInternal feature number. Long Integer representing an object identifier
1ShapeFeature geometry. Geometry
2STFIPSState FIPS code Character String
3CTFIPSCounty FIPS code Character String
4STATEState name Character String
5COUNTYCounty name Character String
6VERSIONVersion of the database Character String