Abstract: Abstract: The State 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 coverages. RITA/BTS Hydrographic data was integrated to create detailed shorelines.
Purpose: Purpose: The United States State Boundaries database is a geographic database of state political boundaries. The database includes boundaries for all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. Supplemental_Information: The RITA/BTS State 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 Number | Attribute | Description | Data Type |
| 0 | FID | Internal feature number. | Long Integer representing an object identifier |
| 1 | Shape | Feature geometry. | Geometry |
| 2 | STFIPS | State FIPS code | Character String |
| 3 | STATE | State name | Character String |
| 4 | STPOSTAL | U.S. Postal Service two letter state abbreviation. | Character String |
| 5 | VERSION | Version of the database. | Character String |