Summary
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| Name |
TIGER/Line ASCII |
| Version |
1989-2006 |
| Other names |
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| Identifiers |
PUID:
fmt/2113
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| Family |
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| Classification |
GIS, Dataset |
| Disclosure |
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| Description |
TIGER/Line Files are extracts of selected geographic and cartographic information from the US Census Bureau's Master Address File (MAF)/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) system. Before 2007 these were constructed of ZIP files containing ASCII data. Each ZIP represents a single county or equivalent.
Each ZIP contains a number of 'Record Type' files. In the 2000 Census data there were up to 17 Record Type files per ZIP, with each named RTx where x represents a value for the nature of the Record Type, so e.g. Record Type 1 = <filename>.RT1, Record Type Z = <filename>.RTZ. In the 1992 Census data the internal files had an .F5x extension, where x represents the value for each record type. |
| Orientation |
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| Byte order |
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| Related file formats |
Has priority over ZIP Format
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| Technical Environment |
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| Released |
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| Supported until |
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| Format Risk |
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| Developed by |
None.
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| Supported by |
None.
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| Source |
 Preservica / Preservica
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| Source date |
01 Sep 2026 |
| Source description |
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| Last updated |
01 Sep 2026 |
| Note |
Specifications for TIGER/Line can be found on the US Census Bureau website: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/technical-documentation/complete-technical-documentation/tiger-geo-line.1992.html |
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Details: File format summary
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