Census Cartographic Boundary Files
U.S. Census Bureau
- License
- Public domain
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- Shapefile, GeoPackage
- Coverage
- United States, Puerto Rico, Island Areas
- Scale
- 1:500,000 / 1:5,000,000 / 1:20,000,000
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 29 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Annual
Tags
Generalized MAF/TIGER areas for small-scale maps of the United States, Puerto Rico, and Island Areas, at 1:500,000, 1:5,000,000, and 1:20,000,000.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- U.S. Census Bureau
- License
- Public domain
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- No
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- United StatesUS
- Type
- Vector
- Download
- 2025 cartographic boundary files directory (several formats)2025 all national layers, 1:500,000 (GeoPackage ZIP, 352.4 MB)2025 all national layers, 1:500,000 (Shapefile ZIP, 329.9 MB)ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA5, 2020), 1:500,000 (Shapefile ZIP, 66.7 MB)
- Extent
- -179.217.6-64.571.4West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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