Centers of Population 2020 (national, state, county, tract and block group)
U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
- License
- Public domain
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- CSV
- Coverage
- United States and Puerto Rico (states, counties, tracts, block groups)
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 31 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Static
Tags
Each point is where the area's 2020 residents would balance on a flat, weightless map. The national file has one point and the finer levels cover every state and Puerto Rico.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
- 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
- Time
- 2020–2020
- Download
- CenPop2020_Mean_CO.txt (CSV, 171 KB)CenPop2020_Mean_TR.txt (CSV, 3.6 MB)CenPop2020_Mean_BG.txt (CSV, 10.6 MB)
- Extent
- -179.217.6-64.571.4West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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