U.S. Counties (Generalized)

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Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  U.S. Counties (Generalized)

Edition: 10
Edition date:  2010-06-30
Presentation format:  mapDigital

Party responsible for the resource - pointOfContact: 
Individual's name: ArcGIS Content Team
Organization's name: ESRI
Contact's position: ArcGIS Content Team

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 909-793-2853
Fax: 909-793-5953
Address:
Delivery point: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
Administrative area: California
Postal code: 92373-8100
Country:  US
e-mail address: info@esri.com
Themes or categories of the resource:  boundaries, farming, society

Abstract:  U.S. Counties (Generalized) represents the counties of the United States in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Maintenance:
Update frequency:  annually


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Constraints:
Limitations of use: See legal constraints.

Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints:  license
Use constraints:  otherRestrictions

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Spatial representation type:  vector

Processing environment: ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500

Spatial resolution:
Dataset's scale:
Scale denominator: 3000000
Extent:
Point of contact - pointOfContact: 
Individual's name: ArcGIS Content Team
Organization's name: ESRI
Contact's position: ArcGIS Content Team

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 909-793-2853
Fax: 909-793-5953
Address:
Delivery point: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
Administrative area: California
Postal code: 92373-8100
Country:  US
e-mail address: info@esri.com

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset:  geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type:  complex
Object count: 3141

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: GCS_WGS_1984

Data Quality Information:

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset

Lineage:
Lineage statement: ArcUSA 1:25M (source 1 of 6) ESRI, 19920601, ArcUSA™ 1:25M: ESRI, Redlands, California, USA. Type of source media: CD–ROM Source scale denominator: 25000000 Source contribution: Attribute and geospatial data Census SF1 (source 2 of 6) Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2001, Summary File 1 (SF1): Summary File 1 (SF1) 2000, Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, USA. Other citation details: The Summary File 1 (SF1) data is based on the 2000 Census of Population. Type of source media: CD–ROM Source contribution: Attribute data ESRI Data - Updated Demographics (source 3 of 6) ESRI, 2001; 200303; 200407; 20050519; 20070606; 20080606; 20090424; 20100504, ESRI Data - Updated Demographics: ESRI® Data - Updated Demographics 2010, ESRI, Redlands, California, USA. Online links: http://www.esri.com/ Other citation details: Currently provides the POP2010 attribute. In the past has provided the POP2009, POP2008, POP2007, POP2005, POP2004, POP2003, and POP2001 attributes and attribute data updates for the new U.S. counties. Type of source media: electronic mail system, CD–ROM, DVD–ROM Source contribution: Attribute data USDA Farm (source 4 of 6) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), 199903; 20090204, 1997 Census of Agriculture; 2007 Census of Agriculture: Census of Agriculture 1997; 2007, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), USA. Online links: http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/index.asp http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/Desktop_Application/index.asp Other citation details: The farm attributes come from data published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) based on the 2007 Census of Agriculture. In the past the attributes came from the 1997 Census of Agriculture. Type of source media: CD–ROM, online Source contribution: Attribute data Tele Atlas Dynamap/Census Boundaries v4.0 (source 5 of 6) Tele Atlas North America, Inc., 200201, Dynamap/Census Boundaries v4.0: Tele Atlas® Dynamap®/Census Boundaries v4.0, Tele Atlas North America, Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA. Type of source media: CD–ROM Source scale denominator: 100000 Source contribution: Attribute and geospatial data Tele Atlas Dynamap/2000 v. 14.0 (source 6 of 6) Tele Atlas North America, Inc., 200401, Dynamap/2000 v. 14.0: Tele Atlas® Dynamap®/2000 Version 14.0, Tele Atlas North America, Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA. Type of source media: CD–ROM Source scale denominator: 100000 Source contribution: Attribute and geospatial data Date: 20020204 (change 1 of 8) The following steps were performed by ESRI for Data & Maps 2002: Updated geospatial data to match Data & Maps 2002 U.S. Counties. Replaced demographic and agricultural attributes with the latest from Census SF1, ESRI Data, and Census of Agriculture. Recreated ArcView GIS legend file (.avl) and ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr). Copied projection file (.prj). The following steps were performed by ESRI: Extracted and generalized the features from ArcUSA 1:25M. Added demographic attributes from Summary Tape File-1A (STF-1A) data published by the U.S. Census Bureau based on the 1990 Census of Population. Added farm attributes from data published by the U.S. Census Bureau based on the 1987 Census of Agriculture. Added Pop2000 attribute from ESRI. Converted to North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) by splitting the United States into–if present: Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands–and the 48 contiguous states (including District of Columbia); converting each to NAD83; then merging them together. Recalculated any attributes based on area. Added Kalawao county of Hawaii. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr). Created projection file (.prj). Ran ArcView GIS Avenue™ request ExportClean, and created spatial indices. Converted the data set to SDC. Data sources used in this process: ArcUSA 1:25M Census SF1 ESRI Data - Updated Demographics USDA Farm Tele Atlas Dynamap/Census Boundaries v4.0 Date: 20040310 (change 2 of 8) The following steps were performed by ESRI: Updated geospatial data to match Data & Maps 2004 U.S. Counties. Merged county (FIPS: 51560) Clifton Forge, VA into (FIPS: 51005) Alleghany, and updated attribute values for (FIPS: 51005) by combining the two. Added county (FIPS: 08014) Broomfield, CO and adjusted surrounding counties (FIPS: 08001) Adams, (FIPS: 08013) Boulder, (FIPS: 08059) Jefferson, and (FIPS: 08123) Weld. Updated attribute values for all five counties (values provided by ESRI). Used null value -99 in the few places where no new values were provided and we did not have the information. Replaced POP2001 with POP2003 from ESRI. Changed attribute name AREA to SQMI. Converted the data set to SDC. Created the projection file (.prj) and spatial indices. Data sources used in this process: ArcUSA 1:25M Census SF1 ESRI Data - Updated Demographics USDA Farm Tele Atlas Dynamap/Census Boundaries v4.0 Tele Atlas Dynamap/2000 v. 14.0 Date: 20050309 (change 3 of 8) The following steps were performed by ESRI: Moved attribute SQMI to the end of the attributes and rounded its values to the nearest tenth of a mile. Replaced attribute POP2003 with POP2004. Added attribute POP04_SQMI and calculated its values. Data sources used in this process: ESRI Data - Updated Demographics Date: 20060410 (change 4 of 8) The following steps were performed by ESRI: Replaced attribute POP2004 with POP2005 and attribute POP04_SQMI with POP05_SQMI. Calculated new values for attributes POP00_SQMI, POP05_SQMI, and SQMI. Converted the data set to SDC. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Data sources used in this process: ESRI Data - Updated Demographics Date: 20070717 (change 5 of 8) The following steps were performed by ESRI: Replaced attribute POP2005 with POP2007 and attribute POP05_SQMI with POP07_SQMI. Calculated new values for POP07_SQMI. Converted the data set to SDC. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Data sources used in this process: ESRI Data - Updated Demographics Date: 20080920 (change 6 of 8) The following steps were performed by ESRI: Replaced attribute POP2007 with POP2008 and attribute POP07_SQMI with POP08_SQMI. Calculated new values for POP08_SQMI. Converted the data set to SDC. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Data sources used in this process: ESRI Data - Updated Demographics Date: 20090831 (change 7 of 8) The following steps were performed by ESRI: Replaced attribute POP2008 with POP2009 and attribute POP08_SQMI with POP09_SQMI. Calculated new values for POP09_SQMI. Converted the data set to SDC. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Data sources used in this process: ESRI Data - Updated Demographics Date: 20100511 (change 8 of 8) The following steps were performed by ESRI: Copied 2009 Data Update U.S. Counties (Generalized) and renamed it. Removed all fields but NAME. Attached and formatted the fields from Edition 10 U.S. Counties. Converted the data set to SDC. Created ArcGIS® layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Data sources used in this process: ESRI Data - Updated Demographics USDA Farm

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Distributor:
Distributor information - distributor: 
Organization's name: ESRI; ESRI Offices

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 800-447-9778
Address:
Delivery point: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
Administrative area: California
Postal code: 92373-8100
Country:  US
Format:
Format name: SDC Feature Database

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Transfer options:
Transfer size: 0.828

Medium of distribution:
Medium name:  dvdRom

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2010-05-18

Metadata contact - publisher: 
Individual's name: ArcGIS Content Team
Organization's name: ESRI
Contact's position: ArcGIS Content Team

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 909-793-2853
Fax: 909-793-5953
Address:
Delivery point: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
Administrative area: California
Postal code: 92373-8100
Country:  US
e-mail address: info@esri.com
Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset
Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007

Metadata identifier: {03047329-73F4-48FF-A1B9-87FD76EF9D77}