Dataset Identification:
Resource Abstract:
- description: The records in this file allow users to map the parts of the 114th Congressional Districts that overlap a particular
county. Congressional Districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After
the apportionment of congressional seats among the States based on census population counts, each State is responsible for
establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as
equal in population to all other congressional districts in a State as practicable. The 114th Congress is seated from January
2015 to 2017. The TIGER/Line shapefiles for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting
delegate district in these areas. The boundaries of all other congressional districts are provided to the Census Bureau through
the Redistricting Data Program (RDP). The primary legal divisions of most states are termed counties. In Louisiana, these
divisions are known as parishes. In Alaska, which has no counties, the equivalent entities are the organized boroughs, city
and boroughs, municipalities, and for the unorganized area, census areas. The latter are delineated cooperatively for statistical
purposes by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau. In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia), there are
one or more incorporated places that are independent of any county organization and thus constitute primary divisions of their
states. These incorporated places are known as independent cities and are treated as equivalent entities for purposes of data
presentation. The District of Columbia and Guam have no primary divisions, and each area is considered an equivalent entity
for purposes of data presentation. The Census Bureau treats the following entities as equivalents of counties for purposes
of data presentation: Municipios in Puerto Rico, Districts and Islands in American Samoa, Municipalities in the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico,
and the Island Areas is covered by counties or equivalent entities. The boundaries for counties and equivalent entities are
mostly as of January 1, 2013, primarily as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS).
However, some changes made after January 2013, including the addition and deletion of counties, are included.; abstract: The
records in this file allow users to map the parts of the 114th Congressional Districts that overlap a particular county. Congressional
Districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of
congressional seats among the States based on census population counts, each State is responsible for establishing congressional
districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all
other congressional districts in a State as practicable. The 114th Congress is seated from January 2015 to 2017. The TIGER/Line
shapefiles for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in
these areas. The boundaries of all other congressional districts are provided to the Census Bureau through the Redistricting
Data Program (RDP). The primary legal divisions of most states are termed counties. In Louisiana, these divisions are known
as parishes. In Alaska, which has no counties, the equivalent entities are the organized boroughs, city and boroughs, municipalities,
and for the unorganized area, census areas. The latter are delineated cooperatively for statistical purposes by the State
of Alaska and the Census Bureau. In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia), there are one or more incorporated
places that are independent of any county organization and thus constitute primary divisions of their states. These incorporated
places are known as independent cities and are treated as equivalent entities for purposes of data presentation. The District
of Columbia and Guam have no primary divisions, and each area is considered an equivalent entity for purposes of data presentation.
The Census Bureau treats the following entities as equivalents of counties for purposes of data presentation: Municipios in
Puerto Rico, Districts and Islands in American Samoa, Municipalities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
and Islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas is covered
by counties or equivalent entities. The boundaries for counties and equivalent entities are mostly as of January 1, 2013,
primarily as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). However, some changes made after
January 2013, including the addition and deletion of counties, are included.
Citation
- Title 2014_county_within_cd114_500k.
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- creation Date
2015-06-16T15:56:05.452681
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2018-08-06T20:49:08Z
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- notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T20:49:08Z
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CINERGI Metadata catalog
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eng
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Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
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2007
Metadata record identifier:
urn:dciso:metadataabout:dc9a70c0-9490-491a-a65d-96eb79409dc3
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)