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- description: The 2016 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the
U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database
(MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is
performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies
within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies
are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files. 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 115th Congress is seated from January 2017 to 2019. The cartographic boundary files
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).;
abstract: The 2016 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S.
Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database
(MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is
performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies
within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies
are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files. 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 115th Congress is seated from January 2017 to 2019. The cartographic boundary files
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).
Citation
- Title 2016 Cartographic Boundary File, 115th Congressional Districts for United States, 1:500,000.
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2017-05-08T18:19:00.665401
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2007
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urn:dciso:metadataabout:94752f28-50c5-42bc-9a71-829e71a65068
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