U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles and TIGER/Line® Files
Also known as TIGER/Line® Shapefiles and TIGER/Line® Files
The Census Bureau releases TIGER/Line shapefiles and metadata each year to the public. TIGER/Line shapefiles are spatial extracts from the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER database. They contain features such as roads, railroads, hydrographic features and legal and statistical boundaries.
Getting access
Open access Open
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
About this database
| Website | https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html |
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| Subjects | Humanities and Social Sciences · Natural Sciences · Social and Behavioural Sciences · Geosciences (including Geography) · Economics · Geography · Statistics and Econometrics |
| Last updated | 2026-09-11 |