Title: Cities and Towns of the United States, 2014
- Point data
- 2014
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Stanford)
Dates
- Issued: 2014
- Coverage: 2014
Publishers
- National Atlas of the United States
Summary
This point shapefile includes cities and towns in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A city or town is a place with a recorded population, usually with at least one central area that provides commercial activities. Cities are generally larger than towns; no distinction is made between cities and towns in this map layer.This layer includes populations from 2010. This layer is part of the 1997-2014 edition of the National Atlas of the United States. These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:1,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the National Atlas of the United States in the use of these data. National Atlas of the United States. (2013). Cities and Towns of the United States, 2014. National Atlas of the United States. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/bx729wr3020. Version 1 of this data set was produced from GNIS and Census data in 2012 but was not released. This data set replaces the earlier version. None. Acknowledgment of The National Atlas of the United States of America would be appreciated in products derived from these data. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Subjects
- Location
- Society
- United States
- Alaska
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York (State)
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington (D.C.)
- Washington (State)
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Puerto Rico
- United States. Virgin Islands
- Cities and towns
- Administrative and political divisions
- Population
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-176.658056, 178.8775, 71.290556, 17.712475)
- Geometry: BBOX (-176.658056, 178.8775, 71.290556, 17.712475)
Provider
Stanford
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
National Atlas of the United States. Cities and Towns of the United States, 2014. National Atlas of the United States. Point data. https://purl.stanford.edu/bx729wr3020
Format
Shapefile
Languages
- English