data.census_tiger

Download US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles for a given year and layer. National-scope layers ignore state; state-scoped layers require it.

  • Kind: standard
  • Network: yes

Inputs🔗

NameTypeDescription
yearnumberTIGER/Line vintage year (2010 to current).
layerstringLayer name, e.g. states, counties, tracts, block_groups, blocks, zcta, roads, primary_roads, primary_secondary_roads, rails, places, urban_areas, cousub.
statestringState FIPS code (2 digits) or 2-letter code; required for state-scoped layers, ignored otherwise.

Outputs🔗

NameTypeDescription
vectordirectory (Shapefile)Extracted shapefile directory (.shp, .dbf, .shx, .prj).

Example🔗

- id: 01890000-0000-0000-0000-000000000107
  name: data.census_tiger
  args:
    year: 2022
    layer: "counties"
    state: ""