This layer (cities.tab) is light brown in color and contains populated place boundaries as defined by the US Census Bureau, including-
- Legal Entities — Incorporated Places, created under state law and reported to the Census Bureau as of January 1, 2010.
- Statistical Entities — Census Designated Places - recognizable communities or concentrations of population that are not Incorporated Places.
- Consolidated Cities — The primary Incorporated Place in a consolidated government2 is referred to as a Consolidated City.
Note: All boundaries have a vintage of the 2010 data and are based on the Census definition
of the Populated Place. The Cities layer includes a Federal Information
Processing Standards (FIPS) code that uniquely identifies each city.
Table cities.tab-
| Field Name | Data Type (Length) | Index | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMARTLABEL | CHAR (100) | No | Formatted name |
| NAME | CHAR (100) | No | Feature name |
| CITY_CODE | CHAR (11) | No | Official city code |
| POPCLASS | CHAR (20) | No | Population Class 0 - Undefined 1 - Population >= 1000 000 2- Population >= 500 000 and < 1000 000 3- Population >= 100 000 and < 500 000 4- Population >= 50 000 and < 100 000 5- Population >= 10 000 and < 50 000 6- Population < 10 000 |
| POPULATION | INTEGER | No | Population of city |
| AREA_METERS | FLOAT | No | Area of city in square meters |
| PERIMETER_METERS | FLOAT | No | Perimeter of city in meters |
| MICODE | INTEGER | No | MapInfo feature code |
| ID | CHAR (36) | No | Universally unique feature identifier |
| LONGITUDE | FLOAT | No | Longitude of feature centroid |
| LATITUDE | FLOAT | No | Latitude of feature centroid |
| A2_CODE | CHAR (5) | No | Combination of the state and county FIPS codes |