Owsley County KY Topological Faces with Census Geocodes 2022

Owsley County, Kentucky topological face polygons from the 2022 TIGER/Line database. The dataset contains areal primitives that form a seamless national map, each with unique identifiers and key geographic area codes for Census tabulation. It is an extract from the U.S. Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER Database.

Use Cases

• Dissolve face geometries on key geographic area codes like Census Tract Number or Block Group to reconstruct official Census boundaries.
• Analyze spatial relationships between Topological Faces and other Census units such as County Subdivision Fips Code or Congressional District Code.
• Join attribute data using the unique topological face identifier (TFID) to enrich polygon features with demographic or economic information.
• Build a composite national map by combining this county-level shapefile with others, leveraging the seamless, non-overlapping design of the MTDB.

Strengths

• Derived from the authoritative U.S. Census Bureau MAF/TIGER Database, ensuring national consistency and accuracy.
• Contains key geographic area codes for all Census tabulation areas, enabling linkage to a wide range of demographic datasets.
• Data is designed to be topologically correct with no overlaps or gaps, supporting precise geographic analysis.

Limitations

• Dataset is specific to a single county (Owsley County, KY), limiting broader geographic analysis without combining many files.
• The description does not specify the number of polygon features (rows), making it difficult to assess the dataset's granularity and scale.
• Data is from 2022, which may not reflect recent boundary changes or annexations.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated in January 2024, but the underlying data year is 2022.

Geography

Owsley County, Kentucky, United States