Westchester County Topological Faces With Census Geocodes 2023

U.S. Census Bureau provides TIGER/Line shapefiles containing topological face polygons for Westchester County, NY. Each face includes key geographic area codes used to build geometries for Census tabulation areas like counties and tracts. The data is extracted from the national Master Address File/TIGER Database.

Use Cases

• Build county and census tract geometries by dissolving face polygons on County Fips Code and Census Tract Number attributes.
• Analyze spatial relationships between different administrative boundaries using face attributes like Congressional District Code and Public Use Microdata Area Code.
• Join demographic or survey data to geographic areas using the unique topological face identifier (TFID) and key codes such as Block Group.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative U.S. Census Bureau Master Address File/TIGER Database.
• Includes key geographic codes for all Census tabulation areas, enabling multi-level geographic analysis.
• Shapefiles are designed to be standalone or combinable for national coverage.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column count, and file size are unknown, limiting assessment of scale.
• Data may not reflect changes occurring after the 2023 extract date.
• The provided tags suggest a complex schema which may require significant domain knowledge to utilize fully.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extracted from the Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database.

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Data was last updated on 2025-08-11, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

Westchester County, New York, United States.