Fulton County, Kentucky, topological polygon data from the U.S. Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER System. This shapefile contains areal primitives (faces) with unique identifiers and key geographic area codes for building geometries of census tabulation areas.
Use Cases
- Dissolve face geometries on key geographic area codes like Census Tract Number or Block Group to build custom census area boundaries.
- Analyze spatial relationships between administrative units using attributes such as County Fips Code and Congressional District Code.
- Integrate polygon data with other demographic datasets using unique topological face identifiers (TFID) as join keys.
Strengths
- Data originates from the U.S. Census Bureau's national MAF/TIGER System, ensuring topological consistency with no overlaps or gaps.
- Includes key geographic area codes for all areas where the Census Bureau tabulates data for the 2020 Census and annual surveys.
Limitations
- Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable, limiting assessment of dataset scale and structure.
- Contains only data for Fulton County, Kentucky, which restricts analysis to a single county's geographic scope.
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) System.
- Time Range
- Current, includes codes for 2020 Census tabulation.
- Freshness
- Last updated on 2025-12-25, indicating current data.
- Geography
- Fulton County, Kentucky, United States.