Louisiana State Senate Legislative District Boundaries 2024

TIGER/Line shapefiles provide the geographic boundaries for Louisiana's State Legislative District Upper Chamber (SLDU) as of May 31, 2024. The data is part of the U.S. Census Bureau's national MAF/TIGER System, designed to be a seamless, standalone extract for Louisiana. Boundaries reflect official state submissions, with a unique three-character census code assigned to each district.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution of SLDU boundaries and the 'ZZZ' code areas where districts were not defined by the state.
• Join SLDU polygon geometry with demographic data using the unique three-character census code for each district.
• Compare Louisiana's SLDU boundaries with other states that had updates, such as Georgia, Minnesota, and Ohio.
• Visualize the legislative district coverage for Louisiana to identify areas represented in the state senate.

Strengths

• Boundaries are sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau's authoritative MAF/TIGER System, ensuring national topological consistency.
• Data reflects official state submissions as of a specific cutoff date (May 31, 2024).
• Includes a defined coding scheme, using a unique three-character census code for each SLDU and 'ZZZ' for undefined areas.

Limitations

• Boundaries do not cover the entire state of Louisiana, as some areas were assigned the 'ZZZ' placeholder code.
• Data does not include the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, CNMI, U.S. Virgin Islands).
• Updates for states like Michigan, which were redrawn after the May 31, 2024 deadline, are not reflected in this release.

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) System, based on boundaries provided by state participants.

Time Range

Current as of the collection date (May 31, 2024).

Freshness

Current boundaries as of May 31, 2024; next scheduled collection is early 2026.

Geography

State of Louisiana, USA.