2010 Minnesota Counties

This page last updated: 03/06/2010
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2010 Minnesota Counties

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1. Identification Information
2. Data Quality Information
3. Spatial Data Organization Information
4. Spatial Reference Information
5. Entity and Attribute Information
6. Distribution Information
7. Metadata Reference Information

Section 1	Identification Information			Top of page
Originator	Legislative Coordinating Commission - GIS Office
Title	2010 Minnesota Counties
Abstract	A polygon dataset for Minnesota counties
Purpose	This database of Minnesota county boundaries was developed from U.S. Census Bureau 2010 TIGER/Line files as part of the most recent redistricting effort.
Time Period of Content Date	2010
Currentness Reference	Data current as of 2010 Census Bureau TIGER line file publication
Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	As needed
Spatial Extent of Data	State of Minnesota
Bounding Coordinates	-97.5 -89.0 49.5 43.0
Place Keywords	Minnesota, MN
Theme Keywords	boundaries, county, counties, county boundaries, boundary
Theme Keyword Thesaurus	ISO 19115 Topic Category
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	None
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur, Director LCC-GIS Office 100 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 55 St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: 651-297-3699 E-mail:
Browse Graphic	View a sample of the data.
Browse Graphic File Description	Statewide view
Associated Data Sets
Section 2	Data Quality Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Attribute Accuracy
Logical Consistency
Completeness	County boundaries are complete statewide
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Lineage	Census Bureau TIGER/Line File, Version 2010 After the data was received from the Census Bureau, Legislative GIS staff added/standardized the attribute items, and created Maptitude Caliper files that were converted to ESRI Shapefiles. More information about the PL-94-171 data can be found at http://www.census.gov/
Source Scale Denominator
Section 3	Spatial Data Organization Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Native Data Set Environment	Maptitude 6.0
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data
Spatial Object Type	Vector
Vendor Specific Object Types	arc, polygon
Tiling Scheme	State
Section 4	Spatial Reference Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Horizontal Coordinate Scheme	UTM
Ellipsoid	GRS80
Horizontal Datum	NAD83
Horizontal Units	Meters
Distance Resolution
UTM Zone Number	15
Map Projection Name	Transverse Mercator
Section 5	Entity and Attribute Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Entity and Attribute Overview	''ID'' Identification Code ''AREA'' ''COUNTY'' FIPS County Code ''NAME'' Name of Geographic Area ''POP2000'' Population 2000 ''POPULATION'' Population 2010 ''HISPANIC_O'' Hispanic Origin ''NH_WHT'' Non-Hispanic White ''NH_DOJ_BLK'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Black ''NH_DOJ_IND'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Indian ''NH_DOJ_ASN'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Asian ''NH_DOJ_HWN'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Hawaiian ''NH_DOJ_OTH'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Other Race ''NH_DOJ_OT1'' Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Other Multi Race ''F18_POP_20'' 18+ Population 2000 ''F18_POP'' 18+ Population 2010 ''H18_POP'' 18+ Hispanic ''NH18_WHT'' 18+ Non-Hispanic White ''NH18_DOJ_B'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Black ''NH18_DOJ_I'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Indian ''NH18_DOJ_A'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Asian ''NH18_DOJ_H'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Hawaiian ''NH18_DOJ_O'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Other Race ''NH18_DOJ_1'' 18+ Non-Hispanic (Department of Justice) Other Multi Race
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation
Section 6	Distribution Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Publisher	LCC-GIS Office
Publication Date	03/06/2012
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur Director LCC-GIS 100 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 55 St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: 651-297-3699 E-mail:
Distributor's Data Set Identifier	county2010
Distribution Liability	The Geographic Information System (GIS) Data to which this notice is attached are made available pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13). THE GIS DATA ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AS TO THEIR PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The GIS Data were developed by the LCC - GIS Office for its own internal business purposes. The LCC - GIS Office does not represent or warrant that the GIS Data or the data documentation are error-free, complete, current, or accurate. You are responsible for any consequences resulting from your use of the GIS Data or your reliance on the GIS Data. You should consult the data documentation for this particular GIS Data to determine the limitations of the GIS Data and the precision with which the GIS Data may depict distance, direction, location, or other geographic features. If you transmit or provide the GIS Data (or any portion of it) to another user, the GIS Data must include a copy of this disclaimer.
Transfer Format Name	Shapefile
Transfer Format Version Number
Transfer Size	950KB
Ordering Instructions	This data set is distributed on the internet by clicking below after 'Online Linkage'. Doing so will tell your browser to start downloading a self extracting 'ZIP' file which will contain the following: county2010.shx county2010.sbn county2010.sbx county2010.shp county2010.dbf county2010.shp.xml county2010.prj After downloading this self extracting 'zip' file (which will have an '.exe' extension), simply execute (run) the file. Doing this will automatically extract the files described above. You can then delete file types that you do not need, if any.
Online Linkage	Click here to download data. (See Ordering Instructions above for details.) By clicking here, you agree to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above.
Section 7	Metadata Reference Information		Top of full metadata	Top of page
Metadata Date	03/06/2012
Contact Person Information	Lee Meilleur, Director LCC-GIS 100 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 55 St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-296-0098 FAX: 651-297-3699 E-mail:
Metadata Standard Name	Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version	1.2
Metadata Standard Online Linkage	http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm