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2020 Census Blocks for King County [Washington (State)--King County]

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Title
2020 Census Blocks for King County [Washington (State)--King County]
Description
For more information about this layer please see the GIS Data Catalog . This layer contains a unique geographic identifier (GEO_ID_BLK) for each block that is the key field for the data from censuses and surveys such as Decennial Census, Economic Census, American Community Survey, and the Population Estimates Program. Data from many of the Census Bureau's surveys and censuses, are available at the Census Bureau's public data dissemination website (https://data.census.gov/). All original TIGER/Line shapefiles and geodatabases with demographic data are available atThe TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracts of selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census Bureau's Master Address File (MAF)/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) Database (MTDB). The shapefiles include information for the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands). The shapefiles include polygon boundaries of geographic areas and features, linear features including roads and hydrography, and point features. These shapefiles do not contain any sensitive data or confidential data protected by Title 13 of the U.S.C.Census blocks are statistical areas bounded on all sides by visible features such as streets, roads, streams, and railroad tracks, and by non-visible boundaries including city, town, and county boundaries. Generally, census blocks are small in area as a block in a city. However, Census blocks in suburban and rural areas may be large, irregular and bounded by a variety of features In remote areas, census blocks may encompass hundreds of square miles. Census Block Numbers—Census blocks are numbered uniquely within the boundaries of each state, county, census tract with a 4-character census block number. The first character of the tabulation block number identifies the block group. A block number can only be unique by using the decennial census state (STATEFP20), county (COUNTYFP20), census tract (TRACTCE20), and block (BLOCKCE20). The entire block number is the GEO_ID_BLK. There is no consistency in block numbers from census to census.Full documentation: https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2020/TGRSHP2020_TechDoc.pdf
Creator
King County
Publisher
King County GIS Open Data
Temporal Coverage
2020
Date Issued
2025-07-12
Rights
Use Constraint: King County data are made available with the understanding that they shall be used exclusively by the obtainer or their authorized agents. Digital products may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form or by any means without the express written authorization of King County.
Access Rights
Public
Format
ArcGIS FeatureLayer
Language
English
Date Added
January 09, 2026
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from King County GIS Open Data on 2026-01-08.

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  • Citation
    King County (2025). 2020 Census Blocks for King County [Washington (State)--King County]. King County GIS Open Data. (web service)
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