National Atlas of the United StatesEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)Geological Survey (U.S.)This polygon shapefile represents urban areas in the United States derived from the urban areas layer of the Digital Chart of the World (DCW). Data are represented at a scale of 1:1,500,000. This layer is part of the 2014 ESRI Data and Maps collection for ArcGIS 10.2.U.S. National Atlas Urbanized Areas provides information about the locations, names, and populations of urbanized areas for conducting geographic analysis on national and large regional scales.Shapefilehttps://purl.stanford.edu/zg100wf6927engEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)PublicMetropolitan areasCities and townsPopulation statisticsBoundariesUnited States National Atlas Urbanized Areas, 2001DatasetsUnited States2001Stanford