Geographies (GEOG)

The GEOG table is the central location for all geographic areas used in the database.

Data Sources

NationalState/LocalNotes
SourceCensusCensusNational, state, counties, places, Metropolitan & micropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan divisions, combined statistical areas
State SpecificMany states have analysis regions, congressional districts, and WSAs that are available from state sources.
WID Version?Download HereDownload Here All national, state, and local are contained in the same table.
July 2023
Sep 2018
Apr 2018
Aug 2017
Jul 2015
Feb 2013
Current MSA.  Component areas can be found through the Census Bureau or on the subgeog page.

Note: July 2023 continues to use 31 and 32 for areatypes because of the upcoming change to WID 3.0 and the implementation of AreaTypeVersion to distinguish between vintages of areas instead of the previous practice of adding new codes.

Table Format

In version 2.7 the fields LATITUDE (numeric(11,6)), LONGITUDE (numeric(11,6)), GEOPCODE (char(1)) were added

WID2.8

WID2.7

WID2.6.1

Update Calendar

Census: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html