Census

The census output fields contains census information from the U.S. Census, including Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs) and Census County Division (CCD) names and codes. MCDs are the primary political or administrative divisions of a county, representing many kinds of legal entities with a variety of governmental and administrative functions. CCDs are established in states where there are no legally established MCDs. The Census Bureau recognizes MCDs in 28 states and has established CCDs in 21 states. The District of Columbia has no primary divisions, and the city of Washington, DC is considered equivalent to an MCD for data presentation purposes.

Census data also contains the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes for each state and county. The FIPS State Code and the FIPS County Code are both used by the Census Bureau to identify these geographic units.

The following table lists the output fields that contain census data. To include census data in the output, set GeoTAXOutputRecordType = C.


Response Element	Max. Field Length with null terminator	Description
County.Code	4	Three-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) county code extracted from the Census.BlockCode. Note: This field is always included in the output regardless of whether or not you choose to include census data in the output.
County.Name	26	Name of the county. Note: This field is always included in the output regardless of whether or not you choose to include census data in the output.
MCD.Code	6	Minor Civil Division/Census County Division (MCD/CCD) Code.
MCD.Name	41	Minor Civil Division/Census County Division (MCD/CCD) name.
MCD.PointStatus	2	An address can be compared to a Minor Civil Division (MCD)/county subdivision file (Cousub.txt). This output field returns the result for a comparison between the matched geocode location to the polygon defined by the Cousub.txb file. For more information about buffers, see Buffering. Note: The buffer distance for Cousub.txb is internally set to zero and cannot be modified. P The point is in the polygon. I The point is in the buffer area inside the polygon. B The point is in the buffer area and outside of the polygon. blank Polygon not found.
MCD.DistanceToBorder	10	Returns the distance in feet between the matched address point to the polygon defined by the Cousub.txb file.
StateCode	3	Two-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) state code extracted from the Census.BlockCode. Note: This field is always included in the output regardless of whether or not you choose to include census data in the output.