The Census Map files offered on this site are produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Telemap is offering these map files in an easy to use, friendly format and is charging a small Service fee for downloads. Telemap is also offering the service of burning these mapfiles to compact disks (CDs) for easy transport and storage. Printed paper versions (33"x36"- color) of all mapfiles are also available.
Service fees generated from these file sets will fund an increasing volume and variety of publicly and privately availabe map files and data at easily affordable prices, convenient to acquire and use.
Three types of maps were prepared to accompany the Census 2000 Redistricting Data: County Block Maps (Census 2000), Voting District/State Legislative District Outline Maps (Census 2000), and Census Tract Outline Maps (Census 2000).
Redistricting Data Map Products are not available for: American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (Midway) and the U.S. Virgin Islands. However, Census 2000 Block and Census 2000 Census Tract Outline maps may be available at a later date for these areas.
The letters PDF or symbol indicate a document is in the Portable Document Format (PDF). To view file you will need the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader which is available for free from the Adobe web site. The maps were created as 33" x 36" sheets, however, the Adobe Reader allows one to pan and zoom within the image on your computer screen.
These PDF maps are arranged in categories by map type. Within each map type sub-directory, the map files are stored in county sub-categories within the appropriate state category. Within each county folder there will be an index sheet file (the 000 PDF) to help the user identify individual maps.
Go to the appropriate county subcategory and download or view on-line the county index map (the 000 PDF). The county index map(see a sample) will show the county boundaries and the boundaries of any places within the county. It also will have an overlay of a grid of squares. Each square represents the area covered by one of the maps for that county. Using this grid, you can determine which map or maps cover the area of your interest. At the center of each grid square you will find a map sheet number. This number is also a part of the file name for the PDF file of the map(s). It is in the last three positions before ".pdf". For example - pb25001_004.pdf is sheet number 4, shown in grid number 4 for Barnstable county, Massachusetts. With this information you can download or view the appropriate maps(s).
NOTE: There may be instances in which the entire county is shown on a single County Block Map. For these counties, a single map file will appear in the appropriate county sub-category. Download or view the map on-line. If there is more than one map file in the appropriate sub-category, download or view the county index map (000) on-line. A county sub-category may also have a parent sheet and one or more inset maps. In this case, there is no index sheet. Download or view the parent sheet to identify the inset maps.
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