Geography

us_house

A U.S. House district is a unit of geography established by a state in which voters choose representatives to Congress. Each U.S. House district includes about 760,000 people.

Schema

Column

Description

year

The year a given district was first effective

is latest version

A boolean indicating whether this is the current version of a given district.

cd fips

A unique 5-character FIPS code for this district, maintained by the U.S. Census.

cd name

The district's name, according to the U.S. Census.

state

The state a district sits within as (two-character abbreviation).

shape

The district's shape as a GEOGRAPHY polygon.