U.S. Major Cities

ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  U.S. Major Cities

Reference date - publication:  2022-05-05

Edition: 2022
Presentation format:  mapDigital

Series:
Name: ArcGIS® Data and Maps
Issue: 2022 - World, Europe, and United States

Other citation details: Location: \usa\census

Party responsible for the resource - publisher: 
Organization's name: Esri

Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Redlands, California, USA
Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau

Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: Esri

Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

Themes or categories of the resource:  location, society

Place keywords:
Keywords:  United States

Temporal keywords:
Keywords:  2020, 2021, 2011, 2019

Temporal keywords:
Keywords:  2020, 2021, 2011, 2019

Temporal keywords:
Keywords:  2020, 2021, 2011, 2019

Temporal keywords:
Keywords:  2020, 2021, 2011, 2019

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  point, cities, incorporated places, census designated places, capitals, towns, villages, boroughs, demographics, location, society

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Downloadable Data

Thesaurus name: ArcGIS Content Type
Abstract:  U.S. Major Cities represents the locations of cities within the United States with populations of approximately 10,000 or greater, all state capitals, and the national capital.

Purpose: U.S. Major Cities provides the locations and 2020 U.S. Census class, codes, and population information for the major cities of the United States.

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Status:  completed
Maintenance:
Update frequency:  annually


Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: See Resource Constraints > legal constraints.

Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints:  license
Use constraints:  otherRestrictions

Other constraints: The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to Esri for inclusion on ArcGIS® Data and Maps for use with ArcGIS® software. Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Consult the redistribution rights below for this dataset provided on Data and Maps. As used herein, “Geodata” shall mean any digital dataset consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes. The redistribution rights for this dataset: Redistribution rights are granted by the data vendor for hard-copy renditions or static, electronic map images (e.g. .gif, .jpeg, and so on) that are plotted, printed, or publicly displayed with proper metadata and source/copyright attribution to the respective data vendor(s). 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Spatial representation type:  vector

Processing environment: Esri ArcGIS 13.0.0.36056

Extent:
Extent description: publication date

2020-12-18T00:00:00
2020-01-01T00:00:00
2021-09-16T00:00:00
2011-08-09T00:00:00
2019-01-01T00:00:00
2021-03-21T00:00:00
Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -159.319051
East longitude: -68.679224
North latitude: 64.869275
South latitude: 19.582719
Point of contact - pointOfContact: 
Individual's name: ArcGIS Content Team
Organization's name: Esri

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +1-909-793-2853
Fax: +1-909-793-5953
Address:
Delivery point: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
Administrative area: California
Postal code: 92373-8100
Country:  US
e-mail address: info@esri.com
Hours of service: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday
Contact instructions: In the United States– Direct all inquiries regarding software/data pricing and consulting services to your local Esri Regional Office. For support, contact Esri by telephone (voice) between 5:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through Friday, by dialing +1-888-377-4575; facsimile (fax) available at +1-909-792-0960; or visit https://support.esri.com/; Esri holidays excluded. Email and chat are available through the Support page on My Esri (https://my.esri.com). Outside the United States– Direct all inquiries regarding software/data pricing, sales, support, and consulting services to your local Esri Office. This information can be found at https://www.esri.com/en-us/contact#c=us&t=0. For other questions or comments, you may contact Esri headquarters by email, telephone, or fax or write to us.

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset:  geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type:  point

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: 4326
Code space: EPSG
Version: 6.2(3.0.1)

Data Quality Information:

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset

Lineage:
Process step:
When the process occurred:  2022-06-08T00:00:00
Description: The following steps were performed by Esri: Copied the Data and Maps 2022 U.S. Census Populated Place Points keeping only cities with populations of approximately 10,000 or greater, all state capitals, and the national capital. Joined the fields from the Data and Maps 2021 U.S. Cities to get the CAPITAL field.

Source data:
Level of the source data: Attribute and geospatial data

Source citation:
Title:  National Sub-State Geography Geodatabase; Areal Hydrography National Geodatabase, Linear Hydrography National Geodatabase
Alternate titles:  Census TIGER/Line Geodatabases 2020

Reference date - publication:  2020-12-18

Edition: 2020
Presentation format:  mapDigital

Series:
Name: Census TIGER/Line® Geodatabases
Issue: 2020

Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau

Party responsible for the resource - publisher: 
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau

Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Washington, DC, USA
Extent:
Extent description: publication date

2020-12-18T00:00:00
2020-01-01T00:00:00
Source data:
Level of the source data: Attribute data

Source citation:
Title:  Esri® Demographics
Alternate titles:  Esri and U.S. Census Bureau: 2020 (PL 94-171)

Reference date - publication:  2021-09-16

Edition: 2020
Presentation format:  tableDigital

Series:
Name: Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File
Issue: 2020

Other citation details: The initial source of this data is the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File.

Party responsible for the resource - publisher: 
Organization's name: Esri

Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Redlands, California, USA
Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: Esri

Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau

Extent:
Extent description: publication date

2021-09-16T00:00:00
2020-01-01T00:00:00
Source data:
Level of the source data: Attribute and geospatial data

Source citation:
Title:  NOAA National Shoreline
Alternate titles:  NOAA Shoreline Website

Reference date - publication:  2011-08-09

Edition: First
Presentation format:  mapDigital

Party responsible for the resource - publisher: 
Organization's name: National Ocean Service (NOS), National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

Contact information:
Address:
City: Silver Spring
Administrative area: MD
Country:  US
Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

Extent:
Extent description: publication date

2011-08-09T00:00:00
Source data:
Level of the source data: Attribute and geospatial data

Dataset's scale:
Scale denominator: 4000
Source citation:
Title:  World Topographic Map

Reference date - publication:  2019-01-01

Presentation format:  mapDigital

Other citation details: Accessed the ArcGIS Map Service in August 2019.

Party responsible for the resource - publisher: 
Organization's name: Esri

Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Redlands, California, USA
Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: Esri

Extent:
Extent description: publication date

2019-01-01T00:00:00
Source data:
Level of the source data: Attribute data

Source citation:
Title:  U.S. Cities
Alternate titles:  U.S. Cities 2021

Reference date - publication:  2021-03-21

Edition: 2021
Presentation format:  mapDigital

Series:
Name: ArcGIS® Data and Maps
Issue: 2021 - World, Europe, and United States

Party responsible for the resource - publisher: 
Organization's name: Esri

Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Redlands, California, USA
Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: Esri

Extent:
Extent description: publication date

2021-03-21T00:00:00
Data quality report - Conceptual consistency:
Measure description: The dataset is converted to file geodatabase (FGDB) format using tools in ArcGIS. The geometry is checked, and if needed repaired.

Data quality report - Completeness omission:
Measure description: After processing, the dataset is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.

Data quality report - Absolute external positional accuracy:
Measure description: The spatial accuracy varies with the source materials used. The Census Bureau cannot specify the spatial accuracy of features changed or added by field staff or through local updates, features derived from the GBF/DIME Files (TIGER’s predecessor in 1970 and 1980), or other map or digital sources. The positional accuracy is unknown.

Distribution Information:

Distributor:
Distributor information - distributor: 
Organization's name: Esri; Esri Offices

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +1-800-447-9778
Address:
Delivery point: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
Administrative area: California
Postal code: 92373-8100
Country:  US
Contact instructions: In the United States, contact the Esri Sales staff at +1-800-447-9778 or visit https://www.esri.com/en-us/contact#c=us&t=1 for more information about our software and data. Outside the United States, direct all inquiries to your local Esri Office. This information can be found at https://www.esri.com/en-us/contact#c=us&t=0.
Ordering process:
Terms and fees: Software purchase price
Turnaround time: Data and Maps is available only as part of ArcGIS® software.

Format:
Format name: File Geodatabase Feature Class

Format:
Format name: File Geodatabase Feature Class
File decompression technique: ArcGIS® software

Transfer options:
Transfer options:
Medium of distribution:
Medium name:  dvd

How the medium is written:  UDF
Density units of measure: GB (gigabytes)

Limitations for using the medium: Offline Data

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2023-01-10

Metadata contact - pointOfContact: 
Individual's name: ArcGIS Content Team
Organization's name: Esri

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: +1-909-793-2853
Fax: +1-909-793-5953
Address:
Delivery point: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
Administrative area: California
Postal code: 92373-8100
Country:  US
e-mail address: info@esri.com
Hours of service: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday
Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: NAP - Metadata
Version of the metadata standard: 1.2

Metadata identifier: C304CAFA-D71A-4639-BAA9-29E418A6E0DC