1551900160579r4484217630075338engutf8datasetdatasetDouglas GeverdtNational Center for Education StatisticsAdministrative Data Division202-245-8230550 12th St SWWashingtonDC20202USDouglas.Geverdt@ed.govpointOfContact2018-05-30ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification2007geometryOnlycomposite5644269EPSG6.12(3.0.1)Locales 20172018-06-22publicationDoug GeverdtNational Center for Education StatisticsAdministrative Data Division202-245-8230550 12th St SWWashingtonDC20202USDouglas.Geverdt@ed.govoriginatormapDigitalThis data layer produced by the National
Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES)
Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program provides a
geographic locale framework that classifies all U.S. territory into twelve
categories ranging from Large Cities to Remote Rural areas. NCES uses this
framework to describe the type of geographic area where schools and school
districts are located. The criteria for these classifications are
defined by NCES, but they rely on standard geographic areas developed and
maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2017 NCES Locale boundaries are based
on geographic areas represented in Census TIGER/Line 2017. The NCES Education
Demographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE) program collaborates with the U.S.
Census Bureau’s Education Demographic, Geographic, and Economic Statistics
(EDGE) Branch to annually update the locale boundaries. For more information
about the NCES locale framework, and to download the data, see: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/LocaleBoundaries.
The classifications include:Large City
(11): Territory inside an Urbanized Area and inside a Principal City with
population of 250,000 or more.Midsize City
(12): Territory inside an Urbanized Area and inside a Principal City with
population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000.Small City
(13): Territory inside an Urbanized Area and inside a Principal City with
population less than 100,000.Suburb – Large
(21): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urbanized Area with
population of 250,000 or more.Suburb - Midsize
(22): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urbanized Area with
population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000.Suburb - Small
(23): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urbanized Area with
population less than 100,000.Town - Fringe
(31): Territory inside an Urban Cluster that is less than or equal to 10 miles
from an Urbanized Area.Town - Distant
(32): Territory inside an Urban Cluster that is more than 10 miles and less
than or equal to 35 miles from an Urbanized Area.Town - Remote
(33): Territory inside an Urban Cluster that is more than 35 miles of an
Urbanized Area.Rural - Fringe
(41): Census-defined rural territory that is less than or equal to 5 miles from
an Urbanized Area, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5
miles from an Urban Cluster.Rural - Distant
(42): Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 miles but less than or
equal to 25 miles from an Urbanized Area, as well as rural territory that is
more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an Urban Cluster.Rural - Remote
(43): Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 miles from an
Urbanized Area and is also more than 10 miles from an Urban Cluster.All information contained in this file is in the public domain. Data
users are advised to review NCES program documentation and feature class
metadata to understand the limitations and appropriate use of these
data.
This layer shows geographic boundaries created by the National Center for Education Statistics’ Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates program that classify communities into twelve locales ranging from Large Cities to Remote Rural areas.NCES EDGEcompletedDouglas GeverdtNational Center for Education StatisticsAdministrative Data Division202-245-8230550 12th St SWWashingtonDC20202USDouglas.Geverdt@ed.govpointOfContactnotPlanned018:107themeFederal Program Inventory Doc2013-09-16publicationDownloadable Datahttps://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/otherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther ConstraintsotherRestrictionsOther Constraintsvectorengutf8Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.0.8321Based on TIGER/Line 17 data.true-126.92502699292841-63.42992261540718623.5609624237698950.027734199418512017-01-01T00:00:002017-12-31T00:00:00File Geodatabase Feature Class623.486https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/docs/NCES_LOCALE_USERSMANUAL_2016012.pdfEducation Demographic and Geographic Estimates Program (EDGE) Locale Boundaries User’s Manualdownloadhttps://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/data/EDGE_LOCALE17_US.zipEntire USdownloadEDGE performed automated tests to ensure logical consistency and limits of the shapefiles. Standard geographic codes, such as FIPS codes for states, counties, state legislative districts, and congressional districts are used when encoding spatial entities. EDGE performed spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the creation of the shapefiles. Most of the codes for geographic entities except states, counties, Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs), New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), state legislative districts, and congressional districts were provided to the Census Bureau by the USGS, the agency responsible for maintaining the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Feature attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for consistency.Data completeness of the EDGE locale shapefile reflects the contents of the EDGE locale universe at the time the shapefile was created.Created using TIGER/Line 17 data.Run SAS scripts to perform spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the creation of the shapefiles.2017-02-02T00:00:00notPlanned