Census Counties, 2000 - San Francisco Bay Area, California

Description:

This polygon shapefile displays the 9 counties for the San Francisco Bay Area of California, as of January 1, 2000. The primary legal divisions of most states are termed ''counties.'' Each county and statistically equivalent entity is assigned a three-digit Federal Information Processing Standards code that is unique within the state. These codes are assigned in alphabetical order of county or county equivalent within each state.This layer is part of the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) GIS Maps and Data collection. This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Creator:

California. Metropolitan Transportation Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division

Publisher:

California. Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Counties and Boundaries

Theme:

Boundaries

Temporal Coverage:

2000

Date Issued:

2002

Spatial Coverage:

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), Contra Costa County (Calif.), Napa County (Calif.), San Mateo County (Calif.), Solano County (Calif.), Sonoma County (Calif.), Marin County (Calif.), and Alameda County (Calif.)

Rights:

This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.

Rights Holder:

This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/hv237bh9962