Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer

Download Generalized Cartographic Boundary Files

These are generalized boundary files in ArcView Shapefile (.shp) format.
Click on the year/vintage next to the boundary file type you want to download.
(The U.S. Census Bureau has no plans to create Block level boundary files.)


American Indian Areas/Alaska Native Areas/Hawaiian Home Lands (National Level): 2000 | 1990
American Indian Tribal Subdivisions (National Level): 2000
Census Block Groups (State Level): 2000 | 1990
Census Divisions (National Level): 2000
Census Regions (National Level): 2000
Census Tracts (State Level): 2000 | 1990
U.S. Congressional Districts (State Level): 110th | 109th | 108th | 107th | 106th | 105th | 104th | 103rd
Consolidated Cities (National Level): 2000
County and County Equivalent Areas (State Level): 2000 | 1990
County Subdivisions (State Level): 2000 | 1990
Incorporated Places/Census Designated Places (State Level): 2000 | 1998 | 1990
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (National Level): 1999 | 1990
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (National Level): 1999 | 1998 | 1996 | 1990
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (National Level): 1998 | 1996
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (National Level): 1999 | 1990
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (National Level): 1998 | 1996
Combined Statistical Areas (National Level): June 2003 - original
June 2003 - revised
December 2003
Metropolitan Division (National Level): June 2003 - original
June 2003 - revised
December 2003
Core Based Statistical Areas (National Level): June 2003 - original
June 2003 - revised
December 2003
Central Cities (National Level): 1999
Public Use Microdata Areas - 1 Percent (State Level): 2000
Public Use Microdata Areas - 5 Percent (State Level): 2000
School Districts - Elementary (State Level): 2000
School Districts - Unified (State Level): 2000
State and State Equivalent Areas (State Level): 2000 | 1990
State Legislative Districts - Lower/House (State Level): 2006
State Legislative Districts - Upper/Senate (State Level): 2006
Traffic Analysis Zones (State Level): 2000
Tribal Block Groups (National Level): 2000
Tribal Census Tracts (National Level): 2000
Urban Areas (National Level): 2000 | 1990
Voting Districts (State Level): 2000
3-Digit ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) (State Level): 2000
5-Digit ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) (State Level): 2000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division,
Cartographic Operations Branch


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