United States Cities and Towns

Name: United States Cities and Towns
Creator: US Census Bureau
License: public-domain

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A comprehensive dataset of incorporated places and census-designated places (CDPs) across the United States, including geographic boundaries and standard federal identification codes from the US Census Bureau.

At a glance

Records: 32,629
Geometry: MultiPolygon
Area type: Place
Location: United States
Country: United States of America
Source: US Census Bureau
Licence: public-domain
Year: 2025

Columns (10)

Column	Type	Statistics	Description
State FIPS	string	—	Two-digit Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code for the state.
Place Code	string	—	Five-digit FIPS code identifying the specific place within its state.
GNIS ID	string	—	Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) standard feature identifier.
Full Census GEOID	string	—	Fully qualified geographic identifier including summary level and state/place codes.
Census GEOID	string	—	Concatenated state and place FIPS codes used as a unique geographic identifier.
City Name	string	—	The common name of the city, town, or census-designated place.
Full Name and Type	string	—	The name of the place including its legal or statistical area description, such as city, town, or village.
State Code	string	—	Two-letter United States Postal Service state abbreviation.
State	string	—	The full name of the state where the place is located.
Area Type Code	string	15 unique	Legal/Statistical Area Description code indicating the classification of the place.

Data preview

State FIPS	Place Code	GNIS ID	Full Census GEOID	Census GEOID	City Name	Full Name and Type	State Code	State	Area Type Code
18	75626	02397695	1600000US1875626	1875626	Thorntown	Thorntown town	IN	Indiana	43
19	58620	02395301	1600000US1958620	1958620	Oelwein	Oelwein city	IA	Iowa	25
16	64090	02411447	1600000US1664090	1664090	Pocatello	Pocatello city	ID	Idaho	25
12	62118	02403495	1600000US1262118	1262118	Royal Palm Estates	Royal Palm Estates CDP	FL	Florida	57
12	03250	02405203	1600000US1203250	1203250	Baldwin	Baldwin town	FL	Florida	43
40	11575	02812846	1600000US4011575	4011575	Caney Ridge	Caney Ridge CDP	OK	Oklahoma	57
05	22360	02403582	1600000US0522360	0522360	Evening Shade	Evening Shade city	AR	Arkansas	25
22	64905	02407221	1600000US2264905	2264905	Ringgold	Ringgold town	LA	Louisiana	43
39	08859	02398942	1600000US3908859	3908859	Brinkhaven	Brinkhaven village	OH	Ohio	47
42	00572	01214948	1600000US4200572	4200572	Alba	Alba borough	PA	Pennsylvania	21

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