![TIGER/2020/BG](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/images/TIGER/TIGER_2020_BG_sample.png) Dataset Availability : 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z--2020-01-02T00:00:00Z Dataset Producer : [United States Census Bureau](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/tiger-data-products-guide.html) Tags : [census](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/census) [city](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/city) [infrastructure-boundaries](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/infrastructure-boundaries) [neighborhood](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/neighborhood) [table](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/table) [tiger](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/tiger) [urban](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/urban) [us](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/us) #### Description The United States Census Bureau regularly releases a geodatabase named TIGER. This dataset contains the 2020 census [block groups](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/about/glossary.html#par_textimage_4), which is a cluster of blocks within the same census tract that have the same first digit of their four-digit census block number. There are just over 240,000 polygon features covering the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island areas. For full technical details on all TIGER 2020 products, see the [TIGER technical documentation](https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2020/TGRSHP2020_TechDoc.pdf). ### Table Schema **Table Schema** | Name | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | ALAND | DOUBLE | Land Area (square meters) | | AWATER | DOUBLE | Water Area (square meters) | | BLKGRPCE | STRING | Block Group Code | | COUNTYFP | STRING | County FIPS Code | | FUNCSTAT | STRING | Functional Status (S = Statistical) | | GEOID | STRING | Unique Identifier of Summary Level, Characteristic Iteration, US, State, County, Tract, Block Group Code | | INTPTLAT | DOUBLE | Internal Point Latitude | | INTPTLON | DOUBLE | Internal Point Longitude | | MTFCC | STRING | MAF/TIGER Feature Classification Code | | NAMELSAD | STRING | Full Name | | STATEFP | STRING | State FIPS Code | | TRACTCE | STRING | Census Tract Code | ### Terms of Use **Terms of Use** The U.S. Census Bureau offers some of its public data in machine-readable format via an Application Programming Interface (API). All of the content, documentation, code and related materials made available to you through the API are subject to [these terms and conditions](https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html). ### Citations Citations: - For the creation of any reports, publications, new data sets, derived products, or services resulting from the data set, users should [cite the US Census Bureau](https://www.census.gov/about/policies/citation.html). ### Explore with Earth Engine > [!NOTE] > **Important:** Earth Engine is a platform for petabyte-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets, both for public benefit and for business and government users. Earth Engine is free to use for research, education, and nonprofit use. To get started, please [register for Earth Engine access.](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth-engine) ### Code Editor (JavaScript) ```javascript var dataset = ee.FeatureCollection('TIGER/2020/BG'); var visParams = { min: 0.0, max: 1e7, palette: ['d8d9d9', 'aaaaaa', 'b6dfe9', '2ea3f2', '0c71c3'] }; // plotting the water area per polygon dataset = dataset.map(function (f) { return f.set('AWATER', ee.Number.parse(f.get('AWATER'))); }); var image = ee.Image().float().paint(dataset, 'AWATER'); Map.setCenter(-81.99172, 29.74101, 9); Map.addLayer(ee.Image(1), {min:0, max:1}, 'background'); Map.addLayer(image, visParams, 'TIGER/2020/BG'); Map.addLayer(dataset, null, 'for Inspector', false); ``` [Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/TIGER/TIGER_2020_BG) ### Visualize as a FeatureView A `FeatureView` is a view-only, accelerated representation of a `FeatureCollection`. For more details, visit the [`FeatureView` documentation.](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/featureview_overview) > [!NOTE] > **Important:** Earth Engine is a platform for petabyte-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets, both for public benefit and for business and government users. Earth Engine is free to use for research, education, and nonprofit use. To get started, please [register for Earth Engine access.](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth-engine) ### Code Editor (JavaScript) ```javascript var fvLayer = ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer('TIGER/2020/BG_FeatureView'); var visParams = { opacity: 1, color: { property: 'AWATER', mode: 'linear', palette: ['d8d9d9', 'aaaaaa', 'b6dfe9', '2ea3f2', '0c71c3'], min: 0, max: 1e7 } }; fvLayer.setVisParams(visParams); fvLayer.setName('Water area by US census block group'); Map.setCenter(-74.0637, 40.6852, 13); Map.add(fvLayer); ``` [Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/TIGER/TIGER_2020_BG_FeatureView) [TIGER: US Census Block Groups (BG) 2020](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/TIGER_2020_BG) The United States Census Bureau regularly releases a geodatabase named TIGER. This dataset contains the 2020 census block groups, which is a cluster of blocks within the same census tract that have the same first digit of their four-digit census block number. There are just over 240,000 polygon features covering ... TIGER/2020/BG, census,city,infrastructure-boundaries,neighborhood,table,tiger,urban,us 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z/2020-01-02T00:00:00Z -14.69 -180 71.567 -64.435 Google Earth Engine https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets - [](https://doi.org/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/tiger-data-products-guide.html) - [](https://doi.org/https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/TIGER_2020_BG)