2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Block Shapefile for Pennsylvania

##Redistricting Data Hub (RDH) Retrieval Date
02/25/2021

##Sources
Shapefiles for the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) are available for download from https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html
The Pennsylvania Block file direct download URL is https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2020PL/LAYER/TABBLOCK/2020/tl_2020_42_tabblock20.zip

##Fields
    Field Name                                                                                                                                                  Description
0    STATEFP20                                                                                                                                  2020 Census state FIPS code
1   COUNTYFP20                                                                                                                                 2020 Census county FIPS code
2    TRACTCE20                                                                                                                                       2020 Census tract code
3    BLOCKCE20                                                                                                                          2020 Census tabulation block number
4      GEOID20  Census block identifier; a concatenation of 2020 Census state FIPS code, 2020 Census county FIPS code, 2020 Census tract code, and 2020 Census block number
5       NAME20                                                                2020 Census tabulation block name; a concatenation of ‘Block’ and the tabulation block number
6      MTFCC20                                                                                                                         MAF/TIGER feature class code (G5040)
7         UR20                                                                                                                            2020 Census urban/rural indicator
8       UACE20                                                                                                                                  2020 Census urban area code
9     UATYPE20                                                                                                                                  2020 Census urban area type
10  FUNCSTAT20                                                                                                                                2010 Census functional status
11     ALAND20                                                                                                                                        2020 Census land area
12    AWATER20                                                                                                                                       2020 Census water area
13  INTPTLAT20                                                                                                                   2020 Census latitude of the internal point
14  INTPTLON20                                                                                                                  2020 Census longitude of the internal point

##Processing
The shapefile was retrieved from the download link (see sources above) and was renamed using RDH conventions with a python script.

##Additional Notes
For more information on the Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data visit https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.html#P1
Please direct questions related to processing this dataset to info@redistrictingdatahub.org.