2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Block Group 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 Group file direct download URL is https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2020PL/LAYER/BG/2020/tl_2020_42_bg20.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   BLKGRPCE20                                                                                                                   2020 Census block group number
4      GEOID20  Census block group identifier; a concatenation of the 2020 Census state FIPS code, county FIPS code, census tract code, and block group number.
5   NAMELSAD20                                                             2020 Census translated legal/statistical area description and the block group number
6      MTFCC20                                                                                                             MAF/TIGER feature class code (G5030)
7   FUNCSTAT20                                                                                                                    2020 Census functional status
8      ALAND20                                                                                                                            2020 Census land area
9     AWATER20                                                                                                                           2020 Census water area
10  INTPTLAT20                                                                                                       2020 Census latitude of the internal point
11  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.