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PennDOT - Congressional Legislative Boundaries

Boundaries
Data Steward
DVRPC GIS
Update Frequency
as needed
Metadata Last Modified
March 27, 2025
Dataset Type
Geospatial
Source
  • Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Use Limitations
Unrestricted: can be shared internally and externally without data sharing agreement
License
No License Provided

Downloaded from the Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) on 5/16/2024 United States Congressional legislative boundaries within Pennsylvania as set forth in Act 34 of 2002. This layer was digitized by PADOT from maps generated by the Reapportionment Commission for the Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation Pennsylvania Dept. of State. These boundaries were used as the legislative district boundaries for the November 2002 general election and are currently being contested in the judicial system. The current layers are these same district boundary linework attributed with the current legislator's name, party affiliation and home county.

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Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Description
objectid OID st_area(shape) Internal feature number.
st_perimeter(shape) Double st_perimeter(shape) Internal feature number.
shape_leng Double Shape_Leng Internal feature number.
x_value String X_VALUE Internal feature number.
y_value String Y_VALUE
mslink Integer Shape Feature geometry.
leg_distri Integer MSLINK US Congressional District number
c_lastname String LEG_DISTRI Legislator's first name
c_firstnam String C_LASTNAME Legislator's home county
home_count String C_FIRSTNAM Party affiliation of legislator
party String HOME_COUNT
shape Geometry PARTY Feature geometry.
url String SHAPE Feature geometry.
gis.boundaries.PA_Congressional.area Double gis_boundaries_pa_congressional
gis.boundaries.PA_Congressional.len Double gis_boundaries_pa_congression_1
gis_update Date URL
gis_geomet Date GIS_UPDATE
gpid Integer GIS_GEOMET
st_area(shape) Double GPID