Filename:	mprec_state_g16_v01_shp.zip

File URL:	http://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/G16/state/mprec_state_g16_v01_shp.zip

Dataset:	2016 General Election Precinct Boundary Data

Description:	This file contains the statewide precinct boundary file for the 2016 General Election Map precincts. 

Geographic unit:	Map precincts (mprec) are created to reflect the geography as consistently as possible. In the tabular precinct data, RR precincts are aggregations of RG precincts. In the geographic data, Map precincts are aggregations of RG precincts. Generally speaking, Map precincts are RR precincts.

Data source:	Statewide Database - University of California, Berkeley

Technical documentation: http://statewidedatabase.org/d10/Creating%20CA%20Official%20Redistricting%20Database.pdf

File fields:

	ELECTION - 3 digit, election abbreviation

 	TYPE - geographic unit of file

	FIPS - 2 digit state code FIPS for California, '06,' followed by the 3 digit county FIPS code 

	PREC_KEY - FIPS code followed by the precinct number or name

	PREC - Map precinct number or name

County records unavailable at time of file creation:	none

Date last modified:	02/20/2019

Previous versions:	12/22/2017

Data user notes:	

Note 1.	The Map precinct boundary file is in .shp file format. ArcGIS products by ESRI, Google Earth, and several open source and low cost GIS platforms are able to view and open the .shp file type.