Filename:	mprec_state_p16_v01_shp.zip

File URL:	http://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/P16/state/mprec_state_p16_v01_shp.zip

Dataset:	2016 Primary Election precinct boundary GIS file

Description:	This file contains statewide precinct boundary file for the map precincts. 

Geographic Unit:	Map precincts (MPREC) are created to reflect the geography as consistently as possible. RR precincts are aggregations of RG precinct (tabular data) into MPRECs (geographic). Generally speaking, map Precincts are RR precincts.

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

File Fields:

	AREA - area of the precinct in square miles

	ELECTION - 3 digit, election abbreviation

	TYPE - geographic unit

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

	COUNTY - 1 to 3 digit county code 

	PREC_KEY - FIPS code followed by the precinct number or name

	PREC - Map precinct number or name


User Notes:	The map precinct boundary file is in .shp file format. The .shp file is compatible with any ArcGIS program by ESRI. Many open source and low cost GIS platforms are able to view and open the .shp file type.

Date last modified:	01/02/2018

Previous Versions:	none

County records not available or unavailable at time of file creation:	none 