Congressional Districts: Santa Cruz County, California, 2012

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Abstract: This polygon shapefile depicts boundaries for Congressional Districts 18 and 20 for the County of Santa Cruz, California. Portions of Districts 14 and 17 also reside in Santa Cruz County. Current Congressional District boundaries were drawn in 2011 by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission and took effect with the 2012 election. California is the most populous state in the United States, so has the most representation in the United States House of Representatives, with each Representative representing one Congressional District. The United States is divided into 435 Congressional Districts — 53 in California — each with a population of about 710,000 individuals. Each District elects a representative to the House for a 2 year term. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data created for Santa Cruz County, California.
Purpose: The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Unit falls under the purview of the County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. The GIS Unit serves all County departments and external customers and provides data on land, features and people of Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz County encompasses 4 cities and approximately 265,000 people. This coverage can be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analyses of geospatial data.

Type of resource	cartographic, software, multimedia
Form	Shapefile
Extent	4.516
Place	Santa Cruz, California, US
Publisher	County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department
Date valid	2012
Publication date	2015
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Map data	Scale not given. ; EPSG::2227 W 122°19ʹ10ʺ--W 121°34ʹ53ʺ/N 37°17ʹ34ʺ--N 36°50ʹ32ʺW 122°19ʹ2ʺ--W 121°34ʹ56ʺ/N 37°17ʹ10ʺ--N 36°50ʹ56ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creator	Garcia, Paul
Creator	Price, Matt

Subject	Administrative and political divisions
Subject	Election districts
Subject	United States. Congress. House
Subject	Santa Cruz County (Calif.)
Subject	2012
Subject	Boundaries
Genre	Geospatial data
Genre	Cartographic dataset

Supplemental information	GIS Layer Number = 26/ Boundaries were first converted from 1"=1 mile Elections Department's Congressional District maps to AutoCAD drawing files. These were plotted and reviewed by the County's Elections Department staff.
Use limitation	These data were compiled from many different sources; therefore, the accuracy of the individual layers varies significantly, and some layers do not align exactly with others. In the urban areas, data are generally accurate within five to ten feet of their true geographic coordinates, but in the rural areas, data may be accurate to only within three hundred feet. With these limitations, the County of Santa Cruz disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy or correctness of this data. This disclaimer is exclusive and in lieu of any warranties, fitness for particular purpose, and/or any other type of warranty, whether expressed or implied.
WGS84 Cartographics	This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/dz720js1213

Use and reproduction: This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
Copyright: This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Preferred citation: County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. (2015). Congressional Districts: Santa Cruz County, California, 2012. Santa Cruz County, California. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/dz720js1213.

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