United States Census Bureau · Example Payload

Census Data Api Geocodeaddress Example

Geocode the Census Bureau headquarters address to get coordinates and census geography identifiers

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Census Data Api Geocodeaddress Example is an example object payload from United States Census Bureau, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestdescriptionresponse

Example Payload

{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress",
    "query": {
      "address": "4600 Silver Hill Rd, Washington DC 20233",
      "benchmark": "Public_AR_Current",
      "vintage": "Current_Current",
      "format": "json"
    }
  },
  "description": "Geocode the Census Bureau headquarters address to get coordinates and census geography identifiers",
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "result": {
        "input": {
          "address": {
            "address": "4600 Silver Hill Rd, Washington DC 20233"
          },
          "benchmark": {
            "isDefault": false,
            "benchmarkDescription": "Public Address Ranges - Current Benchmark",
            "id": "4",
            "benchmarkName": "Public_AR_Current"
          },
          "vintage": {
            "isDefault": false,
            "vintageName": "Current_Current",
            "vintageDescription": "Current Vintage - Current Benchmark",
            "id": "4"
          }
        },
        "addressMatches": [
          {
            "tigerLineId": "76355984",
            "side": "L",
            "matchedAddress": "4600 SILVER HILL RD, WASHINGTON, DC, 20233",
            "coordinates": {
              "x": -76.92748,
              "y": 38.84601
            },
            "addressComponents": {
              "zip": "20233",
              "streetName": "SILVER HILL",
              "preType": "",
              "city": "WASHINGTON",
              "preDirection": "",
              "suffixDirection": "",
              "fromAddress": "4600",
              "state": "DC",
              "suffixType": "RD",
              "toAddress": "4600",
              "suffixQualifier": "",
              "preQualifier": ""
            },
            "geographies": {
              "States": [
                {
                  "STATENS": "01702382",
                  "GEOID": "11",
                  "CENTLAT": "+38.9071900",
                  "AREAWATER": "18672752",
                  "NAME": "District of Columbia",
                  "FUNCSTAT": "A",
                  "STUSAB": "DC",
                  "CENTLON": "-077.0366900",
                  "STATE": "11"
                }
              ],
              "Census Tracts": [
                {
                  "TRACT": "007503",
                  "GEOID": "11001007503",
                  "BLKGRP": "1",
                  "NAME": "Census Tract 75.03",
                  "COUNTY": "001",
                  "STATE": "11"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

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