Dataset
Boston Neighborhood Boundaries approximated by 2020 Census Block Groups
The Census Bureau does not recognize or release data for Boston neighborhoods. However, Census block groups can be aggregated to approximate Boston neighborhood boundaries to allow for reporting and visualization of Census data at the neighborhood level. Census block groups are created by the U.S.…
Dataset
- Publisher
- Planning Department
- Spatial coverage
- all
- Keywords
- 2020, GIS, block groups, census
- Publisher's page
- https://data.boston.gov/dataset/census-2020-block-group-neighborhoods
Artifacts
“Preserved” means the archive holds the bytes and their digest. “Referenced” means it holds the record of them and nothing more. The archive does not claim a holding it cannot prove.
| Format | Preservation | Size | Digest | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeoJSON | referenced | 322304 | 9917afa67c77b3f7a4e13637b21af60ec348cee0cd18bca92a0c87adf9d7134f | source |
| referenced | 3502206 | 77205a017e3e7afa8fe76f1cf22b0bf8e91d47de2fa37e2ddc0b6cda27741a2e | source | |
| SHP | referenced | 89061 | 6ca30739cf9905e357fa11fa70139cea72357be011328ca0899d4e6f454f9aa7 | source |
Identity
- Identifier
- urn:lemay:boston:dataset:census-2020-block-group-neighborhoods
- Canonical URL
- https://boston.fyi/dataset/census-2020-block-group-neighborhoods
- As JSON
- https://boston.fyi/dataset/census-2020-block-group-neighborhoods.json
- Version
- 1 · last changed 2 September 2026
Provenance
- Source
- City of Boston Open Data Portal (Analyze Boston) — source of record
- Licence
- Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0 (public_domain)
- Retrieved
- 2 September 2026
- Source identifier
- census-2020-block-group-neighborhoods
- Attribution
- City of Boston
- Rights as stated
- Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
Transform ladder
| # | Operation | Description | Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fetch | retrieved the dataset's metadata record from the CKAN package_show endpoint | archive-ingest 0.1.0 |
| 2 | normalize | mapped the portal's catalogue fields onto the archive's Dataset record; the publisher's own wording and column dictionary are preserved verbatim | archive-ingest 0.1.0 |