US Census and Crop Data Layers - Hex Fused-partitioned

This contains 2 main datasets: - Population and housing in Parquet format, from US Census 2020). Available at Hex 8 and Hex 7 resolutions. - Land Use / Land Cover from USDA Crop Data Layer. Available for every 2nd year from 2012-2024 at Hex 8 and Hex 7 resolutions.

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Owner: Fused
Created: 30 Apr 2025
Last Updated: 21 Aug 2025

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Hex Fused-partitioned datasets

Overview

This repository contains re-paritioned and hex indexed version of:

Crop Data Layer (fused/hex/release_2025_04_beta/cdl/)
US Census data (fused/hex/release_2025_04_beta/census/)

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Fused is providing these datasets as hex versions in both hex7 and hex8 resolutions.

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Crop Data Layer

Available for [2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024]
Available in hex7 and hex8 resolutions

US Census Data

Available for 2020
Available in hex7 and hex8 resolutions

Original Dataset

Crop Data Layer

Data gathered from the USDA CDL Download page

US Census Data

Data gathered from 2020 TIGER/Line Shapefile dataset on census.gov

Citation

Cropland Data Layer from USDA CroplandCros:

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Cropland Data Layer. 2025. Published crop-specific data layer [Online]. Available at https://croplandcros.scinet.usda.gov/ (accessed 2025; verified 2025). USDA-NASS, Washington, DC.

US Census from data.census.org:

U.S. Census Bureau, "TIGER/Line Shapefiles", <https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.2020.html#list-tab-790442341>, accessed on April 29, 2025.