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mkdir -p ~/tmp/tiger
cd ~/tmp/tiger
wget http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2016/shp/cb_2016_us_county_500k.zip
unzip cb_2016_us_county_500k.zip
wget http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2016/shp/cb_2016_us_state_500k.zip
unzip cb_2016_us_state_500k.zip
createdb tiger
psql -d tiger -c 'create extension postgis'
shp2pgsql -D -I cb_2016_us_state_500k.shp > cb_2016_us_state_500k.sql
shp2pgsql -D -I cb_2016_us_county_500k.shp > cb_2016_us_county_500k.sql
psql -d tiger -f cb_2016_us_state_500k.sql
psql -d tiger -f cb_2016_us_county_500k.sql
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