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City

City of the vendor location recorded in the vendor site details section of the IDV record. It is a free-text geographic attribute that identifies the locality associated with the vendor site, such as AMARILLO.

Family: IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city
Title
City
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/city
Description
City of the vendor location recorded in the vendor site details section of the IDV record. It is a free-text geographic attribute that identifies the locality associated with the vendor site, such as AMARILLO.
Business Meaning
This field supports geographic analysis of vendor presence, award dispersion, and local concentration patterns across vendor sites. Analysts use it to summarize where vendors are located, compare procurement activity by place, and align vendor geography with state, county, or metropolitan analysis.
Example Value
AMARILLO
Observed Non-Null Count
5,420,906

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/city
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLocation/city' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • grouping awards by vendor city
  • filtering vendors by location
  • geographic trend analysis

Common Mistakes

  • assuming the value is standardized or geocoded
  • using city alone as a unique location key

Query Guidance

Use exact match or normalized text comparisons for city-level grouping, and combine with state, ZIP, or country for more reliable filtering and joins. In SQL, apply upper(trim(city)) or similar normalization when aggregating inconsistent text values.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city AS city
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLocation__city IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.