Available with Spatial Analyst license.
Summary
Calculates statistics on values of a raster within the zones of another dataset.
Illustration
Usage
A zone is defined as all areas in the input that have the same value. The areas do not have to be contiguous. Both raster and feature can be used for the zone input.
When the Cell size of the Input raster or feature zone data (in_zone_data in Python) and the Input value raster (in_value_raster in Python) is different, the output cell size will be the Maximum Of Inputs, and the Input value raster will be used as the Snap Raster internally. If the cell size is same, but the cells are not aligned, the Input value raster will be used as the snap raster internally. Either of these cases will trigger an internal resampling before the zonal operation is performed.
When the zone and value inputs are both rasters of the same cell size and the cells are aligned, they will be used directly in the tool, and will not be resampled internally during the tool execution.
If the Input raster or feature zone data (in_zone_data in Python) is a raster, it must be an integer raster.
If the Input raster or feature zone data (in_zone_data in Python) is a feature, it will be converted to a raster internally, using the cell size and cell alignment from the Input value raster (in_value_raster in Python).
If the Input raster or feature zone data (in_zone_data in Python) is a point feature, it is possible to have more than one point contained within any particular cell of the value input raster. For such cells, the zone value is determined by the point with the lowest ObjectID field (for example, OID or FID).
If the Input raster or feature zone data (in_zone_data in Python) has overlapping polygons, the zonal analysis will not be performed for each individual polygon. Since the feature input is converted to a raster, each location can only have one value.
An alternative method is to process the zonal operation iteratively for each of the polygon zones and collate the results.
When specifying the Input raster or feature zone data (in_zone_data in Python), the default zone field will be the first available integer or text field. If no other valid fields exist, the ObjectID field (for example, OID or FID) will be the default.
The Input value raster (in_value_raster in Python) can be either integer or floating point. However, when it is floating-point type, the options for calculating majority, median, minority, and variety will not be available.
For majority and minority calculations, when there is a tie, the output for the zone is based on the lowest of the tied values. See how Zonal Statistics works for more information.
The data type (integer or float) of the output is dependent on the zonal calculation being performed and the input value raster type. See how Zonal Statistics works for more information.
By default, this tool will take advantage of multi-core processors. The maximum number of cores that can be utilized is limited to four.
If you want the tool to use fewer cores, use the parallelProcessingFactor environment setting.
See Analysis environments and Spatial Analyst for additional details on the geoprocessing environments that apply to this tool.
Syntax
ZonalStatistics (in_zone_data, zone_field, in_value_raster, {statistics_type}, {ignore_nodata})| Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
in_zone_data | Dataset that defines the zones. The zones can be defined by an integer raster or a feature layer. | Raster Layer; Feature Layer |
zone_field | Field that holds the values that define each zone. It can be an integer or a string field of the zone dataset. | Field |
in_value_raster | Raster that contains the values on which to calculate a statistic. | Raster Layer |
statistics_type (Optional) | Statistic type to be calculated.
| String |
ignore_nodata (Optional) | Denotes whether NoData values in the Value input will influence the results of the zone that they fall within.
| Boolean |
Return Value
| Name | Explanation | Data Type |
| out_raster | The output zonal statistics raster. | Raster |
Code sample
ZonalStatistics example 1 (Python window)
This example determines for each zone the range of cell values in the Value input raster.
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import *
env.workspace = "C:/sapyexamples/data"
outZonalStats = ZonalStatistics("zone", "value", "valueraster", "RANGE",
"NODATA")
outZonalStats.save("C:/sapyexamples/output/zonestatout")
ZonalStatistics example 2 (stand-alone script)
This example determines for each zone the range of cell values in the Value input raster.
# Name: ZonalStatistics_Ex_02.py
# Description: Calculates statistics on values of a raster
# within the zones of another dataset.
# Requirements: Spatial Analyst Extension
# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import *
# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/sapyexamples/data"
# Set local variables
inZoneData = "zone"
zoneField = "value"
inValueRaster = "valueraster"
# Check out the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Spatial")
# Execute ZonalStatistics
outZonalStatistics = ZonalStatistics(inZoneData, zoneField, inValueRaster,
"RANGE", "NODATA")
# Save the output
outZonalStatistics.save("C:/sapyexamples/output/zonestatout2")
Environments
Licensing information
- ArcGIS Desktop Basic: Requires Spatial Analyst
- ArcGIS Desktop Standard: Requires Spatial Analyst
- ArcGIS Desktop Advanced: Requires Spatial Analyst