83 FR 6932 - Census County Divisions (CCDs) and Equivalent Entities for the 2020 Census-Proposed Criteria
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Bureau of the Census Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 32 (February 15, 2018)
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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 32 (February 15, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 6932-6934] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-02622] [[Page 6931]] Vol. 83 Thursday, No. 32 February 15, 2018 Part II Department of Commerce ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Census County Divisions (CCDs) and Equivalent Entities for the 2020 Census--Proposed Criteria; Notice Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 32 / Thursday, February 15, 2018 / Notices [[Page 6932]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of the Census [Docket Number 171002955-7972-01] Census County Divisions (CCDs) and Equivalent Entities for the 2020 Census--Proposed Criteria AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce. ACTION: Notice of proposed program and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Census Bureau is publishing this notice in the Federal Register to request comments from the public and other government agencies on the general guidelines and criteria for identifying Census county divisions (CCDs). The Census Bureau will respond to comments received in the Federal Register notice announcing the final CCD criteria. After the final criteria are published in the Federal Register, the Census Bureau will offer designated governments or organizations an opportunity to review and, if necessary, suggest updates to the boundaries and attributes of CCDs in their geographic area under the Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP). In separate Federal Register notices, the PSAP program is seeking comment on the review and update of census tracts, block groups, and census designated places (CDPs). DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 16, 2018. ADDRESSES: Please direct all written comments on this proposed program to Vincent Osier, Geographic Standards, Criteria, and Quality Branch, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 4H173, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233-7400. Email: geo.psap.list@census.gov. Phone: 301-763-3056 (PSAP Hotline). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information on this proposed program should be directed to Vincent Osier, Geographic Standards, Criteria, and Quality Branch, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 4H173, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233- 7400. Email: geo.psap.list@census.gov. Phone: 301-763-3056 (PSAP hotline). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. History Census county divisions (CCDs) and equivalent entities are statistical geographic entities established cooperatively by the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) and officials of state and local governments in 21 states \1\ where minor civil divisions (MCDs) either do not exist or have been unsatisfactory for reporting census data. The Census Bureau's CCD program maintains a set of subcounty \2\ units that have stable boundaries and recognizable names. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ In Alaska, census subareas are county subdivisions equivalent to CCDs. For purposes of this notice, the term CCD also refers to census subareas in Alaska. \2\ For the Census Bureau's purposes, the term ``county'' includes parishes in Louisiana; boroughs, cities, municipalities, and census areas in Alaska; independent cities in Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia; districts and islands in American Samoa; districts in the U.S. Virgin Islands; municipalities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; municipios in Puerto Rico; and the areas constituting the District of Columbia and Guam. These entities collectively are referred to as ``counties'' in this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before CCDs were introduced with the 1950 Census, few alternatives were available for the provision of statistical data related to relatively stable, subcounty geographic units. Census tracts were defined in only a subset of metropolitan area counties. MCDs existed in all counties, but in some states MCD boundaries changed frequently enough that they were not useful for comparing statistical data from one decade to another. For much of the period from the 1950 Census through the 1980 Census, county subdivisions (MCDs and CCDs) provided the only subcounty unit of geography at which data users could obtain statistical data for all counties nationwide. The introduction of block numbering areas (BNAs) in counties without census tracts for the 1990 Census offered an alternate subcounty entity for which data could be tabulated. For the 2000 Census, the Census Bureau introduced census tracts nationwide (in many counties, BNAs were simply relabeled as ``census tracts''), increasing the dissemination of, and ability to analyze, data at the census tract level and providing an alternative set of subcounty statistical geographic areas in each county in addition to MCDs and CCDs. II. General Principles and Criteria for CCDs for the 2020 Census The proposed criteria outlined herein apply to the United States,\3\ Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas.\4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ For Census Bureau purposes, the United States typically refers to only the fifty states and the District of Columbia, and does not include the U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, the Island Areas, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. \4\ The Island Areas include the U.S. territories American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. General Principles 1. The primary goal of the CCD program is to establish and maintain a set of subcounty units that have stable boundaries and recognizable names. The boundaries of CCDs usually coincide with visible features or stable, significant legal boundaries, such as the boundary of an American Indian reservation (AIR), federally managed land, or conjoint incorporated places. CCDs have no legal status as statistical geographic entities and are defined only for the tabulation and presentation of statistical data. 2. A CCD usually represents a single contiguous area consisting of one or more communities, economic centers, or, in some instances, major land uses that are relatively compact in shape. 3. A CCD shall have a relationship to existing census tracts, either encompassing one or more census tracts or having two or more CCDs nest within a single census tract. The boundaries of a CCD, or combination of nested CCDs, align with census tract boundaries. Note that a county with a population less than the optimum population for a census tract (less than 4,000 people) may contain more CCDs than census tracts. For example, McCone County, Montana, which has a 2016 estimated population of 1,734, contains only one census tract, but is divided into two CCDs. 4. Since the 1950s, the Census Bureau has worked with state and local officials to replace MCDs with CCDs for the collection, presentation, and analysis of Census Bureau data particularly in states in which MCDs do not provide governmental services and functions and in which MCD boundaries tend to change between decennial censuses. As of the 2020 Census, CCDs were defined in 21 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. North Dakota adopted CCDs for use in tabulating and presenting data from the 1970 Census. Following the 1970 Census, North Dakota requested that the Census Bureau again use MCDs to tabulate and present statistical data. For the 2010 Census, Tennessee requested that the Census Bureau replace its CCDs with county commissioner districts, a type of legal, administrative MCD. B. Criteria CCDs must (1) have community orientation, (2) have visible and/or stable boundaries, (3) conform to census [[Page 6933]] tract boundaries, and (4) have recognizable names. 1. Community Orientation Each CCD should center on one or more places and encompass additional surrounding territory that forms a cohesive community area. The definition of community should take into account production, marketing, consumption, and local institutions. The locality on which a CCD is centered usually is an incorporated place or an unincorporated community, which might be identified as a CDP. In some cases, the CCD may center on a major area of significantly different topography, land use, or ownership, such as a large military installation or AIR. A CCD should always comprise a reasonably compact, continuous land area, generally with road access to all areas within the CCD. 2. Visible and/or Stable Boundaries To make the location of CCD boundaries less ambiguous, the boundaries should follow, wherever possible, visible and identifiable features. The use of visible features makes it easier to locate and identify CCD boundaries over time, as the locations of most visible features in the landscape change infrequently, making data collection easier and more reliable while reducing the possibility for data allocation errors. The Census Bureau requires that CCDs follow state and county boundaries, conform to census tract boundaries. CCDs are allowed to follow the boundaries of federally recognized AIRs, and federal, state, or locally managed land. The following features are acceptable: a. County boundaries (always a CCD boundary); b. Census tract boundaries, which usually follow visible, perennial, natural, and cultural features, such as roads, rivers, canals, railroads, or above-ground, high-tension power lines; c. Legally defined, federally recognized AIR boundaries; d. The boundaries of federal, state, or locally managed land, such as national parks, national monuments, national forests, other types of large parks or forests, airports, marine ports, prisons, military installations, or other large facilities; e. Conjoint city limits (in certain situations, such as city limits that change infrequently); and, f. When the above types of features are not available for use as CCD boundaries, the Census Bureau may, at its discretion, approve other nonstandard, visible features, such as ridge lines, above-ground pipelines, streams, or fence lines. The Census Bureau may also accept, on a case-by-case basis, the boundaries of selected nonstandard and potentially nonvisible features, such as the boundaries of cemeteries, golf courses, glaciers, or the straight-line extensions of visible features and other lines-of-sight. 3. Census Tract Boundaries and Population Size Whenever possible, a CCD should encompass one or more contiguous census tracts or multiple CCDs should constitute a single census tract. Therefore, CCD boundaries should be consistent with census tract boundaries. Population size is not as important a consideration with CCDs as it is with census tracts. For CCDs that do not meet the thresholds for a census tract, the Census Bureau encourages creating one or more block groups within a census tract that encompass a CCD. Historically, CCDs have ranged from a few hundred people (in selected situations) to more than one million people. However, data quality and availability may be factors that local governments and planners should consider in defining statistical geographic areas. As a general rule, period estimates of demographic characteristics of small population areas from the American Community Survey will be subject to higher variances than comparable period estimates for areas with larger populations. In addition, the Census Bureau's disclosure rules may restrict the availability and amount of data for areas with small populations. 4. Name Identification a. The names of existing CCDs shall not be changed unless a compelling reason is provided, such as when the name from which the CCD was derived has changed, as in the case of Bainbridge Island, Washington, when the name of the city (Winslow) changed; b. A new CCD usually is named after the largest population center or historically central place within it (e.g., Taos, Hobbs, or Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico); c. Where a CCD contains multiple centers with relatively equal importance, a CCD name may represent the two or three centers (e.g., Mount Pleasant-Moroni, Utah); d. A CCD may be named after the AIR (e.g., Hualapai, Arizona or Nez Perce, Idaho) or a prominent land use area (e.g., Federal Reservation, Washington or Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming) in which it is significantly or wholly located; e. A CCD may be named after a prominent physical feature (e.g., Mount Rainier, Washington) or a distinctive region within the county (e.g., Death Valley, California; Everglades or Lower Keys, Florida); and, f. If there is no clear cultural focus or topographic name that can be applied, a CCD name shall consist of the county name and a compass direction to indicate the portion of the county in the CCD or a place name and a compass direction to give the CCD location relative to the place. The directional indicator precedes a county name (e.g., Northeast Cobb, Georgia). If a place name is used, the directional indicator follows it (e.g., Del Rio Northwest, Texas). In all cases, the objective is to clearly identify the extent of the CCD by means of an area name since CCD names should always should be meaningful to data users. Any name used as a CCD name must also be recognized by the Board on Geographic Names for federal use and appear in the Geographic Names Information System maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. This includes any individual names combined to make a hyphenated CCD name. III. Definitions of Key Terms American Indian reservation (AIR)--An area of land with boundaries established by final treaty, statute, executive order, and/or court order and over which a federally recognized American Indian tribal government has governmental authority. Along with ``reservation,'' designations such as colonies, communities, pueblos, rancherias, and reserves apply to AIRs. Block group--A statistical subdivision of a census tract consisting of all census blocks whose numbers begin with the same digit in a census tract. A block group is the smallest geographic entity for which the Census Bureau normally tabulates sample data. Census block--A geographic area bounded by visible and/or invisible features shown on a map prepared by the Census Bureau. A block is the smallest geographic entity for which the Census Bureau tabulates and publishes decennial census data. Census county division (CCD)--Areas delineated by the Census Bureau in cooperation with state, tribal, and local officials for statistical purposes. CCDs have no legal function and are not governmental units. CCD boundaries usually follow visible features and usually coincide with census tract boundaries. The name of each CCD is based on a place, county, or well-known local name that identifies its location. Census designated place (CDP)--A statistical geographic entity equivalent [[Page 6934]] to an incorporated place with a concentration of population, housing, and commercial and nonresidential structures that is identifiable by name, but is not within an incorporated place. Census tract--A small, relatively permanent statistical geographic division of a county defined for the tabulation and publication of Census Bureau data. The primary goal of census tracts is to provide a set of nationally consistent, relatively small, statistical geographic units, with stable boundaries that facilitate analysis of data across time and between decennial censuses. Conjoint--A description of a boundary line shared by two adjacent geographic entities. Contiguous--A description of areas sharing common boundary lines, more than a single point, such that the areas, when combined, form a single piece of territory. Noncontiguous areas form disjoint pieces. Federally managed land--Territory that is federally owned and/or administered by an agency of the U.S. federal government, such as the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, or Department of Defense. Incorporated place--A type of governmental unit, incorporated under state law as a city, town (except in New England, New York, and Wisconsin), borough (except in Alaska and New York), or village, generally to provide governmental services for a concentration of people within legally prescribed boundaries. Minor civil division (MCD)--The primary governmental or administrative division of a county in 28 states and the Island Areas having legal boundaries, names, and descriptions. The MCDs represent many different types of legal entities with a wide variety of characteristics, powers, and functions depending on the state and type of MCD. In some states, some or all of the incorporated places also constitute MCDs. Nonvisible feature--A map feature that is not visible on the ground and in imagery such as a city or county boundary through space, a property line, or line-of-sight extension of a road. Visible feature--A map feature that can be seen on the ground and in imagery, such as a road, railroad track, major above-ground transmission line or pipeline, river, stream, shoreline, fence, sharply defined mountain ridge, or cliff. A nonstandard visible feature is a feature that may not be clearly defined on the ground (such as a ridge), may be seasonal (such as an intermittent stream), or may be relatively impermanent (such as a fence). The Census Bureau generally requests verification that nonstandard features used as boundaries for the PSAP geographic areas pose no problem in their location during field work. Dated: January 22, 2018. Ron S. Jarmin, Associate Director for Economic Programs, Performing the Non-Exclusive Functions, and Duties of the Director, Bureau of the Census. 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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE states 1 where minor civil divisions A. General Principles
(MCDs) either do not exist or have been 1. The primary goal of the CCD
Bureau of the Census unsatisfactory for reporting census data. program is to establish and maintain a
The Census Bureau’s CCD program set of subcounty units that have stable
[Docket Number 171002955–7972–01] maintains a set of subcounty 2 units that boundaries and recognizable names.
have stable boundaries and recognizable The boundaries of CCDs usually
Census County Divisions (CCDs) and names.
Equivalent Entities for the 2020 coincide with visible features or stable,
Census—Proposed Criteria Before CCDs were introduced with the significant legal boundaries, such as the
1950 Census, few alternatives were boundary of an American Indian
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, available for the provision of statistical reservation (AIR), federally managed
Commerce. data related to relatively stable, land, or conjoint incorporated places.
ACTION: Notice of proposed program and subcounty geographic units. Census CCDs have no legal status as statistical
request for comments. tracts were defined in only a subset of geographic entities and are defined only
metropolitan area counties. MCDs for the tabulation and presentation of
SUMMARY: The Census Bureau is existed in all counties, but in some statistical data.
publishing this notice in the Federal states MCD boundaries changed 2. A CCD usually represents a single
Register to request comments from the frequently enough that they were not contiguous area consisting of one or
public and other government agencies useful for comparing statistical data more communities, economic centers,
on the general guidelines and criteria for from one decade to another. or, in some instances, major land uses
identifying Census county divisions that are relatively compact in shape.
(CCDs). The Census Bureau will For much of the period from the 1950
3. A CCD shall have a relationship to
respond to comments received in the Census through the 1980 Census, county
existing census tracts, either
Federal Register notice announcing the subdivisions (MCDs and CCDs)
encompassing one or more census tracts
final CCD criteria. After the final criteria provided the only subcounty unit of or having two or more CCDs nest within
are published in the Federal Register, geography at which data users could a single census tract. The boundaries of
the Census Bureau will offer designated obtain statistical data for all counties a CCD, or combination of nested CCDs,
governments or organizations an nationwide. The introduction of block align with census tract boundaries. Note
opportunity to review and, if necessary, numbering areas (BNAs) in counties that a county with a population less
suggest updates to the boundaries and without census tracts for the 1990 than the optimum population for a
attributes of CCDs in their geographic Census offered an alternate subcounty census tract (less than 4,000 people)
area under the Participant Statistical entity for which data could be tabulated. may contain more CCDs than census
Areas Program (PSAP). In separate For the 2000 Census, the Census Bureau tracts. For example, McCone County,
Federal Register notices, the PSAP introduced census tracts nationwide (in Montana, which has a 2016 estimated
program is seeking comment on the many counties, BNAs were simply population of 1,734, contains only one
review and update of census tracts, relabeled as ‘‘census tracts’’), increasing census tract, but is divided into two
block groups, and census designated the dissemination of, and ability to CCDs.
places (CDPs). analyze, data at the census tract level 4. Since the 1950s, the Census Bureau
and providing an alternative set of has worked with state and local officials
DATES: Written comments must be
subcounty statistical geographic areas in to replace MCDs with CCDs for the
submitted on or before May 16, 2018.
each county in addition to MCDs and collection, presentation, and analysis of
ADDRESSES: Please direct all written CCDs.
comments on this proposed program to Census Bureau data particularly in
Vincent Osier, Geographic Standards, II. General Principles and Criteria for states in which MCDs do not provide
Criteria, and Quality Branch, Geography CCDs for the 2020 Census governmental services and functions
Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room and in which MCD boundaries tend to
4H173, 4600 Silver Hill Road, The proposed criteria outlined herein change between decennial censuses. As
Washington, DC 20233–7400. Email: apply to the United States,3 Puerto Rico, of the 2020 Census, CCDs were defined
geo.psap.list@census.gov. Phone: 301– and the Island Areas.4 in 21 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
763–3056 (PSAP Hotline). California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida,
1 In Alaska, census subareas are county Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
subdivisions equivalent to CCDs. For purposes of Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Requests for additional information on this notice, the term CCD also refers to census Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina,
this proposed program should be subareas in Alaska.
Texas, Utah, Washington, and
directed to Vincent Osier, Geographic 2 For the Census Bureau’s purposes, the term
Wyoming. North Dakota adopted CCDs
Standards, Criteria, and Quality Branch, ‘‘county’’ includes parishes in Louisiana; boroughs,
cities, municipalities, and census areas in Alaska; for use in tabulating and presenting data
Geography Division, U.S. Census independent cities in Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, from the 1970 Census. Following the
Bureau, Room 4H173, 4600 Silver Hill and Virginia; districts and islands in American 1970 Census, North Dakota requested
Road, Washington, DC 20233–7400. Samoa; districts in the U.S. Virgin Islands;
that the Census Bureau again use MCDs
Email: geo.psap.list@census.gov. Phone: municipalities in the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands; municipios in Puerto to tabulate and present statistical data.
301–763–3056 (PSAP hotline). Rico; and the areas constituting the District of For the 2010 Census, Tennessee
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Columbia and Guam. These entities collectively are requested that the Census Bureau
referred to as ‘‘counties’’ in this notice.
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I. History 3 For Census Bureau purposes, the United States replace its CCDs with county
typically refers to only the fifty states and the commissioner districts, a type of legal,
Census county divisions (CCDs) and District of Columbia, and does not include the U.S. administrative MCD.
equivalent entities are statistical territories (Puerto Rico, the Island Areas, and the
geographic entities established U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. B. Criteria
4 The Island Areas include the U.S. territories
cooperatively by the Bureau of the CCDs must (1) have community
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Census (Census Bureau) and officials of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. orientation, (2) have visible and/or
state and local governments in 21 Virgin Islands. stable boundaries, (3) conform to census
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to an incorporated place with a verification that nonstandard features Email: geo.psap.list@census.gov. Phone:
concentration of population, housing, used as boundaries for the PSAP 301–763–3056 (PSAP hotline).
and commercial and nonresidential geographic areas pose no problem in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
structures that is identifiable by name, their location during field work.
but is not within an incorporated place. I. History
Dated: January 22, 2018.
Census tract—A small, relatively Census designated places (CDPs) 1 are
Ron S. Jarmin,
permanent statistical geographic statistical geographic entities
division of a county defined for the Associate Director for Economic Programs, representing closely settled,
Performing the Non-Exclusive Functions, and
tabulation and publication of Census unincorporated communities that are
Duties of the Director, Bureau of the Census.
Bureau data. The primary goal of census locally recognized and identified by
[FR Doc. 2018–02622 Filed 2–14–18; 8:45 am]
tracts is to provide a set of nationally name. They are the statistical
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consistent, relatively small, statistical equivalents of incorporated places, with
geographic units, with stable boundaries the primary differences being the lack of
that facilitate analysis of data across both a legally defined boundary and an
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
time and between decennial censuses. active, functioning governmental
Conjoint—A description of a Bureau of the Census structure, chartered by the state and
boundary line shared by two adjacent administered by elected officials. CDPs
geographic entities. defined for the 2020 Census will also be
Contiguous—A description of areas [Docket Number 171002956–7974–01]
used to tabulate American Community
sharing common boundary lines, more Survey, Puerto Rico Community Survey,
Census Designated Places (CDPs) for
than a single point, such that the areas, and Economic Census data after 2020,
the 2020 Census—Proposed Criteria
when combined, form a single piece of and potentially data from other Bureau
territory. Noncontiguous areas form AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, of the Census (Census Bureau) censuses
disjoint pieces. Commerce. and surveys.
Federally managed land—Territory ACTION: Notice of proposed program and The CDP concept and delineation
that is federally owned and/or request for comments. criteria have evolved over the past six
administered by an agency of the U.S. decades in response to data user needs
federal government, such as the SUMMARY: The Census Bureau is for place-level data. This evolution has
National Park Service, Bureau of Land publishing this notice in the Federal taken into account differences in the
Management, or Department of Defense. Register to request comments from the way in which places were perceived,
Incorporated place—A type of public and other government agencies and the propensity for places to
governmental unit, incorporated under on the criteria and guidelines for incorporate in various states. The result,
state law as a city, town (except in New identifying Census designated places over time, has been an increase in the
England, New York, and Wisconsin), (CDPs). The Census Bureau will respond number and types of unincorporated
borough (except in Alaska and New to the comments in the Federal Register communities identified as CDPs, as well
York), or village, generally to provide notice announcing the final criteria. as increasing consistency in the
governmental services for a After the final criteria are published in relationship between the CDP concept
concentration of people within legally the Federal Register, the Census Bureau and the kinds of places encompassed by
prescribed boundaries. will offer designated governments or the incorporated place category, or a
Minor civil division (MCD)—The organizations an opportunity to review compromise between localized
primary governmental or administrative and, if necessary, suggest updates to the perceptions of place and a concept that
division of a county in 28 states and the boundaries and attributes of the CDPs in would be familiar to data users
Island Areas having legal boundaries, their geographic area under the throughout the United States, Puerto
names, and descriptions. The MCDs Participant Statistical Areas Program Rico, and the Island Areas.
represent many different types of legal (PSAP). In separate Federal Register Although not as numerous as
entities with a wide variety of notices, the PSAP program is seeking incorporated places or municipalities,2
characteristics, powers, and functions comment on the review and update of CDPs have been important geographic
depending on the state and type of census tracts, block groups, and census entities since their introduction for the
MCD. In some states, some or all of the county divisions. 1950 Census (CDPs were referred to as
incorporated places also constitute ‘‘unincorporated places’’ in the 1950,
DATES: Written comments must be
MCDs. 1960 and 1970 decennial censuses). For
submitted on or before May 14, 2018.
Nonvisible feature—A map feature the 1950 Census, CDPs were defined
that is not visible on the ground and in ADDRESSES: Please direct all written only outside urbanized areas and were
imagery such as a city or county comments on this proposed program to required to have at least 1,000 residents.
boundary through space, a property Vincent Osier, Geographic Standards, For the 1960 Census, CDPs could also be
line, or line-of-sight extension of a road. Criteria, and Quality Branch, Geography identified inside urbanized areas
Visible feature—A map feature that Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room outside of New England, but these were
can be seen on the ground and in 4H173, 4600 Silver Hill Road, required to have at least 10,000
imagery, such as a road, railroad track, Washington, DC 20233–7400. Email: residents. The Census Bureau modified
major above-ground transmission line or geo.psap.list@census.gov. Phone: 301– the population threshold within
pipeline, river, stream, shoreline, fence, 763–3056 (PSAP Hotline). urbanized areas to 5,000 residents in
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sharply defined mountain ridge, or cliff. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 1970, allowed for CDPs in urbanized
A nonstandard visible feature is a Requests for additional information on areas in New England in 1980, and
feature that may not be clearly defined this proposed program should be
on the ground (such as a ridge), may be directed to Vincent Osier, Geographic 1 The term CDP includes comunidades and zonas
seasonal (such as an intermittent Standards, Criteria, and Quality Branch, urbanas in Puerto Rico.
2 Known by various terms throughout the United
stream), or may be relatively Geography Division, U.S. Census States: Cities, towns (except in the six New England
impermanent (such as a fence). The Bureau, Room 4H173, 4600 Silver Hill states, New York, and Wisconsin), villages, and
Census Bureau generally requests Road, Washington, DC 20233–7400. boroughs (except in New York and Alaska).
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| Contact | Requests for additional information on this proposed program should be directed to Vincent Osier, Geographic Standards, Criteria, and Quality Branch, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 4H173, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233- 7400. Email: [email protected] Phone: 301-763-3056 (PSAP hotline). | |
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