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A census-designated place (CDP) is a type of place or area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. The United States Census Bureau defines the term place as a concentration of population The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages. An incorporated place, as defined by the US Census Bureau, is a type of governmental unit incorporated under state law as a city town (except the New England states A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. CDPs are communities that lack separate municipal government, but which otherwise physically resemble incorporated places. A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. The boundaries of a CDP have no legal status. [1]

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History

The Census Bureau reported data for some unincorporated places as early as the 1850 Census, though usage continued to evolve through the 1890 Census, in which, for the first time, the Census mixed unincorporated places with incorporated places in its products with "town" as its label. The United States Census is a decennial Census mandated by the United States Constitution. The United States Census is a decennial Census mandated by the United States Constitution. This made it confusing to determine which of the "towns" were or were not incorporated.

The 1900 through 1930 Censuses did not report data for unincorporated places. The United States Census is a decennial Census mandated by the United States Constitution.

For the 1940 Census, the Census Bureau compiled a separate report of unofficial, unincorporated communities of 500 or more people. The Census Bureau officially defined this category as "unincorporated places" in the 1950 Census. For the 1950 Census, these types of places were identified only outside urbanized areas. Urbanizationn (also spelled urbanisation) is the physical growth of Urban areas into rural or natural land as a result of population in-migration to an existing In 1960, the Census Bureau also identified unincorporated places inside urbanized areas, but with a population of at least 10,000. For the 1970 Census, the population threshold for "unincorporated places" in urbanized areas was reduced to 5,000. For the 1980 Census, the designation was changed to "census-designated places". For the 1990 Census, the population threshold for CDPs in urbanized areas was reduced to 2,500. From 1950 through 1990, the Census Bureau specified other population requirements for unincorporated places or CDPs in Alaska, Puerto Rico, island areas, and Native American reservations. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} An Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American Tribe under the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau Minimum population criteria for CDPs were dropped with the 2000 Census. [2] The Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) allows designated participants to review and suggest modifications to the boundaries for CDPs. [3] The PSAP will be offered to county and municipal planning agencies during 2008.

Effects of designation and examples

The boundaries of such places may be defined in cooperation with local or tribal officials, but are not fixed, and do not affect the status of local government or incorporation; the territories thus defined are strictly statistical entities. CDP boundaries may change from one census to the next to reflect changes in settlement patterns. Further, as statistical entities, the boundaries of the CDP may not correspond with local understanding of the area with the same name. Recognized communities may be divided into two or more CDPs while on the other hand, two or more communities may be combined into one CDP. A CDP may also cover the unincorporated part of a named community where the rest lies within an incorporated place.

By defining an area as a CDP, that locality then appears in the same category of census data as incorporated places. This distinguishes CDPs from other census classifications, such as minor civil divisions (MCDs), which are in a separate category. Minor civil division (MCD is a term used by the United States Census Bureau to designate the primary Governmental and/or Administrative divisions of a

The population and demographics of the CDP district are included in the data of county subdivisions containing the CDP. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Demographics or demographic data refers to selected population characteristics as used in government Marketing or opinion research or the Demographic profiles In no case is a CDP defined within the boundaries of what the Census Bureau regards to be an incorporated city, village or borough. However, the Census Bureau considers Towns in New England states and New York as well as Townships in some other states as MCDs, even though they are incorporated municipalities in those states. The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns

Purpose of designation

There are a number of reasons for the CDP designation:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ United States Census Area Description
  2. ^ a b c Census Designated Place (CDP) Program for the 2010 Census - Proposed Criteria, Federal Register, April 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 66), accessed April 12, 2007. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs are a new statistical entity developed by the United States Census Bureau for tabulating summary statistics from Census 2000. A designated place or DPL is a type of Community or populated area identified by Statistics Canada for statistical purposes The Census in Canada began with the country's first census in 1666. The Federal Register (since March 14, 1936) abbreviated Fed Reg Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  3. ^ "Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP)", U. S. Census Bureau, accessed 2008-03-09

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