Data Catalog

Table: Census 2000 County and County Equivalent Areas

Description

The primary legal divisions of most states are termed "counties." In Louisiana, these divisions are known as "parishes." In Alaska, which has no counties, the statistically equivalent entities are census areas, city and boroughs (Juneau City and Borough) a municipality (Anchorage), and organized boroughs. Census are delineated cooperatively for statistical purposes by the state of Alaska and the U.S. Census Bureau. In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia), there are one or more incorporated places that are independent of any county organization and thus constitute primary divisions of their states; these incorporated places are known as "independent cities" and are treated as equivalent to counties for statistical purposes. (For some statistical purposes they may be treated as county subdivisions and places.) The District of Columbia has no primary divisions, and the entire area is considered equivalent to a county for statistical purposes. The primary legal divisions of Puerto Rico are termed "municipios" and are treated by the U.S. Census Bureau, for statistical purposes, as the equivalent of a county in the United States.

Each county and statistically equivalent entity is assigned a three-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code that is unique within state or state equivalent. These codes are assigned in alphabetical order of county or county equivalent within state, except for the independent cities, which are assigned codes higher than and following the listing of counties.

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Associated Geometries

• US Census 2000 County and County Equivalent Boundaries (us_census00.county_geom) ->

Table Data Elements

County FIPS code (us_census00.county.county_fips)

County FIPS code

Data type: Char

FIPS code (us_census00.county.id)

Unique 5 character national identifier (County FIPS + State FIPS)

Data type: Char

County Name (us_census00.county.name)

Full name of the area.

Data type: Char

State FIPS code (us_census00.county.state_fips)

Full name of the state or state equivalent area.

Data type: Char

Data Periods

Current Period: 2000

Period: 2000

Code Name: 2000

Description: US Census 2000

Beginning: 2000-01-01T00:00:00

Ending: 2009-12-31T23:59:59