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Dane gospodarcze · 8/22/1997

Census Designated Place (CDP) Program for Census 2000Final Criteria

Census designated places (CDPs) are statistical geographic entities, defined for each decennial census, consisting of a closely settled, locally recognized concentration of population that is identified by name. The Census Bureau uses CDPs to tabulate and publish data for localities that otherwise would not be identified as places in the decennial census data products. Although not as numerous as incorporated places, CDPs have been important geographic entities since the Census Bureau first introduced them for the 1950 census. In 1990, more than 29 million people in the United States lived in CDPs. To determine the inventory of CDPs, the Census Bureau offers a program to local participants, such as American Indian tribal officials and locally identified agencies, whereby they can review and update the geographic definition of CDPs defined during the previous census and suggest new CDPs according to criteria developed and promulgated by the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau then reviews the resulting CDP delineations for conformance to these criteria. The Census Bureau does not take into account nor attempt to anticipate any nonstatistical uses that may be made of CDPs, nor will the

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