Census 2000 TIGER/Line(R) Files Technical Documentation Appendix E-Place Description Codes Census 2000 Code Description 0 Legal entity that has no area classified as a central place of an urban area or central city of a metropolitan area (MA) 1 Legal entity that has all of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) 2 Legal entity that has part of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and all of its area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) 3 Legal entity that has no area classified as a central place of an urban area and all of its area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) 4 Legal entity that has all of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and part of its area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) 5 Legal entity that has part of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and part of its area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) 6 Legal entity that has no area classified as a central place of an urban area and part of its area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) 7 Legal entity that has all of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and no area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) 8 Legal entity that has part of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and no area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) 9 Legal entity that is a "false" entity or not applicable for a place description A Statistical entity that has no area classified as a central place of an urban area or central city of a metropolitan area (MA) B Statistical entity that has all of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) C Statistical entity that has part of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and all of its area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) D Statistical entity that has no area classified as a central place of an urban area and all of its area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) E Statistical entity that has all of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and part of its area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) F Statistical entity that has part of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and part of its area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) G Statistical entity that has no area classified as a central place of an urban area and part of its area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) H Statistical entity that has all of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and no area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) I Statistical entity that has part of its area classified as a central place of an urban area and no area classified as a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) X A voting district (VTD) that a state has identified as an actual VTD Z A voting district (VTD) that a state has identified as a pseudo-VTD. A appears if a state did not indicate to the U.S. Census Bureau whether or not the VTD followed the actual boundaries of the VTD or is a pseudo-VTD 1990 Census Code Description 1 Incorporated place that was a central city of a metropolitan area (MA), but not a central place of an urbanized area (UA) 2 Incorporated place that was a central place of an urbanized area (UA), but not a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) 3 Incorporated place that was a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) and a central place of an urbanized area (UA) 4 Incorporated place/consolidated city that was not a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) and not a central place of an urbanized area (UA) 5 Incorporated place that was a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) and a central place of an urbanized area (UA), but part of the place extended outside of its MA 6 Incorporated place that was a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) but not a central place of an urbanized area (UA) and part of the place extended outside of its MA A Census designated place (CDP) that was the central place of an urbanized area (UA), but not a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) B Census designated place (CDP) that was the central city of a metropolitan area (MA) but not a central place of an urbanized area (UA) C Census designated place (CDP) that was the central city of a metropolitan area (MA) and a central place of an urbanized area (UA) D Census designated place (CDP) that was in a 1980 urbanized area (UA) and was not a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) and/or a central place of a UA. These CDPs had to have a 1990 population of at least 300 in Hawaii and the Island Areas, and 2,500 elsewhere to qualify for publication E Census designated place (CDP) not classified elsewhere. These 1990 CDPs had to have the following minimum population requirements to qualify for publication: 300 in Hawaii, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands; 25 in Alaska; 1000 in all other states and statistically equivalent entities F Zona urbana (CDP) that was the central place of an urbanized area (UA) in Puerto Rico, but not a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) G Zona urbana (CDP) that was the central city of a metropolitan area (MA) in Puerto Rico, but not of a central place of an urbanized area (UA) H Zona urbana (CDP) that was the central city of a metropolitan area (MA) and a central place of an urbanized area (UA) I Zona urbana (CDP) in Puerto Rico that was not a central city of a metropolitan area (MA) and/or a central place of an urbanized area (UA); qualified regardless of the population size J Census designated place (CDP) that was the capital of an Island Area; qualified regardless of population size (applied only to Agana, Guam) L Census designated place (CDP) entirely within an American Indian reservation or Alaska Native Area and entirely outside of a 1980 urbanized area. These CDPs had to have a 1990 population of at least 25 in Alaska and 250 elsewhere to qualify for publication