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Table 8-1. Type and Number of County Subdivisions in 1990

Townships 18,154
Census County Divisions[8-1 1] 5,581
Incorporated Places[8-1 2] 4,533
Towns 3,608
Election Precincts 948
Magisterial Districts 735
Parish Governing Authority Districts 627
Supervisors’ Districts 410
Unorganized Territories[8-1 1] 282
Election Districts 276
Census Subareas[8-1 1] 40
Plantations 36
Assessment Districts 21
American Indian Reservations[8-1 3] 7
Grants 9
Purchases 6
Boroughs 5
Gores 4
Locations 4
Pseudo County Subdivision[8-1 1] 1
Road District 1
Total County Subdivisions: 35,298
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Entities established for statistical reporting purposes only.
  2. This total includes only those incorporated places that are governmentally independent entities. For details, refer to the subsections “Treatment of MCDs and Places in the Data Tables,” “Criteria for MCD Equivalents,” “Places,” and to Tables 8-2, 8-3, and 8-4.
  3. Only in a few instances are American Indian reservations coextensive with an MCD (see Table 8-2).

County Subdivisions8-3