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 |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Entities established for statistical reporting purposes only.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Only in a few instances are American Indian reservations coextensive with an MCD (see Table 8-2).
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