FIPS PUB See FIPS publication.
FIPS publication (FIPS PUB) One in a series of U.S. Government publications containing a standard set of geocodes for different types of geographic entities. See also Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code.
Free block area An area for which the Census Bureau provided block-level data without charge in the 1980 and earlier decennial censuses. See also census block, contract block area.
Functional status (governmental) The administrative or legal activities associated with performing the legally prescribed functions of a governmental unit; that is, the administrative or legal entity is functioning or nonfunctioning, and if functioning, is either active or inactive. See also active governmental unit, functioning governmental unit, governmental unit, inactive governmental unit, nonfunctioning governmental unit.
Functioning governmental unit A general-purpose government that has the legal capacity to elect or appoint officials, raise revenues, provide services, and enter into contracts. See also active governmental unit, functional status (governmental), general-purpose government, governmental unit, inactive governmental unit, nonfunctioning governmental unit.
GARM See Geographic Areas Reference Manual.
GBF See Geographic Base File.
GBF/DIME-File (Geographic Base File/Dual Independent Map Encoding File) A geographic base file created by the Census Bureau, usually in cooperation with local officials, representing the line segments and related geographic attributes that comprised all or part of the urban cores of all metropolitan areas. Created for the 80 smaller urban cores to supplement the ACG coverage for the 1970 census and support the place of work coding operation,
