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Places,
Towns
and
Townships
Fourth Edition
2007
Edited by Deirdre A. Gaquin and Katherine A. DeBrandt
Places, Towns
and Townships
Fourth Edition
2007
Places, Towns
and Townships
Fourth Edition
2007
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Places, Towns
and Townships
Fourth Edition
2007
Edited by Deirdre A. Gaquin
and Katherine A. DeBrandt
BERNAN PRESS
Lanham, MD
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Contents
Page Contents
vii About the Editors
viii Acknowledgments
ix Introduction
An Overview of Places
Symbols
Sources
Table 1. Population in Incorporated Places,
by Size of Place, 2005
Table 2. Percent of Population in Incorporated
Places, by Size of Place, 2005
Table 3. Population Change in the 50 Largest
Cities, 2000–2005
Rankings
xxvi Subjects Covered, by Type and Size of Place
xxvii Table Outlines and Column Headings
1 Table A. All Places
645 Table B. Incorporated Places and Minor Civil
Divisions of 10,000 or More
Population
793 Table C. Incorporated Places of 2,500 or
More Population
Appendixes
A-1 A. Geographic Concepts
B-1 B. Source Notes and Explanations
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ABOUT THE EDITORS
Deirdre A. Gaquin has been a data use consultant Katherine A. DeBrandt is a data analyst team
to private organizations, government agencies, and leader with Bernan Press. She received her B.A.
universities for over 20 years. Prior to that, she in political science from Colgate University. She
was Director of Data Access Services at Data Use is also a co-editor of The Who, What, and Where
& Access Laboratories, a pioneer in private sector of America: Understanding the Census Results;
distribution of federal statistical data. A former The Almanac of American Education; and Social
president of the Association of Public Data Users, Change in America: The Historical Handbook, all
Ms. Gaquin has served on numerous boards, pan- published by Bernan Press.
els, and task forces concerned with federal statisti-
cal data and has worked on four decennial cen-
suses. She holds a Master of Urban Planning
(M.U.P.) degree from Hunter College. Ms. Gaquin
is also an editor of Bernan Press’s The Who, What,
and Where of America: Understanding the Census
Results; and The Almanac of American Education.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The editors of Places, Towns and Townships also appreciate the assistance of staff editor
extend their appreciation to Courtenay Slater and Shana Hertz, who copyedited this volume. With
the late George Hall, the originators of this publi- support from Automated Graphics Systems, Jo,
cation. Rebecca, and Shana assisted the editors tremen-
dously with finalizing this special edition.
We are extremely grateful to Jo A.Wilson, Bernan
Press’s production team leader, for managing the As always, we are especially grateful to the many
production aspects of this volume and preparing federal agency personnel who assisted us in obtain-
the graphics. Production coordinator Rebecca ing the data, provided excellent resources on their
Zayas capably assisted Jo with this project. We Web sites, and patiently answered our questions.
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INTRODUCTION
Places, Towns and Townships contains statistical information AN OVERVIEW OF PLACES
about places in the United States and the people who live in
them. Data are presented for all incorporated places covered Tables 1 and 2 provide estimates, by state, of the 2005 popula-
by the 2005 population estimates—from the largest city to tion living in incorporated places and those living outside of
the smallest village—and for all Census designated places places. While nearly 16 percent of the population lived in the
(CDPs) included in the 2000 census. CDPs are unincorporated nation’s 50 largest cities, 38 percent lived in areas that were
areas of relatively dense population for which boundaries not incorporated as places in 2005.
were established by the U.S. Census Bureau in cooperation
with state agencies and local census statistical area commit- Figure 1 illustrates the distribution of incorporated places by
tees. Data are also provided in this volume for minor civil population size. Nearly two-thirds of all places fell into the
divisions (MCDs) in the 12 states where MCDs serve as smallest size category of populations of fewer than 2,500
general-purpose local governments. MCDs are primary subdi- persons. Eighty-five percent had populations of fewer than
visions of counties and are often called towns or townships.1 10,000 persons. As place size increased, the number of places
within the size class dropped markedly. Only 254 incorporated
This book is divided into three tables. Table A presents limited places had populations of 100,000 or more, an increase from
2000 census population and housing data for all of the nearly 238 places in 2000. Thirty-two cities had populations of
34,000 places (MCDs, CDPs, and incorporated places) in 500,000 or more, up from 29 cities in 2000.
the United States, including updated population estimates for
2005. Table B includes 2005 population estimates and 2000 The distribution of the population living in incorporated places
census data, plus the most recent available information on was quite different from the distribution of the number of
crime, residential construction, and local government places. Figure 1 shows that the largest population grouping
finances. Table B covers all incorporated places and MCDs consisted of persons living in medium-sized places. One out
with 2005 population estimates of 10,000 or more. Table C of four persons lived in places of 10,000 to 100,000 people
provides data from the 2002 Economic Census for incorpo- in 2005. Another 14 percent lived in places with populations
rated places with populations of 2,500 or more and MCDs of 100,000 to 499,999.
with populations of 10,000 or more. Within each table, data
are presented alphabetically by state, with place names listed Figure 2 represents the population density of the states, with
alphabetically within each state. the more densely populated states on the East andWest Coasts
Figure 1. Number of Places and Population Distribution, 2005
20,000 15
16,000 12
12,905
12,000 9
8,000 6
3,739
4,000 3
1,488
674 411 222
32
0 0
Fewer than 2,500 to 10,000 to 25,000 to 50,000 to 100,000 to 500,000
2,500 9,999 24,999 49,999 99,999 499,999 or more
Place size
(population size in 2005)
1See Appendix A for more complete definitions of CDPs and MCDs and a list of the 12 states for which MCD data are provided.
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Number of places
Percent of population
