Guideline: Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and Other Locational Entities of the United States and Outlying Areas. Category: Data Standards and Guidelines. Subcategory: Representations and Codes

摘要

The guideline implements ANSI X3.47-1977 and provides a two-character FIPS State Code and a five-character FIPS numeric place code to uniquely identify each listed entity. An exhaustive list is carried of names of incorporated places, census designated places (CDPs), primary county divisions (such as townships, New England towns, and census county divisions), counties, and recognized Indian reservations and Alaska Native villages. The listing also includes names of all populated places in the files of the Geographic Names Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey, as well as names of airports, military bases, national parks, and U.S. Post Offices. A two-character class code distinguishes over fifty entity types.