two counties, the Census Bureau considers each part of the place as a separate county subdivision, even though the place itself is a single governmental unit. The same situation occurs with American Indian reservations in New York State; where reservations cross county lines, the Census Bureau considers the part in each county a separate MCD.
Figure 8-2. County With an Incorporated Place Governmentally Independent of Any MCD
Example 1: Geographic Areas Depicted on a Census Bureau Map
Example 2: Same Geographic Areas in Tabular Form
| Area | Population |
|---|---|
| County | 6,000 |
| MCD 1 | 0,500 |
| Place A | 4,000 |
| MCD 2 | 0,500 |
| MCD 3 | 0,500 |
| MCD 4 | 0,500 |
Example 1 illustrates the case of a county that contains an independent place. That is, the incorporated place is not governmentally subordinate to the surrounding MCDs; rather, it is independent of these MCDs. In this situation, the MCDs stop at the limits of the incorporated place, and the tabular presentation lists five pieces of geography as county subdivisions—four MCDs and one incorporated place.
The data for the MCDs exclude the data for the incorporated place they border, as shown in Example 2. Furthermore, any change in the boundaries of the incorporated place will change both the territory of, and the data for, the adjacent MCDs. The Census Bureau treats the incorporated place both as a pseudo MCD and as a place in its data tabulations.
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