Figure 8-3. County With an Incorporated Place Governmentally Dependent on Its 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 Place A (part) |
1,500 1,000 |
| MCD 2 Place A (part) |
1,500 1,000 |
| MCD 3 Place A (part) |
1,500 1,000 |
| MCD 4 Place A (part) |
1,500 1,000 |
Example 1 illustrates the case of a county that contains a dependent place. That is, the incorporated place is governmentally subordinate to, or dependent upon, the MCDs in which it is located. In this situation, the MCD boundaries subdivide the incorporated place, the place includes territory in more than a single MCD, and the data for each MCD include the data for every incorporated place and every part of an incorporated place it contains.
The tabular presentation lists the data for the entirety of each of the four MCDs, as shown in Example 2. The MCDs include the appropriate portion of the data for the contained incorporated place as a subtotal of the MCD total. With this type of governmental structure, changes in the boundaries of the incorporated place do not change the boundaries of, or the data for, the MCDs.
