92934_Cover-R1 10/30/06 9:22 AM Page 1 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 92934$CHF1 11-02-06 11:06:07 92934$CHF1 11-02-06 11:06:07 Places, Towns and Townships Fourth Edition 2007 Edited by Deirdre A. Gaquin and Katherine A. DeBrandt BERNAN PRESS Lanham, MD 92934$CHF1 11-02-06 11:06:07 © 2006 Bernan Press, an imprint of Bernan Associates, a division of The Kraus Organization Limited. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Bernan Press does not claim copyright in U.S. government information. First edition 1993. Fourth edition 2007. ISBN: 978-1-59888-072-4 Composed and printed by Automated Graphic Systems, Inc., White Plains, MD, on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39-48 standard. 2007 4 3 2 BERNAN PRESS 4611-F Assembly Drive Lanham, MD 20706 800-274-4447 email: Contents Page Contents vii About the Editors viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction An Overview of Places Symbols Sources Table 1. Population in Incorporated Places, by Size of Place, 2005 Table 2. Percent of Population in Incorporated Places, by Size of Place, 2005 Table 3. Population Change in the 50 Largest Cities, 2000–2005 Rankings xxvi Subjects Covered, by Type and Size of Place xxvii Table Outlines and Column Headings 1 Table A. All Places 645 Table B. Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions of 10,000 or More Population 793 Table C. Incorporated Places of 2,500 or More Population Appendixes A-1 A. Geographic Concepts B-1 B. Source Notes and Explanations 92934$CTOC 10-26-06 04:35:57 92934$CTOC 10-04-06 10:47:39 ABOUT THE EDITORS Deirdre A. Gaquin has been a data use consultant Katherine A. DeBrandt is a data analyst team to private organizations, government agencies, and leader with Bernan Press. She received her B.A. universities for over 20 years. Prior to that, she in political science from Colgate University. She was Director of Data Access Services at Data Use is also a co-editor of The Who, What, and Where & Access Laboratories, a pioneer in private sector of America: Understanding the Census Results; distribution of federal statistical data. A former The Almanac of American Education; and Social president of the Association of Public Data Users, Change in America: The Historical Handbook, all Ms. Gaquin has served on numerous boards, pan- published by Bernan Press. els, and task forces concerned with federal statisti- cal data and has worked on four decennial cen- suses. She holds a Master of Urban Planning (M.U.P.) degree from Hunter College. Ms. Gaquin is also an editor of Bernan Press’s The Who, What, and Where of America: Understanding the Census Results; and The Almanac of American Education. 92934$CHF2 10-04-06 10:51:53 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. 92934$CHF2 10-04-06 10:51:53 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. ix 92934$CHF3 10-13-06 17:23:23 Number of places Percent of population