INCITS31_20140401.xml eng 8859part1 dataset 2014-04-01 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata 2009-02-15 http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cou.html National Standard Codes (ANSI INCITS 31-2009), Federal Information Processing Series(FIPS) - Codes for the Identification of Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas 2009 publication 2009 tableDigital American National Standards Institute codes (ANSI codes) are standardized numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies. The ANSI INCITS 31 data codes establish the designation for counties and county equivalents, which are the primary legal divisions of most states. In Louisiana, these divisions are known as parishes. In Alaska, which has no counties, the equivalent entities are the organized boroughs, city and boroughs, municipalities, and for the unorganized area, census areas. The latter are delineated cooperatively for statistical purposes by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau. In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia), there are one or more incorporated places that are independent of any county organization and thus constitute primary divisions of their states. These incorporated places are known as independent cities and are treated as equivalent entities for purposes of data presentation. The District of Columbia and Guam have no primary divisions, and each area is considered an equivalent entity for purposes of data presentation. The Census Bureau treats the following entities as equivalents of counties for purposes of data presentation: Municipios in Puerto Rico, Districts and Islands in American Samoa, Municipalities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas is covered by counties or equivalent entities. To provide a structure for the assignment of identifying data codes to counties and county equivalents of the United States and its insular and associated areas, for the purpose of information interchange among data processing systems. onGoing asNeeded These codes will be updated when circumstances require it. County FIPS Code County ANSI Code INCITS 31 theme None United States U.S. County or Equivalent Entity place None Governmental Units, and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries theme NGDA Portfolio Themes 2010-02-01 revision http://www.fgdc.gov/initiatives/resources/2013-2-1-ngda-data-themes-fgdc-sc-revised.pdf otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None Use Constraints: These codes are free to be used by the public eng boundaries -179.231086 179.859681 -14.601813 71.441059 Publication Date 2009 present comma-delimited text file These codes may be accessed and used without charge. download these codes at http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cou.html http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cou.html asNeeded This metadata will be updated when new ANSI county codes are issued or the ANSI INCITS 31 standard is revised.