U.S. Department of Commerce

INCITS 31:2009
(Formerly Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 6-4)
CHANGE NOTICES





FIPS PUBLICATION CHANGE NOTICES
PUBLICATION TITLE

Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas



CHANGE NOTICE NO. 2
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

DATE OF CHANGE: REISSUE 1992 December 21


FIPS PUBLICATION CHANGE NOTICE
PUBLICATION TITLE

Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas

Yakutat Borough, county-equivalent entity, was established by the State of Alaska effective September 22, 1992.

The new borough removes territory from the Skagway- Yakutat-Angoon Census Area (also a county-equivalent in Alaska; FIPS county code 231). With the loss of Yakutat, that census area is renamed Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon (FIPS county code 232). A map identifying the current boroughs and census areas is attached. The following is a complete list of all current Alaska county equivalents (B) identifies a borough; (C) identifies a census area:

Code Borough/Census Area

013          Aleutians East (B)
016          Aleutians West (C)
020          Anchorage (B)
050          Bethel (C)
060          Bristol Bay (B)
068          Denali (B)
070          Dillingham (C)
090          Fairbanks North Star (B)
100          Haines (B)
110          Juneau (B)
122          Kenai Peninsula (B)
130          Ketchikan Gateway (B)
150          Kodiak Island (B)
164          Lake and Peninsula (B)
170          Matanuska-Susitna (B)
180          Nome (C)
185          North Slope (B)
188          Northwest Arctic (B)
201          Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan (C)
220          Sitka (B)
232          Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon (C)
240          Southeast Fairbanks (C)
261          Valdez-Cordova (C)
270          Wade Hampton (C)
280          Wrangell-Petersburg (C)
282          Yakutat (B)
290          Yukon-Koyukuk (C)

Please refer questions to Mike Fournier at the Bureau of the Census:
Telephone: (301) 763-3056
Email: michael.r.fournier@census.gov

CHANGE NOTICE NO. 3
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

DATE OF CHANGE: REISSUE 1995 May 25

FIPS PUBLICATION CHANGE NOTICE
PUBLICATION TITLE

Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas

The independent city (county-equivalent) of South Boston, Virginia, is reverting to town status, effective midnight, June 30, 1995. South Boston will then be an incorporated place within Halifax County, rather than a separate county-equivalent surrounded by Halifax Count.

This action will reduce the number of Virginia independent cities to 40, and the number of United States counties and equivalent areas to 3,142. The action reduces the total number of independent cities in the United States to 43.

The FIPS county code of 780 for South Boston, Virginia, is deleted. The FIPS 55 class code will change from C7 to C1. The census place code of 1135 and FIPS 55 code of 73712 are unaffected. The FIPS county code of 083 for Halifax County remains unchanged.

Please refer questions to Mike Fournier at the Bureau of the Census:
Telephone: (301) 763-3056
Email: michael.r.fournier@census.gov

CHANGE NOTICE NO. 4
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

DATE OF CHANGE: JULY 19, 1999

NIST has been notified by the Bureau of the Census that Yellowstone National Park, Montana, shown as a county equivalent in 1990, is legally part of Gallatin County and Park County.

This eliminates Yellowstone National Park (FIPS Code 113) as a county equivalent.

Please refer questions to Mike Fournier at the Bureau of the Census:
Telephone: (301) 763-3056
Email: michael.r.fournier@census.gov

CHANGE NOTICE NO. 5
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

DATE OF CHANGE: JULY 22, 1999

NIST has been notified by the Bureau of the Census that Dade County, Florida, officially changed its legal name to Miami-Dade County, Florida, effective November 13, 1997. To maintain the alphanumeric sequence of counties, Miami-Dade County will have a code of 086 for FIPS 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions and Associated Areas.

Please refer questions to Mike Fournier at the Bureau of the Census:
Telephone: (301) 763-3056
Email: michael.r.fournier@census.gov

CHANGE NOTICE NO. 6
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

DATE OF CHANGE: JANUARY 24, 2002

The NIST has been notified by the U.S. Census Bureau that Broomfield County, Colorado, has been created from parts of Adams (001), Boulder (013), Jefferson (059), and Weld (123) counties effective November 15, 2001. The boundaries of Broomfield County reflect the boundaries of Broomfield city legally in effect on November 15, 2001. To maintain the alphanumeric sequence of counties, Broomfield County will have a code of 014 for FIPS 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions and Associated Areas.

Please refer questions to Mike Fournier at the Bureau of the Census:
Telephone: (301) 763-3056
Email: michael.r.fournier@census.gov

CHANGE NOTICE NO. 7
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

DATE OF CHANGE: JULY 7, 2001

The independent city (county-equivalent) of Clifton Forge, Virginia, has reverted to town status, effective midnight, July 1, 2001. Clifton Forge is now an incorporated place within Alleghany County, rather than a separate county-equivalent surrounded by Alleghany County.

This action will reduce the number of Virginia independent cities to 39 and the number of United States counties and equivalent areas to 3,141. The action reduces the total number of independent cities in the United States to 42.

The FIPS county code of 560 for Clifton Forge, Virginia, is deleted. The FIPS-55 class code will change from C7 to C1. The census place code of 0285 and FIPS-55 code of 17440 are unaffected. The FIPS county code of 005 for Alleghany County remains unchanged.

Please refer questions to Mike Fournier at the Bureau of the Census:
Telephone: (301) 763-3056
Email: michael.r.fournier@census.gov

CHANGE NOTICE NO. 8
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
UNITED STATES BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Washington, DC 20233

DATE OF CHANGE: JUNE 20, 2007

Effective June 20, 2007, the City of Skagway was dissolved and a certificate of incorporation for a first class borough was issued to the Municipality of Skagway government. The corporate boundaries of the Municipality of Skagway are identical to those of the former city and Skagway census subarea.

Skagway Municipality was formed from part of the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (02-232). Skagway Municipality has been assigned American National Standards Institute (ANSI) state-county code 02-230. The new borough consists of all of Skagway census subarea (county subdivision 70810) which is retained. The former city of Skagway (70760) is dissolved.

The Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska (02-105) was created from the remainder of the former Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska (02-232).

Please refer questions to Mike Fournier at the Bureau of the Census:
Telephone: (301) 763-3056
Email: michael.r.fournier@census.gov

CHANGE NOTICE NO. 9
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
UNITED STATES BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Washington, DC 20233

DATE OF CHANGE: 5/19/2008

Effective 5/19/2008 Ketchikan Gateway Borough (130) annexed a substantial portion of the former Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area (201), including most of the area known as Outer Ketchikan. As a result, the remaining area of the former Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area has been renamed as Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area (198).

Please refer questions to Mike Fournier at the Bureau of the Census:
Telephone: (301) 763-3056
Email: michael.r.fournier@census.gov

CHANGE NOTICE NO. 10
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
UNITED STATES BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Washington, DC 20233

DATE OF CHANGE: JUNE 1, 2008

Effective June 1, 2008, the City of Wrangell was dissolved and a certificate of incorporation for a unified home-rule borough was issued to the City and Borough of Wrangell government.

City and Borough of Wrangell was created as from part of the former Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska (02-280). City and Borough of Wrangell has been assigned American National Standards Institute (ANSI) state-county code 02-275.

The Petersburg Census Area, Alaska (02-195) was created from the remainder of the former Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska (02-280).

Please refer questions to Mike Fournier at the Bureau of the Census:
Telephone: (301) 763-3056
Email: michael.r.fournier@census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division,
Geographic Standards and Criteria Branch
Created: December 9, 2008
Last revised: July 13, 2011