TSAP Participation Options

Tribal Statistical Areas Program (TSAP) Participation Options:

Tribal Participant	Geographic Area
Tribal Participant	Tribal Census Tracts	Tribal Block Groups	Census Designated Places	Block Definition Project (BDP)	Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Areas	Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas	Tribal Designated Statistical Areas	State Designated Tribal Statistical Areas	American Indian Tribal Subdivisions¹
Federally recognized tribe with an AIR^* and/or ORTL^* that has a population >= 2,400	X	X	X	X
Federally recognized tribe with an AIR^* and/or ORTL^* that has a population >= 1,200 and < 2,400	One tribal tract covering same area as AIR^* and/or ORTL^*	X	X	X
Federally recognized tribe with an AIR^* and/or ORTL^* that has a population < 1,200	One tribal tract and one tribal block group covering same area as AIR^* and/or ORTL^*		X	X
Federally recognized tribe in Oklahoma with former AIR in Oklahoma			X		X				X
Federally recognized tribe without AIR^* or ORTL^*							X
Alaska Native village (federally or ANCSA recognized)						X
State recognized tribe without an AIR^* or ORTL^*								X

¹The boundaries for tribal subdivisions on AIRs and ORTLs, and well as the outer boundaries for AIRs and ORTLs, are collected via the Census Bureau’s annual Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS).

^*AIR (American Indian Reservation): A type of legal geographic entity that is a recognized American Indian land area with a boundary established by final treaty, statute, executive order and/or court order and over which the tribal government of a federally recognized American Indian tribe has governmental authority.

^*ORTL (Off-Reservation Trust Land): A type of legal geographic entity that is a recognized American Indian land area for which the United States federal government holds fee title in trust for the benefit of a tribe or for an individual American Indian.

TSAP Main Page