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census-designated place

census-designated place noun: a place containing a concentration of population, defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only; it is not a municipality, but either a subset of one or spanning into several.

Noun

census-designated place (plural census-designated places)

  1. (US) A place containing a concentration of population, defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only; it is not a municipality, but either a subset of one or spanning into several.
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Synonyms of census-designated place

Forms of census-designated place

pluralcensus-designated places

Questions about census-designated place

What does census-designated place mean?
Census-designated place means a place containing a concentration of population, defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only; it is not a municipality, but either a subset of one or spanning into several.
What part of speech is census-designated place?
Census-designated place is a noun.
What is the plural of census-designated place?
The plural of census-designated place is census-designated places.

Words near census-designated place in the dictionary

  1. censurious
  2. census
  3. census area
  4. census areas
  5. census tract
  6. census-designated place
  7. census-designated places
  8. censused
  9. censuses
  10. censusing
  11. censussed

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