2006 First Edition TIGER/Line(R) Files Technical Documentation Appendix F-Legal/Statistical Area Description Codes The legal/statistical area description (LSAD) code appears in Record Type C (field name LSADC). It is a two-character numeric, alphabetic, or alphanumeric field that provides a description of the legal or statistical type of entity. The LSAD is used to identify both legal and statistical entities and differentiates between various types of entities. The tables below show the LSAD code, its full descriptive name, the description as it should appear when appended to the name, and the applicability of the description. States (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 01 state or state equivalent - 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and six Island Areas Counties (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 03 city and borough City and Borough legal county equivalent in Alaska (Juneau, Sitka, and Yakutat) 04 borough Borough legal county equivalent in Alaska 05 census area Census Area statistical county equivalent in Alaska 06 county County legal county in 48 states 07 district District legal county equivalent in American Samoa 08 independent city city legal county equivalent in Maryland, Missouri, and Virginia 09 independent city - legal county equivalent in Nevada 10 island Island legal county equivalent in the U.S. Virgin Islands 11 island - legal county equivalent in American Samoa 12 municipality Municipality legal county equivalent in Alaska (Anchorage) and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 13 municipio Municipio legal county equivalent in Puerto Rico 14 - - legal county equivalent (used for the District of Columbia and Guam) 15 parish Parish legal county equivalent in Louisiana County Subdivisions (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 19 reservation Reservation legal county subdivision equivalent in Maine and New York (coextensive with all or part of an American Indian reservation) 20 barrio barrio legal county subdivision in Puerto Rico 21 borough borough legal county subdivision in New York; legal county subdivision equivalent in New Jersey and Pennsylvania 22 census county division CCD statistical county subdivision in 21 States 23 census subarea census subarea statistical county subdivision in Alaska 24 census subdistrict subdistrict legal county subdivision equivalent in the U.S. Virgin Islands 25 city city legal county subdivision equivalent in 20 States and the District of Columbia 26 county county legal county subdivision in American Samoa 27 district (election magisterial, or municipal, or road) district legal county subdivision in Virginia, West Virginia, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 28 district (assessment, election, magisterial, supervisor's, parish governing authority, or municipal) - legal county subdivision in Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 29 election precinct precinct legal county subdivision in Illinois and Nebraska 30 election precinct - legal county subdivision in Illinois and Nebraska 31 gore gore legal county subdivision in Maine and Vermont 32 grant grant legal county subdivision in New Hampshire and Vermont 33 independent city city legal county subdivision equivalent in Maryland, Missouri, and Virginia 34 independent city - legal county subdivision equivalent in Nevada 35 island - legal county subdivision in American Samoa 36 location location legal county subdivision in New Hampshire 38 - - legal county subdivision equivalent for Arlington County, Virginia 39 plantation plantation legal county subdivision in Maine 40 - - legal county subdivision not defined, exists in territorial water areas in 14 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands 41 barrio-pueblo barrio-pueblo legal county subdivision in Puerto Rico 42 purchase purchase legal county subdivision in New Hampshire 43 town town legal county subdivision in eight states; legal county subdivision equivalent in New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota 44 township township legal county subdivision in 16 states 45 township - legal county subdivision in Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Carolina 46 unorganized territory UT statistical county subdivision in 11 States 47 village village legal county subdivision equivalent in New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin 49 charter township charter township legal county subdivision in Michigan Sub-Minor Civil Divisions (Sub-MCDs) (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 51 subbarrio subbarrio legal sub-MCD in Puerto Rico Places (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 53 city and borough city and borough incorporated place in Alaska (Juneau and Sitka) 54 municipality municipality incorporated place in Alaska (Anchorage) 55 comunidad comunidad statistical place in Puerto Rico 56 borough borough incorporated place in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania 57 census designated place CDP statistical place in all 50 states, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands 58 city city incorporated place in 49 States (not Hawaii) and the District of Columbia 59 city - incorporated place having no legal description in four states; place equivalent in six states 60 town town incorporated place in 30 States and the U.S. Virgin Islands 61 village village incorporated place in 20 States and traditional place in American Samoa 62 zona urbana zona urbana statistical place in Puerto Rico Consolidated Cities (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 65 consolidated city city consolidated city in Connecticut, Georgia, and Indiana 66 consolidated city - consolidated city (with unique description or no description) in Georgia, Montana, and Tennessee Urban Growth Areas (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 70 urban growth area urban growth area urban growth area (UGA) in Oregon Metropolitan Areas (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 71 consolidated metropolitan statistical area (CMSA) CMSA consolidated metropolitan statistical area 72 metropolitan statistical area (MSA) MSA metropolitan statistical area 73 primary metropolitan statistical area (PMSA) PMSA primary metropolitan statistical area 74 New England county metropolitan area (NECMA) NECMA New England county metropolitan area Urbanized Areas (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 75 urbanized area (UA) Urbanized Area urbanized area 76 urban cluster (UC) Urban Cluster urban cluster Alaska Native Regional Corporations (Census 2000) Code Status Title Applicability 77 Alaska Native Regional Corporation Alaska Native Regional Corporation Alaska Native Regional Corporation (ANRC) Native Hawaiian Areas (NHA) (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 78 Hawaiian home land Home Land Hawaiian home land Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 79 Alaska Native village statistical area ANVSA Alaska Native village statistical area in Alaska American Indian Areas (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 80 tribal designated statistical area TDSA tribal designated statistical area in Alaska, California, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, New York, and Washington 81 colony Colony American Indian reservation in Nevada 82 community Community American Indian reservation in California, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, and Wisconsin 83 joint use area joint use area American Indian reservation equivalent in Kansas, New Mexico, and Wisconsin 84 pueblo Pueblo American Indian reservation in New Mexico and Texas 85 rancheria Rancheria American Indian reservation in California 86 reservation Reservation American Indian reservation in 35 states 87 reserve Reserve American Indian reservation in Alaska 88 Oklahoma tribal statistical area OTSA Oklahoma tribal statistical area (OTSA) (American Indian statistical area based on a former American Indian reservation in Oklahoma) 89 American Indian off-reservation trust land Trust Land American Indian off-reservation not associated with an American Indian reservation 90 joint use Oklahoma tribal statistical area joint use area OTSA Oklahoma tribal statistical area American Indian statistical area based on a former American Indian reservation in Oklahoma 91 ranch Ranch American Indian reservation in California and Nevada 92 state designated American Indian statistical area SDAISA state designated American Indian statistical area (statistically equivalent entity for state recognized Tribes outside Oklahoma) in Alabama, Delaware, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia 93 Indian village Indian Village American Indian reservation in California and Oregon 94 village Village American Indian reservation 95 Indian community Indian Community American Indian reservation in Michigan and Minnesota 96 American Indian off-reservation trust land Off-Reservation Trust Land American Indian off-reservation trust land associated with an American Indian reservation American Indian Tribal Subdivisions (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability T1 area - American Indian tribal subdivision in Arizona, Michigan, Utah, and Wisconsin T2 chapter Chapter American Indian tribal subdivision in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah T3 community Community American Indian tribal subdivision in North Carolina and South Dakota T4 district District American Indian tribal subdivision in Arizona, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota T5 district - American Indian tribal subdivision in Arizona, Oklahoma, and South Dakota T6 segment Segment American Indian tribal subdivision in Minnesota and North Dakota Redistricting Entities (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability C1 congressional district Congressional District (at Large) congressional district C2 congressional district Congressional District congressional district C3 congressional district Resident Commissioner District (at Large) congressional district C4 congressional district Delegate District (at Large) congressional district C5 congressional district No Representative congressional district LL state legislative district-lower chamber State House District state legislative district-lower chamber LU state legislative district-upper chamber State Senate District state legislative district-upper chamber, Nebraska unicameral legislative district V0 voting district - voting district V1 voting district Voting District (prefix) voting district V2 voting district Voting District (suffix) voting district Miscellaneous (Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability P1 1 percent public-use microdata area - 1 percent public-use microdata area P5 5 percent public-use microdata area - 5 percent public-use microdata area S1 elementary school district - elementary school district S2 secondary school district - secondary school district S3 unified school district - unified school district S4 administrative area - Administrative school area in Hawaii and New York City only S5 BIA school area - Bureau of Indian Affairs school area S6 DOD school area - Department of Defense school area S7 - - areas not coded to a school district TZ traffic analysis zone - traffic analysis zone Z3 ZIP code tabulation area (3-Digit) 3-Digit ZCTA ZIP code tabulation area (3-Digit) Z5 ZIP code tabulation area (5-Digit) 5-Digit ZCTA ZIP code tabulation area (5-Digit) Post Census 2000 Legal/Statistical Area Description Codes States (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 01 state or state equivalent - 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and five Island Areas Counties (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 03 city and borough City and Borough legal county equivalent in Alaska (Juneau, Sitka, and Yakutat) 04 borough Borough legal county equivalent in Alaska 05 census area Census Area statistical county equivalent in Alaska 06 county County legal county in 48 states 07 district District legal county equivalent in American Samoa 08 independent city city legal county equivalent in Maryland, Missouri, and Virginia 09 independent city - legal county equivalent in Nevada 10 island Island legal county equivalent in the U.S. Virgin Islands 11 island - legal county equivalent in American Samoa 12 municipality Municipality legal county equivalent in Alaska (Anchorage) and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 13 municipio Municipio legal county equivalent in Puerto Rico 14 - - legal county equivalent 15 parish Parish legal county equivalent in Louisiana County Subdivisions (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 19 reservation Reservation legal county subdivision equivalent in Maine and New York (coextensive with all or part of an American Indian reservation) 20 barrio barrio legal county subdivision in Puerto Rico 21 borough borough legal county subdivision in New York; legal county subdivision equivalent in New Jersey and Pennsylvania 22 census county division CCD statistical county subdivision in 21 States 23 census subarea census subarea statistical county subdivision in Alaska 24 census subdistrict subdistrict legal county subdivision equivalent in the U.S. Virgin Islands 25 city city legal county subdivision equivalent in 20 States and the District of Columbia 26 county county legal county subdivision in American Samoa 27 district (election, magisterial, municipal, or road) district legal county subdivision in Virginia, West Virginia, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 28 district (assessment, election, magisterial, supervisor's, parish governing authority, or municipal) - legal county subdivision in Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 29 election precinct precinct legal county subdivision in Illinois and Nebraska 30 election precinct - legal county subdivision in Illinois and Nebraska 31 gore gore legal county subdivision in Maine and Vermont 32 grant grant legal county subdivision in New Hampshire and Vermont 33 independent city city legal county subdivision equivalent in Maryland, Missouri, and Virginia 34 independent city - legal county subdivision equivalent in Nevada 35 island - legal county subdivision in American Samoa 36 location location legal county subdivision in New Hampshire 38 - - legal county subdivision equivalent for Arlington County, Virginia and the US. Minor Outlying Islands 39 plantation plantation legal county subdivision in Maine 40 - - legal county subdivision equivalent (water only) in 14 states, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands 41 barrio-pueblo barrio-pueblo legal county subdivision in Puerto Rico 42 purchase purchase legal county subdivision in New Hampshire 43 town town legal county subdivision in eight states; legal county subdivision equivalent in New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota 44 township township legal county subdivision in 16 states 45 township - legal county subdivision in Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Carolina 46 unorganized territory UT statistical county subdivision in 11 States 47 village village legal county subdivision equivalent in New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin 49 charter township charter township legal county subdivision in Michigan Sub-Minor Civil Divisions (Sub-MCDs) (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 51 subbarrio subbarrio legal sub-MCD in Puerto Rico Places (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 53 city and borough city and borough incorporated place in Alaska (Juneau and Sitka) 54 municipality municipality incorporated place in Alaska (Anchorage) 55 comunidad comunidad statistical place in Puerto Rico 56 borough borough incorporated place in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania 57 census designated place CDP statistical place in all 50 states, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands 58 city city incorporated place in 49 States (not Hawaii) and the District of Columbia 59 city - incorporated place having no legal description in four states; place equivalent in six states 60 town town incorporated place in 30 States and the U.S. Virgin Islands 61 village village incorporated place in 20 States and traditional place in American Samoa 62 zona urbana zona urbana statistical place in Puerto Rico Consolidated Cities (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 65 consolidated city city consolidated city in Connecticut, and Indiana 66 consolidated city - consolidated city Urban Areas (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 75 urbanized area (UA) Urbanized Area Urbanized Area 76 urban cluster (UC) Urban Cluster Urban Cluster Alaska Native Areas (ANA) (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 77 Alaska Native Regional Corporation (ANRC) Alaska Native Regional Corporation Alaska Native Regional Corporation (ANRC) 79 Alaska Native village statistical area (ANVSA) ANVSA Alaska Native village statistical area (ANVSA) Native Hawaiian Areas (NHA) (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 78 Hawaiian home land (HHL) Home Land Hawaiian home land American Indian Areas (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability 80 tribal designated statistical area TDSA American Indian statistical area 83 joint use area joint use area American Indian reservation equivalent 88 Oklahoma tribal statistical area (OTSA) OTSA American Indian statistical area based on a former American Indian reservation in Oklahoma 89 American Indian off-reservation trust land Trust Land American Indian off-reservation trust land not associated with an American Indian reservation 90 joint use Oklahoma tribal statistical area joint use OTSA American Indian statistical area based on a former American Indian reservation in Oklahoma 92 state designated American Indian statistical area SDAISA American Indian statistical area 96 American Indian off-reservation trust land Off-Reservation Trust Land American Indian off-reservation trust land associated with an American Indian reservation 9A American Indian reservation - American Indian reservation or reservation equivalent without associated American Indian off-reservation trust land 9B American Indian reservation - American Indian reservation or reservation equivalent with associated American Indian off-reservation trust land American Indian Tribal Subdivisions (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability T1 area - American Indian tribal subdivision T2 chapter Chapter American Indian tribal subdivision T3 community Community American Indian tribal subdivision T4 district District American Indian tribal subdivision T5 district - American Indian tribal subdivision T6 segment Segment American Indian tribal subdivision T7 tract Tract American Indian tribal subdivision T8 agency Agency American Indian tribal subdivision T9 parcel Parcel American Indian tribal subdivision T0 precinct Precinct American Indian tribal subdivision U1 region Region American Indian tribal subdivision U2 township Township American Indian tribal subdivision U3 village Village American Indian tribal subdivision Redistricting Entities (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability C1 congressional district Congressional District (at Large) congressional district C2 congressional district Congressional District congressional district C3 congressional district Resident Commissioner District (at Large) congressional district C4 congressional district Delegate District (at Large) congressional district C5 congressional district No Representative congressional district Core Based Statistical Areas (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability M0 combined statistical area Combined Statistical Area Combined Statistical Area M1 metropolitan statistical area Metropolitan Statistical Area Metropolitan Statistical Area M2 micropolitan statistical area Micropolitan Statistical Area Micropolitan Statistical Area M3 metropolitan division Metropolitan Division Metropolitan Division M4 New England city and town combined statistical area Combined NECTA New England City and Town Combined Statistical Area M5 New England city and town metropolitan statistical area Metropolitan NECTA New England City and Town Metropolitan Statistical Area M6 New England city and town micropolitan statistical area Micropolitan NECTA New England City and Town Micropolitan Statistical Area M7 New England city and town metropolitan division NECTA Division New England City and Town Metropolitan Division Miscellaneous (Post Census 2000) Code Description Status Title Applicability S1 elementary school district - elementary school district (24 states) S2 secondary school district - secondary school district (17 states) S3 unified school district - unified school district (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) S4 administrative area - Administrative school area S5 BIA school area - Bureau of Indian Affairs school area S6 DOD school area - Department of Defense school area (8 states) S7 - - areas not coded to a school district (New York only) Z3 ZIP code tabulation area (3-Digit) 3-Digit ZCTA ZIP code tabulation area (3-Digit) Z5 ZIP code tabulation area (5-Digit) 5-Digit ZCTA ZIP code tabulation area (5-Digit) Economic Census Legal/Statistical Area Description Codes States (Economic Census) Code Description Status Title Applicability 01 state or state equivalent - 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and six Island Areas Counties (Economic Census)) Code Description Status Title Applicability 03 city and borough City and Borough legal county equivalent in Alaska (Juneau, Sitka, and Yakutat) 04 borough Borough legal county equivalent in Alaska 05 census area Census Area statistical county equivalent in Alaska 06 county County legal county in 48 states 07 district District legal county equivalent in American Samoa 08 independent city city legal county equivalent in Maryland, Missouri, and Virginia 09 independent city - legal county equivalent in Nevada 10 island Island legal county equivalent in the U.S. Virgin Islands 11 island - legal county equivalent in American Samoa 12 municipality Municipality legal county equivalent in Alaska (Anchorage) and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 13 municipio Municipio legal county equivalent in Puerto Rico 14 - - legal county equivalent) 15 parish Parish legal county equivalent in Louisiana 27 district District county equivalent used for the Economic Census in Guam Places (Economic Census) Code Description Status Title Applicability 06 balance of county County legal county in 48 states applied to Balance of [name] County entities 10 island Island legal county equivalent in the Virgin Islands applied to Balance of [name] Island entities 15 parish Parish legal county equivalent in Louisiana applied to Balance of [name] Parish entities 26 county county legal county subdivision in American Samoa designated as an economic census place 35 island - legal county subdivision in American Samoa and the Island of Lanai and Island of Molokai (balance) in Hawaii designated as an economic census place 38 balance of county equivalent - legal or statistical county equivalent in Alaska applied to Balance of [name] County Equivalent entities 40 balance of town or township - legal town county subdivision in Connecticut, New York, and Vermont or legal township county subdivision in Michigan designated as an economic census place but only consisting of part of the town or township (balance) 43 town town legal county subdivision in eight states wholly designated as an economic census place 44 township township legal county subdivision in Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania wholly designated as an economic census place 49 charter township charter township legal county subdivision in Michigan wholly designated as an economic census place 53 city and borough city and borough incorporated place in Alaska (Juneau and Sitka) 54 municipality municipality incorporated place in Alaska (Anchorage) 56 borough borough incorporated place in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania 57 census designated place CDP statistical place in Hawaii 58 city city incorporated place in 49 States (not Hawaii) and the District of Columbia 59 city - incorporated place having no legal description in four states; place equivalent in six states 60 town town incorporated place in 24 States and the U.S. Virgin Islands 61 village village incorporated place in 13 States and traditional place in American Samoa Consolidated Cities (Economic Census) Code Description Status Title Applicability 65 consolidated city city consolidated city in Connecticut, Georgia, and Indiana 66 consolidated city - consolidated city (with unique description or no description) in Georgia, Montana, and Tennessee Puerto Rico Commercial Regions (Economic Census) Code Description Status Title Applicability CR Puerto Rico commercial region Commercial Region Puerto Rico commercial region