County and equivalent entity

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000434",
  "term": "County and equivalent entity",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "The primary legal subdivision of most states. In Louisiana, these subdivisions are known as parishes.\n\nThe Census Bureau treats the following entities as equivalents of counties for purposes of data presentation:\n\n• Boroughs, city and boroughs, municipalities, and census areas in Alaska\n\n• Municipios in Puerto Rico\n\n• Districts and islands in American Samoa\n\n• Municipalities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands\n\n• Islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands\n\nThe District of Columbia and Guam have no primary divisions, and the entire area is considered equivalent to a county for statistical purposes. In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada and Virginia), there are one or more cities that are independent of any county and thus constitute primary subdivisions of their states.",
  "see_also": [
    "Borough",
    "Census area",
    "Municipio"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/county-and-equivalent-entity/"
}