census-designated place

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Noun[edit]

census-designated place (plural census-designated places)

  1. (US, demography) 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.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • CDP (abbreviation)

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