To help users of the Population Estimates, a set of Geographic Change Notes was prepared to describe changes to the inventory or identification of governmental units or their subdivisions. Formation of new governmental units. Disincorporations, dissolutions, and disorganizations of governmental units. Governmental unit name changes. Dependency status changes, describing the relationship between an incorporated place and a functioning minor civil division or county.
Places are either independent or dependent.
Status changes require geographic code changes to ensure that the affected governmental units are structured into the appropriate hierarchical relationships. Honolulu, HI Census Designated Place is treated as an incorporated place. Unorganized territories located in counties with functioning MCDs are treated as MCD equivalents. For more information on census geography, refer to Geography Division's Geographic Areas Reference Manual.