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 State equivalent A type of governmental unit treated by the Census Bureau as if it were a State for purposes of data presentation. For the 1990 decennial census, the State equivalents included the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau. See also Outlying Area, State.

State/Metropolitan Area Outline Map A page-size, State-based map series displaying the boundaries and names of States, counties, and MAs; also shown are the location and name of the State capital, each MA central city, and other places with a population of 25,000 or more in the State.

Statistical Areas Committee (SAC) A committee composed of individuals representing the various divisions and staffs of the Census Bureau. The committee meets as needed to discuss proposals and problems related to the recognition and delineation of geographic entities used for data tabulation.

Statistical entity Any specially defined geographic entity or combination of entities, such as a block group, BNA, CCD, CDP, census tract, or UA, for which the Census Bureau tabulates data. Statistical entity boundaries are not legally defined and the entities have no governmental standing. See also administrative entity, governmental unit, legal entity, statistically equivalent entity.

Statistically equivalent entity A type of geographic entity that, for purposes of data tabulation and presentation, the Census Bureau treats as the counterpart of a similar type of entity; for example, in Louisiana (which has no counties) the parish is the statistical equivalent of a county. See also administrative entity, governmental unit, legal entity, statistical entity.

STF See Summary Tape File.

Subbarrio A legally defined nonfunctioning subdivision of a barrio-pueblo or barrio in Puerto Rico, which serves as an electoral and representational entity. See also barrio, barrio-pueblo, sub-MCD. GlossaryG-47