Each year some new entities come into existence and other entities are deleted. This is the result of new incorporations or statistical delineations, the redrawing or splitting of administrative areas, disincorporations, mergers and consolidations, and other types of changes.

New Geographies for 2017

The following geographies are new for 2017:

American Indian Area/Alaska Native Area/Hawaiian Home Land Trust Lands

Barona Off-Reservation Trust Land (03974T)
Big Pine Off-Reservation Trust Land (06630T)
Bridgeport Off-Reservation Trust Land (08244T)
Enterprise Off-Reservation Trust Land (22738T)
Mashpee Wampanoag Trust Land (39156T)
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Off-Reservation Trust Land (52305T)
Pokagon Off-Reservation Trust Land (60904T)
Stewarts Point Off-Reservation Trust Land (74162T)
Upper Skagit Off-Reservation Trust Land (73652T)

County Subdivision

Brant Lake City, South Dakota (4607040)
Dayton City, Ohio (3905721000)
District A, Louisiana (2212595751)
District B, Louisiana (2212595766)
District C, Louisiana (2212595781)
District D, Louisiana (2212595795)
Fox Crossing Village, Wisconsin (5513926982)
Raymond City, Wisconsin (5513953296)
Washington Township, Ohio (3915951242)

Place

Brant Lake South CDP, South Dakota (4607044
Fox Crossing Village, Wisconsin (5526982)
Sonterra CDP, Texas (4868762)
St. Rose Village, Illinois (1767158)
Stonecrest City, Georgia (1373784)
Tucker City, Georgia (1377622)
Westlake City, Florida (1276417)

Changes to FIPS and NS Codes for Entities

These entities have had a FIPS or National Standard (NS) code change in 2017 that could impact comparison to data from previous years:

Change to FIPS Code

2010 Name- Bellerive Village 2010 FIPS-2904240

2017 Name- Bellerive Acres City 2017 FIPS-2904248

Change to NS Code

2010 Name- Wallins Creek City 2010 NS-02405684

2017 Name- Wallins Creek CDP 2017 NS-02785008

2010 Name- Water Valley City 2010 NS-02405664

2017 Name- Water Valley CDP 2017 NS-02785008

2010 Name- Zalma Village 2010 NS-02399756

2017 Name- Zalma CDP 2017 NS-022786553

Change to FIPS Code and NS Code

2010 Name- District 2 2010 NS-01929927 2010 FIPS-2212594363

2017 Name- District C 2017 NS-02786558 2017 FIPS-2212595781

2010 Name- Evanston Township 2010 NS-00428983 2010 FIPS-1724595

2017 Name- Evanston City 2017 NS-02394709 2017 FIPS-1724582

2010 Name- Washington Township 2010 NS-02585563 2010 FIPS-3981203

2017 Name- Washington Township 2017 NS-01086117 2017 FIPS-3981242

Comparability Changes

Some areas of the nation will now have reduced comparability with data from previous years. Changes are based on a variety of aspects including population, housing and land area changes that now make that comparability obsolete. Non-comparable areas for 2017 include:

County Subdivisions