A census tract, census area, or census district is a particular community defined for the purpose of taking a census. Usually these coincide with the limits of cities, towns or other administrative areas. In unincorporated areas of the United States these are often arbitrary, except for coinciding with county lines. A community is an amalgamation of living things that share an environment. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The word Boundary has a variety of meanings. ... A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with unincorporated community. ... Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ...

Alaska

Unlike any other U.S. state, Alaska is not entirely divided into county equivalents. Most of Alaska's area is not contained within one of the state's 16 boroughs. This area, referred to by the Alaskan government as the unorganized borough, has been divided into census areas by the United States Census Bureau. These census areas have no government of their own; they exist solely to facilitate Census Bureau operations. A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Official languages English Area 1,067,653 mi² / 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...

See also: county Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ...