Unorganized Territory
An Unorganized Territory is a territory of the United States for the Congress of the United States has no Organic Act passed. That is, Unorganized Territories are areas in the United States belonging to any state and have no self-government.
Today's Unorganized Territories are areas outside of the United States. Also American Samoa Theoretically, it would Unorganized Territory, as the Congress has no Organic Act passed, but in practice it has self-government. The only remaining Unorganized Territory is thus the Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific, however, that as Incorporated Territory is called.
Unorganized Territories of the United States Census Bureau
Unorganized Territories were formed by the United States Census Bureau in the following ten states; these countries have in common that parts of counties are not in the so-called "Minor Civil Divisions ":
The United States Census Bureau gives each Unorganized Territory a name.
History
Unorganized Territories, there was the first time for the United States Census 1960.
Earlier it was as Unorganized Territory means the region of the Great Plains, before it was divided into smaller administrative units. Specifically, you hereby designated parts of the Louisiana Territory.
Survey
In the census of 2000, there were a total of 305 Unorganized Territories with an area of 221,164.87 km ² and 247 331 inhabitants.
- Administrative divisions
- Administrative divisions of the United States