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a geographic area identified for the purposes of taking a census, but is not an incorporated place like a city or town
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A census-designated place is a geographic area designated by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes.
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Hey, did you know that our neighborhood is considered a census-designated place?
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I live in a CDP, which is a fancy way of saying census-designated place.
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In the grand scheme of things, our town is just a tiny census-designated place on the map.