Barrio-pueblo A nonfunctioning legal subdivision of a municipio in Puerto Rico, treated as an MCD by the Census Bureau. The barrio-pueblo replaces the pueblo reported in decennial censuses prior to 1990. The barrio-pueblo is differentiated from other barrios because it is the historical center and seat of government of its municipio. See also barrio, county subdivision, pueblo.
BAS See Boundary and Annexation Survey.
Beat The former term for a supervisor’s district (MCD) in Mississippi; an MCD in Alabama before the establishment of CCDs. See also minor civil division, supervisor’s district.
BG See block group.
BIA See Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Block See census block.
Block boundary A census map feature, visible or nonvisible, that delimits a census block. Usually, it takes two or more features to delimit a census block, but a single feature may delimit a census block in the case of an island or a circumferential street.
Block group (BG) A combination of census blocks that is a subdivision of a census tract or BNA. A BG consists of all blocks whose numbers begin with the same digit in a given census tract or BNA; for example, BG 3 within a census tract or BNA includes all blocks numbered between 301 and 399. The BG is the lowest level of geography for which the Census Bureau has tabulated sample data in the 1990 census; it was used to tabulate sample data in the 1970 and 1980 censuses only for those areas that had block numbers. See also block number, enumeration district, sample data.
Block number A three-digit number, which may have a one- or two-letter alphabetic suffix for the 1990 census, that identifies a specific census block
