'''Popisno designirano mesto''' ({{jez-eng-lat|census designated place}}, ''CDP'')<ref name="USCB"/><ref name="GARM Chapter 9 - Places">{{Cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/geo/www/GARM/Ch9GARM.pdf | title = Chapter 9 - Places | work = Geographic Areas Reference Manual (GARM) | publisher = United States Census Bureau | accessdate = 30. 09. 2010.}}</ref><ref name="Federal Register">U.S. Bureau of the Census, [http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-6465.pdf Census Designated Place (CDP) Program for the 2010 Census — Proposed Criteria], 72 ''Federal Register'' 17326-17329, April 6, 2007.</ref> je [[Place (United States Census Bureau)|koncentracija populacije]] kojikoju je identifikovaoutvrdio [[Popisni biro SAD]] za statističke svrhe. CDPPopisna aremesta delineatedse forodređuju eachza decennialsvaki censusdesetogodišnji aspopis. theOna statisticalsu counterpartsstatistički ofekvivalenti [[incorporated place]]sinkorporiranih suchmesta aspoput [[citygrad|citiesgradova]], [[town]]svaroši andi [[villageselo|sela]]s. CDPsCDP aresu populatednaseljene areasoblasti thatkoje lacknemaju separatezasebnu municipalopštinsku governmentupravu, buta whichinače otherwisefizički physicallypodsećaju resemblena [[municipal corporation|incorporated]]inkorporirana placesmesta.
CDPsCDP aresu delineatedodređuju solelyradi toprikupljanja providei dataobrade forpodataka settledo concentrationspopulacionim ofkoncentracijama populationkoje thatse aremogu identifiableidentifikovati byimenom nameali butnisu arepravno [[unincorporatedinkorporine area|notpo legallyzakonu incorporated]]države underu thekojoj lawsse ofnalaze. the state in which they are located.Njima Theysu includeobuhvaćene smallmale ruralseoske communitieszajednice, [[colonia (United States)|colonia]]s located along the U.S. border with [[Mexico]], and unincorporated [[resort]] and [[retirement community|retirement communities]].<ref name="Census2010">{{Cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/geo/www/psap2010/cdp_criteria.html | title = Census Designated Place (CDP) Program for the 2010 Census - Final Criteria | work = Federal Register (Volume 73, Number 30) | date = February 13, 2008 | accessdate = 5. 12. 2008. | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20121020033759/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/psap2010/cdp_criteria.html | archivedate = 20. 10. 2012.}}</ref> The boundaries of a CDP have no legal status.<ref name="USCB">{{Cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/pl_metadata.html#cdp | title = Census Designated Place | work = Cartogaphic Boundary Files | publisher = United States Census Bureau | accessdate = 30. 09. 2010.}}</ref> Thus, they may not always correspond with the local understanding of the area or community with the same name. However, criteria established for the United States Census, 2010 requires that a CDP name "be one that is recognized and used in daily communication by the residents of the community" (not "a name developed solely for planning or other purposes") and recommends that a CDP's boundaries be mapped based on the geographic extent associated with residents' use of the place name.<ref name="Census2010"/>
The U.S. Census Bureau states that census designated places are not considered incorporated places and that it only includes census designated places in [[Hawaii]] in its city population lists because that state has no incorporated cities.<ref name=PopEstBigDens>{{Cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/statab/ccdb/cit1040a.txt | title = Cities with 100,000 or More Population in 2000 ranked by Population per Square Mile, 2000 in Alphabetic Order | publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division | date = 10. 07. 2008. | accessdate = 13. 07. 2008.}}</ref> In addition, census city lists from 2007 include [[Arlington County, Virginia]]'s CDP in the list with the incorporated places.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2006-04-51.csv | title = Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places in Virginia | publisher = United States Census Bureau | accessdate = 11. 09. 2008.
