Unorganized Territory

An unorganized territory (German: unorganized area) is a territory of the United States for which the United States Congress has not passed an Organic Act . This means that unorganized territories are areas in the United States that do not belong to any state and do not have self-government.

Today's Unorganized Territories are outer areas of the United States . Even American Samoa is formally a Unorganized territory because Congress has not adopted a Organic Act, but has in practice self-government. The only remaining Unorganized Territory is the Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific , which is, however, referred to as the Incorporated Territory .

Unorganized Territories of the United States Census Bureau

Unorganized Territories were formed by the United States Census Bureau in the following ten states; What these states have in common is that parts of counties are not in so-called " Minor Civil Divisions ":

• Arkansas
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Minnesota
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• South Dakota

The United States Census Bureau gives each unorganized territory a name.

history

Unorganized Territories first appeared for the United States Census in 1960 .

The Great Plains used to be called the Unorganized Territory before it was divided into smaller administrative units. Specifically, this was used to refer to parts of the Louisiana Territory .

Overview

In the United States Census 2000 there were a total of 305 Unorganized Territories with an area of ​​221,164.87 km² and 247,331 inhabitants.