Project 91-R, INCITS 31:200x, Information technology - Codes for
the Identification of Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States,
Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas (Revision of INCITS 31:1988 [R2007])
This standard establishes a structure for the assignment of identifying data
codes to counties and county equivalents of the United States and its insular
and associated areas, for the purpose of information interchange among data
processing systems.