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I have a question: Why are there no State FIPS codes for 03, 07, 14, 43, and 52? Why are these codes skipped?

Good question, I'll answer it in the article, as it seems relevant. --[[User:Sturmde|Sturmde]] 7 July 2005 18:03 (UTC)

== FIPS 58, 59 and 61 ==

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==They aren't there==

"CodesI have a question: Why are there no State FIPS codes for 03, 07, 14, 43, and 52? in theWhy aboveare table" refers tothese codes that ''aren't'' in the table!skipped?

[[User:D021317c|D021317c]] 21:38, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Good question, I'll answer it in the article, as it seems relevant. --[[User:Sturmde|Sturmde]] 7 July 2005 18:03 (UTC)

* "Codes 03, 07, 14, 43, and 52 in the above table" refers to codes that ''aren't'' in the table! [[User:D021317c|D021317c]] 21:38, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

** Furthermore... "Codes 03, 07, 14, 43, and 52 in the above table were formerly used for the certain territories, but some users found it difficult to separate them out from the States as a result so they were reassigned codes higher up in the system." What's the rationale for this statement? These codes aren't mentioned at all in FIPS 5-2, but [http://www.bls.gov/nls/79quex/r19/y79r19attach102.pdf FIPS 5-1] says, "Note: The following codes are reserved for possible future use in identifying American Samoa (03), Canal Zone (07), Guam (14), Puerto Rico (43), and Virgin Islands (52)."--[[User:Ant|Ant]] ([[User talk:Ant|talk]]) 19:29, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

== Counties column ==