section_path: Statistics/United States
section_name: United States
paragraph_text: United States
  
  The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has a Geographic Names Information System that defines three classes of human settlement:
  
  Populated places may be specifically defined in the context of censuses and be different from general-purpose administrative entities, such as "place" as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau or census-designated places.