Thanks! George Petrek Engineering Spec III TPP, Traffic Analysis Section P.O. Box 149217 Austin, TX 78714-9217 phone: (512) 486-5140 fax: (512) 486-5153 e-mail: gpetrek(a)dot.state.tx.us A timely discussion. A good place to start for all Census FIPS information is here: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/fips/fips.html Links are included to NIST..the keeper of the FIPS Note also a link to the USGS page at: http://geonames.usgs.gov/fips55.html Jim Castagneri Geographer