U.S. Census Bureau changes its definition of an urban area, impacting 1,300 former cities and towns
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MAY 3, 2022
Census Bureau has changed its definition of an urban area, which will cause hundreds of existing urban areas to be reclassified as rural. Under the century-old definition used prior to now, an urban area was classed as one with at least 2,500 people. Census blocks will be considered urban if they contain a density of 425 housing u.
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