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100s of US urban areas will become rural with new criteria

Headline from WTOP Washington DC

Hundreds of urban areas in the U.S. are becoming rural, but it's not because people are leaving. It's just that the U.S. Census Bureau is changing the definition of an urban area.

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  1. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Hundreds of US urban areas will become rural with new criteria (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    FOX 29 Philadelphia's feed description

    More than 1,300 urban areas will now be designated rural.

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    100s of US urban areas will become rural with new criteria (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    Hundreds of urban areas in the U.S. are becoming rural, but it's not because people are leaving. It's just that the U.S. Census Bureau is changing the definition of an urban area.

  3. WMUR

    100s of urban areas in US will become rural with new Census Bureau criteria (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    The U.S. Census Bureau is changing the definition of an urban area, causing hundreds of urban areas across the country to become rural.

  4. Portland Press Herald

    Hundreds of U.S. urban areas will become rural with new criteria (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The Census Bureau is switching to housing units instead of people as the basis for calculating what should be an urban area.

  5. Portland Press Herald

    Hundreds of U.S. urban areas will be reclassified as rural with new Census criteria (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    That matters because urban and rural areas qualify for different types of federal funding.

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