1,000 places bumped into rural category with urban change
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The change matters because rural and urban areas often qualify for different types of federal funding for transportation, housing, health care and education.
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The change matters because rural and urban areas often qualify for different types of federal funding for transportation, housing, health care and education.
More than 1,100 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria.
More than 1,100 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas on Thursday as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria.
“This change in definition is a big deal ." Almost 1,000 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas under revised Census criteria.
Almost 1,000 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on
