|
CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA is the current term used by the U.S. Census to denote a geopolitical area with a population of 10,000 or more. There are five categories of CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA: metropolitan statistical area, micropolitan statistical area, urban area, urban cluster, and rural. A metropolitan statistical area consists of one or more urban areas each of which has a population of 50,000 or more. A micropolitan statistical area consists of one or more urban clusters each of which has a population of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000. The U.S. Census defines a rural area as any area that is neither an urban area nor an urban cluster. |