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Where is that definition from? The 2020 census proposes using "385 housing units per square mile as the primary criterion for determining whether a census bloc
by ac29 5y ago
Where is that definition from?
The 2020 census proposes using "385 housing units per square mile as the primary criterion for determining whether a census block qualifies for inclusion in an urban area". Previously it was 1000 people per square mile (or equivalent to the above with 2.6 persons per household).
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/19/2021-03412/urban-areas-for-the-2020-census-proposed-criteria https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/19/2021-03...
- boomboomsubban 5y agoNote that's only in the "proposed changes section, and that there is still much more information in that document. That change seems to determining how much of a town is an urban tile, but is not the primary designation of urban.