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According to the 2020 US Census, about 80% live in an urban area. However, the definition is not exactly what people think of when you say “urban”. In 2020, th
by sseagull 2y ago
According to the 2020 US Census, about 80% live in an urban area. However, the definition is not exactly what people think of when you say “urban”.
In 2020, the census lists 2,611 urban areas, including areas with a few thousand people.
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural/2020-ua-facts.html https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/g...
Shouldn’t be too hard to break this down with a more colloquial definition (say, areas over 500k or 750k people). I’m just not at a real computer :)
- Tool_of_Society 2y agoCalumet park is a village right next to Chicago with under 7000 people. Northfield village has under 6000 people and it's located within about 15 miles of Chicago. It wasn't until I was about 18 that I realized what I thought was Chicago were actually small towns/villages. There's a whole slew of small villages next to or "in" larger cities.
- tptacek 2y agoYes; the ordinary thing to compare is MSAs, which take this into account; Calumet Park (and Blue Island and Oak Lawn) are all part of the Chicago MSA.