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What constitutes a metropolitan area? |
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Technically, it changes every decade or so, as the Census Bureau (who are the ones who define and track metropolitan areas) decide they need to refine the concept. But a metropolitan area is a statistical format for comparing economic and social statistics between different areas. A metropolitan area is one or more central cities and the areas associated with and/or dependent on them, in most cases defined as counties. The central city or cities have a population of at least 50,000, and the included counties are tied to the central city in some way, usually by citizens who commute into the central city core for employment.
A new wrinkle was added during the last major redefinition of metropolitan areas, when the Bureau added the new concept of "micropolitan areas," which are similar to metropolitan areas except their central cities are of population between 10,000 and 50,000.
First answer by Budikavlan. Last edit by Budikavlan. Contributor trust: 121 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 27 [recommend question]
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