Everything about Micropolitan Statistical Area totally explained
United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSA), as defined by the
Census Bureau and the
Office of Management and Budget, are urban areas in the
United States based around a core city or town with a population of 10,000 to 49,999. The micropolitan area designation was created in
2003. Like the better-known
metropolitan area, a micropolitan area is a
geographic entity used for
statistical purposes based on
counties and
county-equivalents
(External Link
). The bureau has identified 578 such areas in the nation.
The term was created by author G. Scott Thomas for a 1989 article in
American Demographics magazine, and was expanded in his 1990 book,
The Rating Guide to Life in America's Small Cities. It gained currency in the 1990s to describe growing population centers in the
United States that are removed from larger cities, in some cases 100 miles (160 km) or more. Lower land and labor costs have led to many housing
subdivisions and
suburban cultures similar to those found in larger
metropolitan areas developing in and around the micropolitan areas.
Micropolitan cities don't have the economic or political importance of large cities, but are nevertheless significant centers of population and production, drawing workers and shoppers from a wide local area. Because the designation is based on the core town's population and not on that of the whole area, some micropolitan areas are actually larger than some metropolitan areas. The largest of the areas, the one whose core city is
Torrington, Connecticut, had a population in excess of 180,000 in 2000; Torrington's population in that year's census was only 35,202.
Many such areas have dynamic rates of growth; however, all micropolitan areas combined account for about 10% of the population.
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