micropolitan
Americanadjective
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By comparison, the death rate in micropolitan rural counties with 10,000 to 50,000 residents was 86.5.
From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2022
The data released Thursday covered roughly 3,140 counties, more than 380 metropolitan statistical areas and over 540 smaller locales known as micropolitan statistical areas.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022
Cities losing this status, with core populations of 50,000 to 99,000 people, would become "micropolitan" statistical areas instead.
From Fox News • Jun. 16, 2021
Doing so would reclassify more than a third of the current 392 metro areas as micropolitan statistical areas.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2021
An Iowa State University report shows that, when compared with rural and metropolitan areas, Iowa’s 17 micropolitan areas had the lowest median household income and highest poverty and unemployment rates.
From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2017
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