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micropolitan

American  
[mahy-kroh-pahl-i-tuhn] / ˌmaɪ kroʊˈpɑl ɪ tən /

adjective

  1. relating to an urban area and its surrounding region which has a population of more than 10,000 but less than 50,000.


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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

Those micropolitan areas - defined as cities between 10,000 and 50,000 population - often get lost amid the attention that rural areas and metros demand.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2017

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