Example Sentences

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Geographically, 19.1% of children in nonmetropolitan areas got treated for mental health disorders in 2021.

From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2023

He said the analysis compared the rates of nonmetropolitan, or rural, areas and metropolitan, or urban, areas.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2021

Never mind that, per the C.D.C., the daily case rates in urban and nonmetropolitan areas closely track one another.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2021

In Pennsylvania, nonmetropolitan voters make up just 12 percent of the population.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2018

Hispanics in particular were responsible for the majority of nonmetropolitan population growth between 1990 and 2010.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2016