To qualify as an urban area, the
territory identified according to criteria must encompass at least 2,000 housing units or at least 5,000
people.
They also base it off of 50k or more people, so if your county has 50k or more you’re considered urbanized. My county has 56k people and multiple areas of farmland that was converted into subdivisions. This has our area marked as urban. Most people around my state will call my county and location as rural, but the census bureau says we’re urban.
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They also base it off of 50k or more people, so if your county has 50k or more you’re considered urbanized. My county has 56k people and multiple areas of farmland that was converted into subdivisions. This has our area marked as urban. Most people around my state will call my county and location as rural, but the census bureau says we’re urban.