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  • Urban Influence Codes

    Metadata Updated: November 10, 2020

    The 2013 Urban Influence Codes form a classification scheme that distinguishes metropolitan counties by population size of their metro area, and nonmetropolitan counties by size of the largest city or town and proximity to metro and micropolitan areas. The standard Office of Management and Budget (OMB) metro and nonmetro categories have been subdivided into two metro and 10 nonmetro categories, resulting in a 12-part county classification. This scheme was originally developed in 1993. This scheme allows researchers to break county data into finer residential groups, beyond metro and nonmetro, particularly for the analysis of trends in nonmetro areas that are related to population density and metro influence.

    An update of the Urban Influence Codes is planned for mid-2023.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020
    Publisher Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture
    Maintainer
    Identifier USDA-ERS-00092
    Data First Published 2019-10-24
    Data Last Modified 2019-10-24
    Public Access Level public
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    Data Dictionary http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/urban-influence-codes/documentation.aspx
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    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 005:041
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    Source Hash 7958706915b34fa94e1c79222141e3d527e72873
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial United States

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