{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["018:00", "018:50"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "OpenDataMgr_NCES", "hasEmail": "mailto:edge@ed.gov"}, "description": "This data layer produced by the National\nCenter for Education Statistics\u2019 ( NCES)\nEducation Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program provides a\ngeographic locale framework that classifies all U.S. territory into twelve\ncategories ranging from Large Cities to Remote Rural areas. NCES uses this\nframework to describe the type of geographic area where schools and school\ndistricts are located. The criteria for these classifications are\ndefined by NCES, but they rely on standard geographic areas developed and\nmaintained by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2015 NCES Locale boundaries are based\non geographic areas represented in Census TIGER/Line 2015. The NCES Education\nDemographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE) program collaborates with the U.S.\nCensus Bureau\u2019s Education Demographic, Geographic, and Economic Statistics\n(EDGE) Branch to annually update the locale boundaries. For more information\nabout the NCES locale framework,\u00a0 and to download the data,\u00a0see:\u00a0\u00a0 https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/LocaleBoundaries . The\nclassifications include:\n\nLarge City \n(11): Territory inside an Urbanized Area and inside a Principal City with\npopulation of 250,000 or more. \n\nMidsize City \n(12): Territory inside an Urbanized Area and inside a Principal City with\npopulation less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000. \n\nSmall City \n(13): Territory inside an Urbanized Area and inside a Principal City with\npopulation less than 100,000. \n\nSuburb \u2013 Large \n(21): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urbanized Area with\npopulation of 250,000 or more. \n\nSuburb - Midsi ze\n(22): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urbanized Area with\npopulation less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000. \n\nSuburb - Small \n(23): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urbanized Area with\npopulation less than 100,000. \n\nTown - Fringe \n(31): Territory inside an Urban Cluster that is less than or equal to 10 miles\nfrom an Urbanized Area. \n\nTown - Distant \n(32): Territory inside an Urban Cluster that is more than 10 miles and less\nthan or equal to 35 miles from an Urbanized Area. \n\nTown - Remote \n(33): Territory inside an Urban Cluster that is more than 35 miles of an\nUrbanized Area. \n\nRural - Fringe \n(41): Census-defined rural territory that is less than or equal to 5 miles from\nan Urbanized Area, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5\nmiles from an Urban Cluster. \n\nRural - Distant \n(42): Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 miles but less than or\nequal to 25 miles from an Urbanized Area, as well as rural territory that is\nmore than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an Urban Cluster. \n\nRural - Remote \n(43): Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 miles from an\nUrbanized Area and is also more than 10 miles from an Urban Cluster. \nAll information contained in this file is in the public domain. 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