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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Schneider

LOCALIZE IT: Urban areas become rural with criteria change

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EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:

More than 1,100 urban areas in the U.S. became rural this week, but it’s not because people left. It’s just that the U.S. Census Bureau changed the definition of an urban area.

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