Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas

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Scope note
Areas, used mainly for census and federal funding allocation, having a dominant central city with a combined minimum population of 50,000 and with a surrounding urbanized community that is economically and socially integrated with the central city.
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024