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ZCTAs are generalized area representations of the United States Postal Service (USPS) ZIP code service areas, but are not the same as ZIP codes. Individual USPS ZIP codes can cross state, place, county, census tract, census block group and census block boundaries, so the Census Bureau asserts that "there is no correlation between ZIP codes and ...
Rank Designation ZCTA Population Per Capita Income 1 Montchanin, Delaware [2]: 19710 68 654,485 2 Houston, Texas: 77010 76 283,189 3 Rockland, Delaware [3]: 19732
[12] [13] The modern metropolitan statistical area was created in 1983 amid a large increase in the number of eligible markets, which grew from 172 in 1950 to 288 in 1980; [12] [14] the core based statistical area (CBSA) was introduced in 2000 and defined in 2003 with a minimum population of 10,000 required for micropolitan areas and 50,000 for ...
This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2024 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2).
The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined 925 core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) for the United States and 10 for Puerto Rico. [1] The OMB defines a core-based statistical area as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and ...
There are generally two widely accepted versions of a postal code: a ZIP code and a ZIP + 4 code. Established in 1963, ZIP codes are the most common and recognizable postal code used by the USPS.
The use of housing unit density as an alternative minimum for inclusion: either 2,000 housing units or a population of 5,000 may qualify an area as an urban area. Previously, this minimum was 2,500 in population. The lowering of the allowable "jump distance" from 2.5 to 1.5 miles.
Smallest counties by land area in the 50 states and District of Columbia (including county-equivalents) Rank County Land area (sq mi) Land area (km 2) 1 Independent City of Falls Church, Virginia: 2.1 5.4 2 Independent City of Lexington, Virginia: 2.5 6.5 3 Independent City of Manassas Park, Virginia: 2.5 6.5 4 Independent City of Covington ...