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| Proposed change in metropolitan county definition. Daily Yonder map; click here for the interactive version. |
A proposal published in the Federal Register in the final hours of the Trump administration would change the definition of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, potentially affecting the way scholars, policy makers, and federal funding agencies address rural needs," Tim Marema reports for The Daily Yonder. "The proposal, posted on January 19, would raise the minimum population of cities that constitute the core of Metropolitan Statistical Areas from 50,000 to 100,000."
Under the Office of Management and Budget's proposal, 251 counties in 144 metropolitan areas would be reclassified as nonmetropolitan. Since those counties have about 18 million residents, the rural population of the U.S. would instantly expand nearly 40 percent, from 46 million to 64 million, Marema reports.
The proposal, if approved, wouldn't go into effect until 2023. "The potential impact of the change is complicated and multifaceted, according to the rural researchers the Daily Yonder contacted. None of the four researchers contacted knew about the change before it appeared in the Federal Register on January 19," Marema reports. "It’s unclear how seriously the new Biden administration will consider the proposal. The OMB was unable to comment over the weekend."
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