Congressional Districts by Urban/Rural Population and Land Area

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Congressional Districts by Urban/Rural Population
and Land Area

Table Description

This table provides the total population for each congressional district and the population of the district that is classified by the Census Bureau as urban and that part classified as rural. It also provides the total land area for the district and the land area that is classified as urban and that part classified as rural. Also included are the percentages of the population and land areas that are urban and rural within the district.

Definition

The U.S. Census Bureau classifies as urban all territory, population, and housing units located within urbanized areas (UAs) and urban clusters (UCs). It delineates UAs and UCs boundaries to encompass densely settled territory, which generally consists of:

A cluster of one or more block groups or census blocks each of which has a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile at the time, and

Surrounding block groups and census blocks each of which has a population density of at least 500 people per square mile at the time, and

Less densely settled blocks that form enclaves or indentations or are used to connect discontiguous areas with qualifying densities.

Rural consists of all territory, population, and housing units located outside of UAs and UCs. Geographic entities, such as congressional districts, metropolitan areas, counties, minor civil divisions (MCDs), and places, often contain both urban and rural territory, population, and housing units.

More information on Urban/Rural definitions.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Author: Geography Division
Created: Apr-28-2005
Last Revised: July 13, 2011 at 06:00:40 PM

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