Census Data on Urban Areas

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In order to be considered a metropolitan statistical area, an area needs to have a population of at least how many people?

50,000

CORRECT

10,000

0

25,000

0

80,000

0

100,000

0

Explanation

A metropolitan statistical area has a population of at least 50,000. If the population of an area is between 10,000 and 50,000, then the area is technically a micropolitan statistical area instead of a metropolitan statistical area.