micropolitan
adjective
mi·cro·pol·i·tan
ˌmī-krō-ˈpä-lə-tən 
: of, relating to, or being a population area that includes a city with 10,000 to 50,000 residents and its surrounding communities
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Source: Census, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Data provided by the Office of Personnel Management shows the number of federal workers in over 900 metropolitan and micropolitan areas as of March 2023, not including contractors, the Postal Service or intelligence workers.
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Hanna Zakharenko, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
The two cities, which had been linked for decades, were now connected only through an ad hoc ferry system, cleaving the micropolitan area in half.
—Colin Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
On the other end of the spectrum, the Selma micropolitan area in the state’s Black Belt region lost about 800 people, or roughly 2% of its population.
—Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
The county just south of Wisconsin Dells that includes Baraboo is considered micropolitan by the WRA.
—Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2021
If the standard were to change, these 144 places would be labeled micropolitan while maintaining many characteristics currently considered metropolitan.
—Camille Squires, Quartz, 23 June 2021
As the largest micropolitan area in the state, Mankato would have an unfair advantage against other small cities, Vogel said.
—John Reinan, Star Tribune, 5 June 2021
In a separate letter to the Office of Management and Budget, Hoeven said the proposal also would hurt micropolitan areas that were on the cusp of becoming metro areas.
—Mike Schneider, ajc, 16 Mar. 2021
Doing so would reclassify more than a third of the current 392 metro areas as micropolitan statistical areas.
—Mike Schneider, ajc, 16 Mar. 2021
Hanna Zakharenko, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
The two cities, which had been linked for decades, were now connected only through an ad hoc ferry system, cleaving the micropolitan area in half.
—Colin Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
On the other end of the spectrum, the Selma micropolitan area in the state’s Black Belt region lost about 800 people, or roughly 2% of its population.
—Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
The county just south of Wisconsin Dells that includes Baraboo is considered micropolitan by the WRA.
—Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2021
If the standard were to change, these 144 places would be labeled micropolitan while maintaining many characteristics currently considered metropolitan.
—Camille Squires, Quartz, 23 June 2021
As the largest micropolitan area in the state, Mankato would have an unfair advantage against other small cities, Vogel said.
—John Reinan, Star Tribune, 5 June 2021
In a separate letter to the Office of Management and Budget, Hoeven said the proposal also would hurt micropolitan areas that were on the cusp of becoming metro areas.
—Mike Schneider, ajc, 16 Mar. 2021
Doing so would reclassify more than a third of the current 392 metro areas as micropolitan statistical areas.
—Mike Schneider, ajc, 16 Mar. 2021
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“Micropolitan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/micropolitan. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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