Hundreds of urban areas in the U.S. are becoming rural, but it's not because people are leaving. It's just that the U.S. Census Bureau is changing the…
Under the new Census Bureau criteria, more than 1,300 small cities, towns and villages designated urban a decade ago would be considered rural. That matters because urban and rural areas qualify for different types of federal funding.
Hundreds of urban areas in the U.S. are becoming rural, but it s not because people are leaving.
It s just that the U.S. Census Bureau is changing th .