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Bye-bye, Bismarck. So long, Sheboygan. Those cities in North Dakota and Wisconsin, respectively, are two of 144 that the federal government is proposing to downgrade from the metropolitan statistical area…
Bye-bye, Bismarck. So long, Sheboygan. Those cities in North Dakota and Wisconsin, respectively, are two of 144 that the federal government is proposing to downgrade from the metropolitan statistical area designation, and it could be more than just a matter of semantics. Officials in some of the affected cities worry that the change could have adverse implications for federal funding and economic development. Under the new proposal, a metro area would have to have at least 100,000 people in its core city to count as an MSA, double the 50,000-person threshold that has been in place for the pas...
Two cities in Iowa are concerned that their status as "metropolitan areas" could soon be downgraded. Those in charge of changing the designation say it is purely for evolving statistical purposes, but leaders in those cities are concerned it could mean much more eventually from a financial perspective. To currently qualify as a "metropolitan area", a city in the United States must have a population of at least 50,000 residents. A proposed change would increase that threshold to 100,000 and affect 144 cities across the country, including Dubuque and Ames, with current populations of 60,438 a...
The federal government proposes to downgrade 144 cities to "micropolitan" statistical areas.
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Pine Bluff and Texarkana are among 144 cities that the federal government is proposing to downgrade from the metropolitan statistical area designation -- and it could be more than just a matter of semantics. Officials in affected cities elsewhere in the country said they worry that the change could have adverse implications for federal funding and economic development. Under the new proposal, a metro area would have to have at least 100,000 people in its core city to count as an MSA, double the 50,000-person threshold that has been in place...