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  2. Urbanization in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Midwestern and Western United States became urban majority in the 1910s, while the Southern United States only became urban-majority after World War II, in the 1950s. [2] The Western U.S. is the most urbanized part of the country today, followed closely by the Northeastern United States.

  3. List of satellite map images with missing or unclear data

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    Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [1] For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as an amusement park, a beach, and parking lots) from its satellite ...

  4. Rural areas in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States Office of Management and Budget defines rural areas in the United States by county; some rural areas are classified into metropolitan counties. [2] [3] Others are spread throughout the numerous micropolitan statistical areas. [4] The Census Bureau updates their definition following each decennial census.

  5. Rural–urban commuting area - Wikipedia

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    RUCA codes range from urban (1) to highly rural (10). RUCAs are a classification scheme that use the standard Census Bureau urban area definitions in combination with commuting information to characterize all of the nation's census tracts. Census tracts are used to establish RUCAs because they are the smallest geographic building block for ...

  6. List of United States urban areas - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of urban areas in the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2020 census populations. An urban area is defined by the Census Bureau as a contiguous set of census blocks that are "densely developed residential, commercial, and other nonresidential areas".

  7. Settlement hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    During the Second Industrial Revolution, London, England reached the mark in 1810 and New York City, United States made it in 1875. The main type at this level is the Conurbation or metropolis – a consolidating regional urban area or catchment area , the metropolitan area, consisting of possibly a central city, suburbs and satellite towns or ...

  8. Comparison of web map services - Wikipedia

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    Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps; License Proprietary: Proprietary: Proprietary: Proprietary: ODbL

  9. Urban–rural political divide - Wikipedia

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    The United States is the most prominent example of the urban-rural divide, among other Western democracies, [18] [19] with its history dating back to the 19th century, continuing well into the 21st century, and increasing under the presidency of Donald Trump during the 2010s and 2020s, [20] [21] with the 2020 United States presidential election ...