Metropolitan Statistical Area Refers to

question 162

Multiple Choice

metropolitan statistical area refers to

• A) a statistical area that has at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000 people and adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration.
• B) a statistical area of 2.5 million people or more.
• C) a cluster of exurbs that function as a single unit due to the proximity of their geographic locations to an urbanized area.
• D) a highly urbanized area with a centrally located population of at least 1,000,000 people.
• E) a statistical area of at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more people and adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration.

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