White House Office of Management and Budget Seeks Public Comment on new MSA Standards

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Change from 50K to 100K for defition of an Urban area

There were about 270 UA >50K and <100K in 2010 counted by states.

#UA - State - Total Population of UA >50K and <100K in 2010
24 California 1,652,581
17 Pennsylvania 820,517
12 Michigan 663,609
11 Wisconsin 611,959
10 Illinois 469,038
9 Alabama 559,913
9 New York 477,344
9 Ohio 518,390
9 Texas 687,024
8 Georgia 552,275
8 Virginia 486,948
7 Indiana 464,225
7 Missouri 357,869
7 West Virginia 349,787
6 Arkansas 305,654
6 Kentucky 327,839
6 New Jersey 254,507
6 Oregon 264,923
6 South Carolina 376,484
5 Arizona 314,204
5 Florida 332,755
5 Maryland 303,391
5 Minnesota 207,120
5 Washington 258,955
4 Idaho 290,660
4 Iowa 278,110
4 Louisiana 330,509
4 Maine 144,223
4 New Mexico 236,803
4 North Carolina 200,079
4 Tennessee 233,823
3 Connecticut 122,753
3 Kansas 145,043
3 New Hampshire 245,709
2 Colorado 170,304
2 Massachusetts 66,442
2 Mississippi 130,786
2 Montana 147,364
2 Nebraska 67,016
2 North Dakota 134,907
2 Oklahoma 96,690
2 Rhode Island 21,421
2 South Dakota 86,810
2 Utah 193,353
2 Wyoming 138,136
1 Alaska 64,513
1 Delaware 24,588
1 Hawaii 55,934
1 Nevada 58,079
0 District of Columbia
0 Vermont
5 Puerto Rico 408,954
270 Total 15,710,320

Kids should be able to look at an unmarked map with the urban areas over 2 million and name them

1. 18.4 New York--Newark, NY--NJ--CT
2. 12.2 Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA
3. 8.6 Chicago, IL--IN
4. 5.5 Miami, FL
5. 5.4 Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD
6. 5.1 Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX
7. 4.9 Houston, TX
8. 4.6 Washington, DC--VA--MD
9. 4.5 Atlanta, GA
10. 4.2 Boston, MA--NH--RI
11. 3.7 Detroit, MI
12. 3.6 Phoenix--Mesa, AZ
13. 3.3 San Francisco--Oakland, CA
14. 3.1 Seattle, WA
15. 3.0 San Diego, CA
16. 2.7 Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI
17. 2.4 Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL
18. 2.4 Denver--Aurora, CO
19. 2.2 Baltimore, MD
20. 2.2 St. Louis, MO--IL
21. 2.1 San Juan, PR