The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) categorizes urban real estate data through a concept called metropolitan statistical area (also known as an MSA). An MSA is a way of grouping urban areas for a specific purpose, such as a census or compiling statistical data. In general, an...
metropolitan areas. The author then shifts the focus to New York City, which is often considered the nation's primary headquarters center, and compares New York's Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area's share of headquarters with its share of business service industries. The author then looks into...
The size of the local area used to measure practice style may affect both the strength of the relationship between the instrument and treatment choice and whether the instrument is related to unmeasured confounding factors. One might expect that the larger the local area around a patient residence...
On his tax return Wheir deducted costs related to local travel for jobs farther than 35 miles from his residence. The IRS disallowed all claimed travel expenses on the basis that since Wisconsin Rapids was not a metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, the entire state of W...
quickly build entire communities in rapidly growing parts of the country. In the 21st century, computer-aided design (CAD) is changing the way we design and build homes. Theparametric housing of the future,however, wouldn't exist without pockets of population and affluence—the census tells us...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2018 American Community Survey, the median household income in Boston, amounts to a little under $72,000, a number greater than the nation’s median. Yet, “higher income levels in the Boston metropolitan area are still not nearly enough to offset ...
aVenice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area (population 1,600...
In the US, there is not a clear-cut distinction between urban and suburban areas. Because major cities and their surrounding communities vary so much in size and density, it’s tough to apply one measurable definition to all metropolitan areas. Both thePew Research Centerand theCensus Bureauack...
The Census Bureau designates two categories of local government, General Purpose and Special Purpose. Counties, municipalities, towns and townships constitute the general purpose local governments. What is the most common form of local government? The mayor–council government system is a system of or...
The middle class is shrinking due to an increase in population at the extreme bottom and top of the economic spectrum. The median income in the U.S. was $80,610 in 2023, according to the Census Bureau. What Is the Middle Class?