Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas: New Approaches to Geographical Definition: Population Division Working Paper No. 12

Every ten years the United States Census counts every resident in the country. The data is collected to figure out the number of seats each state holds in the U.S. House of Representatives, it is used to distribute billions of federal funds, and to answer other questions as well. Employees from the Population Division on the U.S. Census uses this data to research and stimulate deliberation of the work taking place. This is one of those Working Papers.