{"abstract":"This notice provides the Census Bureau's final criteria for defining urban areas based on the results of the 2020 Decennial Census. This notice also provides a summary of comments received in response to the proposed criteria published in the Federal Register on February 19, 2021, as well as the Census Bureau's responses to those comments. The Census Bureau delineates urban areas after each decennial census by applying specified criteria to decennial census and other data. Since the 1950 Census, the Census Bureau has reviewed and revised these criteria, as necessary, for each decennial census in order to improve the classification of urban areas by taking advantage of newly available data and advancements in geographic information processing technology.","action":"Notice of final program criteria.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Census Bureau","name":"Census Bureau","id":42,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/census-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/42","parent_id":54,"slug":"census-bureau"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2022/03/24/2022-06180.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"87 FR 16706","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The Census Bureau will begin implementing the criteria as of March 24, 2022.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket Number 220228-0062"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2022-06180","effective_on":null,"end_page":16715,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2022/03/24/2022-06180.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/24/2022-06180/urban-area-criteria-for-the-2020-census-final-criteria","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2022-06180?publication_date=2022-03-24","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2022-03-24/2022-06180/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":10,"page_views":{"count":33634,"last_updated":"2026-05-27 12:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-03-24/pdf/2022-06180.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-06180.pdf?1648039520","publication_date":"2022-03-24","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2022/03/24/2022-06180.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2022-03-24T09:35:07Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":16706,"subtype":null,"title":"Urban Area Criteria for the 2020 Census-Final Criteria","toc_doc":"Urban Area Criteria for the 2020 Census","toc_subject":"Final Criteria:\n","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":87}