{ "snippet": "This layer presents the 2020 U.S. Census Urban Areas for the United States.", "summary": "This layer presents the 2020 U.S. Census Urban Areas for the United States.", "accessInformation": "Sources: Esri; U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau", "thumbnail": "", "maxScale": "NaN", "typeKeywords": [], "description": "
USA\n Census Urban Areas provides the boundaries, and 2020 U.S. Census names,\n codes, populations, and housing information for the urban areas of the \nUnited States.
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For the 2020 U.S. Census, an\n urban area comprises a densely settled core \nof census blocks that meet minimum housing unit density or \npopulation density requirements. This includes adjacent territory \ncontaining non-residential urban land uses. To qualify as an urban area,\n the territory identified according to criteria must encompass at least \n2,000 housing units or have a population of at least 5,000. Urban areas \nrepresent densely developed territory, and encompass residential, \ncommercial, and other non-residential urban land uses.<\/div>