The Office of Budget and Management will release a new list of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties based on data from the 2020 Census, which is likely to toss formerly growing rural areas into metropolitan counties.
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The Office of Budget and Management will release a new list of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties based on data from the 2020 Census, which is likely to toss formerly growing rural areas into metropolitan counties.
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