Locales 2015

<p style='margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;'><span style='background:white;'>This data layer produced by the </span><span>National
Center for Education Statistics’ (</span><span style='background:white;'>NCES)
Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program provides a
geographic locale framework that classifies all U.S. territory into twelve
categories ranging from Large Cities to Remote Rural areas. NCES uses this
framework to describe the type of geographic area where schools and school
districts are located. </span><span>The criteria for these classifications are
defined by NCES, but they rely on standard geographic areas developed and
maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2015 NCES Locale boundaries are based
on geographic areas represented in Census TIGER/Line 2015. The NCES Education
Demographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE) program collaborates with the U.S.
Census Bureau’s Education Demographic, Geographic, and Economic Statistics
(EDGE) Branch to annually update the locale boundaries. For more information
about the NCES locale framework, </span>and to download the data, see:  <font color='#0000ee'><u>https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/LocaleBoundaries</u></font>. The
classifications include:</p>

<p style='margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; background:white;'></p><ul><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Large City</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(11): Territory inside an Urbanized Area and inside a Principal City with
population of 250,000 or more.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Midsize City</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(12): Territory inside an Urbanized Area and inside a Principal City with
population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Small City</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(13): Territory inside an Urbanized Area and inside a Principal City with
population less than 100,000.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Suburb – Large</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(21): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urbanized Area with
population of 250,000 or more.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Suburb - Midsi</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>ze
(22): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urbanized Area with
population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Suburb - Small</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(23): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urbanized Area with
population less than 100,000.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Town - Fringe</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(31): Territory inside an Urban Cluster that is less than or equal to 10 miles
from an Urbanized Area.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Town - Distant</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(32): Territory inside an Urban Cluster that is more than 10 miles and less
than or equal to 35 miles from an Urbanized Area.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Town - Remote</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(33): Territory inside an Urban Cluster that is more than 35 miles of an
Urbanized Area.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Rural - Fringe</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(41): Census-defined rural territory that is less than or equal to 5 miles from
an Urbanized Area, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5
miles from an Urban Cluster.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Rural - Distant</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(42): Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 miles but less than or
equal to 25 miles from an Urbanized Area, as well as rural territory that is
more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an Urban Cluster.</span><br /></li><li><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>Rural - Remote</span></i><span style='font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;'>
(43): Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 miles from an
Urbanized Area and is also more than 10 miles from an Urban Cluster.</span></li></ul><div>All information contained in this file is in the public domain. Data 
users are advised to review NCES program documentation and feature class
 metadata to understand the limitations and appropriate use of these 
data.</div>

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