1 Usually refers to areas with populations less than 5,000 2 Areas outside the limits of any incorporated or unincorporated city, town, village, hamlet or any other designated residential or commercial area such as a subdivision, business or shopping center or community development 3 Includes all areas of a state that are outside the Federal Highway Administration approved and adjusted census boundaries of small urban and urbanized areas
Consistent with the definition EPA used in the analyses to support the Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy, a county was considered "rural" if, based on 1990 census data, it does not contain a metropolitan statistical area with a population greater than 250,000, and the U S Census Bureau did not designate more than 50 percent of the population as "urban " This definition does not necessarily apply for any regulatory or implementation purpose
pertaining to the area outside the larger and moderate- sized cities and surrounding population concentrations Generally characterized by farms, ranches, small towns, and unpopulated regions Compare with suburb
Rural places are far away from large towns or cities. These plants have a tendency to grow in the more rural areas. urban
>> A term used to describe a property's location For example, rural properties are in remote locations, on non-paved access roads or streets with support services more than 10 miles away Rural is also a term used to describe the country as opposed to the city