New Mexico micropolitan areas

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New Mexico micropolitan areas are small urban regions in the state of New Mexico centered around core towns or cities that are smaller than major metropolitan areas but still serve as local economic and population hubs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Census Bureau defined areas
micropolitan statistical areas
statistical geographic entities
adminCenter core city or town
appliesTo county-level units
characteristic centered on an urban cluster of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000 population
include surrounding counties with strong social and economic integration with the core
contrastWith New Mexico metropolitan areas NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataUsedIn federal program planning
regional policy analysis
definitionAuthority United States Office of Management and Budget NERFINISHED
function local economic hubs
regional service centers
governedBy federal statistical standards
hasPart Alamogordo micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Carlsbad-Artesia micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Clovis micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Deming micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Espanola micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Farmington micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Gallup micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Grants micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Las Vegas micropolitan area (New Mexico) NERFINISHED
Los Alamos micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Portales micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Roswell micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Silver City micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Taos micropolitan area NERFINISHED
Tucumcari micropolitan area NERFINISHED
integrationMeasuredBy commuting ties
language English
locatedIn New Mexico
partOf United States micropolitan statistical areas
populationSizeComparedTo smaller than metropolitan areas
relatedConcept combined statistical areas
core-based statistical areas
sectorImportance education services
energy and natural resources
healthcare services
retail trade
tourism and recreation
spatialScale sub-state regions
timeDependentOn periodic OMB updates
usedBy United States Census Bureau NERFINISHED
usedFor demographic analysis
economic analysis
statistical purposes

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Hobbs micropolitan area partOf New Mexico micropolitan areas