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Urban Growth Area

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-002045

Legally defined entity defined around incorporated places and used to regulate urban growth. They are delineated cooperatively by state and local officials and then confirmed by state law. UGAs are a pilot project, first defined for Census 2000 in Oregon, and added in Washington for the 2010 Census.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-002045
FieldEconomic statistics
AbbreviationUGA
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-002045",
  "term": "Urban Growth Area",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Legally defined entity defined around incorporated places and used to regulate urban growth. They are delineated cooperatively by state and local officials and then confirmed by state law. UGAs are a pilot project, first defined for Census 2000 in Oregon, and added in Washington for the 2010 Census.",
  "abbreviation": "UGA",
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/urban-growth-area/"
}

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