micropolitan

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English

Etymology

The high street of Seaford, Delaware, one of the larger micropolitans (noun sense) in the United States.

Blend of micro- (prefix meaning ‘very small’) +‎ metropolitan.

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Adjective

micropolitan (not comparable)

  1. (US) Of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants; of a city: less populated than a metropolitan area but more than a rural one.
    Coordinate terms: (chiefly science fiction) ecumenopolitan, megalopolitan, megapolitan, metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, rural
    • 2004 June 27, Haya El Nasser, “Small-town USA goes ‘micropolitan’”, in USA Today, McLean, Va.: Gannett Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-06:
      The government has created a new label for these communities, which increasingly fill the gaps on the map between major cities. The new term – Micropolitan Statistical Areas – recognizes that even small places far from metro areas are economic hubs that draw workers and shoppers from miles around. [] The largest micropolitan areas have more people than many metro areas. The Torrington, Conn., micropolitan area is the largest, with a population of 183,000 – bigger than the population of 103 metropolitan areas. Torrington is a micro, not a metro, because the central city has fewer than 50,000 people, the threshold for a city anchoring a metro area. Cities at the centers of micropolitan areas have at least 10,000 people but no more than 49,999.

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Noun

micropolitan (plural micropolitans)

  1. (US) A city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants; a city which is less populated than a metropolitan area but more than a rural one.
    Coordinate terms: ecumenopolis, eperopolis, megalopolis, megapolitan, megapolis, metropolis
    • 2004 June 27, Haya El Nasser, “Small-town USA goes ‘micropolitan’”, in USA Today, McLean, Va.: Gannett Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-06:
      For marketing experts who help companies decide where to expand, the "micropolitans" represent potentially lucrative – and untapped – markets. More than 28 million people, or one in 10 Americans, live in such areas.

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