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40 U.S.C. § 902

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In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
  1. (1)The term “unit of general local government” means a city, county, town, parish, village, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a State.
  2. (2)The term “urban area” means—
    1. (A)a geographical area within the jurisdiction of an incorporated city, town, borough, village, or other unit of general local government, except a county or parish, having a population of at least 10,000 inhabitants;
    2. (B)that portion of the geographical area within the jurisdiction of a county, town, township, or similar governmental entity which contains no incorporated unit of general local government but has a population density of at least 1,500 inhabitants per square mile; and
    3. (C)that portion of a geographical area having a population density of at least 1,500 inhabitants per square mile and situated adjacent to the boundary of an incorporated unit of general local government which has a population of at least 10,000.