---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 802.240"
title: "31"
number: "802.240"
heading: "Urbanized area."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/802.240"
---

# §802.240. Urbanized area.


The term urbanized area means a statistical geographic area as identified in the most recent U.S. Census consisting of a densely settled core created from census tracts or blocks and contiguous qualifying territory that together have a minimum population of at least 50,000 individuals.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4565; E.O. 11858, as amended, 73 FR 4677.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 3166, Jan. 17, 2020, unless otherwise noted.