1619809654919r1627080961058771 eng utf8 dataset dataset Douglas Geverdt National Center for Education Statistics Administrative Data Division 202-245-8230

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pointOfContact 2022-11-09 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification 2007 geometryOnly composite 565 4269 EPSG 6.12(3.0.1) 2022-11-09 publication Douglas Geverdt National Center for Education Statistics Administrative Data Division 202-245-8230

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originator mapDigital This data layer produced by the National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program provides a geographic locale framework that classifies all U.S. territory into twelve categories ranging from Large Cities to Remote Rural areas. NCES uses this framework to describe the type of geographic area where schools and school districts are located. The criteria for these classifications are defined by NCES, and rely on standard geographic areas developed and maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau. The NCES Locale boundaries are based on geographic areas represented in Census TIGER/Line. For more information about the NCES locale framework, and to download the data, see: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/LocaleBoundaries. The classifications include:City - Large (11): Territory inside an Urban Area with a population of 50,000 or more and inside a Principal City with population of 250,000 or more.City - Midsize (12): Territory inside an Urban Area with a population of 50,000 or more and inside a Principal City with population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000.City - Small (13): Territory inside an Urban Area with a population of 50,000 or more and inside a Principal City with population less than 100,000.Suburb – Large (21): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urban Area with population of 250,000 or more.Suburb - Midsize (22): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urban Area with population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000.Suburb - Small (23): Territory outside a Principal City and inside an Urban Area with population less than 100,000. Town - Fringe (31): Territory inside an Urban Area with a population less than 50,000 that is less than or equal to 10 miles from an Urban Area with a population of 50,000 or more.Town - Distant (32): Territory inside an Urban Area with a population less than 50,000 that is more than 10 miles and less than or equal to 35 miles from an Urban Area with a population of 50,000 or more.Town - Remote (33): Territory inside an Urban Area with a population less than 50,000 that is more than 35 miles of an Urban Area with a population of 50,000 or more.Rural - Fringe (41): Census-defined rural territory that is less than or equal to 5 miles from an Urban Area of 50,000 or more, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5 miles from an Urban Area with a population less than 50,000.Rural - Distant (42): Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an Urban Area with a population of 50,000 or more, as well as rural territory that is more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an Urban Area with a population less than 50,000.Rural - Remote (43): Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 miles from an Urban Area with a population of 50,000 or more and is also more than 10 miles from an Urban Area with a population less than 50,000.All information contained in this file is in the public domain. Data users are advised to review NCES program documentation and feature class metadata to understand the limitations and appropriate use of these data. This layer shows geographic boundaries created by the National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program that classify communities into twelve locales ranging from Large Cities to Remote Rural areas based on TL 2021 and the 2010 Urban Standards. NCES EDGE completed Douglas Geverdt National Center for Education Statistics Administrative Data Division 202-245-8230

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originator 632.428 https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/docs/EDGE_LOCALE_TECHDOC.pdf Locale Boundaries Technical Documentation download https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/data/EDGE_Locale21_US.zip Entire US download https://nces.ed.gov/opengis/rest/services/Locale_Boundaries/EDGE_LOCALE21_US/MapServer/ REST Service information Run SAS scripts to perform spatial data tests for logical consistency of the codes during the creation of the shapefiles. 2020-02-02T00:00:00 notPlanned