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A Novel Approach to Incorporate Frontier Areas Into Urban–Rural Geographic Classifications: Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes

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Explores an effort to develop a rural-urban classification that captures the remoteness of frontier areas. Details the tract-level Integrated Metropolitan-to-Frontier Area Codes (tlMFAC), a combination of the USDA's Frontier and Remote Area (FAR) definition and the Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) Codes. Discusses the conceptual framework for tlMFAC and the census tract-level results of applying the definition nationally.
Author(s)
Brody J. Gibson, Elizabeth Dobis, John Cromartie, et al.
Citation
Journal of Rural Health, 41(4), e70102
Date
11/2025
Tagged as
Frontier and remote areas · Policy · Rural definitions · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data