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    • Digital data sets describing metropolitan areas in the conterminous US

    Metadata Updated: January 16, 2026

    This data set describes metropolitan areas in the conterminous United States, developed from U.S. Bureau of the Census boundaries of Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), that have been processed to extract the largest contiguous urban area within each MSA or CMSA.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 12, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 12, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 16, 2026
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_1a051a17-1f10-479a-9def-b506d71a253f
    Data Last Modified 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:12
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/usgs-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20260116141420
    Harvest Object Id b4370af6-1cb7-419e-984c-d3576abbd883
    Harvest Source Id 2b80d118-ab3a-48ba-bd93-996bbacefac2
    Harvest Source Title DOI USGS DCAT-US
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -126.99717362, 23.65882979, -126.99717362, 48.48484187, -67.05478737, 48.48484187, -67.05478737, 23.65882979, -126.99717362, 23.65882979}
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 062e0f70ccf6c4c79adf5d7df97df1230b84a0d638af56777c4f4dfb0f150f2f
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -126.99717362, 23.65882979, -126.99717362, 48.48484187, -67.05478737, 48.48484187, -67.05478737, 23.65882979, -126.99717362, 23.65882979}

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