Extracted Data From: NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties (doi:10.7910/DVN/GGGDNO)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Extracted Data From: NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/GGGDNO

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2025-08-18

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

National Center for Health Statistics, 2025, "Extracted Data From: NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GGGDNO, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:Otv+rlXgtNCUuzXdaRTIiw== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Extracted Data From: NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/GGGDNO

Authoring Entity:

National Center for Health Statistics (https://ror.org/00qzjvm58)

Producer:

National Center for Health Statistics

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

CAFE

Depositor:

Mock, Lauren

Date of Deposit:

2025-08-18

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GGGDNO

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Demographic

Abstract:

This submission includes publicly available data extracted in its original form. Please reference the Related Publication listed here for source and citation information <br /><br /> <If you have questions about the underlying data stored here, please contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at https://www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/forms/contact-us.html. <br /> <blockquote>The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has developed a six-level urban-rural classification scheme for U.S. counties and other jurisdictions that are the equivalent of counties in their area. NCHS has updated the scheme based on the 2023 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delineation of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas and information about all people living in each of the counties—its population—taken from Census' 2022 postcensal estimates of July 1, 2022. NCHS used these resources to classify U.S. counties and county equivalents into six categories—four metropolitan and two nonmetropolitan. The NCHS scheme allows researchers, policy makers, and others to study American's health in relation to the urbanization level—more urban or more rural—of the place they live. They also can use NCHS data to monitor the health of people living in urban and rural areas. [Quote from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-analysis-tools/urban-rural.html]</blockquote>

Time Period:

1990-01-01-2023-12-31

Country:

United States

Kind of Data:

Extracted Data

Notes:

This submission includes publicly available data extracted in its original form. Please reference the Related Publication listed here for source and citation information. NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties was downloaded by Lauren Mock on 2025-08-18.

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>

Other Study Description Materials

File Description--f11948650

File: NCHSurb-rural-codes-2.tab

  • Number of cases: 3160

  • No. of variables per record: 11

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:Otv+rlXgtNCUuzXdaRTIiw==

Urban/rural classification codes for 1990, 2006, 2013, and 2023.

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

STFIPS

f11948650 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 56.0; Valid 3160.0; Mean 30.183860759492976; StDev 15.205068390110469; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:PChBmuQEwa6lxmzraj9qNA==

CTYFIPS

f11948650 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 840.0; Mean 104.13797468354404; Min. 1.0; Valid 3160.0; StDev 108.11642664444422

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:qhbqMX1pzrBts3PffcLBIA==

ST_ABBREV

f11948650 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:rUwZga7burVgba0GM4PvWA==

CTYNAME

f11948650 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:yaJX77f5gY6PVPlZ62/HCA==

CBSATITLE

f11948650 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:I9k0zxUCyC3Z1BOMGQz1UA==

CBSAPOP

f11948650 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1178804.0563991314; StDev 2676057.7686687945; Min. 12491.0; Max. 1.9557311E7; Valid 1844.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:fqzibzW/9IXmP6NbFxUAkg==

CTYPOP

f11948650 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3144.0; Max. 9721138.0; Min. 51.0; Mean 106007.49268447871; StDev 332287.7991572667;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:I+VTI2ydYfNB+cNfGcC4+g==

CODE2023

f11948650 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Max. 6.0; Valid 3144.0; Mean 4.612595419847328; StDev 1.5080799690097695

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:s5iA8SSOKj37YjBq9GbpUw==

CODE2013

f11948650 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.5104004639318305; Mean 4.6356983773464835; Max. 6.0; Valid 3143.0; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:O/B67iTaTr1Fj/G9NPxgyg==

CODE2006

f11948650 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 4.694143857415659; Min. 1.0; Valid 3142.0; Max. 6.0; StDev 1.4850493649561713;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:sqfA+EZnt+xFaEyEk2tPPg==

CODE1990

f11948650 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 4.9914067472947155; Max. 6.0; StDev 1.4459120191329982; Min. 1.0; Valid 3142.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:FpYfggKztYlg4+GOWs4yjQ==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

2023-File-Documentation-final.pdf

Text:

Documentation, including data dictionary.

Notes:

application/pdf