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40 U.S.C. 902: DefinitionsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 40-PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKSCHAPTER 9-URBAN LAND USE
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§902. Definitions

In this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1)  Unit of general local government.⁠—The term “unit of general local government” means a city, county, town, parish, village, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a State.

(2)  Urban area.⁠—The term “urban area” means⁠—

(A)  a geographical area within the jurisdiction of an incorporated city, town, borough, village, or other unit of general local government, except a county or parish, having a population of at least 10,000 inhabitants;

(B)  that portion of the geographical area within the jurisdiction of a county, town, township, or similar governmental entity which contains no incorporated unit of general local government but has a population density of at least 1,500 inhabitants per square mile; and

(C)  that portion of a geographical area having a population density of at least 1,500 inhabitants per square mile and situated adjacent to the boundary of an incorporated unit of general local government which has a population of at least 10,000.

( Pub. L. 107–217 , Aug. 21, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1128 .)

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40:535(a), (b).

June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, § 806(a), (b), as added Pub. L. 90–577, title V, § 501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1105.