NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties (2023)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
- License
- Public domain
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- CSV
- Coverage
- United States (counties and county equivalents; no territories)
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 31 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Irregular
Tags
NCHS built the scheme for counties and similar jurisdictions. The 2023 edition also reaches back to 1990, and territories are not included.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
- License
- Public domain
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- No
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- United StatesUS
- Type
- Vector
- Time
- 1990–2023
- Extent
- -179.217.6-64.571.4West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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