### Question
How does the law define urbanized population?


### Answer
Under *31 U.S.C. § 6704*, **urbanized population** is defined as:

> the population of an area consisting of a central city or cities of at least 50,000 inhabitants and the surrounding closely settled area for the city or cities considered as an urbanized area as published by the Bureau of the Census for 1990 in the publication General Population Characteristics for Urbanized Areas

#### Citation:
  - *31 U.S.C. § 6704*
  - Heading: **SUBTITLE V-GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION > CHAPTER 67-FEDERAL PAYMENTS**

