2024-27133. Inclusion of Terrain Factors in the Definition of Rural Area for Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Grants

Table 1—Number of Newly Rural Census Tracts by State

State	Number of tracts
CA	24
OR	16
NC	12
WA	9
TN	7
CO	6
WV	6
MT	2
AK	1
MD	1
Total	84
Note: Table shows the number of newly rural census tracts with RRS 5 and RUCA codes 2-3 that are at least 20 square miles in area in metropolitan counties. Data in this table are based on 2010 census tract geographies and 2020 metropolitan county delineations. For a complete list of impacted census tracts see https://www.hrsa.gov/​rural-health/​about-us/​what-is-rural/​data-files.