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NCHS Urban-Rural Classification: Medium metro

43,764 Buildings

Activities: 57,951 (1.709 Billion sqft)
National Register of Historic Places (17,350) • LEED-HOMES v2008 (6,836) • Energy Star K-12 School (3,325) …
This collection includes green building activity located in U.S. counties classified as "Medium Metro" by the NCHS Ur...

NCHS Urban-Rural Classification: Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)

26,337 Buildings

Activities: 36,023 (396.3 Million sqft)
National Register of Historic Places (16,208) • LEED-HOMES v2008 (2,316) • EPA GHG Reporting Program (2015) (1,655) …
This collection includes green building activity located in U.S. counties classified as "Micropolitan (non-metropolit...

NCHS Urban-Rural Classification: Large fringe metro

53,066 Buildings

Activities: 69,327 (3.321 Billion sqft)
National Register of Historic Places (15,491) • LEED-HOMES v2008 (9,906) • Energy Star K-12 School (3,749) …
This collection includes green building activity located in U.S. counties classified as "Large Fringe Metro" by the N...

NCHS Urban-Rural Classification: Noncore (nonmetropolitan)

19,966 Buildings

Activities: 26,605 (98.8 Million sqft)
National Register of Historic Places (15,158) • EPA GHG Reporting Program (2015) (1,426) • USDA Farmers Markets (1,228) …
This collection includes green building activity located in U.S. counties classified as "Non-core (non-metropolitan)"...

NCHS Urban-Rural Classification: Small metro

23,528 Buildings

Activities: 31,332 (624.7 Million sqft)
National Register of Historic Places (11,098) • LEED-HOMES v2008 (3,225) • Energy Star K-12 School (1,516) …
This collection includes green building activity located in U.S. counties classified as "Small Metro" by the NCHS Urb...

NCHS Urban-Rural Classification: Large central metro

103,841 Buildings

Activities: 168,824 (18.09 Billion sqft)
National Register of Historic Places (14,668) • LEED-HOMES v2008 (14,101) • 2014 NYC Building Energy and Water Benchmarking (Data for Calendar Year 2013) (12,084) …
This collection includes green building activity located in U.S. counties classified as "Large Central Metro" by the ...

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