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Originally Posted by Muzamba
Now, I suppose I should ask if you ARE, in fact, including these locales, as they are often still included in their respective core city's population.
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The same questions arise when using U.S. census data. You have the population of the city/town proper, and you have the population of the metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area. For example, San Francisco and Oakland may be separate cities, but the U.S. Census Bureau considers them part of the same metropolitan statistical area due to the degree of economic and social integration between the two.
What ultimately matters is the area population rather than the population of the city/town proper. Ideally, places could have two population counts listed: one for the core city/town, and the other for the area.