inner city

1. 1.

   the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city

   Broadercenter

   Part ofcity

Questions about inner city

What does inner city mean?

inner city means "the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city".

Is inner city a common word?

inner city is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.