According to my Claritas manual:
MSA stands for Metropolitan Statistical Area and was created by the Office
of Management and Budget to replace the SMSA.
An area qualifies for recognition as an MSA in one of two ways according to
1980 standards:
If there is a city of at least 50,000 population or an urbanized aea
of at least 50,000 with a total metropolitan population of at least 100,000.
In addition to the county containing the main city, an MSA may also
include additional counties which have close economic and social ties to the
central county. MSAs are defined in terms of entire counties, except in the
six New England states where cities are used.
AAAWWWW, just found this. Lots of good info:
http://www.oseda.missouri.edu/plue/geocorr/htmls/maggot.html
Happy Friday,
Patricia E. Slagle
Knoxville News-Sentinel Co.
208 W. Church St.
Knoxville TN 37902
Voice: (423) 521-1773
Fax: (423) 673-2091
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> Subject: MI CMSA's, PMSA's and MSA's
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> Hello Mapheads!�
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> Can anyone explain the difference to me?� Does anyone know where I can
> find the "OFFICIAL" definitions?
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> Thanks in advance
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> Dan
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