Metropolitan Statistical Area

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As a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) are combined for statistical purposes metropolitan areas in the United States designated. They were defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Unlike municipalities, counties or states , a Metropolitan Statistical Area has no administrative function. It only exists for the socio-demographic characterization of the population living in it. A county only ever belongs to an MSA as a complete territorial unit.

The areas either have a polar structure with a metropolis as their center, but do not have to contain a recognizable regional center. The United States Census Bureau conducts data collection and compilation of statistics .

There are a total of 381 MSAs in the United States. There are seven other MSAs in the suburb of Puerto Rico, which is economically associated with the United States .

In 2003, so-called Micropolitan Statistical Areas with a population of 10,000 to 49,999 were also introduced.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OMB Bulletin No. 09-01. Office of Management and Budget , November 20, 2008, archived from the original on August 11, 2010 ; accessed on April 20, 2015 .
  2. ↑ OMB Bulletin No. 13-01. Office of Management and Budget, February 28, 2013, archived from the original March 19, 2013 ; accessed on April 20, 2015 .
  3. ↑ OMB Bulletin No. 10-02. Office of Management and Budget, December 1, 2009, archived from the original ; accessed on April 20, 2015 .

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