CSA (Combined Statistical Area) is an OMB-defined area comprised of various combinations of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas possessing economic and social ties.

Metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) are delineated by the U.S. OMB as having at least one urbanized area with a minimum population of 50,000.

First, it adopted a council recommendation to take an additive approach to updating the locality pay area map in accordance with OMB’s updated map of metropolitan statistical areas and combined ...

Metropolitan Statistical Areas An MSA has an urbanized core of minimally 50,000 population and includes outlying areas determined by commuting measures. In 2004, the U.S. had 361 MSAs and Puerto ...

Brunswick County has previously been a part of the Wilmington Statistical Area, but in 2009, it was separated from its Cape Fear region counterparts — New Hanover and Pender counties — and ...

For a geographical area list, click here. Metropolitan Statistical Area is a geographic entity designated by OMB for use by federal statistical agencies. A metropolitan statistical area consists ...