Census 2010 Numbers

[oldmanshirt]

Originally Posted by Schertz1

OMB recently changed the automatic threshold from 25% to 15%, so a CSA should happen soon.

Did they have a press release? That's the first I've heard of that.

[miaht82]

Here is the report from 2010:

From Office of Management and Budget
2010 Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas; Notice

The standards designate and delineate two categories of CBSAs: Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Micropolitan Statistical Areas.

Section 8. Combining Adjacent Core Based Statistical Areas
(a) Any two adjacent CBSAs will form a Combined Statistical Area if the employment interchange measure between the two areas is at least 15.
(b) The CBSAs thus combined will also continue to be recognized as individual CBSAs within the Combined Statistical Area. (p.6)
Section 10. Updating Schedule
(a) The Office of Management and Budget will delineate CBSAs in 2013 based on 2010 Census data and 2006– 2010 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. (p.7)

Definition (current):
Combined Statistical Area—A geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent Core Based Statistical Areas with employment interchange measures of at least 15. (p.7)


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This is what the old one said (from 2000)

Section 8.
Combining Adjacent Core Based Statistical Areas
(a) Any two adjacent CBSAs will form a Combined Statistical Area if the employment interchange measure between the two areas is at least 25.
(b) Adjacent CBSAs that have an employment interchange measure of at least 15 and less than 25 will combine if local opinion, as reported by the
congressional delegations in both areas, favors combination.
(c) The CBSAs that combine retain separate identities within the larger Combined Statistical Areas.

Definitions: (from 2000)
Combined Statistical Area.—A geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) with employment interchange measures of at least 15.
Pairs of CBSAs with employment interchange measures of at least 25 combine automatically. Pairs of CBSAs with employment interchange measures of at least 15, but less than 25, may combine if local opinion in both areas favors combination.