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|METROPOLITAN AREAS 1995LISTS I-IVStatistical Policy
                  OfficeOffice of Management and BudgetAttachments to OMB Bulletin No.
                  95-04 
         
         INTRODUCTION 
         The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines metropolitan areas
                (MAs) following the official standards published in the Federal Register (55 FR
                12154-12160) on March 30, 1990. MAs comprise metropolitan statistical areas
                (MSAs), consolidated metropolitan statistical areas (CMSAs), and primary
                metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs). These areas are defined in terms of
                entire counties, except in the six New England States where they are defined in
                terms of cities and towns. New England county metropolitan areas (NECMAs) are
                an alternative set of county-based areas defined for New England states.
         Effective June 30, 1995, there are 256 MSAs, 19 CMSAs, and 76 PMSAs,
                including 3 MSAs, 1 CMSA, and 3 PMSAs in Puerto Rico. Attached are four lists
                containing the definitions of these areas based on the MA standards published
                in the Federal Register on March 30, 1990, the 1990 Decennial Census data, and
                1992 and 1994 Census Bureau population estimates. List I is a comprehensive
                alphabetical listing of all MSAs, CMSAs, and PMSAs. It presents the definition
                and central cities for each MSA, and identifies each CMSA and PMSA by title
                only (referring the user to List II for their definitions). List II provides
                definitions of each CMSA and its component PMSAs. Both List I and List II
                present central cities in the order in which they appear in the area title and
                then in descending order of their 1990 populations. List III identifies the
                MSAs, CMSAs, and PMSAs by State, with cross references to the list on which to
                find each area's definition and central cities. Parentheses around MA titles in
                List III indicate that an area recently has become part of another or has a new
                title. List IV specifies the definitions of 12 NECMAs.
         The first column of each list contains Federal Information Processing
                Standards (FIPS) codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and
                Technology (NIST) in the Department of Commerce to standardize the coding of
                electronic data processing information. NIST has assigned a unique four digit
                code for each MSA, PMSA, and NECMA and a unique two digit code for each CMSA.
         List I - Metropolitan Areas
                
                (52k)List II - Consolidated Metropolitan
                Statistical Areas & Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas
                
                (25k)List III - Metropolitan Areas Arranged by
                State 
                (23k)List IV - Definitions of New England
                County Metropolitan Areas 
                (5k)

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