This information is provided by Todd Gardner
Population Distribution Branch, U.S. Census Bureau:
The standards for defining CBSAs are given in the Dec. 27, 2000, Federal
Register Notice, available on the Census Bureau's website at
http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/masrp.html. To determine if
a county qualifies as an outlying county in a CBSA the following test is
employed:
Section 3. Outlying Counties
A county qualifies as an outlying county of a CBSA if it meets the
following commuting requirements:
(a) at least 25 percent of the employed residents of the county
work in the central county or counties of the CBSA; or
(b) at least 25 percent of the employment in the county is
accounted for by workers who reside in the central county or counties
of the CBSA.
A county may appear in only one CBSA. If a county qualifies as a
central county of one CBSA and as outlying in another, it falls within
the CBSA in which it is a central county. A county that qualifies as
outlying to multiple CBSAs falls within the CBSA with which it has the
strongest commuting tie, as measured by either (a) or (b) above. The
counties included in a CBSA must be contiguous; if a county is not
contiguous with other counties in the CBSA, it will not fall within the
CBSA.
The numbers used in this test come from the 2000 County-to-County Worker
Flow Files, available on the Census Bureau's website at
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/commuting.html. The number of
employed residents is calculated by adding up all counts of individuals in
the 2000 County-to-County Worker Flow Files where the county in question is
listed as the county of residence. Similarly, county employment is
calculated by adding up all counts in the 2000 County-to-County Worker Flow
Files where the county in question is listed as the place of work. If you
have any further questions you can contact me at 301-763-2459.
--Todd Gardner
Population Distribution Branch
Do we have any idea when the new CTPP files will actually be
released? Please advise.
Patty Becker
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We are in the process of organising an International Conference in Survey Methods that will be held in Costa Rica in August, 2004. Details can be found on our new web site:
www.travelsurveyconferences.org
Please check out the web site, and also note the call for abstracts -- abstracts are due to me by July 20.
Peter Stopher
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Prof. Peter Stopher, Ph.D., FIEAust, F ASCE
Professor of Transport Planning
Institute of Transport Studies, C37
The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
AUSTRALIA
e-mail: peters(a)its.usyd.edu.au
Internet: http://www.its.usyd.edu.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 9351 0010
Fax: +61 (0)2 9351 0088
Mobile: +61 (0)438 644 430
Home address:
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e-mail: peters19(a)bigpond.net.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 9979 4496
Fax: +61 (0)2 9997 2076
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On Friday, June 27th the Oregon CTPP Part one's were mailed to the
Oregon MPOs and state DOT by the Census Bureau. Oregon was used as the
test data for the software development. It is expected that the
California CDs will be mailed Monday. In the queue are Texas, New York,
Florida and New Jersey. MPOs in these states and the state DOTs should
expect to see their data before July 11th. As more states get in the
processing queue and are completed, the CTPP Working Group will post the
information here. To answer many of your basic questions check
"Anticipating the CTPP" at
http://www.trbcensus.com/notes/ctpp_distribution.pdf
--
Ed Christopher
Planning Specialist
Resource Center
Federal Highway Administration
19900 Governors Drive
Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (cell)
I'm posting this for Michael Ratcliffe, who is not a subscriber to this
listserve.
--Phil
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OMB has indicated that they prefer "metro area" and "micro area" as
abbreviations. They do not like "MeSA" and "MiSA."
Other acceptable abbreviations are:
CBSA for Core Based Statistical Area
CSA for Combined Statistical Area
NECTA for New England City and Town Area
CNECTA for Combined New England City and Town Area
Metro Division for Metropolitan Division
NECTA Division for New England City and Town Area Division
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Michael R. Ratcliffe
Chief, Population Distribution Branch
Population Division
U.S. Census Bureau
301-763-2421
michael.r.ratcliffe(a)census.gov
Keith:
>mSA looks good, but wouldn't ìSA be better?
>
>Keith Goodman
I think you used a Greek leading letter, but it did not come through, so
that is one problem with that abbreviation.
Peter
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Elaine and Ed:
>On Friday, the Office of Management and Budget released the list of revised
>definitions of Metropolitan Areas, and new definitions of Micropolitan and
>Combined Statistical Areas.
Are there commonly-accepted abbreviations for Metropolitan Statistical Area
and Micropolitan Statistical Area? The OMB circular did not indicate any.
MSA won't work anymore; they could be MeSA and MiSA, which are a little
cryptic, or MetroSA and MicroSA, which are a little long.
Peter
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Apologies in advance for any duplicate receipts ...
-----Original Message-----
From: COPAFS(a)aol.com [mailto:COPAFS@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 6:54 AM
Subject: News From COPAFS:Revised Metropolitan/Micropolitan Definitions
Dear Members and Friends of COPAFS:
On Friday, the Office of Management and Budget released the list of revised
definitions of Metropolitan Areas, and new definitions of Micropolitan and
Combined Statistical Areas. The list of areas can be obtained by going to:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ Go to "Bulletins" (on the left hand side of
the page under "Information for Agencies") and then at the bottom of the
announcement, Bulletin 03-04, there is the link to the PDF Attachment.
A full text of the short press release (2003-18) can be found on the OMB web
site at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/pubpress/index.html
COPAFS will host a one day seminar on November 4, 2003, to assess the impact
of the new areas on the public and private sectors. An announcement and
registration form will be on our web site at www.copafs.org by tomorrow
afternoon.
Regards,
Ed Spar
thanks to chuck purvis who updated the trb census subcommittee calendar
page with the most current dates of the various data releases. this
page also contains links to the webpages for the products that have come
out.
http://www.TRBcensus.com/calendar.html