[CTPP] Re: Use of 2000 County-to-County Commuting for MSA additions

TO: CTPP List-serv I don't have much to contribute to this discussion, other than a news clipping that Ed Christopher provided to me from our DC/Baltimore colleagues (from the Baltimore Sun): http://www.sunspot.net/business/bal-bz.census16mar16,0,933589.story?coll=bal I do know that OMB was searching for local input on defining CMSAs and MSAs, using early versions of the county-to-county Census 2000 commute data. They, OMB, were conducting this local input process via local congessional delegations. We basically got a fourth generation FAX from one of our congresspersons asking us about the funding implications of CMSA/MSA designations. I believe the initial round of input was closed (?) on October 31, 2002. Can some of our federal colleagues enlighten us on the OMB process? Future hearings? Means to express our interest? Reviewing the comments received from our congressional delegation? Chuck Purvis, MTC Now that the county-to-county commuting data is out, does anyone know when the Census Bureau will announce the new MSA list? I read the Dec. 27, 2000, OMB Notice re: the MSA standards and it appears based upon the new county-to-county data, Greene County will be included with Pitt County (the central county) in the Greenville (NC) MSA. First message on this subject from . . . The new regulations for MSA definitions state basically that an outlying county is included if at least 25 percent of the "employed residents" work in the central county or counties (those counties with over 50 percent of the population in the urbanized area). Obviously the county-to-county commuting numbers provide the number of residents working in the central counties. However the "employed residents" is less clear. Is it from the same source (Apples and Apples) and thereby excluding those not at work during the reference week, or is it taken from SF3 (Apples and Oranges) and thus "total" resident employment? We have a county that is 25.03% by the first method and 24.73% by the second. In or out?