17 Jun
2003
17 Jun
'03
9:45 a.m.
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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