Transcription of Chapter 13 Metropolitan Areas - Census.gov
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Chapter 13 Metropolitan Areas - Census.gov
The general concept of a Metropolitan area (MA)1is that of a core area containing a large population nucleus, together with adjacent communitiesthat have a high degree of economic and social integration with that Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB)2designates anddefines MAs following a set of official standards. (The MA standards for the1990s were published in the Federal Registeron March 30, 1990 Vol. 55, No. 62, pp. 12154-12160.) The MA classification is provided for use by Fed-eral agencies in the production, analysis, and publication of data. An interagency committee the Federal Executive Committee on Metro-politan Areas (FECMA) advises the OMB on the development of the MAstandards with the aim of producing definitions that will be as consistent as possible for all MAs nationwide.
The general concept of a metropolitan area (MA)1 is that of a core area containing a large population nucleus, together with adjacent communities that have a high degree of economic and social integration with that core. The Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB)2 designates and defines MAs following a set of official standards.
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