Provides regional identifiers for county based regions of various types. These can be combined with other datasets for visualization, mapping, analyses, and aggregation. These regions include:Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Current): MSAs as defined by US OMB in 2013Metropolitan Statistical Areas (2000s): MSAs as defined by US OMB in 2003Region: Three broad regions in North Carolina (Eastern, Western, Central)Council of GovernmentsProsperity Zones: NC Department of Commerce Prosperity ZonesNCDOT Divisions: NC Dept. of Transportation DivisionsNCDOT Districts (within Divisions)Metro Regions: Identifies Triangle, Triad, Charlotte, All Other Metros, & Non-MetropolitanUrban/Rural defined by:NC Rural Center (Urban, Regional/Suburban, Rural) - 2020 Census designations2010 Census (Urban = Counties with 50% or more population living in urban areas in 2010)2010 Census Urbanized (Urban = Counties with 50% or more of the population living in urbanized areas in 2010 (50,000+ sized urban area))Municipal Population - State Demographer (Urban = counties with 50% or more of the population living in a municipality as of July 1, 2019)Isserman Urban-Rural Density Typology

STF2 A and B differ in geographic coverage only. They contain complete-count data. Population items tabulated include age in single years, race (provisional data), sex, marital status, Spanish origin (provisional data), household type, and household relationship. Housing items tabulated include occupancy/vacancy status, tenure, contract rent, value, condominium status, number of rooms, and plumbing facilities.

Selected aggregates, means, and medians are provided also. The files comprise two record types. The first, record A, is presented once for each geographic area. Characteristics data in record A are subject to suppression criteria. Record B is present for a maximum of six race and Spanish origin categories in 2A and for a maximum of 26 race and Spanish origin categories in 2B.

FILE A provides summaries for standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSA's) and for the following SMSA components: counties or county equivalents, places of 10,000 or more inhabitants, census tracts, and totals for census tracts split by county components. A summary is also provided for the tracted area outside of SMSA's within each State. FILE B provides summaries for the State or State equivalent, State components, standard consolidated statistical areas (SCSA's) and the urban and ru ral portions of the SCSA, standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSA's) and the urban and rural portions of the SMSA, urbanized areas, counties or county equivalents and the rural portion of the county, minor civil divisions (MCD's) or census country divisions (CCD's), places of 1,000 or more inhabitants and the urban portion of any places that have been split into urban and rural components, American Indian reservations and their county portions, and Alaska Native villages. Data for STF2 A and B will be for the state of North Carolina only.