The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Metropolitan Divisions subdivide a Metropolitan Statistical Area containing a single core urban area that has a population of at least 2.5 million to form smaller groupings of counties or equivalent entities. Not all Metropolitan Statistical Areas with urban areas of this size will contain Metropolitan Divisions. Metropolitan Division are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and consist of one or more main counties or equivalent entities that represent an employment center or centers, plus adjacent counties associated with the main county or counties through commuting ties. Because Metropolitan Divisions represent subdivisions of larger Metropolitan Statistical Areas, it is not appropriate to rank or compare Metropolitan Divisions with Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas. The Metropolitan Divisions boundaries are those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census, published in 2013, and updated in 2017.

Metropolitan Statistical Areas are CBSAs associated with at least one urbanized area that has a population of at least 50,000. The metropolitan statistical area comprises the central county or counties or equivalent entities containing the core, plus adjacent outlying counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the central county or counties as measured through commuting.Download: https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TGRGDB24/tlgdb_2024_a_us_nationgeo.gdb.zip Layer: Core_Based_Statistical_Area where [MEMI] = "1"Metadata: https://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/Current_19115/series_tl_2023_cbsa.shp.iso.xml

The Core Based Statistical Areas boundaries were defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census, and the dataset was updated on August 09, 2019 from the United States Census Bureau (USCB) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas are together termed Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) and are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and consist of the county or counties or equivalent entities associated with at least one urban core (urbanized area or urban cluster) of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core. Categories of CBSAs are: Metropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urbanized areas of 50,000 or more population; and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urban clusters of at least 10,000 population but less than 50,000 population. The CBSA boundaries are those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census, published in 2013, and updated in 2018.

The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line File is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas are together termed Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) and are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and consist of the county or counties or equivalent entities associated with at least one urban core (urbanized area or urban cluster) of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core. Categories of CBSAs are: Metropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urbanized areas of 50,000 or more population, and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urban clusters of at least 10,000 population but less than 50,000 population. The CBSAs for the 2010 Census are those defined by OMB and published in December 2009.

© The United States CBSA Boundaries files were compiled from a variety of sources including the US Bureau of the Census, and data supplied by individual states. This layer is sourced from maps.bts.dot.gov.

Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Related Statistical Areas: Combined New England City and Town Areas, New England City and Town Area Divisions, Metropolitan NECTAs, Micropolitan NECTAs, Combined Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Divisions, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas

Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical AreasPursuant to 44 U.S.C. § 3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. § 1104(d), and Executive Order No. 10,253 (June 11, 1951), 0MB delineates Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Divisions, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, Combined Statistical Areas, and New England City and Town Areas for use in Federal statistical activities. 0MB issues periodic updates of the areas between decennial censuses based on Census Bureau data. Metropolitan Statistical Areas have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties.

The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB).The TIGER/Line Shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System. The MAF/TIGER System represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line Shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The TIGERweb REST Services allows users to integrate the Census Bureau's Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing database (TIGER) data into their own GIS or custom web-based applications.For a more detailed description of the areas listed or terms below, refer to TIGER/Line documentation or the Geographic Areas Reference Manual, (GARM).Metadata

The U.S. Census Grids (Summary File 1), 1990: Metropolitan Statistical Areas data set contains grids of demographic and socioeconomic data from the year 1990 U.S. census in ASCII andGeoTIFF formats for 39 metropolitan statistical areas with at least one million in population. The grids have a resolution of 7.5 arc-seconds (0.002075 decimal degrees), or approximately 250 square meters. The gridded variables are based on census block geography from Census 1990 TIGER/Line Files and census variables (population, households, and housing variables). This data set is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

The 2023 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas are together termed Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) and are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and consist of the county or counties or equivalent entities associated with at least one urban core of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core. Categories of CBSAs are: Metropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urban areas of 50,000 or more population; and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urban areas of at least 10,000 population but less than 50,000 population. The generalized boundaries in this file are based on those defined by OMB based on the 2020 Census and published in 2023.

On September 14, 2018, OMB Bulletin No 18-04 published the planned revisions to Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas and published guidance on uses of those area.Delineations of the revised areas was completed using the 2018 TIGER Line data from the US Census Bureau and List 1 from the OMB bulletin. Data from List 1 was published in excel format to the Census Bureau’s website in September 2018. The data were joined and new metropolitan/micropolitan areas and combined statistical areas were generated.For more info see:Federal Register: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-06-28/pdf/2010-15605.pdfOMB Bulletin: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Bulletin-18-04.pdfCensus Delineation files: https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/demo/metro-micro/delineation-files.html

Census REST files provide a way for users to request TIGER\Line information from Census GIS servers files through Representational State Transfer (REST)technology. Clients issue requests to the server through structured URLs. The server responds with map images, text-based geographic information, or other resources that satisfy the request. The 2016 Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Related Statistical Areas REST File contains Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Related Statistical Areas: Metropolitan NECTAs, Micropolitan NECTAs, Combined Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas; January 1, 2016 vintage; Generalized. This Rest service contains data as of January 1,2016 .

Census REST files provide a way for users to request TIGER\Line information from Census GIS servers files through Representational State Transfer (REST)technology. Clients issue requests to the server through structured URLs. The server responds with map images, text-based geographic information, or other resources that satisfy the request. The 2016 Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Related Statistical Areas REST File contains Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Related Statistical Areas: Combined New England City and Town Areas, New England City and Town Area Divisions, Metropolitan NECTAs, Micropolitan NECTAs, Combined Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Divisions, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas; January 1, 2010 vintage. This Rest service contains data as of January 1,2016 .

This dataset contains metropolitan statistical area (MSA) level information for licensed child care facilities in the State of Michigan. A count of programs, type of programs, and capacity per program is included in the dataset. Program point data was obtained from Great Start to Quality and aggregated to metropolitan statistical area level by Data Driven Detroit in September 2018.

These data layers in this collection represent urban classes and rural land 1990-2010 within Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) The data can be downloaded as a .7z archive. Once extracted, the data layers can be found in the Data subdirectory which contains a map document (CensusGHSL_MSA.mxd) to open the data and map layouts in an ArcMap project and two subfolders. The MSA_Boundaries subfolder contains the MSA boundaries of the year 2000. The Urban_Classes subfolder contains the produced urban classes based on block-level census data and GHSL for the years 1990, 2000 and 2010, and for different GHSL built-up thresholds (1%, 25% and 50%). In the Documentation subdirectory the user will find a data dictionary, and an illustrative image of the data collection (.png).

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 2023Metropolitan Statistical Areas (2010s): 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

Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Related Statistical Areas: Combined New England City and Town Areas, New England City and Town Area Divisions, Metropolitan NECTAs, Micropolitan NECTAs, Combined Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Divisions, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas

PDF. Letter-size map of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area (2002), St. Louis County, Missouri. Link to Metadata.

These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:1,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the National Atlas of the United States in the use of these data.

In 2023, the metropolitan area of New York-Newark-Jersey City had the biggest population in the United States. Based on annual estimates from the census, the metropolitan area had around 19.5 million inhabitants, which was a slight decrease from the previous year. The Los Angeles and Chicago metro areas rounded out the top three. What is a metropolitan statistical area? In general, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a core urbanized area with a population of at least 50,000 inhabitants – the smallest MSA is Carson City, with an estimated population of nearly 56,000. The urban area is made bigger by adjacent communities that are socially and economically linked to the center. MSAs are particularly helpful in tracking demographic change over time in large communities and allow officials to see where the largest pockets of inhabitants are in the country. How many MSAs are in the United States? There were 421 metropolitan statistical areas across the U.S. as of July 2021. The largest city in each MSA is designated the principal city and will be the first name in the title. An additional two cities can be added to the title, and these will be listed in population order based on the most recent census. So, in the example of New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York has the highest population, while Jersey City has the lowest. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts an official population count every ten years, and the new count is expected to be announced by the end of 2030.

The tables and interactive maps below allow users to explore the ratio of debt to income by state, metropolitan statistical area, and county for each year since 1999. Household debt is calculated from Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax Data, and household income is reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.