The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has recently changed the boundaries of some metropolitan statistical areas. Does this affect Reis MSA definitions?
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has instituted its decennial changes to the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) definitions. The new definitions, as always, reflect transitions in the ‘commuting to work’ patterns and regional population densities at the MSA level. The proposed changes are generally published during the third year following the most recent census. The introduction of the new definitions follows a schedule of revision, which typically lasts about one year, and adoption, typically in the first quarter of the following year, in this case, 2005. The list of changes represents a comprehensive revision of terminology and geography. Most importantly, certain MSA’s are now comprised of more counties (e.g. Atlanta) when compared to the old definitions while others (e.g. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill MSA split to Raleigh and Durham MSA’s) now represent more msa’s than previously, while still others (e.g. Cleveland) have fewer counties. While Reis has always taken Census me
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