Metropolitan Statistical Area. A term used by government agencies and other organizations. The MSA divides the United States into 306 areas according to population density. Cellular contracts are awarded by MSA.
The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue MSA is one of 362 MSA markets defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The MSA is one type of a Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA).
Metropolitan, or Market, Service Area
Metropolitan Serving Area
The 306 largest urban markets in the United States are designated by population as MSAs by the U.S. government. At least two wireless operators are licensed in each MSA.
metropolitan statistical area. a Census Bureau-defined urbanized area of at least 50,000 inhabitants with a total metropolitan population of at least 100,000. Additional contiguous counties are included in the MSA if they meet certain requirements of commuting to the central counties and other selected requirements of metropolitan character (such as population density and percent urban).
See Metropolitan Service Area.
Metropolitan Statistical Area is the coverage of a city as in a cellular network. A U.S. Census Bureau term.
(Metropolitan Statistical Area) - A highly populated, economically integrated area defined by the Office of Management and Budget as a Federal statistical standard. MSA 1990 is based on 1990 Census data. Defined by county. Note: An MSA is the suburbs and surrounding geography of any major city, that aren't technically in that city but are often referred to as being apart of that city.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. The President’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) establishes and maintains the definitions of metropolitan areas solely for statistical purposes. All federal agencies that collect and publish data for MSAs use the most recent definitions of MSAs established by OMB. National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) NEMIS is a FEMA-wide system of hardware, software, telecommunications, and applications that provides a technology base to FEMA and its partners to carry out the emergency management mission. NEMIS integrates and automates tools to support operations for many of the agency’s essential activities. NEMIS enables FEMA to use information as a strategic resource to provide effective and timely response, recovery, mitigation, and services, and also to provide access to the data and analytical tools necessary for making effective plans and decisions.
See Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Metropolitan Statistical Area (USA). Basically, the major city cellular service areas.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. A term applied by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget to counties or aggregations of counties that have one or more central cities and that meet specified criteria of population, population density, commuting patterns, and social and economic integration.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. One or more counties having a population of at least 50,000. A Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) is an area with two or more Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSA). A CMSA must also include at least 1 million people.
Metropolitan Service Area. A cellular service area covering a large city.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. A geographic entity defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by federal statistical agencies, based on the concept of a core area with a large population nucleus, plus adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with that core. Qualification of an MSA requires the presence of a city with 50,000 or more inhabitants, or the presence of an Urbanized Area (UA) and a total population of at least 100,000 (75,000 in New England). The county or counties containing the largest city and surrounding densely settled territory are central counties of the MSA. Additional outlying counties qualify to be included in the MSA by meeting certain other criteria of metropolitan character, such as a specified minimum population density or percentage of the population that is urban. MSAs in New England are defined in terms of minor civil divisions, following rules concerning commuting and population density.( Back to the top)
Metropolitan Statistical Area Refers to a largely populated area The opposite of RSA. These areas typically are surrounded by nonmetropolitan counties
Metropolitan Statistical Area. Census Bureau delineation for major metro areas in the U.S. Also includes standard (SMSA) and consolidated metropolitan statistical area (CMSA).
Metropolitan Statistical Area. The current standards provide that each newly qualifying MSA must include at least: one city with 50,000 or more inhabitants, or a Census Bureau-defined urbanized area (of at least 50,000 inhabitants) and a total metropolitan population of at least 100,000 (75,000 in New England). Under the standards, the county (or counties) that contains the largest city becomes the "central county" (counties), along with any adjacent counties that have at least 50 percent of their population in the urbanized area surrounding the largest city.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. A clearly defined geographic area used to establish a standard measure for population statistics and analysis. Defined by the US Government and represents the commercial core of an economic region.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. Generally, the area in and around a major city. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines an MSA as having one of the following characteristics: a city with a population of at least 50,000, or an urbanized area with a population of at least 50,000 with a total metropolitan population of 100,000.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. An area that has either a city with a population of at least 50,000 or a Bureau of Census urbanized area of at least 50,000 and a total metropolitan area of at least 100,000. The Office of Management and Budget designates the MSAs. There are two MSAs in Idaho—Boise City (including Ada and Canyon counties) and Pocatello City (including Bannock County).
One of the 305 urban cellular telephone service areas as defined by the FCC. When the FCC began issuing cellular radio licenses, it divided the United States into RSA and MSA markets.
Metropolitan Service Area. An urban area with at least 50,000 people plus surrounding counties. There are 306 MSAs and 428 RSAs in U.S.
One of the 306 largest urban markets as designated by the U.S. government, based on population. At least two wireless operators are licensed in each MSA.
(Metropolitan Statistical Area) Areas designated by the government, there are 306 MSAs in the US. MSAs include at least 50,000 people or an urbanized area of at least 100,000 people and are used for grouping census data. The FCC uses these same groupings to provide licenses to cellular telephone service carriers.
The Metropolitan Statistical Area has been defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget with help from the Federal Committee on Metropolitan Staistical Areas generally as a county or a group of counties containing at least one city having a population of 50,000 or more plus adjacent counties that are metropolitan in character and are economically and socially integrated with the central city.
Metropolitan Statistical Area: An MSA demotes one of the 306 largest urban population markets as designated by the U.S. government. Two wireless operators are licensed in each MSA.
Metropolitan Statistical Area, an urbanized area defined by the U.S. government for use in grouping census data and other statistics. The FCC uses MSAs in licensing cellular telephone service carriers.
Metropolitan Statistical Area - The U.S. government uses a three-tiered classification of metro markets. The purpose of this census system of market designation is to enable federal agencies to use consistent geographic definitions when collecting and disseminating metro area statistics. The basic unit - the MSA - is defined as a geographic area comprising a significant population nucleus together with adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with that nucleus.
Metropolitan Statistical Area (formerly Standard Metro Statistical Area)
Metropolitan Statistical Area. A core geographic area containing a large population nucleus as designated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Metropolitan Statistical Area- also called Metro Area. A central area with a specified population of 50,000 or more consisting of a city or cities and the county or counties in which it is located.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. A geographic area defined by the U.S. Census Bureau that encompasses the territory around a major city. The territory included in the MSAs are the counties that encompass the city. Each NIC MAP MSA report lists the counties included in the report.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. an area qualifies as an MSA in one of two ways: it must either have a city of at least 50,000 population or an urbanized area of at least 50,000 and a total metropolitan area population of at least 100,000. MSAs are defined in terms of counties. In addition to the county containing the main city, an MSA may include additional counties which have close economic and social ties to the central city.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (metro and micro areas) are geographic entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use by Federal statistical agencies in collecting, tabulating, and publishing Federal statistics.
An area defined by the US government for use in grouping census data and other statistics. MSAs include a city of at least 50,000 people or an urbanized area of at least 100,000 people and the counties that include these areas. Not all areas of the US are in an MSA. The FCC used these area definitions to license cellular telephone service carriers. There are 306 regions of the US designated as MSAs.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. Defines geographic areas; developed by U.S. Census Bureau
Metropolitan Statistical Area. One of 306 geographic regions in the United States that are used as license areas in the cellular frequency band. MSAs are primarily urban areas.
(Metropolitan Statistical Area) An MSA includes a city of at least 50,000 people or urbanized area of at least 100,000 people and the counties that include these areas. In order for a wireless carrier to provide service to a specific MSA, it must have an FCC license for that area. Two licenses were originally assigned per MSA, for slightly different radio frequency sub-bands. Since they were first assigned, most cellular licenses have been sold and/or sub-divided, both by geography and radio frequency
Metropolitan Statistical Area. An economically integrated region including and surrounding a central city; areas in an MSA outside the central city are suburbs.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. A geographic entity designated by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by federal statistical agencies. A metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a metropolitan area (MA) that is not closely associated with another MA. An MSA consists of one or more counties, except in New England, where MSAs are defined in terms of county subdivisions (primarily cities and towns). (See also supplemental note 1.)
Metropolitan Statistical Area. Areas defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. A Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is 1) A county or a group of contiguous counties that contain at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more, or 2) An urbanized area of at least 50,000 inhabitants and a total MSA population of at least 100,000 (75,000 in New England). The contiguous counties are included in an MSA if, according to certain criteria, they are essentially metropolitan in character and are socially and economically integrated with the central city. In New England, MSAs consist of towns and cities rather than counties. (DOE4) (DOE5) (FHWA3)
The US Government uses a three-tiered classification of metro markets. The purpose of this Census system of market designation is to enable the federal agencies to use consistent geographic definitions when collecting and disseminating metro area statistics. The basic unit is called an MSA - Metropolitan Statistical Area which is defined as a geographic area comprising a significant population nucleus together with adjacent communities which have a high degree of economic and social integration within that nucleus.
Metropolitan Statistical Area. One of 306 geographic regions, primarily urban areas, in the United States that are used as license areas in the cellular frequency band. Originally, two wireless operators were licensed in each MSA.