Metropolitan Statistical Areas
New Standards and Their Impact on Selected Federal Programs Gao ID: GAO-04-758 June 14, 2004For the past 50 years, the federal government has had a metropolitan area program designed to provide a nationally consistent set of standards for collecting, tabulating, and publishing federal statistics for geographic areas in the United States and Puerto Rico. Before each decennial census, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reviews the standards to ensure their continued usefulness and relevance and, if warranted, revises them. While designed only for statistical purposes, various federal programs use the statistical areas to determine eligibility and to allocate federal funds. OMB advises agencies to carefully review program goals to ensure that appropriate geographic entities are used in making these decisions. GAO was asked to examine the process used for developing the OMB standards issued in 2000 and their effects on certain federal programs. Specifically, GAO agreed to report on (1) the process used to develop the 2000 standards, (2) how the 2000 standards differed from the 1990 standards, (3) how the application of the standards affected the geographic distribution of counties into statistical areas, and (4) the effect of standards on the eligibility and funding allocations for four federal programs.
The new standards for federal statistical recognition of metropolitan areas issued by OMB in 2000 differ from the 1990 standards in many ways. One of the most notable differences is the introduction of a new designation for less populated areas--micropolitan statistical areas. These are areas comprised of a central county or counties with at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 people, plus adjacent outlying counties if commuting criteria is met. The 2000 standards and the latest population update have resulted in five counties being dropped from metropolitan statistical areas, while another 41counties that had been a part of a metropolitan statistical area have had their statistical status changed and are now components of micropolitan statistical areas. Overall, the 2000 standards have resulted in changes in every state and nationwide statistical coverage has increased. Under the 1990 standards, 847 counties were in metropolitan statistical areas. Now, there are 1090 counties in metropolitan statistical areas and 690 counties in micropolitan statistical areas. Of the four federal programs GAO reviewed to determine the impact of the 2000 standards, eligibility under one has expanded; eligibility under another is expected to expand in January 2005; the agency overseeing another anticipates under its proposal that program payments for fiscal year 2005 will be affected, but with no net increase in funding; and eligibility under another program is unaffected because the geographic boundaries used to determine eligibility are set by statute. For example, the standards have resulted in new eligibility in fiscal year 2004 for 60 cities to receive a total of $36.2 million in Community Development Block Grants, which provide funds to revitalize neighborhood infrastructure. This funding increase required a 1.2 percent funding cut for all other grantees because a cut is required to offset increases due to expanded eligibility.
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Report to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy,
Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, Committee on Government
Reform, House of Representatives:
June 2004:
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS:
New Standards and Their Impact on Selected Federal Programs:
GAO-04-758:
GAO Highlights:
Highlights of GAO-04-758, a report to the Subcommittee on Technology,
Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census,
Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives
Why GAO Did This Study:
For the past 50 years, the federal government has had a metropolitan
area program designed to provide a nationally consistent set of
standards for collecting, tabulating, and publishing federal statistics
for geographic areas in the United States and Puerto Rico. Before each
decennial census, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reviews the
standards to ensure their continued usefulness and relevance and, if
warranted, revises them. While designed only for statistical purposes,
various federal programs use the statistical areas to determine
eligibility and to allocate federal funds. OMB advises agencies to
carefully review program goals to ensure that appropriate geographic
entities are used in making these decisions.
GAO was asked to examine the process used for developing the OMB
standards issued in 2000 and their effects on certain federal programs.
Specifically, GAO agreed to report on (1) the process used to develop
the 2000 standards, (2) how the 2000 standards differed from the 1990
standards, (3) how the application of the standards affected the
geographic distribution of counties into statistical areas, and (4)
the effect of standards on the eligibility and funding allocations for
four federal programs.
What GAO Found:
The new standards for federal statistical recognition of metropolitan
areas issued by OMB in 2000 differ from the 1990 standards in many
ways. One of the most notable differences is the introduction of a new
designation for less populated areas”micropolitan statistical areas.
These are areas comprised of a central county or counties with at
least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000
people, plus adjacent outlying counties if commuting criteria is met.
The 2000 standards and the latest population update have resulted in
five counties being dropped from metropolitan statistical areas, while
another 41 counties that had been a part of a metropolitan statistical
area have had their statistical status changed and are now components
of micropolitan statistical areas. Overall, the 2000 standards have
resulted in changes in every state and nationwide statistical coverage
has increased. Under the 1990 standards, 847 counties were in
metropolitan statistical areas. Now, there are 1090 counties in
metropolitan statistical areas and 690 counties in micropolitan
statistical areas.
Of the four federal programs GAO reviewed to determine the impact of
the 2000 standards, eligibility under one has expanded; eligibility
under another is expected to expand in January 2005; the agency
overseeing another anticipates under its proposal that program payments
for fiscal year 2005 will be affected, but with no net increase in
funding; and eligibility under another program is unaffected because
the geographic boundaries used to determine eligibility are set by
statute. For example, the standards have resulted in new eligibility in
fiscal year 2004 for 60 cities to receive a total of $36.2 million in
Community Development Block Grants, which provide funds to revitalize
neighborhood infrastructure. This funding increase required a 1.2
percent funding cut for all other grantees because a cut is required
to offset increases due to expanded eligibility.
Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States,
June 2003:
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Contents:
Letter:
Results in Brief:
Background:
Scope and Methodology:
Completion of the 2000 Standards Occurred after Extensive Consultation
over Many Years:
Changes in Terminology Accompanied Definitional Changes:
2000 Standards Affected How and Whether Many Counties Were Included in
New Statistical Areas:
Impact of Revised Standards on Four Selected Federal Programs Varied:
Conclusion:
Appendixes:
Appendix I: Potential Impact on Federal Funding of the Office of
Management and Budget's Revised Metropolitan Statistical Standards:
Appendix II: 2003 Metropolitan Area Key Terms:
Appendix III: Comparison of 2000 Metropolitan and Micropolitan
Statistical Area Standards to 1990 Metropolitan Area Standards:
Appendix IV: Counties in Micropolitan Statistical Areas That Were
Previously in Metropolitan Statistical Areas:
Appendix V: Statistical Status of Counties as of 1999 and 2003:
Appendix VI: State Maps: New Mexico, New York, and Michigan:
Tables:
Table 1: Comparison of Definitions of Key Terms Used in 2000 and 1990
OMB Metropolitan Area Standards:
Table 2: Percentage Increase of Counties in Statistical Areas from 1999
to 2004 for New Mexico, New York, and Michigan:
Figures:
Figure 1: Chronology of Key Events in OMB's Development of New
Statistical Standards for Metropolitan Areas in 2000:
Figure 2: Metropolitan Areas of the United States, June 1999:
Figure 3: Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas of the United
States, June 2003:
Figure 4: Changes in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Status as Defined by
OMB from June 1999 to October 2003: New Mexico:
Figure 5: Changes in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Status as Defined by
OMB from June 1999 to October 2003: New York:
Figure 6: Changes in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Status as Defined by
OMB from June 1999 to October 2003: Michigan:
Letter June 14, 2004:
The Honorable Adam H. Putnam:
Chairman:
The Honorable Wm. Lacy Clay:
Ranking Minority Member:
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental
Relations and the Census:
Committee on Government Reform:
House of Representatives:
For the past 50 years, the federal government has had a metropolitan
area program designed to provide consistency in collecting, tabulating,
and publishing federal statistics for geographic areas in the United
States and Puerto Rico. Although these geographic areas are designed
for statistical purposes only, various federal programs use these areas
to determine eligibility and to allocate federal funds. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) advises agencies, organizations, and
policymakers to carefully review program goals to ensure that
appropriate geographic entities are used in making these decisions.
Before each decennial census, OMB reviews the standards used in
defining the boundaries of these statistical areas to ensure their
continued usefulness and relevance and, if warranted, revises them. OMB
had determined that a more fundamental examination of the standards was
required for 2000 and advisory groups were formed to look at the
standards. These groups suggested OMB consider defining less populated
areas, which had been statistically unrecognized.
To provide information to this Subcommittee and other members of
Congress, you asked us to examine the process used for developing the
2000 standards issued by OMB and their effects on certain federal
programs. Specifically, we agreed to report on (1) the process used to
develop the 2000 standards, (2) how the 2000 standards differ from the
1990 standards, (3) how the application of the standards affected the
geographic distribution of counties into statistical areas, and (4) the
effect of the 2000 standards on the eligibility and funding allocations
for four federal programs. You also asked us to provide a list of
programs that are required by federal statute to use metropolitan
statistical areas for determining federal funds. The list of the
programs and the potential affect the 2000 standards may have on
federal funding for those programs are provided in appendix I.
To meet these objectives, we reviewed pertinent documents--including
the 2000 and 1990 standards--and performed a search of federal programs
that use metropolitan statistical areas[Footnote 1] for allocating
federal funds. We also examined how four federal programs were affected
by the 2000 standards. We also interviewed knowledgeable officials from
OMB, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). We conducted our work
from July 2003 through May 2004, in accordance with generally accepted
government auditing standards. On March 23, 2004, we presented
Subcommittee staff with descriptive information on the revised
standards. This report conveys the information provided during that
briefing.
Results in Brief:
OMB's process for developing the 2000 metropolitan statistical area
standards took more than a decade and involved extensive consultation
with experts inside and outside government. OMB's first step, in 1989,
was to request that the U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) undertake a long-
term, fundamental examination of the concepts underlying the
identification and definition of metropolitan areas. In response, the
Bureau asked four university working groups to develop their own
alternative approaches to defining metropolitan areas. Informed by that
research, in 1998 OMB chartered a group representing various federal
statistical agencies and charged it with recommending revisions to the
1990 standards. The group's work was published in three Federal
Register notices seeking public comment on December 21, 1998, October
20, 1999, and August 22, 2000. After reviewing public comments, OMB
published a new set of standards on December 27, 2000. Once OMB applied
the standards to Census 2000 population and commuting data, the agency
issued a new set of areas on June 6, 2003, in OMB Bulletin No. 03-04.
OMB said it intends to review population updates from the Bureau
annually to determine whether these areas need to be revised. The most
recent update occurred on February 18, 2004.
The 2000 standards differ from the 1990 standards in many ways, and the
Census Bureau and OMB have stated that the new standards are simpler
and more transparent. One of the most notable differences is the
introduction of a new designation for less populated areas--
micropolitan statistical areas. These are areas comprised of a central
county or counties with at least one urban cluster of 10,000 to 49,999,
plus adjacent outlying counties if commuting criteria is met. Another
change in the 2000 standards was the qualification for linking an
outlying county to a central county (or counties) of a metropolitan or
micropolitan statistical area. Under the 1990 standards, there were six
scenarios for linking an outlying county to a central county (or
counties) all of which required various levels of commuting, population
density and other measures of settlement structure. Under the 2000
standards, the criteria has been streamlined and only commuting is
considered for linking an outlying county to a central county (or
counties).
The 2000 standards when applied to Census 2000 population and commuting
data resulted in five counties being dropped from metropolitan
statistical areas, 41 counties having their metropolitan statistical
area status changed, and over 900 counties that were previously
unrecognized receiving a statistical area designation. The five
counties that had been part of a metropolitan statistical area no
longer qualified under the 2000 standards and were dropped. The 41
counties that had been in metropolitan statistical areas are now
included in micropolitan statistical areas. Overall, statistical
coverage of the nation has increased. Under the 1990 standards there
were 847 counties within metropolitan statistical areas. Under the 2000
standards the number of counties within metropolitan statistical areas
increased by 243 to 1,090, and an additional 690 counties were
classified as being within micropolitan statistical areas. To an even
greater degree than changes in the past, these changes mean that the
vast majority of Americans live in statistically recognized areas--with
approximately 83 percent of the nation's population living in
metropolitan statistical areas and an additional 10 percent living in
the newly designated micropolitan statistical areas. Furthermore, the
2000 standards have resulted in changes in every state. Of the three
states we examined, the change was greatest in New Mexico, where the
number of counties in statistical areas increased by approximately 250
percent.
Of the four federal programs we reviewed to determine the impact of the
2000 standards, eligibility under one has already expanded; eligibility
under another is expected to expand in January 2005; the agency
overseeing another anticipates under its proposal that program payments
for fiscal year 2005 will be affected but with no net increase in
funding; and eligibility under another program is unaffected because
the geographic boundaries used to determine eligibility are set by
statute. The standards have resulted in new eligibility in fiscal year
2004 for 60 cities to receive a total of $36.2 million in Community
Development Block Grants, which provide funds to revitalize
neighborhood infrastructure. This funding increase required a 1.2
percent funding cut for all other grantees because program funding
remained level in fiscal year 2004, requiring across-the-board funding
cuts to offset increases brought about by expanded eligibility. Under a
program that adjusts general schedule employee pay based on survey
comparisons with nonfederal rates on a locality basis, the 2000
statistical areas contributed to an additional 5,300 federal employees
receiving an upward adjustment beginning in January 2005. HHS has
proposed to adopt the new metropolitan statistical areas for purposes
of Medicare hospital payments for inpatients. The 2000 standards have
not had an impact on the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources
Emergency (CARE) Act Program, which provides AIDS-related assistance,
because the geographic boundaries used to establish eligibility were
set when the act was reauthorized in 1996.
On June 2, 2004 we met with OMB and Census Bureau representatives to
discuss the draft report. OMB and the Census Bureau agreed with our
findings and conclusions and provided us with technical comments. These
comments have been incorporated into the report where appropriate.
Background:
OMB's 2000 standards replaced the 1990 standards for metropolitan
areas.[Footnote 2] Some of the terms have changed, and appendix II
provides an explanation of the key terms used in the new standards.
OMB's 2000 standards provide for the identification of the following
statistical areas in the United States and Puerto Rico:
* metropolitan statistical area (which can be further divided into
metropolitan divisions);
* micropolitan statistical area;
* combined statistical area;
* New England city and town area (including New England city and town
area divisions); and:
* combined New England city and town area.
Determining the boundaries of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical
areas starts with identifying the county(ies) or equivalent
entity(ies),[Footnote 3] which contain the Census Bureau defined-
urbanized area or urban cluster. This county is referred to as the
"central county." A metropolitan statistical area has at least one
urbanized area of 50,000 or more, and a micropolitan statistical area
has at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000
people. In addition, outlying counties are included in metropolitan and
micropolitan statistical areas based on commuting ties with the central
county.
Some metropolitan statistical areas are very large, contain several
counties, and cross state lines. If specified criteria are met, large
metropolitan statistical areas can be subdivided into smaller
geographic units called metropolitan divisions. Having subdivisions
within a larger metropolitan statistical area provides data users with
a set of statistics at a lower level of geography.
Combined statistical areas are groupings of adjacent metropolitan and
micropolitan areas. These combined statistical areas have social and
economic ties as measured by commuting--but at lower levels when
compared to counties within metropolitan and micropolitan statistical
areas. Combined statistical areas provide data users with a broader
perspective of how adjacent metropolitan and micropolitan areas are
related.
In view of the importance of cities and towns in New England, the 2000
standards also provide for a set of geographic areas that are defined
using cities and towns in the six New England states. New England city
and town areas use the same criteria as metropolitan and micropolitan
statistical areas, metropolitan divisions, and combined statistical
areas. The six states included in the New England region are Maine,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Scope and Methodology:
To address the first and second objectives, we reviewed Federal
Register notices concerning the 2000 standards, compared the 2000
standards to the 1990 standards, and discussed the process and changes
with OMB and Census Bureau officials. To address the third objective,
we compared counties in metropolitan statistical areas as of June 30,
1999, using the 1990 standards, to counties in metropolitan and
micropolitan statistical areas as of June 6, 2003, and February 18,
2004, using the 2000 standards. As part of that analysis, we identified
the status--metropolitan, micropolitan, or not classified--for each of
the counties in those listings. To provide detailed information on the
changes that have occurred to counties' metropolitan and micropolitan
statistical area status from 1999 to 2003, we obtained Census Bureau
maps for Michigan, New Mexico, and New York. We selected Michigan and
New York because you asked us to look at changes that occurred as a
result of the new standards in those two states; we selected New Mexico
because it illustrates additional statistical coverage under the 2000
standards.
We assessed the data reliability of the Census Bureau's June 30, 1999,
June 6, 2003, and February 18, 2004, county listings of metropolitan
and micropolitan statistical areas by electronic testing for obvious
errors in accuracy and completeness and by reviewing relevant
documents, such as OMB bulletins, for those counties listed in
metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. We determined that the
data were sufficiently reliable for the purpose of our review.
To address the fourth objective, we discussed with your staff which
federal programs to review. The programs we agreed with your offices to
review were (1) HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program;
(2) OPM's Locality Pay Program for General Schedule Employees; (3)
HHS's Medicare's payment system for hospital inpatients; and (4) HHS's
Ryan White CARE Act Program. To determine how the 2000 standards
affected these programs, we reviewed relevant documentation, such as
analysis performed by the program offices on the impact of new
standards; attended public hearings; and interviewed agency officials
overseeing these programs.
We also compiled a list of federal programs that specify the use of
metropolitan statistical areas for determining funding for federal
programs, and the potential affect that the 2000 standards may have on
funding for those programs. We compiled this list by performing a
search of statutes that referred to "metropolitan statistical area(s)"
or "MSA(s)." Our search was limited to the United States Code and was
not intended to serve as an exhaustive list of federal programs that
refer to metropolitan statistical areas.
Completion of the 2000 Standards Occurred after Extensive Consultation
over Many Years:
OMB's process for developing the 2000 standards took more than a decade
and involved extensive consultation with experts inside and outside
government. (See fig. 1.):
Figure 1: Chronology of Key Events in OMB's Development of New
Statistical Standards for Metropolitan Areas in 2000:
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The process for developing the 2000 standards began even before OMB had
published the 1990 standards. In 1989, OMB asked the Census Bureau to
examine the concepts underlying the identification and definitions of
metropolitan areas. The goal was to evaluate alternative approaches for
identifying metropolitan areas that would take into account the
variation in geographic settlement patterns across the United States.
These patterns range from heavy concentrations of people to vast
sparsely populated regions.
The Bureau formed two working groups to research alternative
approaches. The working groups found that assigning all territory
outside of a metropolitan area to a single residual, nonmetropolitan
area was no longer satisfactory. Based on these conclusions, the Census
Bureau established agreements with four university working
groups[Footnote 4] in 1991; each was to develop its own alternative for
defining both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. In 1995, these
four alternatives were presented at a public conference hosted by the
Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS), a
group of professional associations, businesses, research institutes,
and others interested in federal statistics that was established to
promote an open dialogue with the federal statistical agencies.
As the process for revising the standards moved along, there was also
congressional interest in its progress. In July 1997, OMB and Census
Bureau officials testified before the Subcommittee on Government
Management, Information, and Technology, House Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight, on the effort.
In the fall of 1998, OMB chartered the interagency Metropolitan Area
Standards Review Committee (MASRC), a group representing various
statistical agencies within the federal government, and charged it with
recommending revisions to the 1990 standards. In a December 21, 1998,
Federal Register notice, OMB requested comments from the public on (1)
the suitability of the current standards, (2) principles that should
govern any proposed revisions to the standards, (3) reactions to the
four approaches outlined in the notice, and (4) proposals for other
ways to define metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.[Footnote 5] The
issues posed in this Federal Register notice were also discussed at a
second public conference hosted by COPAFS in January 1999. In addition,
these issues were discussed extensively in two subsequent Federal
Register notices, which solicited public comment on MASRC's
recommendations.[Footnote 6]
On December 27, 2000, after considering public comments on MASRC
recommendations, OMB released new standards for determining the
boundaries of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical
areas.[Footnote 7] In that notice of decision, OMB stated that it would
apply the standards to geographic areas within the United States based
on Census 2000 data and publish the results in 2003. On June 6, 2003,
OMB published newly configured geographic areas.[Footnote 8] OMB also
noted in the 2000 standards that it would designate new areas based on
population updates from the Census Bureau, the first of which occurred
on February 18, 2004.[Footnote 9]
Changes in Terminology Accompanied Definitional Changes:
The 2000 standards differ from the 1990 standards in many ways, and the
Census Bureau and OMB have stated that the new standards are simpler
and more transparent than the previous standards. The 2000 standards
define certain important concepts differently from those used in the
1990 standards. (See table 1.):
Table 1: Comparison of Definitions of Key Terms Used in 2000 and 1990
OMB Metropolitan Area Standards:
Term: Metropolitan statistical area;
Definition of comparable term in 2000 standards: Comprises a central
county or counties with a Census Bureau-defined urbanized area of at
least 50,000 people, plus adjacent outlying counties having a high
degree of economic and social integration with the central county as
measured through commuting;
Definition of term in 1990 standards: Comprises a central county of
counties with either (1) a city of 50,000 or more population, or (2) a
Census Bureau-defined urbanized area of at least 50,000 provided that
the component county/counties of the metropolitan statistical area had
a total population of at least 100,000, plus adjacent outlying
counties having a high degree of economic and social integration with
the central county as measured through commuting and measures of
settlement structure such as population density and percentage of the
populations that was urban.
Term: Micropolitan statistical area;
Definition of comparable term in 2000 standards: Comprises a central
county or counties with a Census Bureau-defined urban cluster of 10,000
to 49,999 population, plus adjacent outlying counties having a high
degree of economic and social integration with the central county as
measured through commuting;
Definition of term in 1990 standards: No comparable term.
Term: Core based statistical area (CBSA);
Definition of comparable term in 2000 standards: An umbrella term for
micropolitan and metropolitan statistical areas;
Definition of term in 1990 standards: No comparable term.
Term: Metropolitan division (2000 standards), which replaced primary
metropolitan statistical area (PMSA) (1990 standards);
Definition of comparable term in 2000 standards: A subdivision within a
metropolitan statistical area. Such an area, with a core of at least
2.5 million people, can be divided into metropolitan divisions if
specified criteria are met;
Definition of term in 1990 standards: A PMSA is a subdivision within a
consolidated metropolitan statistical area. Such an area, of 1 million
or more people, can be divided into PMSAs if specified criteria are met
and local opinion supports such a division.
Term: Consolidated metropolitan statistical area (CMSA);
Definition of comparable term in 2000 standards: No comparable term;
Definition of term in 1990 standards: When PMSAs are created within a
metropolitan statistical area, those areas are relabeled a CMSA.
Term: Principal city (2000 standards), which replaced central city
(1990 standards);
Definition of comparable term in 2000 standards: The largest city
within a CBSA is a principal city. Other cities can be designated
principal cities if they meet specified population and employment
criteria;
Definition of term in 1990 standards: The largest city within a
metropolitan statistical area is a central city. Other cities can be
designated central cities if they meet specified population and
employment criteria.
Term: Central county;
Definition of comparable term in 2000 standards: Any county in which at
least half the population is located in urban areas of at least 10,000
people or that has at least 5,000 people located in a single urban area
of at least 10,000 people;
Definition of term in 1990 standards: Any county that includes a
central city, where at least half the population of a central city that
is located in a qualified urbanized area or where at least half the
population is located in a qualified urbanized area.
Term: Outlying county;
Definition of comparable term in 2000 standards: County adjacent to a
central county that qualifies as part of a CBSA if specified commuting
criteria is met;
Definition of term in 1990 standards: County adjacent to a central
county that qualifies as part of a metropolitan statistical area if
commuting criteria and criteria measuring such aspects as settlement
structure, including population density and the percentage of the
population that was urban, are met.
Term: Combined statistical area;
Definition of comparable term in 2000 standards: The combination of two
or more adjacent CBSAs. This occurs when the employment interchange
measure is at least 25. This measure is the sum of the percentage of
employed residents in the smaller area who work in the larger area and
the percentage of employment in the smaller area accounted for by
workers who reside in the larger area. Adjacent CBSAs with an
employment interchange rate of at least 15 but less than 25 percent may
combine if local opinion supports it;
Definition of term in 1990 standards: No comparable term.
Source: GAO.
Note: See app.III for a more complete list of criteria for the 1990 and
2000 standards.
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One of the most notable differences between 1990 and 2000 is the
introduction of a new designation for less populated areas--
micropolitan statistical areas. These areas are comprised of a central
county or counties with a Census Bureau-defined urban cluster of 10,000
to 49,999 population, plus adjacent outlying counties having a high
degree of economic and social integration with the central county as
measured through commuting.
The 2000 standards also replaced the term primary metropolitan
statistical areas (PMSA) with the term metropolitan division. OMB told
us that that this change in terminology was a concern for many areas
renamed metropolitan divisions. Long Island, New York, for example,
expressed concern that the change in its designation, from part of a
PMSA to a metropolitan division, might affect the distribution of
federal funds to the area under programs that use the OMB standards.
Although the criteria for PMSAs and metropolitan divisions are not
identical because the population threshold increased, Long Island
qualified as a metropolitan division, leaving its statistical status
effectively unchanged. OMB provided additional guidance in its February
18, 2004, population update stating that if federal agencies were using
PMSAs for program, administrative, and fund allocation purposes, the
agencies should now consider using the metropolitan division
definition, the comparable geographic unit established by the 2000
standards.
Another change in the 2000 standards was in how an outlying county
could link to a central county (or counties) and become part of a
metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area. This process has been
streamlined. Under the 2000 standards, an outlying county can be linked
to a central county (or counties) if at least 25 percent of employed
residents from the outlying county work in the central county (or
counties) or at least 25 percent of the employment in the outlying
county is accounted for by workers residing in the central county (or
counties). This differs from the 1990 standards in which there were six
scenarios for linking outlying counties to central counties, each of
which included differing requirements for measures of settlement
structure, such as population density and the percentage of the
population that was urban. Two of the six scenarios also required a
minimum amount of commuting of 15 percent. Thus, because the 2000
standards raised that amount to 25 percent and eliminated the other
requirements of the 1990 standards, counties that had qualified under
one of these two scenarios and had a minimum amount of commuting from
15 to 25 percent would no longer qualify as outlying counties.
2000 Standards Affected How and Whether Many Counties Were Included in
New Statistical Areas:
When OMB issued its June 6, 2003, newly configured statistical areas
using the 2000 standards for the United States, five counties[Footnote
10] that had been part of metropolitan statistical areas, no longer
qualified for this designation. An additional 41 counties that had been
a part of metropolitan statistical areas are now components of
micropolitan statistical areas. For a list of these counties see
appendix IV.
The 2000 standards also increased the number of counties, by over 900,
across the country that attained status in statistical areas. (See
figs. 2 and 3.):
Figure 2: Metropolitan Areas of the United States, June 1999:
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Figure 3: Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas of the United
States, June 2003:
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Using the 1990 standards as of the June 1999 population update, there
were 847 counties within metropolitan statistical areas. Under the 2000
standards as of the February 2004 new area update, the number of
counties within metropolitan statistical areas increased by 243 to
1,090, and an additional 690 counties were classified as being within
micropolitan statistical areas. Appendix V provides the status--
metropolitan, micropolitan, or not classified--of the counties listed
in the February 2004 population update as of 1999 and 2003.[Footnote
11] These increases mean that the vast majority of Americans live in
statistically recognized areas. Approximately 83 percent of the
nation's population live in metropolitan statistical areas and 10
percent live in micropolitan statistical areas.
The 2000 standards resulted in statistical area changes in every state.
Of the three states we examined, the change was greatest in New Mexico
where the number of counties in statistical areas increased by
approximately 250 percent. State maps highlighting changes in county
status from 1999 to 2003 for New Mexico, New York, and Michigan are in
appendix VI.
See table 2 for the increase in the number of counties included in
statistical areas from 1999 to 2003 for New Mexico, New York, and
Michigan.
Table 2: Percentage Increase of Counties in Statistical Areas from 1999
to 2004 for New Mexico, New York, and Michigan:
State: New Mexico;
Counties in a statistical area as of June 1999: 6;
Counties in a statistical area as of February 2004: 21;
Increase in statistical coverage: 250%;
Number of counties in each state: 33.
State: New York;
Counties in a statistical area as of June 1999: 38;
Counties in a statistical area as of February 2004: 51;
Increase in statistical coverage: 34%;
Number of counties in each state: 62.
State: Michigan;
Counties in a statistical area as of June 1999: 25;
Counties in a statistical area as of February 2004: 49;
Increase in statistical coverage: 96%;
Number of counties in each state: 83.
Source: GAO.
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Impact of Revised Standards on Four Selected Federal Programs Varied:
Some federal agencies are required by statute to use metropolitan
statistical areas to allocate program funds and implement other aspects
of their programs. In other instances, federal agencies are not
required to use metropolitan statistical areas by statute, but elect to
do so. While OMB does not take into account or attempt to anticipate
any of these nonstatistical uses in defining metropolitan or
micropolitan statistical areas, it does advise agencies that use
metropolitan areas for such nonstatistical purposes that the standards
are designed for statistical purposes only and that changes to the
standards may affect the implementation of their programs. More
specifically, OMB urges agencies, organizations, and policymakers to
carefully review program goals to ensure that appropriate geographic
entities are used to determine eligibility and allocation of federal
funds for these programs.
We selected four federal programs that use metropolitan statistical
areas to illustrate the impact of the change in standards. Those four
programs are:
* HUD's CDBG Program,
* OPM's Locality Pay Program for General Schedule Employees;
* HHS's Medicare Hospital Reimbursement System; and:
* HHS's Ryan White CARE Act Program.
As a result of changes in the standards in 2000, eligibility under CDBG
has already expanded; eligibility under the locality pay program is
expected to be expanded in January 2005; HHS anticipates under its
proposal that hospital payments for fiscal year 2005 will be affected,
but with no net increase in funding; and eligibility under the Ryan
White CARE Program is unaffected by the standards because the
boundaries for providing services are set by statute.
CDBG Program:
HUD's CDBG Program provides cities and counties with funds they can use
to revitalize neighborhoods, rehabilitate housing, expand economic
opportunities, and/or improve community facilities and services to
benefit low-and moderate-income persons. Under current law, HUD uses
designated metropolitan statistical areas, in part, to determine the
eligibility of city and county governments to receive CDBG formula
entitlement funds.
According to HUD officials, OMB's 2000 standards resulted in new
eligibility for 60 cities that would provide them under the GDBG
formula with a total of $36.2 million in CDBGs. In addition, 7 cities
and 5 counties that became eligible under the 2000 standards would have
become eligible under the previous 1990 standards. According to HUD,
because the amount of money appropriated for the CDBG Program did not
take expanded grantee eligibility into account, under the CDBG share
formula all existing entitlement grantees saw a 1.2 percent reduction
in their CDBG funding.
In December 2003 interim regulations,[Footnote 12] HUD addressed the
effect of the new OMB standards on CDBG entitlement grantee
eligibility. Specifically, the replacement of the term central city by
principal city had no effect on the status of then-eligible
communities. HUD officials said that although principal cities within
newly created micropolitan statistical areas would not qualify for CDBG
funding, no city that had established eligibility for at least 2 years
would lose its eligibility as a result of the new standards because
current law allows such cities to retain their eligibility once they
obtain it. Current law also allows urban counties that were eligible by
fiscal year 1999 to retain their eligibility in future years.[Footnote
13]
Locality Pay Program:
Under the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (FEPCA),
compensation for federal employees is adjusted depending on the local
pay area where they work. FEPCA requires that federal pay rates be
comparable with nonfederal pay rates for the same level of work within
the same local pay area and that any pay disparities between federal
and nonfederal employees be eliminated. To accomplish this, the Federal
Salary Council (FSC) reviews and makes recommendations to the
President's Pay Agent (which consists of the Secretary of Labor and the
Directors of OMB and OPM) on the locality pay program, including the
establishment or modification of locality pay boundaries.
There are 31 locality pay areas for which the geographic boundaries
generally coincide with some of the metropolitan statistical areas set
by the 1990 standards.[Footnote 14] In anticipation of the revised
standards, the President's Pay Agent had to decide whether and how to
implement changes to the locality pay program. OPM issued regulations
on behalf of the Pay Agent to retain use of the existing statistical
areas for locality pay boundaries so that FSC and the President's Pay
Agent could review the new statistical areas and their possible use in
locality pay. After that review, FSC recommended (and in December 2003
the Pay Agent tentatively endorsed) the following changes for pay:
* Locality pay areas will be based on 2003 metropolitan statistical
areas, and where available, the combined statistical area--formed by
combining adjacent metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas.
* Micropolitan statistical areas will not be used unless they are part
of a combined statistical area.
As a result of implementing these recommendations, 76 counties
(including some partial counties in New England) with a total of about
5,300 General Schedule employees will be added to existing locality pay
areas. After considering public comments, OPM (on behalf of the Pay
Agent) plans to issue final regulations on implementing the new
locality pay areas January 2005.
Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service's (CMS) Medicare Hospital
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) pays hospitals a fixed fee
depending on the diagnosis for each Medicare inpatient hospital stay.
These fixed payments are adjusted to account for variations in labor
costs across the country. The labor cost adjustment is based on a wage
index calculated for specific geographic areas that reflects how
average hospital wages in each geographic area compare to average
hospital wages nationally. The geographic areas are intended to
represent the separate labor markets in which hospitals compete for
employees. Under the existing labor market definitions, each
metropolitan statistical area[Footnote 15] is considered a single labor
market, while the remainder of the areas for each state that is not in
a metropolitan statistical area is treated as a single rural labor
market. Generally, hospitals in non-metropolitan areas have lower wages
than those in metropolitan areas and therefore receive lower Medicare
payments.
CMS has evaluated the 2003 statistical areas and the impact of using
them on the hospital wage index. The agency announced last year that no
changes would be implemented until fiscal year 2005.[Footnote 16] CMS
issued a proposed rule addressing among other matters, the use of the
new statistical areas for fiscal year 2005 on May 18, 2004, and expects
to promulgate a final rule on August 1, 2004, after considering the
public comments received.[Footnote 17]
CMS has the discretion to use some or all of the 2003 statistical areas
to calculate the wage adjustment to hospital inpatient payments. CMS
has proposed to adopt the new and revised definitions of metropolitan
statistical areas for wage index purposes and to continue to treat
areas outside the metropolitan statistical area as statewide rural
labor markets. Under the proposal, the new micropolitan areas would not
be recognized for wage index purposes. CMS has also proposed to provide
a transition period for hospitals that were included in metropolitan
statistical areas under the previous definitions but are now part of a
statewide rural area: these hospitals will receive the wage index for
the metropolitan statistical area to which they previously belonged for
three years. In its proposed rule, CMS estimates that adopting the new
statistical area definitions would result in no net increase in federal
spending for fiscal year 2005. CMS estimates that urban hospitals will
gain slightly (0.1 percent) from the adoption of the new labor market
areas, and rural hospitals will lose slightly (-0.2 percent) from the
change.
The Medicare IPPS also includes an administrative process in which a
hospital meeting certain criteria can apply to be paid for services as
if it were located in a higher-wage area. This geographic
reclassification depends on a hospital's proximity to the higher-wage
area and its wages relative to the wages in that area. Beginning in
fiscal year 2005, CMS will also establish an administrative process for
increasing the wage index adjustment to recognize that hospital
employees residing in one county may work in another area with a higher
wage index.
Ryan White CARE Act Program:
Title I of the Ryan White CARE Act makes federal funds available to
eligible metropolitan areas (EMA) to assist in health care costs and
support services for individuals and families affected by AIDS or HIV.
Currently there are 51 EMAs.
The 1996 reauthorization of the CARE Act made permanent metropolitan
area boundaries that were used to determine fiscal year 1994 EMAs. The
reauthorization also toughened the eligibility criteria, requiring that
a metropolitan area have a population of 500,000 and more than 2,000
AIDS cases over the previous 5 years to qualify as an EMA. As a
consequence, only two metropolitan statistical areas have become EMAs
since 1996. This is due in part to a general decline in the number of
AIDS cases. EMAs established by fiscal year 1996 retain their
eligibility in future years regardless of whether they continue to meet
the eligibility criteria; EMAs created after 1996 could become
ineligible if they fail to meet the criteria.
Officials of the Health Resources and Services Administration told us
that no new areas qualify for eligibility status under the new
standards. The officials also noted that the combination of fixed
metropolitan area boundaries and generally declining numbers of AIDS
cases means that EMA eligibility is likely to remain relatively static.
Conclusion:
After extensive consultations with experts within and outside the
government, OMB issued a new set of statistical standards in December
2000 and used those standards to determine a new set of statistical
areas in June 2003. In keeping with its long-standing position, OMB
reiterated that the new metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas
are designed for statistical purposes. OMB's process for reviewing and
revising statistical areas was undertaken without regard to their
effect on any federal programs (that is, for nonstatistical purposes).
However, certain federal programs that use OMB's statistical areas to
distribute funds may be affected as a result of the new statistical
areas. Therefore, OMB's suggestion to agencies that they assess the new
statistical areas to ensure they continue to be appropriate for such
use seems reasonable.
We are making no recommendations for executive action nor identifying
any specific matters for congressional consideration. On June 2, 2004
we met with OMB and Census Bureau representatives to discuss the draft
report. OMB and the Census Bureau agreed with our findings and
conclusions and provided us with technical comments. These comments
have been incorporated into the report where appropriate.
We are sending copies of this report to other interested congressional
committees, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the
Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Copies will be made available to others upon request. This report will
also be available at no charge on GAO's home page at
[Hyperlink, http://www.gao.gov].
If you or your staff have questions about this report, please call me
at (202) 512-6737 or Thomas James, Assistant Director, at (202) 512-
2996. Key contributors to this report were Bertha Dong, Robert
Dinkelmeyer, Karin Fangman, Jerry Fastrup, Lisa Pearson, and Michael
Rose.
Signed by:
Patricia A. Dalton,
Director, Strategic Issues:
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Appendixes:
Appendix I: Potential Impact on Federal Funding of the Office of
Management and Budget's Revised Metropolitan Statistical Standards:
Program: Senate locality pay adjustments (2 U.S.C. § 60a-1);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: Authorizes pay
adjustments for Senate employees in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore,
Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area (CMSA), which are
equivalent to those adjustments made under 5 U.S.C. § 5304 (authorizing
locality-based comparability pay);
Potential affect on federal funding: Borders of the D.C. and Baltimore
MSAs have changed. Federal spending could change at the discretion of
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Program: Student loan repayment program for Senate employees (2 U.S.C.
§ 60c-5);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: Eligibility for loan
repayment is based, in part, on being paid at a rate of pay that does
not exceed a certain level, which is to include locality pay
adjustments applicable to the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland
CMSA;
Potential affect on federal funding: Boundaries of the D.C. and
Baltimore MSAs have changed. More Senate employees could qualify for
loan forgiveness.
Program: Locality-based comparability payments; (5 U.S.C. § 5304);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 5 U.S.C. § 5304(f)[A]
provides Pay Agent with authority to provide for such pay localities as
deemed appropriate. The establishment or modification of any boundaries
shall be affected by regulation;
Potential affect on federal funding: Boundaries of several designated
MSAs and CMSAs have changed. The number of federal employees subject to
locality pay adjustments may change at the discretion of the
President's Pay Agent.
Program: Special Pay Adjustment for Law Enforcement Officers (Pub. L.
No. 101-509, as amended (see note to 5 U.S.C. § 5305));
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: The Federal Law
Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-509, as amended,
contains special pay adjustments for law enforcement officers in
selected cities (statute lists seven CMSAs and one MSA);
Potential affect on federal funding: The number of employees subject to
a special pay adjustment may be affected by MSA boundary changes.
Program: Loan and loan guarantees for facilities and equipment for
broadband telecommunications service in rural areas (7 U.S.C. § 950bb);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: Term "eligible rural
community" defined to exclude places located in MSAs;
Potential affect on federal funding: Communities formerly located
outside an MSA may no longer qualify for loans or loan guarantees.
Program: Grants to regional planning organizations to improve
infrastructure, services, and business development capabilities of
local governments and local development organizations (7 U.S.C. § 1926
(a)(23)); Federal assistance (including grants) to states, coordinating
committees, or state rural development councils (7 U.S.C. § 2008m);
Federal assistance (including grants) to rural business investment
companies (7 U.S.C; § 2009cc et seq.);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 7 U.S.C. § 1991(a)(13)
(D) defines (for purposes of 7 U.S.C. § 1926(a)(23) and 2008m) the term
"rural area" to exclude MSAs except for territory within an MSA that is
within a census tract having a population density of less than 20
persons per square mile; 7 U.S.C. § 1991(a)(13)(E) defines (for
purposes of 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc et seq) "rural area" to mean an area
located outside an MSA or within a community that has a population of
50,000 or less;
Potential affect on federal funding: Boundary changes may affect which
communities may qualify for participation in programs.
Program: Assistance to national-forest dependent rural communities (7
U.S.C. § 6611 et seq.);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 7 U.S.C. § 6612(3)
defines (for purposes of 7 U.S.C. § 6611 et seq.) the term "rural
community" to include certain population areas of no more than 10,000,
or certain counties not contained within an MSA;
Potential affect on federal funding: Boundary changes may make some
areas ineligible.
Program: Grants to assist Department of Defense-dependent communities
deal with significant adverse impact of certain Defense activities
(e.g., base closures and contract terminations) (10 U.S.C. § 2391);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 10 U.S.C. § 2391(b)(3)
limits assistance to communities with certain numbers of jobs lost.
Requisite number of jobs lost is tied, in part, to MSA/non-MSA status
of community;
Potential affect on federal funding: The eligibility of grantees may be affected by the population threshold of communities located in MSAs versus those located outside of MSAs.
Program: Assessment credits for insured depository institutions engaged
in qualifying activities related to distressed communities (12 U.S.C. §
1834a);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 12 U.S.C. § 1834a(b)(3)
(C) establishes different population thresholds for a qualified
distressed community based upon whether community is located within an
MSA;
Potential affect on federal funding: May affect the population
threshold of designated distressed communities. Depository institutions
may apply for assessment credits for qualified activities (that include
financing by various federal agencies).
Program: Urban community service grants for urban educational
institutions (20 U.S.C. § 1139g);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: Eligibility is limited
to institutions in "urban areas," which 20 U.S.C. § 1139g(1) defines,
in part, by reference to MSAs with a certain population threshold;
Potential affect on federal funding: MSA boundary changes may result in
an MSA or adjacent MSAs meeting the 350,000 population threshold,
qualifying institutions for participation.
Program: Low-income housing business tax credit (26 U.S.C. § 42);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 26 U.S.C. § 42(d)(5)
provides for determining the eligible basis of a building located in a
qualified census tract or difficult development area. These areas are
designated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and
may not encompass more than a certain percentage of the population in
the MSA or nonmetropolitan area;
Potential affect on federal funding: Eligible census tracts and
difficult development areas (DDA) are limited to 20 percent of the
population of MSAs or non-MSAs. If the limitation/cap is binding (more
census tracts or DDAs would meet the eligibility criteria but for the
limitation/cap) then a change in the MSA boundaries, due to the new
standards for MSA designation, could affect the number of census tracts
or DDAs that could be declared eligible for a special increase in tax
credits.
Program: Requirements for qualified mortgage bonds and qualified
veterans' mortgage bonds (26 U.S.C. § 143);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 26 U.S.C. § 143(e) and
(f) establish purchase price and income requirements for an issue,
which are calculated based upon statistical areas. Statistical areas
are defined, in § 143(k)(2), by reference to MSAs and counties (or
portions thereof) outside MSAs;
Potential affect on federal funding: MSA border changes will affect the
median income threshold to qualify for tax exemptions. MSA border
changes will also affect the calculation of cost/income ratios in high-
cost areas, which may also affect the number of people qualifying for
tax exemptions.
Program: Designation and treatment of empowerment zones, enterprise
communities, and rural development investment areas (26 U.S.C. § 1391
et seq.);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 26 U.S.C. § 1391
provides, with regard to the permissible number of areas to be
designated, that there be a prescribed mix of rural and urban areas. A
rural area is generally defined in 26 U.S.C. § 1393(a) to mean any area
outside of an MSA, and urban area is defined to mean an area that is
not rural;
Potential affect on federal funding: Changing MSA boundaries affects
whether a designated area is selected as urban or rural. Rural
communities are subject to a lower population threshold. Therefore, a
change in MSA status may affect eligibility of some communities.
Program: Designation and treatment of renewal communities (26 U.S.C. §
1400E et seq.);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 26 U.S.C. § 1400E(a)(2)
provides that of the permissible number of areas to be designated, a
certain number must be in rural areas. Rural area is defined, in part,
to mean an area outside of an MSA with a population of less than
50,000;
Potential affect on federal funding: Changing MSA boundaries affects
whether a designated renewal community is selected as urban or rural.
Rural communities are subject to a lower population threshold.
Therefore, a change in MSA status may affect eligibility of some
communities.
Program: Establishment of sites for the treatment and rehabilitation
of seriously mentally ill homeless veterans (38 U.S.C. § 2033);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 38 U.S.C. § 2033
requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish sites for the
provision of comprehensive and coordinated services in at least each of
the 20 largest metropolitan statistical areas;
Potential affect on federal funding: A previously unselected MSA has
moved into the top 20 largest MSAs.
Program: Federal assistance (grants and contracts) for qualified organ
procurement organizations (42 U.S.C. § 273);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: Eligible organizations
must have a defined service area of sufficient size that either
includes an entire MSA or excludes any part of the area;
Potential affect on federal funding: MSA boundary changes may affect
the status of a qualified organization if its service area no longer
includes all of an MSA or does not include any part of the area.
Program: Quentin Burdick grant program to fund training projects aimed
at enhancing rural health care (42 U.S.C. § 294d);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 294d(d)
defines "rural" as encompassing geographic areas that are located
outside of an MSA;
Potential affect on federal funding: Some designated rural health care
agencies may be located in newly designated MSA counties.
Program: Medicare: Special payment rules for ambulance and telehealth
services originating in rural areas (42 U.S.C. § 1395m);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 1395m(l)(9)
provides an increased transitional fee schedule rate for ambulance
services (furnished on or after July 1, 2001, and before January 2004)
originating in a rural area, which is defined, in part, by reference to
MSAs; 42 U.S.C. § 1395m(m)(4) provides for payment of facility fees for
telehealth services (services provided via a telecommunications system)
only when originating site is located in a designated rural health
professional shortage area or a county that is not included in an MSA,
or is a site participating in a telemedicine demonstration project as
of December 31, 2000;
Potential affect on federal funding: MSA boundary changes may affect
some originating sites.
Program: Medicare: Medicare+Choice Program (42 U.S.C. § 1395w-23);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-23(d)
defines the payment area for Medicare + Choice to mean a county or
equivalent area specified by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services. 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-23(d)(3) authorizes geographic adjustments
of these payment areas upon request by the state, including using a
metropolitan-based system in which all the portions of each MSA in the
state are treated as individual Medicare+Choice payment areas. All
areas in the state that do not fall within an MSA are treated as single
Medicare+Choice payment areas;
Potential affect on federal funding: MSA boundary changes may affect
MSAs meeting minimum population threshold requirements.
Program: Medicare: Payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital
services (prospective payment system) (42 U.S.C. § 1395ww)[B];
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww(d)
addresses inpatient hospital service payments based on prospective
rates (including adjustments). Under §1395ww(d), the labor component of
the standardized payment amount must be adjusted to account for the
geographic variation in hospitals' labor costs. This requirement is
implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by
calculating a wage-related cost adjustment on an MSA/non-MSA basis;
Potential affect on federal funding: Changes in MSA boundaries could
affect prospective payment rates.
Program: Grants to states based upon number of qualified empowerment
zone and enterprise communities (42 U.S.C. § 1397f);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 1397f(a)(1)
provides that each state is entitled to two grants for each qualified
empowerment zone in the state, and one grant for each qualified
enterprise community in the state. 42 U.S.C. § 1397f(a)(2)(A) bases
the amount of a grant for a qualified empowerment zone on whether it
is designated urban or rural. 42 U.S.C. § 1397f(f) defines rural to
mean any area outside of an MSA and urban to mean an area that is not
rural;
Potential affect on federal funding: MSA boundary changes affect
whether empowerment and enterprise zones are designated urban or rural,
which, in turn, affects funding amounts.
Program: Housing programs in underserved areas: set-asides for targeted
underserved areas and colonias (42 U.S.C. § 1479);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 1479(f)(8)
defines "colonia" to mean an identifiable community that (1) is in
Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas;
(2) is in the area of the United States within 150 miles of the border
between the United States and Mexico, except that the term does not
include any MSA that has a population exceeding 1,000,000; (3) is
determined to be a colonia on the basis of objective criteria,
including lack of decent, safe, and sanitary housing; and (4) was in
existence as a colonia before November 28, 1990;
Potential affect on federal funding: MSA boundary changes may affect
colonias located in an MSA with a population exceeding 1,000,000.
Program: Farm Housing Assistance: Housing preservation grants for rural
areas (42 U.S.C. § 1490m); Rural housing voucher program (42 U.S.C. §
1490r);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 1490 defines
the terms "rural" and "rural area" to mean any open country or any
place, town, village, or city that (1) is not part of or associated
with an urban area and has a population of from 10,000 to 20,000; (2)
is not contained within an MSA; and (3) has a serious lack of mortgage
credit for lower-and moderate-income families;
Potential affect on federal funding: MSA boundary changes may affect
places losing population and falling below the 20,000 population
threshold required for designation as a rural area.
Program: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program (42 U.S.C. §
5301 et seq.);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 5306
provides for the allocation and distribution of funds to entitlement
communities (metropolitan cities and urban counties) and to states for
use in nonentitlement areas; Under 42 U.S.C. § 5302(a)(4),
"metropolitan city" means either a central city within an MSA or any
other city within an MSA with a population of 50,000 or more; Under 42
U.S.C. § 5302(a)(6)(A), "urban county" means any county within an MSA
that is authorized (under state law) to undertake essential community
development and housing assistance activities and exceeds certain
population thresholds; 42 U.S.C. § 5302(a)(7) defines "nonentitlement
area" to mean an area that is not a metropolitan city or part of an
urban county and does not include Indian tribes;
Potential affect on federal funding: HUD will use the new MSA
definitions to distribute funding to entitlement communities that meet
various population thresholds.
Program: CDBG Program; Pub. L. No. 101-625, as amended, required
certain States to set aside a percentage of funds allocated to the
state under the CDBG Program (42 U.S.C. § 5306(d)) for assistance to
U.S.-Mexico border region (See note to 42 U.S.C. § 5306.);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: Section 916(e)(4)
defines "U.S.- Mexico border region" to mean the area of the United
States within 150 miles of the border between the United States and
Mexico, except that the term does not include any MSA that has a
population exceeding 1,000,00;
Potential affect on federal funding: MSA boundary changes may affect
the set-aside for colonias if a colonia is located in an MSA whose
population has risen above 1,000,000. These colonias may no longer
qualify for participation in the set-aside.
Program: Emergency Shelter Grants Program (42 U.S.C. § 11371 et seq.);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 11371
defines "metropolitan city" and "urban county" by reference to
definitions used for the CDBG Program (42 U.S.C. § 5302); 42 U.S.C. §
11373 provides for the allocation and distribution of assistance to
states, metropolitan cities, and urban counties in the same fashion
funds are allocated under the CDBG Program;
Potential affect on federal funding: Distribution of grants is made
using the CDBG formula that is affected by changes in MSA boundaries.
Program: Rural Homelessness Grant Program (42 U.S.C. § 11408);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: Defines the terms "rural
area" and "rural community" to mean (1) an area outside an MSA or (2)
an area within an MSA but located in a rural census tract;
Potential affect on federal funding: MSA boundary changes could result
in some areas losing eligibility unless they are located in designated
rural census tracts.
Program: HOME Investment Partnership Program (42 U.S.C. § 12741 et
seq.);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 12704
defines "metropolitan city" and "urban county" by reference to
definitions used for the CDBG Program (42 U.S.C. § 5302); 42 U.S.C.
12741 et seq. establishes the HOME Investment Partnership Program
(allocation section at 12747);
Potential affect on federal funding: Links to the CDBG Program
definitions for eligible entities, in which changes in MSA boundaries
affect the distribution of federal financial assistance.
Program: National Homeownership Trust Demonstration Program (42 U.S.C.
§ 12852);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: Eligibility of first-
time homebuyers seeking assistance depends on not exceeding income
ceiling, which is measured relative to the MSA or non-MSA median
income;
Potential affect on federal funding: Median family income will be
affected by MSA boundary changes and will affect the number of
eligible homebuyers.
Program: Hope for Homeownership of Single Family Homes Grant Program
(42 U.S.C. § 12898a);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: Eligibility of
homebuyers seeking to buy in an enterprise zone depends on their having
family incomes that are not more than the median income in the MSA in
which the enterprise zone is located;
Potential affect on federal funding: Grants are used to fund loans to
homebuyers of eligible housing units in enterprise zones. Since median
family income in MSAs is used to determine eligible homebuyers, the
change in MSA boundaries may affect which households are eligible for
loans under the program.
Program: Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (42 U.S.C. §
12903);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: Grant funds to states
and cities are allocated based on number of AIDS cases and population
thresholds using MSA and non-MSA boundaries;
Potential affect on federal funding: The largest city in an MSA with
an over 500,000 population and more than 1,500 AIDS cases is eligible
to receive funding under the program. Any new MSA meeting these
criteria would become eligible and may affect funding for existing
grantees.
Program: Alternative fuel low-interest loan program (42 USC 13239);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: 42 U.S.C. § 13239
authorizes low-interest loans to fleets utilizing alternative fuels.
42 U.S.C. § 13211(9) defines "fleet" to mean, in part, vehicles used
primarily in MSAs or CMSAs;
Potential affect on federal funding: Boundary changes may affect
entities eligible for interest rate subsidies.
Program: Requirements for acquisition of alternative fueled vehicles
for federal fleet (42 U.S.C. § 13212);
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) reference: "Federal fleet" is
defined, in part, to mean vehicles located in an MSA or CMSA;
Potential affect on federal funding: Newly designated MSA may contain a
federal fleet that will become subject to alternative fueled vehicle
requirements.
Source: GAO.
Note: Unless otherwise indicated, this listing is derived from a June
2003 compilation of provisions in the United States Code which refer to
metropolitan statistical areas (MSA).
[A] This statute does not utilize MSAs; however, it has been included
due to the interest in this program. The Office of Personnel Management
has established General Schedule locality pay area boundaries, relying
on MSAs, by regulation.
[B] This entry reflects amendments made by Pub. L. No. 108-173, the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
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[End of section]
Appendix II: 2003 Metropolitan Area Key Terms:
Core based statistical area (CBSA): A statistical geographic entity
consisting of the county or counties associated with at least one core
(urbanized area or urban cluster) with a population of at least 10,000,
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. Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical
areas are the two categories of CBSAs.
Metropolitan statistical area: A CBSA 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
containing the core, plus adjacent outlying counties having a high
degree of social and economic integration with the central county as
measured through commuting.
Micropolitan statistical area: A CBSA associated with at least one
urban cluster that has a population of at least 10,000, but less than
50,000. The micropolitan statistical area comprises the central county
or counties containing the core, plus adjacent outlying counties having
a high degree of social and economic integration with the central
county as measured through commuting.
Principal city: The largest city of a CBSA, plus additional cities that
meet specified statistical criteria.
Central county: The county or counties of a CBSA containing a
substantial portion of an urbanized area or urban cluster or both and
to and from which commuting is measured to determine qualification of
outlying counties.
Outlying county: A county that qualifies for inclusion in a CBSA on the
basis of commuting ties with the CBSA's central county or counties.
Metropolitan division: A county or group of counties within a CBSA that
contains a core with a population of at least 2.5 million. A
metropolitan division consists of one or more main/secondary counties
that represent an employment center or centers, plus adjacent counties
associated with the main county or counties through commuting ties.
Combined statistical area: A geographic entity consisting of two or
more adjacent CBSAs with employment interchange measures of at least
15. Pairs of CBSAs with employment interchange measures of at least 25
combine automatically. Pairs of CBSAs with employment interchange
measures of at least 15, but less than 25, may combine if local opinion
in both areas favors combination.
Employment interchange measure: A measure of ties between two adjacent
entities. The employment interchange measure is the sum of the
percentage of employed residents of the smaller entity who work in the
larger entity and the percentage of employment in the smaller entity
that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger entity.
New England city and town area (NECTA): A statistical geographic entity
that is defined using cities and towns as building blocks and that is
conceptually similar to the CBSAs in New England (which are defined
using counties as building blocks).
NECTA division: A city or town or group of cities and towns within a
NECTA that contains a core with a population of at least 2.5 million. A
NECTA division consists of a main city or town that represents an
employment center, plus adjacent cities and towns associated with the
main city or town, or with other cities and towns that are in turn
associated with the main city or town through commuting ties.
Urban area: The generic term used by the U.S. Census Bureau to refer
collectively to urbanized areas and urban clusters.
Urban cluster: A statistical geographic entity defined by the Census
Bureau for Census 2000, consisting of a central place(s) and adjacent
densely settled territory that together contain at least 2,500 people,
generally with an overall population density of at least 1,000 people
per square mile. For purposes of defining CBSAs, only those urban
clusters with populations of 10,000 or more are considered.
Urbanized area: A statistical geographic entity defined by the Census
Bureau, consisting of a central place(s) and adjacent densely settled
territory that together contain at least 50,000 people, generally with
an overall population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile.
[End of section]
Appendix III: Comparison of 2000 Metropolitan and Micropolitan
Statistical Area Standards to 1990 Metropolitan Area Standards:
Terms: Levels categories and terminology;
2000 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards:
Metropolitan statistical areas based around at least one Census Bureau
defined urbanized area of 50,000 or more population, and micropolitan
statistical areas, based around at least one urban cluster of 10,000 to
49,999 population. A metropolitan statistical area with a single core
of at least 2,500,000 population can be subdivided into component
metropolitan divisions. Collectively, the metropolitan and micropolitan
statistical areas are termed Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs);
1990 metropolitan area standards: Metropolitan statistical areas based
on total populations of at least 1,000,000 (level A), 250,000 to
999,999 (level B), 100,000 to 249,999 (level C), and less than 100,000
(level D), respectively. Metropolitan statistical areas of 1,000,000 or
more population can be designated as consolidated metropolitan
statistical areas if local opinion is in favor and component primary
metropolitan statistical areas can be identified.
Terms: Building blocks;
2000 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards: Counties
and equivalent entities throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. City and
town based areas, conceptually similar to the county-based areas,
provided for the New England states;
1990 metropolitan area standards: Counties and equivalent entities
throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, except in New England, where
cities and towns are used to define metropolitan areas. County-based
alternative provided for the New England states.
Terms: Qualification of areas;
2000 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards: Census
Bureau defined urban area of at least 10,000 population and less than
50,000 population for micropolitan statistical area designation. Census
Bureau defined urbanized area of at least 50,000 for metropolitan
statistical area designation;
1990 metropolitan area standards: City of at least 50,000 population,
or Census Bureau defined urbanized area of at least 50,000 population
in a metropolitan area of at least 100,000 population.
Terms: Qualification of central counties;
2000 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards: Any
county in which at least 50% of the population is located in urban
areas of at least 10,000 population, or that has within its boundaries
a population of at least 5,000 located in a single urban area of at
least 10,000 population;
1990 metropolitan area standards: Any county that includes a central
city or at least 50% of the population of a central city that is
located in a qualifier urbanized area. Also any county in which at
least 50% of the population is located in a qualifier urbanized area.
Terms: Qualification of outlying counties;
2000 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards:
Commuting ties: At least 25% of the employed residents of the county
work in the central county/ counties of a CBSA; or at least 25% of the
employment in the county is accounted for by workers residing in the
central county/counties of the CBSA; A county that qualifies as
outlying to two or more CBSAs is included in the area with which it has
the strongest commuting tie;
1990 metropolitan area standards: Combination of commuting and measures
of settlement structure:
* 50% or more of employed workers commute to the central county/
counties of a metropolitan statistical area and: 25 or more persons
per square mile (ppsm), or at least 10% or 5,000 of the population
lives in a qualifier urbanized area; OR;
* 40% to 50% of employed workers commute to the central county/
counties of a metropolitan statistical area and: 35 or more ppsm, or
at least 10% or 5,000 of the population lives in a qualifier urbanized
area; OR;
* 25% to 40% of employed workers commute to the central county/
counties of a metropolitan statistical area and: 35 ppsm and one of the
following: (1) 50 or more ppsm, (2) at least 35% urban population, (3)
at least 10% or 5,000 of population lives in a qualifier urbanized
area; OR;
* 15% to 25% of employed workers commute to the central county/
counties of a metropolitan statistical area and: 50 or more ppsm and
two of the following: (1) 60 or more ppsm, (2) at least 35% urban
population, (3) population growth rate of at least 20%, (4) at least
10% or 5,000 of population lives in a qualifier urbanized area; OR;
* 15% to 25% of employed workers commute to the central county/
counties of a metropolitan statistical area and less than 50 ppsm and
two of the following: (1) at least 35% urban population, (2) population
growth rate of at least 20%, (3) at least 10% or 5,000 of population
lives in a qualifier urbanized area; OR;
* at least 2,500 of the population lives in a central city located in
a qualifier urbanized area of a metropolitan statistical area;
If a county qualifies as outlying to two or more metropolitan areas,
it is assigned to the area to which commuting is greatest; if the
relevant commuting percentages are within 5 points of each other, local
opinion is considered.
Terms: Merging statistical areas;
2000 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards: Two
adjacent CBSAs are merged to form one CBSA if the central county/
counties (as a group) of one CBSA qualify as outlying to the central
county/counties (as a group) of the other;
1990 metropolitan area standards: If a county qualifies as a central
county of one metropolitan statistical area and as an outlying county
on the basis of commuting to a central county of another metropolitan
statistical area, both counties become central counties of a single
metropolitan statistical area.
Terms: Central cities/principal cities;
2000 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards:
Principal cities include the largest incorporated place with a
population of 10,000 or more or, if no incorporated place of at least
10,000 is present, the largest incorporated place or census designated
place in the CBSA AND each place of at least 250,000 population or in
which at least 100,000 persons work AND each place with a population of
at least 50,000, but less than 250,000 in which employment meets or
exceeds the number of employed residents AND each place with a
population that is at least 10,000 and 1/3 the size of the largest
place, and in which employment meets or exceeds the number of employed
residents;
1990 metropolitan area standards: Central cities include the largest
city in a metropolitan statistical area/consolidated metropolitan
statistical area AND each city of at least 250,000 population or at
least 100,000 workers AND each city of at least 25,000 population and
at least 75 jobs per 100 workers and less than 60% out commuting AND
each city of at least 15,000 population that is at least 1/3 the size
of largest central city and meets employment ratio and commuting
percentage above AND the largest city of 15,000 population or more that
meets employment ratio and commuting percentage above and is in a
secondary noncontiguous urbanized area AND each city in a secondary
noncontiguous urbanized area that is at least 1/3 the size of largest
central city in that urbanized area and has at least 15,000 population
and meets employment ratio and commuting percentage above.
Terms: Primary metropolitan statistical areas/; metropolitan
divisions;
2000 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards:
Metropolitan divisions consist of one or more counties within
metropolitan statistical areas that have a single core of 2.5 million
or more population;
A county is identified as a main county of a metropolitan division if
65 percent or more of its employed residents work within the county and
the ratio of its employment to its number of employed residents is at
least .75;
A county is identified as a secondary county of a metropolitan division
if 50 percent or more, but less than 65 percent, of its employed
residents work within the county and the ratio of its employment to
its number of employed residents is at least .75;
A main county automatically serves as the basis for a metropolitan
division. For a secondary county to qualify as the basis for forming a
metropolitan division, it must join with either a contiguous secondary
county or a contiguous main county with which it has the highest
employment interchange measure of 15 or more;
After all main counties and secondary counties have been identified
and grouped (if appropriate), each additional county that already has
qualified for the metropolitan statistical area is included in the
metropolitan division associated with the main/secondary county to
which the county at issue has the highest employment interchange
measure. Counties within a metropolitan division must be contiguous;
1990 metropolitan area standards: Primary metropolitan statistical
areas outside New England consist of one or more counties within
metropolitan areas that have a total population of 1 million or more.
Specifically, these primary metropolitan statistical areas consist of:
(A) One or more counties designated as a standard metropolitan
statistical area on January 1, 1980, unless local opinion does not
support continued separate designation; (B) One or more counties for
which local opinion strongly supports separate designation, provided
one county has: (1) at least 100,000 population; (2) at least 60
percent of its population urban; (3) less than 35 percent of its
resident workers working outside the county; and (4) less than 2,500
population of the largest central city in the metropolitan statistical
area. (C) A set of two or more contiguous counties for which local
opinion strongly supports separate designation, provided at least one
county also could qualify as a primary metropolitan statistical area
in section (B), and (1) each county meets requirements (B)(1), (B)(2),
and (B)(4) and less than 50 percent of its resident workers work
outside the county; (2) each county has a commuting interchange of at
least 20 percent with the other counties in the set; and (3) less than
35 percent of the resident workers of the set of counties work outside
the area;
Each county in the metropolitan area not included within a central
core under sections (A) through (C), is assigned to the contiguous
primary metropolitan statistical area to whose central core commuting
is greatest, provided this commuting is: (1) at least 15 percent of
the county's resident workers; (2) at least 5 percentage points higher
than the commuting flow to any other primary metropolitan statistical
area central core that exceeds 15 percent; and (3) larger than the flow
to the county containing the metropolitan area's largest central city;
If a county has qualifying commuting ties to two or more primary
metropolitan statistical area central cores and the relevant values are
within 5 percentage points of each other, local opinion is considered.
Terms: Combining statistical areas;
2000 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards: Two
adjacent CBSAs are combined if the employment interchange rate between
the two areas is at least 25. The employment interchange rate is the
sum of the percentage of employed residents of the CBSA with the
smaller total population who work in the CBSA with the larger total
population and the percentage of employment in the CBSA with the
smaller total population that is accounted for by workers residing in
the CBSA with the larger total population. Adjacent CBSAs that have an
employment interchange rate of at least 15 and less than 25 may
combine if local opinion in both areas favors combination. The
combining CBSAs also retain separate recognition;
1990 metropolitan area standards: Two adjacent metropolitan statistical
areas are combined as a single metropolitan statistical area if: (A)
the total population of the combination is at least one million and (1)
the commuting interchange between the two metropolitan statistical
areas is equal to at least 15% of the employed workers residing in the
smaller metropolitan statistical area, or equal to at least 10% of the
employed workers residing in the smaller metropolitan statistical area
and the urbanized area of a central city of one metropolitan
statistical area is contiguous with the urbanized area of a central
city of the other metropolitan statistical area or a central city in
one metropolitan statistical area is included in the same urbanized
area as a central city in the other metropolitan statistical area; AND
(2) at least 60% of the population of each metropolitan statistical
area is urban. (B) the total population of the combination is less than
one million and (1) their largest central cities are within 25 miles
of one another, or the urbanized areas are contiguous; AND (2) there
is definite evidence that the two areas are closely integrated
economically and socially; AND (3) local opinion in both areas supports
combination.
Terms: Titles;
2000 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area standards: Titles
of CBSAs include the names of up to three principal cities in order of
descending population size; Titles of metropolitan divisions include
the names of up to three principal cities in the metropolitan division
in order of descending population size. If there are no principal
cities, the title includes the names of up to three counties in the
metropolitan division in order of descending population size; Titles
of combined statistical areas include the name of the largest principal
city in the largest CBSA that combines, followed by the names of up to
two additional principal cities in the combination in order of
descending population size, or a suitable regional name, provided that
combined statistical area title does not duplicate the title of a
component metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area or metropolitan
division. Local opinion will be considered when determining the titles
of combined statistical areas;
1990 metropolitan area standards: Titles of metropolitan statistical
areas include the names of up to three central cities in order of
descending population size. Local opinion is considered under specified
conditions;
Titles of primary metropolitan statistical areas include the names of
up to three cities in the primary metropolitan statistical area that
have qualified as central cities. If there are no central cities, the
title will include the names of up to three counties in the primary
metropolitan statistical area in order of descending population size;
Titles of consolidated metropolitan statistical areas include the names
of up to three central cities or counties in the consolidated
metropolitan statistical area. The first name will be the largest
central city in the consolidated metropolitan statistical area; the
remaining two names will be the first city or county name that appears
in the title of the remaining primary metropolitan statistical area
with the largest total population and the first city or county name
that appears in the title of the primary metropolitan statistical area
with the next largest total population. Regional designations can be
substituted for the second and third names if there is strong local
support.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
[End of table]
[End of section]
Appendix IV: Counties in Micropolitan Statistical Areas That Were
Previously in Metropolitan Statistical Areas:
County/county equivalent: Baldwin County, AL;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Mobile, AL MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Daphne-Fairhope, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dale County, AL;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Dothan, AL MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Enterprise-Ozark, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mohave County, AZ;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Litchfield County, CT[A];
1999 CMSA/MSA: Hartford, CT MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Torrington, CT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Litchfield County, CT[A];
1999 CMSA/MSA: NY- Northern NJ-Long I., NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Torrington, CT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Windham County, CT[A];
1999 CMSA/MSA: Boston- Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Willimantic, CT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Windham County, CT[A];
1999 CMSA/MSA: Hartford, CT MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Willimantic, CT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Windham County, CT[A];
1999 CMSA/MSA: New London-Norwich, CT-RI MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Willimantic, CT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Flagler County, FL;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Daytona Beach, FL MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Palm Coast, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Peach County, GA;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Macon, GA MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Fort Valley, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ogle County, IL;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Rockford, IL MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Rochelle, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Adams County, IN;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Fort Wayne, IN MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Decatur, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clinton County, IN;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Lafayette, IN MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Frankfort, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: DeKalb County, IN;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Fort Wayne, IN MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Auburn, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Huntington County, IN;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Fort Wayne, IN MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Huntington, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Scott County, IN;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Louisville, KY-IN MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Scottsburg, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, KY;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Lexington, KY MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Acadia Parish, LA;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Lafayette, LA MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Crowley, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: St. Landry Parish, LA;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Lafayette, LA MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Opelousas-Eunice, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Webster Parish, LA;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Minden, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Allegan County, MI;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Allegan, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lenawee County, MI;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Detroit- Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Adrian, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Midland County, MI;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Saginaw- Bay City-Midland, MI MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Midland, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nye County, NV;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Las Vegas, NV- AZ MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Pahrump, NV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Merrimack County, NH[A];
1999 CMSA/MSA: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Concord, NH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Los Alamos County, NM;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Santa Fe, NM MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Los Alamos, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cayuga County, NY;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Syracuse, NY MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Auburn, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Chautauqua County, NY;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Jamestown, NY MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Genesee County, NY;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Rochester, NY MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Batavia, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, NY;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Albany- Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Amsterdam, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Davidson County, NC;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Thomasville-Lexington, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, NC;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Charlotte- Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Lincolnton, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Rowan County, NC;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Charlotte- Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Salisbury, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ashtabula County, OH;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Ashtabula, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Auglaize County, OH;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Lima, OH MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Wapakoneta, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Columbiana County, OH;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: East Liverpool- Salem, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Crawford County, OH;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Mansfield, OH MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Bucyrus, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Garfield County, OK;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Enid, OK MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Enid, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pottawatomie County, OK;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Oklahoma City, OK MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Shawnee, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Columbia County, PA;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Scranton- -Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Bloomsburg- Berwick, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Somerset County, PA;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Johnstown, PA MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Somerset, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cherokee County, SC;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Gaffney, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Sevier County, TN;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Knoxville, TN MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Sevierville, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Harrison County, TX;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Longview- Marshall, TX MSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Marshall, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Henderson County, TX;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Dallas- Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Athens, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hood County, TX;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Granbury, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Island County, WA;
1999 CMSA/MSA: Seattle- Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA;
2003 micropolitan area: Oak Harbor, WA Micro Area.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and OMB.
Note: CMSA denotes a 1999 consolidated metropolitan statistical area
and MSA denotes a 1999 metropolitan statistical area.
[A] A portion of this New England county was a component of the 1999
metropolitan area shown. Where this occurred, it may be that other
portion(s) of the county were included in more than one 1999
metropolitan area and/or another portion of the county was not
included in any 1999 metropolitan area. Under the 1999 classification,
metropolitan areas in the six New England states--Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont--were town-and
city-based, not county-based. The 2003 classification is county-based,
so the entire county is included in the micropolitan area shown.
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[End of section]
Appendix V: Statistical Status of Counties as of 1999 and 2003:
Alabama:
County/county equivalent: Autauga County, AL;
1999 classification: Montgomery, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Montgomery, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Baldwin County, AL;
1999 classification: Mobile, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Daphne-Fairhope, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Barbour County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Eufaula, AL-GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bibb County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Blount County, AL;
1999 classification: Birmingham, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Calhoun County, AL;
1999 classification: Anniston, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chambers County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Valley, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Chilton County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Coffee County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Enterprise-Ozark, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Colbert County, AL;
1999 classification: Florence, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Coosa County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Alexander City, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cullman County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cullman, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dale County, AL;
1999 classification: Dothan, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Enterprise-Ozark, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dallas County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Selma, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: DeKalb County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fort Payne, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Elmore County, AL;
1999 classification: Montgomery, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Montgomery, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Etowah County, AL;
1999 classification: Gadsden, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Gadsden, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Geneva County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dothan, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Greene County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tuscaloosa, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hale County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tuscaloosa, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Henry County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dothan, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Houston County, AL;
1999 classification: Dothan, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Dothan, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jackson County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Scottsboro, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, AL;
1999 classification: Birmingham, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lauderdale County, AL;
1999 classification: Florence, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lawrence County, AL;
1999 classification: Decatur, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Decatur, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lee County, AL;
1999 classification: Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Auburn- Opelika, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Limestone County, AL;
1999 classification: Huntsville, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Huntsville, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lowndes County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Montgomery, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Macon County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tuskegee, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, AL;
1999 classification: Huntsville, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Huntsville, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marshall County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Albertville, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mobile County, AL;
1999 classification: Mobile, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Mobile, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, AL;
1999 classification: Montgomery, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Montgomery, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Morgan County, AL;
1999 classification: Decatur, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Decatur, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pike County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Troy, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Russell County, AL;
1999 classification: Columbus, GA-AL MSA;
2003 classification: Columbus, GA-AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Clair County, AL;
1999 classification: Birmingham, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Shelby County, AL;
1999 classification: Birmingham, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Talladega County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Tallapoosa County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Alexander City, AL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Tuscaloosa County, AL;
1999 classification: Tuscaloosa, AL MSA;
2003 classification: Tuscaloosa, AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Walker County, AL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA.
Alaska:
County/county equivalent: Anchorage Municipality, AK;
1999 classification: Anchorage, AK MSA;
2003 classification: Anchorage, AK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fairbanks, AK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Juneau City and Borough, AK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Juneau, AK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ketchikan, AK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kodiak Island Borough, AK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kodiak, AK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Anchorage, AK MSA.
Arizona:
County/county equivalent: Cochise County, AZ;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Coconino County, AZ;
1999 classification: Flagstaff, AZ-UT MSA;
2003 classification: Flagstaff, AZ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gila County, AZ;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Payson, AZ Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Graham County, AZ;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Safford, AZ Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Greenlee County, AZ;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Safford, AZ Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Maricopa County, AZ;
1999 classification: Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA;
2003 classification: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mohave County, AZ;
1999 classification: Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA;
2003 classification: Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pima County, AZ;
1999 classification: Tucson, AZ MSA;
2003 classification: Tucson, AZ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pinal County, AZ;
1999 classification: Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA;
2003 classification: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Santa Cruz County, AZ;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Nogales, AZ Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Yavapai County, AZ;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Prescott, AZ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Yuma County, AZ;
1999 classification: Yuma, AZ MSA;
2003 classification: Yuma, AZ MSA.
Arkansas:
County/county equivalent: Baxter County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mountain Home, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Benton County, AR;
1999 classification: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR MSA;
2003 classification: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Boone County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Harrison, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Calhoun County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Camden, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clark County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Arkadelphia, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cleveland County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pine Bluff, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Columbia County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Magnolia, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Craighead County, AR;
1999 classification: Jonesboro, AR MSA;
2003 classification: Jonesboro, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Crawford County, AR;
1999 classification: Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA;
2003 classification: Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Crittenden County, AR;
1999 classification: Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA;
2003 classification: Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Faulkner County, AR;
1999 classification: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA;
2003 classification: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Garland County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hot Springs, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grant County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Greene County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Paragould, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hempstead County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hope, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Independence County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Batesville, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, AR;
1999 classification: Pine Bluff, AR MSA;
2003 classification: Pine Bluff, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pine Bluff, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lonoke County, AR;
1999 classification: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA;
2003 classification: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Miller County, AR;
1999 classification: Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA;
2003 classification: Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mississippi County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Blytheville, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nevada County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hope, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Newton County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Harrison, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ouachita County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Camden, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Perry County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Phillips County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: West Helena, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Poinsett County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jonesboro, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pope County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Russellville, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pulaski County, AR;
1999 classification: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA;
2003 classification: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Francis County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Forrest City, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Saline County, AR;
1999 classification: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA;
2003 classification: Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sebastian County, AR;
1999 classification: Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA;
2003 classification: Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Union County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: El Dorado, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, AR;
1999 classification: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR MSA;
2003 classification: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: White County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Searcy, AR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Yell County, AR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Russellville, AR Micro Area.
California:
County/county equivalent: Alameda County, CA;
1999 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Butte County, CA;
1999 classification: Chico-Paradise, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Chico, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Contra Costa County, CA;
1999 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Del Norte County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Crescent City, CA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: El Dorado County, CA;
1999 classification: Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fresno County, CA;
1999 classification: Fresno, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Fresno, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Humboldt County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, CA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Imperial County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: El Centro, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Inyo County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bishop, CA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kern County, CA;
1999 classification: Bakersfield, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Bakersfield, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kings County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hanford-Corcoran, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lake County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Clearlake, CA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lassen County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Susanville, CA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Los Angeles County, CA;
1999 classification: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Madera County, CA;
1999 classification: Fresno, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Madera, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marin County, CA;
1999 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mendocino County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ukiah, CA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Merced County, CA;
1999 classification: Merced, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Merced, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Monterey County, CA;
1999 classification: Salinas, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Salinas, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Napa County, CA;
1999 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Napa, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Nevada County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Orange County, CA;
1999 classification: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Placer County, CA;
1999 classification: Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Riverside County, CA;
1999 classification: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sacramento County, CA;
1999 classification: Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Benito County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Bernardino County, CA;
1999 classification: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Diego County, CA;
1999 classification: San Diego, CA MSA;
2003 classification: San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Francisco County, CA;
1999 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Joaquin County, CA;
1999 classification: Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Stockton, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Luis Obispo County, CA;
1999 classification: San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA MSA;
2003 classification: San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Mateo County, CA;
1999 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Santa Barbara County, CA;
1999 classification: Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Santa Clara County, CA;
1999 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Santa Cruz County, CA;
1999 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Shasta County, CA;
1999 classification: Redding, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Redding, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Solano County, CA;
1999 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Vallejo-Fairfield, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sonoma County, CA;
1999 classification: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Stanislaus County, CA;
1999 classification: Modesto, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Modesto, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sutter County, CA;
1999 classification: Yuba City, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Yuba City, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tehama County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Red Bluff, CA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Tulare County, CA;
1999 classification: Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Visalia-Porterville, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tuolumne County, CA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Phoenix Lake-Cedar Ridge, CA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ventura County, CA;
1999 classification: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Yolo County, CA;
1999 classification: Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA;
2003 classification: Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Yuba County, CA;
1999 classification: Yuba City, CA MSA;
2003 classification: Yuba City, CA MSA.
Colorado:
County/county equivalent: Adams County, CO;
1999 classification: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA;
2003 classification: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Arapahoe County, CO;
1999 classification: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA;
2003 classification: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Boulder County, CO;
1999 classification: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA;
2003 classification: Boulder, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Broomfield County, CO[A];
1999 classification: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA;
2003 classification: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clear Creek County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Denver County, CO;
1999 classification: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA;
2003 classification: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Douglas County, CO;
1999 classification: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA;
2003 classification: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Eagle County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Edwards, CO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Elbert County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: El Paso County, CO;
1999 classification: Colorado Springs, CO MSA;
2003 classification: Colorado Springs, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fremont County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Canon City, CO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Gilpin County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, CO;
1999 classification: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA;
2003 classification: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lake County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Edwards, CO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: La Plata County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Durango, CO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Larimer County, CO;
1999 classification: Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA;
2003 classification: Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Logan County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sterling, CO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mesa County, CO;
1999 classification: Grand Junction, CO MSA;
2003 classification: Grand Junction, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montrose County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Montrose, CO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Morgan County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fort Morgan, CO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Park County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pueblo County, CO;
1999 classification: Pueblo, CO MSA;
2003 classification: Pueblo, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Summit County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Silverthorne, CO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Teller County, CO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Colorado Springs, CO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Weld County, CO;
1999 classification: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA;
2003 classification: Greeley, CO MSA.
Connecticut:
County/county equivalent: Fairfield County, CT;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hartford County, CT[B];
1999 classification: Hartford, CT MSA;
2003 classification: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Litchfield County, CT[B];
1999 classification: Hartford, CT MSA;
2003 classification: Torrington, CT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Litchfield County, CT[B];
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: Torrington, CT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Middlesex County, CT[B];
1999 classification: Hartford, CT MSA;
2003 classification: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Middlesex County, CT[B];
1999 classification: New London-Norwich, CT-RI MSA;
2003 classification: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Middlesex County, CT[B];
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA.
County/county equivalent: New Haven County, CT;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New Haven-Milford, CT MSA.
County/county equivalent: New London County, CT[B];
1999 classification: Hartford, CT MSA;
2003 classification: Norwich-New London, CT MSA.
County/county equivalent: New London County, CT[B];
1999 classification: New London-Norwich, CT-RI MSA;
2003 classification: Norwich-New London, CT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tolland County, CT[B];
1999 classification: Hartford, CT MSA;
2003 classification: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Windham County, CT[B];
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Willimantic, CT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Windham County, CT[B];
1999 classification: Hartford, CT MSA;
2003 classification: Willimantic, CT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Windham County, CT[B];
1999 classification: New London-Norwich, CT-RI MSA;
2003 classification: Willimantic, CT Micro Area.
Delaware:
County/county equivalent: Kent County, DE;
1999 classification: Dover, DE MSA;
2003 classification: Dover, DE MSA.
County/county equivalent: New Castle County, DE;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sussex County, DE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Seaford, DE Micro Area.
District of Columbia:
County/county equivalent: District of Columbia, DC;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
Florida:
County/county equivalent: Alachua County, FL;
1999 classification: Gainesville, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Gainesville, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Baker County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jacksonville, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bay County, FL;
1999 classification: Panama City, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Brevard County, FL;
1999 classification: Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Broward County, FL;
1999 classification: Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA;
2003 classification: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Charlotte County, FL;
1999 classification: Punta Gorda, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Punta Gorda, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Citrus County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Homosassa Springs, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clay County, FL;
1999 classification: Jacksonville, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Jacksonville, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Collier County, FL;
1999 classification: Naples, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Columbia County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lake City, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: DeSoto County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Arcadia, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Duval County, FL;
1999 classification: Jacksonville, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Jacksonville, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Escambia County, FL;
1999 classification: Pensacola, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Flagler County, FL;
1999 classification: Daytona Beach, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Palm Coast, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Gadsden County, FL;
1999 classification: Tallahassee, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Tallahassee, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gilchrist County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Gainesville, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hardee County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wauchula, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hendry County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Clewiston, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hernando County, FL;
1999 classification: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Highlands County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sebring, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hillsborough County, FL;
1999 classification: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Indian River County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Vero Beach, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tallahassee, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lake County, FL;
1999 classification: Orlando, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Orlando, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lee County, FL;
1999 classification: Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Leon County, FL;
1999 classification: Tallahassee, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Tallahassee, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Manatee County, FL;
1999 classification: Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marion County, FL;
1999 classification: Ocala, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Ocala, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Martin County, FL;
1999 classification: Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Miami-Dade County, FL;
1999 classification: Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA;
2003 classification: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Monroe County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Key West-Marathon, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nassau County, FL;
1999 classification: Jacksonville, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Jacksonville, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Okaloosa County, FL;
1999 classification: Fort Walton Beach, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Okeechobee County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Okeechobee, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Orange County, FL;
1999 classification: Orlando, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Orlando, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Osceola County, FL;
1999 classification: Orlando, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Orlando, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Palm Beach County, FL;
1999 classification: West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pasco County, FL;
1999 classification: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pinellas County, FL;
1999 classification: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Polk County, FL;
1999 classification: Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Lakeland, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Putnam County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Palatka, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: St. Johns County, FL;
1999 classification: Jacksonville, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Jacksonville, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Lucie County, FL;
1999 classification: Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Santa Rosa County, FL;
1999 classification: Pensacola, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sarasota County, FL;
1999 classification: Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Seminole County, FL;
1999 classification: Orlando, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Orlando, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sumter County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: The Villages, FL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Volusia County, FL;
1999 classification: Daytona Beach, FL MSA;
2003 classification: Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wakulla County, FL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tallahassee, FL MSA.
Georgia:
County/county equivalent: Atkinson County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Douglas, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Baker County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Albany, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Baldwin County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Milledgeville, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Barrow County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bartow County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ben Hill County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bibb County, GA;
1999 classification: Macon, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Macon, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Brantley County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brunswick, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Brooks County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Valdosta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bryan County, GA;
1999 classification: Savannah, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Savannah, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bulloch County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Statesboro, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Burke County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Butts County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Camden County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: St. Marys, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Carroll County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Catoosa County, GA;
1999 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA;
2003 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chatham County, GA;
1999 classification: Savannah, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Savannah, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chattahoochee County, GA;
1999 classification: Columbus, GA-AL MSA;
2003 classification: Columbus, GA-AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chattooga County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Summerville, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cherokee County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clarke County, GA;
1999 classification: Athens, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clayton County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cobb County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Coffee County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Douglas, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Colquitt County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Moultrie, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Columbia County, GA;
1999 classification: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Coweta County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Crawford County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Macon, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Crisp County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cordele, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dade County, GA;
1999 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA;
2003 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dawson County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Decatur County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bainbridge, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: DeKalb County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dougherty County, GA;
1999 classification: Albany, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Albany, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Douglas County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Echols County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Valdosta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Effingham County, GA;
1999 classification: Savannah, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Savannah, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fayette County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Floyd County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rome, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Forsyth County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fulton County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Glynn County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brunswick, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gordon County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Calhoun, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Gwinnett County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Habersham County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cornelia, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hall County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Gainesville, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hancock County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Milledgeville, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Haralson County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Harris County, GA;
1999 classification: Columbus, GA-AL MSA;
2003 classification: Columbus, GA-AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Heard County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Henry County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Houston County, GA;
1999 classification: Macon, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Warner Robins, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Irwin County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jasper County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Johnson County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dublin, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jones County, GA;
1999 classification: Macon, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Macon, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lamar County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lanier County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Valdosta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Laurens County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dublin, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lee County, GA;
1999 classification: Albany, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Albany, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Liberty County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Long County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lowndes County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Valdosta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: McDuffie County, GA;
1999 classification: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: McIntosh County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brunswick, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, GA;
1999 classification: Athens, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marion County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbus, GA-AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Meriwether County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Monroe County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Macon, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Vidalia, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Murray County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dalton, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Muscogee County, GA;
1999 classification: Columbus, GA-AL MSA;
2003 classification: Columbus, GA-AL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Newton County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Oconee County, GA;
1999 classification: Athens, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Oglethorpe County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Paulding County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Peach County, GA;
1999 classification: Macon, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Fort Valley, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pickens County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pierce County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Waycross, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pike County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Polk County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cedartown, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Quitman County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Eufaula, AL-GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Richmond County, GA;
1999 classification: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rockdale County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Schley County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Americus, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Spalding County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Stephens County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Toccoa, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Sumter County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Americus, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Terrell County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Albany, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Thomas County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Thomasville, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Tift County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tifton, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Toombs County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Vidalia, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Troup County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: LaGrange, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Twiggs County, GA;
1999 classification: Macon, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Macon, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Upson County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Thomaston, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Walker County, GA;
1999 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA;
2003 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Walton County, GA;
1999 classification: Atlanta, GA MSA;
2003 classification: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ware County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Waycross, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wayne County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jesup, GA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Whitfield County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dalton, GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Worth County, GA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Albany, GA MSA.
Hawaii:
County/county equivalent: Hawaii County, HI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hilo, HI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Honolulu County, HI;
1999 classification: Honolulu, HI MSA;
2003 classification: Honolulu, HI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kauai County, HI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kapaa, HI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Maui County, HI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kahului-Wailuku, HI Micro Area.
Idaho:
County/county equivalent: Ada County, ID;
1999 classification: Boise City, ID MSA;
2003 classification: Boise City- Nampa, ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bannock County, ID;
1999 classification: Pocatello, ID MSA;
2003 classification: Pocatello, ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bingham County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Blackfoot, ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Boise County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Boise City-Nampa, ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bonneville County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Idaho Falls, ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Canyon County, ID;
1999 classification: Boise City, ID MSA;
2003 classification: Boise City-Nampa, ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cassia County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Burley, ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Elmore County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mountain Home, ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Logan, UT-ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fremont County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rexburg, ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Gem County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Boise City- Nampa, ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Idaho Falls, ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jerome County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Twin Falls, ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kootenai County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Coeur d'Alene, ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Latah County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Moscow, ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rexburg, ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Minidoka County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Burley, ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nez Perce County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lewiston, ID-WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Owyhee County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Boise City-Nampa, ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Payette County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ontario, OR-ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Power County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pocatello, ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Teton County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jackson, WY-ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Twin Falls County, ID;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Twin Falls, ID Micro Area.
Illinois:
County/county equivalent: Adams County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Alexander County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bond County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Boone County, IL;
1999 classification: Rockford, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Rockford, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bureau County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ottawa-Streator, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Calhoun County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Champaign County, IL;
1999 classification: Champaign-Urbana, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Champaign-Urbana, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Christian County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Taylorville, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clinton County, IL;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Coles County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cook County, IL;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cumberland County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: DeKalb County, IL;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: DuPage County, IL;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Effingham County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Effingham, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ford County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Champaign-Urbana, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fulton County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Canton, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Grundy County, IL;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hamilton County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Henderson County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Henry County, IL;
1999 classification: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA;
2003 classification: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jackson County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Carbondale, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jersey County, IL;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kane County, IL;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kankakee County, IL;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Kankakee-Bradley, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kendall County, IL;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Knox County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Galesburg, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lake County, IL;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: La Salle County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ottawa-Streator, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lee County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dixon, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Livingston County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pontiac, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Logan County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lincoln, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: McDonough County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Macomb, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: McHenry County, IL;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: McLean County, IL;
1999 classification: Bloomington-Normal, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Bloomington-Normal, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Macon County, IL;
1999 classification: Decatur, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Decatur, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Macoupin County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, IL;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marion County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Centralia, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Marshall County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Peoria, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Massac County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Paducah, KY-IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Menard County, IL;
1999 classification: Springfield, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Springfield, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mercer County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Monroe County, IL;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Morgan County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jacksonville, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ogle County, IL;
1999 classification: Rockford, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Rochelle, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Peoria County, IL;
1999 classification: Peoria-Pekin, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Peoria, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Piatt County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Champaign-Urbana, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Putnam County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ottawa-Streator, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Rock Island County, IL;
1999 classification: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA;
2003 classification: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Clair County, IL;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Saline County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Harrisburg, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Sangamon County, IL;
1999 classification: Springfield, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Springfield, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Scott County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jacksonville, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Stark County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Peoria, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Stephenson County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Freeport, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Tazewell County, IL;
1999 classification: Peoria-Pekin, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Peoria, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Vermilion County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Danville, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Galesburg, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Whiteside County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sterling, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Will County, IL;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Williamson County, IL;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Winnebago County, IL;
1999 classification: Rockford, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Rockford, IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Woodford County, IL;
1999 classification: Peoria-Pekin, IL MSA;
2003 classification: Peoria, IL MSA.
Indiana:
County/county equivalent: Adams County, IN;
1999 classification: Fort Wayne, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Decatur, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Allen County, IN;
1999 classification: Fort Wayne, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Fort Wayne, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bartholomew County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbus, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Benton County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lafayette, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Boone County, IN;
1999 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Brown County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carroll County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lafayette, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cass County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Logansport, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clark County, IN;
1999 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clay County, IN;
1999 classification: Terre Haute, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Terre Haute, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clinton County, IN;
1999 classification: Lafayette, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Frankfort, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Daviess County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Washington, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dearborn County, IN;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Decatur County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Greensburg, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: DeKalb County, IN;
1999 classification: Fort Wayne, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Auburn, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Delaware County, IN;
1999 classification: Muncie, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Muncie, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dubois County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jasper, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Elkhart County, IN;
1999 classification: Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fayette County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Connersville, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Floyd County, IN;
1999 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gibson County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Evansville, IN-KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grant County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Marion, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Greene County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bloomington, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hamilton County, IN;
1999 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hancock County, IN;
1999 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Harrison County, IN;
1999 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hendricks County, IN;
1999 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Henry County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: New Castle, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Howard County, IN;
1999 classification: Kokomo, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Kokomo, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Huntington County, IN;
1999 classification: Fort Wayne, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Huntington, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jackson County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Seymour, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jasper County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Madison, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jennings County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: North Vernon, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Johnson County, IN;
1999 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Knox County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Vincennes, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kosciusko County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Warsaw, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lake County, IN;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: LaPorte County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Michigan City-La Porte, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lawrence County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bedford, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, IN;
1999 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Anderson, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marion County, IN;
1999 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marshall County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Plymouth, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Miami County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Peru, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Monroe County, IN;
1999 classification: Bloomington, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Bloomington, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Crawfordsville, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Morgan County, IN;
1999 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Newton County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Noble County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kendallville, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ohio County, IN;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Owen County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bloomington, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pike County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jasper, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Porter County, IN;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Posey County, IN;
1999 classification: Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY MSA;
2003 classification: Evansville, IN-KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Putnam County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Joseph County, IN;
1999 classification: South Bend, IN MSA;
2003 classification: South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Scott County, IN;
1999 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA;
2003 classification: Scottsburg, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Shelby County, IN;
1999 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Indianapolis, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Steuben County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Angola, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Sullivan County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Terre Haute, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tippecanoe County, IN;
1999 classification: Lafayette, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Lafayette, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tipton County, IN;
1999 classification: Kokomo, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Kokomo, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Vanderburgh County, IN;
1999 classification: Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY MSA;
2003 classification: Evansville, IN-KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Vermillion County, IN;
1999 classification: Terre Haute, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Terre Haute, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Vigo County, IN;
1999 classification: Terre Haute, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Terre Haute, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wabash County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wabash, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Warrick County, IN;
1999 classification: Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY MSA;
2003 classification: Evansville, IN-KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wayne County, IN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Richmond, IN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wells County, IN;
1999 classification: Fort Wayne, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Fort Wayne, IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Whitley County, IN;
1999 classification: Fort Wayne, IN MSA;
2003 classification: Fort Wayne, IN MSA.
Iowa:
County/county equivalent: Benton County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cedar Rapids, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Black Hawk County, IA;
1999 classification: Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MSA;
2003 classification: Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Boone County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Boone, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bremer County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Buena Vista County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Storm Lake, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cerro Gordo County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mason City, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clay County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Spencer, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clinton County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Clinton, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dallas County, IA;
1999 classification: Des Moines, IA MSA;
2003 classification: Des Moines, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Des Moines County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dickinson County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dubuque County, IA;
1999 classification: Dubuque, IA MSA;
2003 classification: Dubuque, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grundy County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Guthrie County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Des Moines, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Harrison County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jasper County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Newton, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Johnson County, IA;
1999 classification: Iowa City, IA MSA;
2003 classification: Iowa City, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jones County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cedar Rapids, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lee County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Keokuk-Fort Madison, IA-MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Linn County, IA;
1999 classification: Cedar Rapids, IA MSA;
2003 classification: Cedar Rapids, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Louisa County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Muscatine, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Des Moines, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mahaska County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Oskaloosa, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Marion County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pella, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Marshall County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Marshalltown, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mills County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Muscatine County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Muscatine, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Polk County, IA;
1999 classification: Des Moines, IA MSA;
2003 classification: Des Moines, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pottawattamie County, IA;
1999 classification: Omaha, NE-IA MSA;
2003 classification: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Scott County, IA;
1999 classification: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA;
2003 classification: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Story County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ames, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wapello County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ottumwa, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, IA;
1999 classification: Des Moines, IA MSA;
2003 classification: Des Moines, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Iowa City, IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Webster County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Woodbury County, IA;
1999 classification: Sioux City, IA-NE MSA;
2003 classification: Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Worth County, IA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mason City, IA Micro Area.
Kansas:
County/county equivalent: Atchison County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Atchison, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Barton County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Great Bend, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Butler County, KS;
1999 classification: Wichita, KS MSA;
2003 classification: Wichita, KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chase County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Emporia, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cowley County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Winfield, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Crawford County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pittsburg, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Doniphan County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Douglas County, KS;
1999 classification: Lawrence, KS MSA;
2003 classification: Lawrence, KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ellis County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hays, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Finney County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Garden City, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ford County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dodge City, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Geary County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Manhattan, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Harvey County, KS;
1999 classification: Wichita, KS MSA;
2003 classification: Wichita, KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jackson County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Topeka, KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Topeka, KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Johnson County, KS;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Labette County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Parsons, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Leavenworth County, KS;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Linn County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lyon County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Emporia, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: McPherson County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: McPherson, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Miami County, KS;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Coffeyville, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Osage County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Topeka, KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ottawa County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Salina, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pottawatomie County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Manhattan, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Reno County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hutchinson, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Riley County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Manhattan, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Saline County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Salina, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Sedgwick County, KS;
1999 classification: Wichita, KS MSA;
2003 classification: Wichita, KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Seward County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Liberal, KS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Shawnee County, KS;
1999 classification: Topeka, KS MSA;
2003 classification: Topeka, KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sumner County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wichita, KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wabaunsee County, KS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Topeka, KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wyandotte County, KS;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
Kentucky:
County/county equivalent: Anderson County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Frankfort, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ballard County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Paducah, KY-IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Barren County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Glasgow, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bath County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bell County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Middlesborough, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Boone County, KY;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bourbon County, KY;
1999 classification: Lexington, KY MSA;
2003 classification: Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Boyd County, KY;
1999 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Boyle County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Danville, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bracken County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bullitt County, KY;
1999 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Calloway County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Murray, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Campbell County, KY;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carter County, KY;
1999 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Not classified.
County/county equivalent: Christian County, KY;
1999 classification: Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA;
2003 classification: Clarksville, TN-KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clark County, KY;
1999 classification: Lexington, KY MSA;
2003 classification: Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Daviess County, KY;
1999 classification: Owensboro, KY MSA;
2003 classification: Owensboro, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Edmonson County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bowling Green, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fayette County, KY;
1999 classification: Lexington, KY MSA;
2003 classification: Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Frankfort, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Fulton County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Union City, TN-KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Gallatin County, KY;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grant County, KY;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Graves County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mayfield, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Greenup County, KY;
1999 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hancock County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Owensboro, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hardin County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Elizabethtown, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Henderson County, KY;
1999 classification: Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY MSA;
2003 classification: Evansville, IN-KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Henry County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hopkins County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Madisonville, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, KY;
1999 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jessamine County, KY;
1999 classification: Lexington, KY MSA;
2003 classification: Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kenton County, KY;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Larue County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Elizabethtown, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Laurel County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: London, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lewis County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Maysville, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Danville, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Livingston County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Paducah, KY-IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: McCracken County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Paducah, KY-IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: McLean County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Owensboro, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, KY;
1999 classification: Lexington, KY MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mason County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Maysville, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Meade County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Menifee County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Metcalfe County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Glasgow, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mount Sterling, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Muhlenberg County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Central City, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nelson County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Oldham County, KY;
1999 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pendleton County, KY;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pulaski County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Somerset, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Rockcastle County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Richmond-Berea, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Scott County, KY;
1999 classification: Lexington, KY MSA;
2003 classification: Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Shelby County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Spencer County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Taylor County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Campbellsville, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Trigg County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Clarksville, TN-KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Trimble County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Louisville, KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bowling Green, KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Webster County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Evansville, IN-KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Whitley County, KY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Corbin, KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Woodford County, KY;
1999 classification: Lexington, KY MSA;
2003 classification: Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA.
Louisiana:
County/county equivalent: Acadia Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Lafayette, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Crowley, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ascension Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Assumption Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pierre Part, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Beauregard Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: De Ridder, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bossier Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Caddo Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Calcasieu Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Lake Charles, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Lake Charles, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cameron Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lake Charles, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Concordia Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: De Soto Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: East Baton Rouge Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: East Feliciana Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grant Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Alexandria, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Iberia Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: New Iberia, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Iberville Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jackson Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ruston, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson Parish, LA;
1999 classification: New Orleans, LA MSA;
2003 classification: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson Davis Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jennings, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lafayette Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Lafayette, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Lafayette, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lafourche Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Houma, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ruston, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Livingston Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Madison Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tallulah, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Morehouse Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bastrop, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Natchitoches Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Natchitoches, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Orleans Parish, LA;
1999 classification: New Orleans, LA MSA;
2003 classification: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ouachita Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Monroe, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Monroe, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Plaquemines Parish, LA;
1999 classification: New Orleans, LA MSA;
2003 classification: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pointe Coupee Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rapides Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Alexandria, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Alexandria, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Bernard Parish, LA;
1999 classification: New Orleans, LA MSA;
2003 classification: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Charles Parish, LA;
1999 classification: New Orleans, LA MSA;
2003 classification: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Helena Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. James Parish, LA;
1999 classification: New Orleans, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Not classified.
County/county equivalent: St. John the Baptist Parish, LA;
1999 classification: New Orleans, LA MSA;
2003 classification: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Landry Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Lafayette, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Opelousas-Eunice, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: St. Martin Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Lafayette, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Lafayette, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Mary Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Morgan City, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: St. Tammany Parish, LA;
1999 classification: New Orleans, LA MSA;
2003 classification: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tangipahoa Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hammond, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Terrebonne Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Houma, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Union Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Monroe, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Vermilion Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Abbeville, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Vernon Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fort Polk South, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bogalusa, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Webster Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Minden, LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: West Baton Rouge Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA;
2003 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA.
County/county equivalent: West Feliciana Parish, LA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Baton Rouge, LA MSA.
Maine:
County/county equivalent: Androscoggin County, ME[B];
1999 classification: Lewiston-Auburn, ME MSA;
2003 classification: Lewiston-Auburn, ME MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cumberland County, ME[B];
1999 classification: Portland, ME MSA;
2003 classification: Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kennebec County, ME;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Knox County, ME;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rockland, ME Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Penobscot County, ME[B];
1999 classification: Bangor, ME MSA;
2003 classification: Bangor, ME MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sagadahoc County, ME;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, MSA.
County/county equivalent: Waldo County, ME[B];
1999 classification: Bangor, ME MSA;
2003 classification: Not classified.
County/county equivalent: York County, ME[B];
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, MSA.
County/county equivalent: York County, ME[B];
1999 classification: Portland, ME MSA;
2003 classification: Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, MSA.
Maryland:
County/county equivalent: Allegany County, MD;
1999 classification: Cumberland, MD-WV MSA;
2003 classification: Cumberland, MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Anne Arundel County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Baltimore County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Calvert County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carroll County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cecil County, MD;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Charles County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dorchester County, MD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cambridge, MD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Frederick County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Harford County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Howard County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Prince George's County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Queen Anne's County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Mary's County, MD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lexington Park, MD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Somerset County, MD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Salisbury, MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Talbot County, MD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Easton, MD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wicomico County, MD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Salisbury, MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Worcester County, MD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ocean Pines, MD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Baltimore city, MD;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA.
Massachusetts:
County/county equivalent: Barnstable County, MA[B];
1999 classification: Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA MSA;
2003 classification: Barnstable Town, MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Berkshire County, MA[B];
1999 classification: Pittsfield, MA MSA;
2003 classification: Pittsfield, MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bristol County, MA[B];
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bristol County, MA[B];
1999 classification: Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA;
2003 classification: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Essex County, MA;
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, MA[B];
1999 classification: Springfield, MA MSA;
2003 classification: Springfield, MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hampden County, MA[B];
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Springfield, MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hampden County, MA[B];
1999 classification: Springfield, MA MSA;
2003 classification: Springfield, MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hampshire County, MA[B];
1999 classification: Springfield, MA MSA;
2003 classification: Springfield, MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Middlesex County, MA;
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Norfolk County, MA;
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Plymouth County, MA;
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Suffolk County, MA;
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Worcester County, MA[B];
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Worcester, MA MSA.
Michigan:
County/county equivalent: Allegan County, MI;
1999 classification: Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Allegan, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Alpena County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Alpena, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Barry County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bay County, MI;
1999 classification: Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Bay City, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Benzie County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Traverse City, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Berrien County, MI;
1999 classification: Benton Harbor, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Niles-Benton Harbor, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Branch County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Coldwater, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Calhoun County, MI;
1999 classification: Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Battle Creek, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cass County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chippewa County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sault Ste. Marie, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clinton County, MI;
1999 classification: Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Delta County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Escanaba, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dickinson County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Iron Mountain, MI-WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Eaton County, MI;
1999 classification: Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Genesee County, MI;
1999 classification: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 classification: Flint, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grand Traverse County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Traverse City, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Gratiot County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Alma, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Houghton County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Houghton, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ingham County, MI;
1999 classification: Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ionia County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Isabella County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mount Pleasant, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jackson County, MI;
1999 classification: Jackson, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Jackson, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kalamazoo County, MI;
1999 classification: Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Kalamazoo-Portage, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kalkaska County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Traverse City, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kent County, MI;
1999 classification: Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Keweenaw County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Houghton, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lapeer County, MI;
1999 classification: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 classification: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Leelanau County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Traverse City, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lenawee County, MI;
1999 classification: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 classification: Adrian, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Livingston County, MI;
1999 classification: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 classification: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Macomb County, MI;
1999 classification: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 classification: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marquette County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Marquette, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mecosta County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Big Rapids, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Menominee County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Marinette, WI-MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Midland County, MI;
1999 classification: Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Midland, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Missaukee County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cadillac, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Monroe County, MI;
1999 classification: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 classification: Monroe, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Muskegon County, MI;
1999 classification: Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Newaygo County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Oakland County, MI;
1999 classification: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 classification: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ottawa County, MI;
1999 classification: Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Holland-Grand Haven, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Saginaw County, MI;
1999 classification: Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Clair County, MI;
1999 classification: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 classification: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Joseph County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sturgis, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Shiawassee County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Owosso, MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Van Buren County, MI;
1999 classification: Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI MSA;
2003 classification: Kalamazoo-Portage, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washtenaw County, MI;
1999 classification: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 classification: Ann Arbor, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wayne County, MI;
1999 classification: Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA;
2003 classification: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wexford County, MI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cadillac, MI Micro Area.
Minnesota:
County/county equivalent: Anoka County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Beltrami County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bemidji, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Benton County, MN;
1999 classification: St. Cloud, MN MSA;
2003 classification: St. Cloud, MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Blue Earth County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mankato-North Mankato, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Brown County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: New Ulm, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Carlton County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Duluth, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carver County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cass County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brainerd, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Chisago County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clay County, MN;
1999 classification: Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN MSA;
2003 classification: Fargo, ND-MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Crow Wing County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brainerd, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dakota County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dodge County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rochester, MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Douglas County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Alexandria, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Freeborn County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Albert Lea, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Goodhue County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Red Wing, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hennepin County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Houston County, MN;
1999 classification: La Crosse, WI-MN MSA;
2003 classification: La Crosse, WI-MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Isanti County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kandiyohi County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Willmar, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lyon County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Marshall, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: McLeod County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hutchinson, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Martin County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fairmont, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mower County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Austin, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nicollet County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mankato-North Mankato, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nobles County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Worthington, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Olmsted County, MN;
1999 classification: Rochester, MN MSA;
2003 classification: Rochester, MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Otter Tail County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Polk County, MN;
1999 classification: Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA;
2003 classification: Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ramsey County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rice County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: St. Louis County, MN;
1999 classification: Duluth-Superior, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Duluth, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Scott County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sherburne County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Stearns County, MN;
1999 classification: St. Cloud, MN MSA;
2003 classification: St. Cloud, MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Steele County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Owatonna, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wabasha County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rochester, MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wilkin County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Winona County, MN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Winona, MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wright County, MN;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
Mississippi:
County/county equivalent: Adams County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Alcorn County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Corinth, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Amite County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: McComb, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bolivar County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cleveland, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Carroll County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Greenwood, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clarke County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Meridian, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clay County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: West Point, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Coahoma County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Clarksdale, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Copiah County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jackson, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: DeSoto County, MS;
1999 classification: Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA;
2003 classification: Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Forrest County, MS;
1999 classification: Hattiesburg, MS MSA;
2003 classification: Hattiesburg, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: George County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pascagoula, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grenada County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Grenada, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hancock County, MS;
1999 classification: Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS MSA;
2003 classification: Gulfport-Biloxi, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Harrison County, MS;
1999 classification: Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS MSA;
2003 classification: Gulfport-Biloxi, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hinds County, MS;
1999 classification: Jackson, MS MSA;
2003 classification: Jackson, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Itawamba County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tupelo, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jackson County, MS;
1999 classification: Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS MSA;
2003 classification: Pascagoula, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jasper County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Laurel, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jones County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Laurel, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kemper County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Meridian, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lafayette County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Oxford, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lamar County, MS;
1999 classification: Hattiesburg, MS MSA;
2003 classification: Hattiesburg, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lauderdale County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Meridian, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lee County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tupelo, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Leflore County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Greenwood, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brookhaven, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lowndes County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbus, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, MS;
1999 classification: Jackson, MS MSA;
2003 classification: Jackson, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marshall County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Oktibbeha County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Starkville, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pearl River County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Picayune, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Perry County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hattiesburg, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pike County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: McComb, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pontotoc County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tupelo, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Rankin County, MS;
1999 classification: Jackson, MS MSA;
2003 classification: Jackson, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Simpson County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jackson, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Stone County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Gulfport-Biloxi, MS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sunflower County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Indianola, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Tate County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tunica County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Vicksburg, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Greenville, MS Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Yazoo County, MS;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Yazoo City, MS Micro Area.
Missouri:
County/county equivalent: Adair County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kirksville, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Andrew County, MO;
1999 classification: St. Joseph, MO MSA;
2003 classification: St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Audrain County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mexico, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bates County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bollinger County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Boone County, MO;
1999 classification: Columbia, MO MSA;
2003 classification: Columbia, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Buchanan County, MO;
1999 classification: St. Joseph, MO MSA;
2003 classification: St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Butler County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Poplar Bluff, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Caldwell County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Callaway County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jefferson City, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cape Girardeau County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cass County, MO;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Christian County, MO;
1999 classification: Springfield, MO MSA;
2003 classification: Springfield, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clark County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Keokuk-Fort Madison, IA-MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clay County, MO;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clinton County, MO;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cole County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jefferson City, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Crawford County, MO[C];
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dallas County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Springfield, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: DeKalb County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dunklin County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kennett, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, MO;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Greene County, MO;
1999 classification: Springfield, MO MSA;
2003 classification: Springfield, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Howard County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbia, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Howell County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: West Plains, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jackson County, MO;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jasper County, MO;
1999 classification: Joplin, MO MSA;
2003 classification: Joplin, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, MO;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Johnson County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Warrensburg, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Laclede County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lebanon, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lafayette County, MO;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lewis County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Quincy, IL-MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, MO;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: McDonald County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marion County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hannibal, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Moniteau County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jefferson City, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Newton County, MO;
1999 classification: Joplin, MO MSA;
2003 classification: Joplin, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Nodaway County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Maryville, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Osage County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jefferson City, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pettis County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sedalia, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Phelps County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rolla, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Platte County, MO;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: Polk County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Springfield, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pulaski County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ralls County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hannibal, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Randolph County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Moberly, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ray County, MO;
1999 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA;
2003 classification: Kansas City, MO-KS MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Charles County, MO;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Francois County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Farmington, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: St. Louis County, MO;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Saline County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Marshall, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Schuyler County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kirksville, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Scott County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sikeston, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Stone County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Branson, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Taney County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Branson, MO Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, MO;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, MO;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
County/county equivalent: Webster County, MO;
1999 classification: Springfield, MO MSA;
2003 classification: Springfield, MO MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Louis city, MO;
1999 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA;
2003 classification: St. Louis, MO-IL MSA.
Montana:
County/county equivalent: Carbon County, MT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Billings, MT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cascade County, MT;
1999 classification: Great Falls, MT MSA;
2003 classification: Great Falls, MT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Flathead County, MT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kalispell, MT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Gallatin County, MT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bozeman, MT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hill County, MT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Havre, MT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, MT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Helena, MT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lewis and Clark County, MT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Helena, MT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Missoula County, MT;
1999 classification: Missoula, MT MSA;
2003 classification: Missoula, MT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Silver Bow County, MT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Butte-Silver Bow, MT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Yellowstone County, MT;
1999 classification: Billings, MT MSA;
2003 classification: Billings, MT MSA.
Nebraska:
County/county equivalent: Adams County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hastings, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Banner County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Buffalo County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kearney, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cass County, NE;
1999 classification: Omaha, NE-IA MSA;
2003 classification: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clay County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hastings, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dakota County, NE;
1999 classification: Sioux City, IA-NE MSA;
2003 classification: Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dawson County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lexington, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dixon County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dodge County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fremont, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Douglas County, NE;
1999 classification: Omaha, NE-IA MSA;
2003 classification: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gage County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Beatrice, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Gosper County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lexington, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hall County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Grand Island, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Howard County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Grand Island, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kearney County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kearney, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lancaster County, NE;
1999 classification: Lincoln, NE MSA;
2003 classification: Lincoln, NE MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: North Platte, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Logan County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: North Platte, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: McPherson County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: North Platte, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Norfolk, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Merrick County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Grand Island, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pierce County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Norfolk, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Platte County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbus, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Sarpy County, NE;
1999 classification: Omaha, NE-IA MSA;
2003 classification: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Saunders County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Scotts Bluff County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Seward County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lincoln, NE MSA.
County/county equivalent: Stanton County, NE;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Norfolk, NE Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, NE;
1999 classification: Omaha, NE-IA MSA;
2003 classification: Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA.
Nevada:
County/county equivalent: Churchill County, NV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fallon, NV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clark County, NV;
1999 classification: Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA;
2003 classification: Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Douglas County, NV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Gardnerville Ranchos, NV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Elko County, NV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Elko, NV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Eureka County, NV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Elko, NV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nye County, NV;
1999 classification: Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA;
2003 classification: Pahrump, NV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Storey County, NV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Reno-Sparks, NV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washoe County, NV;
1999 classification: Reno, NV MSA;
2003 classification: Reno-Sparks, NV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carson City, NV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Carson City, NV MSA.
New Hampshire:
County/county equivalent: Belknap County, NH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Laconia, NH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cheshire County, NH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Keene, NH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Coos County, NH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Berlin, NH-VT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Grafton County, NH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lebanon, NH-VT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hillsborough County, NH[B];
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Merrimack County, NH[B];
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Concord, NH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Rockingham County, NH[B];
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Strafford County, NH[B];
1999 classification: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA;
2003 classification: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sullivan County, NH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Claremont, NH Micro Area.
New Jersey:
County/county equivalent: Atlantic County, NJ;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA;
2003 classification: Atlantic City, NJ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bergen County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Burlington County, NJ;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Camden County, NJ;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cape May County, NJ;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA;
2003 classification: Ocean City, NJ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cumberland County, NJ;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA;
2003 classification: Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton, NJ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Essex County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gloucester County, NJ;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hudson County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hunterdon County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mercer County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: Trenton-Ewing, NJ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Middlesex County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Monmouth County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Morris County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ocean County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Passaic County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Salem County, NJ;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Somerset County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sussex County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Union County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, NJ;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA.
New Mexico:
County/county equivalent: Bernalillo County, NM;
1999 classification: Albuquerque, NM MSA;
2003 classification: Albuquerque, NM MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chaves County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Roswell, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cibola County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Grants, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Curry County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Clovis, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dona Ana County, NM;
1999 classification: Las Cruces, NM MSA;
2003 classification: Las Cruces, NM MSA.
County/county equivalent: Eddy County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Grant County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Silver City, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lea County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hobbs, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Los Alamos County, NM;
1999 classification: Santa Fe, NM MSA;
2003 classification: Los Alamos, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Luna County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Deming, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: McKinley County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Gallup, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Otero County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Alamogordo, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Rio Arriba County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Espanola, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Roosevelt County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Portales, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Sandoval County, NM;
1999 classification: Albuquerque, NM MSA;
2003 classification: Albuquerque, NM MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Juan County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Farmington, NM MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Miguel County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Las Vegas, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Santa Fe County, NM;
1999 classification: Santa Fe, NM MSA;
2003 classification: Santa Fe, NM MSA.
County/county equivalent: Taos County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Taos, NM Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Torrance County, NM;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Albuquerque, NM MSA.
County/county equivalent: Valencia County, NM;
1999 classification: Albuquerque, NM MSA;
2003 classification: Albuquerque, NM MSA.
New York:
County/county equivalent: Albany County, NY;
1999 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bronx County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Broome County, NY;
1999 classification: Binghamton, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Binghamton, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cattaraugus County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Olean, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cayuga County, NY;
1999 classification: Syracuse, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Auburn, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Chautauqua County, NY;
1999 classification: Jamestown, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Chemung County, NY;
1999 classification: Elmira, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Elmira, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clinton County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Columbia County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hudson, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cortland County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cortland, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dutchess County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Erie County, NY;
1999 classification: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Malone, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Fulton County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Gloversville, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Genesee County, NY;
1999 classification: Rochester, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Batavia, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Herkimer County, NY;
1999 classification: Utica-Rome, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Utica-Rome, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kings County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Livingston County, NY;
1999 classification: Rochester, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Rochester, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, NY;
1999 classification: Syracuse, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Syracuse, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Monroe County, NY;
1999 classification: Rochester, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Rochester, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, NY;
1999 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Amsterdam, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nassau County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: New York County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Niagara County, NY;
1999 classification: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Oneida County, NY;
1999 classification: Utica-Rome, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Utica-Rome, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Onondaga County, NY;
1999 classification: Syracuse, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Syracuse, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ontario County, NY;
1999 classification: Rochester, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Rochester, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Orange County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Orleans County, NY;
1999 classification: Rochester, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Rochester, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Oswego County, NY;
1999 classification: Syracuse, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Syracuse, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Otsego County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Oneonta, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Putnam County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Queens County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rensselaer County, NY;
1999 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Richmond County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rockland County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Lawrence County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ogdensburg-Massena, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Saratoga County, NY;
1999 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Schenectady County, NY;
1999 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Schoharie County, NY;
1999 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Seneca County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Seneca Falls, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Steuben County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Corning, NY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Suffolk County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tioga County, NY;
1999 classification: Binghamton, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Binghamton, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tompkins County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ithaca, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ulster County, NY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kingston, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, NY;
1999 classification: Glens Falls, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Glens Falls, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, NY;
1999 classification: Glens Falls, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Glens Falls, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wayne County, NY;
1999 classification: Rochester, NY MSA;
2003 classification: Rochester, NY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Westchester County, NY;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
North Carolina:
County/county equivalent: Alamance County, NC;
1999 classification: Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Burlington, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Alexander County, NC;
1999 classification: Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Anson County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Beaufort County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Washington, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Brunswick County, NC;
1999 classification: Wilmington, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Wilmington, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Buncombe County, NC;
1999 classification: Asheville, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Asheville, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Burke County, NC;
1999 classification: Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cabarrus County, NC;
1999 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Caldwell County, NC;
1999 classification: Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Camden County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Carteret County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Morehead City, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Catawba County, NC;
1999 classification: Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chatham County, NC;
1999 classification: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Durham, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cleveland County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Shelby, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Craven County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: New Bern, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cumberland County, NC;
1999 classification: Fayetteville, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Fayetteville, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Currituck County, NC;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dare County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Davidson County, NC;
1999 classification: Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Thomasville-Lexington, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Davie County, NC;
1999 classification: Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Winston-Salem, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Durham County, NC;
1999 classification: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Durham, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Edgecombe County, NC;
1999 classification: Rocky Mount, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Rocky Mount, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Forsyth County, NC;
1999 classification: Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Winston-Salem, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, NC;
1999 classification: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gaston County, NC;
1999 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Greene County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Greenville, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Guilford County, NC;
1999 classification: Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Halifax County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Harnett County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dunn, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Haywood County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Asheville, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Henderson County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Asheville, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hoke County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fayetteville, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Iredell County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Statesville-Mooresville, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Johnston County, NC;
1999 classification: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jones County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: New Bern, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lee County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sanford, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lenoir County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kinston, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, NC;
1999 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Lincolnton, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, NC;
1999 classification: Asheville, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Asheville, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mecklenburg County, NC;
1999 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Moore County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Southern Pines-Pinehurst, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nash County, NC;
1999 classification: Rocky Mount, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Rocky Mount, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: New Hanover County, NC;
1999 classification: Wilmington, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Wilmington, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Northampton County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Onslow County, NC;
1999 classification: Jacksonville, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Jacksonville, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Orange County, NC;
1999 classification: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Durham, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pamlico County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: New Bern, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pasquotank County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pender County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wilmington, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Perquimans County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Person County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Durham, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pitt County, NC;
1999 classification: Greenville, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Greenville, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Randolph County, NC;
1999 classification: Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Richmond County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rockingham, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Robeson County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lumberton, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Rockingham County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rowan County, NC;
1999 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Salisbury, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Rutherford County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Forest City, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Scotland County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Laurinburg, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Stanly County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Albemarle, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Stokes County, NC;
1999 classification: Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Winston-Salem, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Surry County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mount Airy, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Transylvania County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brevard, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Union County, NC;
1999 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Vance County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Henderson, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wake County, NC;
1999 classification: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Watauga County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Boone, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wayne County, NC;
1999 classification: Goldsboro, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Goldsboro, NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wilkes County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wilson County, NC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wilson, NC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Yadkin County, NC;
1999 classification: Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA;
2003 classification: Winston-Salem, NC MSA.
North Dakota:
County/county equivalent: Billings County, ND;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dickinson, ND Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Burleigh County, ND;
1999 classification: Bismarck, ND MSA;
2003 classification: Bismarck, ND MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cass County, ND;
1999 classification: Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN MSA;
2003 classification: Fargo, ND-MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grand Forks County, ND;
1999 classification: Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA;
2003 classification: Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: McHenry County, ND;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Minot, ND Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Morton County, ND;
1999 classification: Bismarck, ND MSA;
2003 classification: Bismarck, ND MSA.
County/county equivalent: Renville County, ND;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Minot, ND Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Richland County, ND;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Stark County, ND;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dickinson, ND Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Stutsman County, ND;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jamestown, ND Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ward County, ND;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Minot, ND Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Williams County, ND;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Williston, ND Micro Area.
Ohio:
County/county equivalent: Allen County, OH;
1999 classification: Lima, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Lima, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ashland County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ashland, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ashtabula County, OH;
1999 classification: Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA;
2003 classification: Ashtabula, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Athens County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Athens, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Auglaize County, OH;
1999 classification: Lima, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Wapakoneta, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Belmont County, OH;
1999 classification: Wheeling, WV-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Wheeling, WV-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Brown County, OH;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Butler County, OH;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carroll County, OH;
1999 classification: Canton-Massillon, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Canton-Massillon, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Champaign County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Urbana, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clark County, OH;
1999 classification: Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Springfield, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clermont County, OH;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clinton County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wilmington, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Columbiana County, OH;
1999 classification: Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA;
2003 classification: East Liverpool-Salem, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Coshocton County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Coshocton, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Crawford County, OH;
1999 classification: Mansfield, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Bucyrus, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cuyahoga County, OH;
1999 classification: Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA;
2003 classification: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Darke County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Greenville, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Defiance County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Defiance, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Delaware County, OH;
1999 classification: Columbus, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Columbus, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Erie County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sandusky, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fairfield County, OH;
1999 classification: Columbus, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Columbus, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fayette County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Washington, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, OH;
1999 classification: Columbus, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Columbus, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fulton County, OH;
1999 classification: Toledo, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Toledo, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gallia County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Point Pleasant, WV-OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Geauga County, OH;
1999 classification: Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA;
2003 classification: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Greene County, OH;
1999 classification: Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Dayton, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Guernsey County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cambridge, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hamilton County, OH;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hancock County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Findlay, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Huron County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Norwalk, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, OH;
1999 classification: Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV MSA;
2003 classification: Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Knox County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mount Vernon, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lake County, OH;
1999 classification: Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA;
2003 classification: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lawrence County, OH;
1999 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Licking County, OH;
1999 classification: Columbus, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Columbus, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Logan County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bellefontaine, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lorain County, OH;
1999 classification: Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA;
2003 classification: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lucas County, OH;
1999 classification: Toledo, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Toledo, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, OH;
1999 classification: Columbus, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Columbus, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mahoning County, OH;
1999 classification: Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marion County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Marion, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Medina County, OH;
1999 classification: Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA;
2003 classification: Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mercer County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Celina, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Miami County, OH;
1999 classification: Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Dayton, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, OH;
1999 classification: Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Dayton, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Morrow County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbus, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Muskingum County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Zanesville, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Ottawa County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Toledo, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pickaway County, OH;
1999 classification: Columbus, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Columbus, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Portage County, OH;
1999 classification: Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA;
2003 classification: Akron, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Preble County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dayton, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Richland County, OH;
1999 classification: Mansfield, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Mansfield, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ross County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Chillicothe, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Sandusky County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fremont, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Scioto County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Portsmouth, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Seneca County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tiffin, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Shelby County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sidney, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Stark County, OH;
1999 classification: Canton-Massillon, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Canton-Massillon, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Summit County, OH;
1999 classification: Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA;
2003 classification: Akron, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Trumbull County, OH;
1999 classification: Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tuscarawas County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: New Philadelphia-Dover, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Union County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbus, OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Van Wert County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Van Wert, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, OH;
1999 classification: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA;
2003 classification: Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, OH;
1999 classification: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wayne County, OH;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wooster, OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wood County, OH;
1999 classification: Toledo, OH MSA;
2003 classification: Toledo, OH MSA.
Oklahoma:
County/county equivalent: Beckham County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Elk City, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bryan County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Durant, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Canadian County, OK;
1999 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carter County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ardmore, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cherokee County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tahlequah, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cleveland County, OK;
1999 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Comanche County, OK;
1999 classification: Lawton, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Lawton, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Creek County, OK;
1999 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Garfield County, OK;
1999 classification: Enid, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Enid, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Grady County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jackson County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Altus, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kay County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ponca City, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Le Flore County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Logan County, OK;
1999 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Love County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ardmore, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: McClain County, OK;
1999 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Muskogee County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Muskogee, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Oklahoma County, OK;
1999 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Okmulgee County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Osage County, OK;
1999 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ottawa County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Miami, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pawnee County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Payne County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Stillwater, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pittsburg County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: McAlester, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pontotoc County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ada, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pottawatomie County, OK;
1999 classification: Oklahoma City, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Shawnee, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Rogers County, OK;
1999 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sequoyah County, OK;
1999 classification: Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA;
2003 classification: Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Stephens County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Duncan, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Texas County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Guymon, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Tulsa County, OK;
1999 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wagoner County, OK;
1999 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA;
2003 classification: Tulsa, OK MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bartlesville, OK Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Woodward County, OK;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Woodward, OK Micro Area.
Oregon:
County/county equivalent: Benton County, OR;
1999 classification: Corvallis, OR MSA;
2003 classification: Corvallis, OR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clackamas County, OR;
1999 classification: Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clatsop County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Astoria, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Columbia County, OR;
1999 classification: Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Coos County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Coos Bay, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Crook County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Prineville, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Curry County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brookings, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Deschutes County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bend, OR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Douglas County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Roseburg, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hood River County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hood River, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jackson County, OR;
1999 classification: Medford-Ashland, OR MSA;
2003 classification: Medford, OR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Josephine County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Grants Pass, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Klamath County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Klamath Falls, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lane County, OR;
1999 classification: Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA;
2003 classification: Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Linn County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Albany-Lebanon, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Malheur County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ontario, OR-ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Marion County, OR;
1999 classification: Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Salem, OR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Morrow County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pendleton-Hermiston, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Multnomah County, OR;
1999 classification: Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Polk County, OR;
1999 classification: Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Salem, OR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Umatilla County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pendleton-Hermiston, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Union County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: La Grande, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wasco County, OR;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: City of The Dalles, OR Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, OR;
1999 classification: Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Yamhill County, OR;
1999 classification: Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA.
Pennsylvania:
County/county equivalent: Adams County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Gettysburg, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Allegheny County, PA;
1999 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Armstrong County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Beaver County, PA;
1999 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Berks County, PA;
1999 classification: Reading, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Reading, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Blair County, PA;
1999 classification: Altoona, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Altoona, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bradford County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sayre, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bucks County, PA;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Butler County, PA;
1999 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cambria County, PA;
1999 classification: Johnstown, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Johnstown, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carbon County, PA;
1999 classification: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Centre County, PA;
1999 classification: State College, PA MSA;
2003 classification: State College, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chester County, PA;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clearfield County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: DuBois, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clinton County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lock Haven, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Columbia County, PA;
1999 classification: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Crawford County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Meadville, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cumberland County, PA;
1999 classification: Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dauphin County, PA;
1999 classification: Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Delaware County, PA;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Elk County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: St. Marys, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Erie County, PA;
1999 classification: Erie, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Erie, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fayette County, PA;
1999 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Chambersburg, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Huntingdon County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Huntingdon, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Indiana County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Indiana, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lackawanna County, PA;
1999 classification: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lancaster County, PA;
1999 classification: Lancaster, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Lancaster, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lawrence County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: New Castle, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lebanon County, PA;
1999 classification: Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Lebanon, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lehigh County, PA;
1999 classification: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Luzerne County, PA;
1999 classification: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lycoming County, PA;
1999 classification: Williamsport, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Williamsport, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: McKean County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bradford, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mercer County, PA;
1999 classification: Sharon, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mifflin County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lewistown, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Monroe County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: East Stroudsburg, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, PA;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montour County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Northampton County, PA;
1999 classification: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA.
County/county equivalent: Northumberland County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sunbury, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Perry County, PA;
1999 classification: Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Philadelphia County, PA;
1999 classification: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CMSA;
2003 classification: Philadelphia-Camden- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pike County, PA;
1999 classification: NY-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA;
2003 classification: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ- PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Schuylkill County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pottsville, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Snyder County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Somerset County, PA;
1999 classification: Johnstown, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Somerset, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Union County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lewisburg, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Venango County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Oil City, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, PA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Warren, PA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, PA;
1999 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Westmoreland County, PA;
1999 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Pittsburgh, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wyoming County, PA;
1999 classification: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA MSA;
2003 classification: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA.
County/county equivalent: York County, PA;
1999 classification: York, PA MSA;
2003 classification: York-Hanover, PA MSA.
Rhode Island:
County/county equivalent: Bristol County, RI;
1999 classification: Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA;
2003 classification: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kent County, RI;
1999 classification: Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA;
2003 classification: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Newport County, RI[B];
1999 classification: Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA;
2003 classification: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Providence County, RI;
1999 classification: Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA;
2003 classification: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, RI[B];
1999 classification: New London-Norwich, CT-RI MSA;
2003 classification: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, RI[B];
1999 classification: Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA;
2003 classification: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA.
South Carolina:
County/county equivalent: Aiken County, SC;
1999 classification: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Anderson County, SC;
1999 classification: Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Anderson, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Beaufort County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hilton Head Island-Beaufort, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Berkeley County, SC;
1999 classification: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Calhoun County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbia, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Charleston County, SC;
1999 classification: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cherokee County, SC;
1999 classification: Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Gaffney, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Chester County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Chester, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Colleton County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Walterboro, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Darlington County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Florence, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dillon County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dillon, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Dorchester County, SC;
1999 classification: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Edgefield County, SC;
1999 classification: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fairfield County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbia, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Florence County, SC;
1999 classification: Florence, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Florence, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Georgetown County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Georgetown, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Greenville County, SC;
1999 classification: Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Greenville, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Greenwood County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Greenwood, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Horry County, SC;
1999 classification: Myrtle Beach, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jasper County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hilton Head Island-Beaufort, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kershaw County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbia, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lancaster County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lancaster, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Laurens County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Greenville, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lexington County, SC;
1999 classification: Columbia, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Columbia, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marlboro County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bennettsville, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Newberry County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Newberry, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Oconee County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Seneca, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Orangeburg County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Orangeburg, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pickens County, SC;
1999 classification: Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Greenville, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Richland County, SC;
1999 classification: Columbia, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Columbia, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Saluda County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbia, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Spartanburg County, SC;
1999 classification: Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Spartanburg, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sumter County, SC;
1999 classification: Sumter, SC MSA;
2003 classification: Sumter, SC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Union County, SC;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Union, SC Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: York County, SC;
1999 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA;
2003 classification: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC MSA.
South Dakota:
County/county equivalent: Beadle County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Huron, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Brookings County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brookings, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Brown County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Aberdeen, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clay County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Vermillion, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Codington County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Watertown, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Davison County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mitchell, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Edmunds County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Aberdeen, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hamlin County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Watertown, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hanson County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mitchell, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hughes County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pierre, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lawrence County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Spearfish, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, SD;
1999 classification: Sioux Falls, SD MSA;
2003 classification: Sioux Falls, SD MSA.
County/county equivalent: McCook County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sioux Falls, SD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Meade County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rapid City, SD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Minnehaha County, SD;
1999 classification: Sioux Falls, SD MSA;
2003 classification: Sioux Falls, SD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pennington County, SD;
1999 classification: Rapid City, SD MSA;
2003 classification: Rapid City, SD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Stanley County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pierre, SD Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Turner County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sioux Falls, SD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Union County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sioux City, IA-NE-SD MSA.
County/county equivalent: Yankton County, SD;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Yankton, SD Micro Area.
Tennessee:
County/county equivalent: Anderson County, TN;
1999 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bedford County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Shelbyville, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Blount County, TN;
1999 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bradley County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cleveland, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Campbell County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: La Follette, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cannon County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carter County, TN;
1999 classification: Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA;
2003 classification: Johnson City, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cheatham County, TN;
1999 classification: Nashville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chester County, TN;
1999 classification: Jackson, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Jackson, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cocke County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Newport, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Coffee County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tullahoma, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cumberland County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Crossville, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Davidson County, TN;
1999 classification: Nashville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dickson County, TN;
1999 classification: Nashville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dyer County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dyersburg, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Fayette County, TN;
1999 classification: Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA;
2003 classification: Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tullahoma, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Gibson County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Humboldt, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Grainger County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Morristown, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Greene County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Greeneville, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hamblen County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Morristown, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hamilton County, TN;
1999 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA;
2003 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hawkins County, TN;
1999 classification: Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA;
2003 classification: Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Haywood County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brownsville, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Henry County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Paris, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hickman County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jackson County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cookeville, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Morristown, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Knox County, TN;
1999 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lawrence County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lawrenceburg, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Loudon County, TN;
1999 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: McMinn County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Athens, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Macon County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Madison County, TN;
1999 classification: Jackson, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Jackson, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marion County, TN;
1999 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA;
2003 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marshall County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lewisburg, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Maury County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Columbia, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, TN;
1999 classification: Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA;
2003 classification: Clarksville, TN-KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Moore County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Tullahoma, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Obion County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Union City, TN-KY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Overton County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cookeville, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Polk County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cleveland, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Putnam County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cookeville, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Roane County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Harriman, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Robertson County, TN;
1999 classification: Nashville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rutherford County, TN;
1999 classification: Nashville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sequatchie County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sevier County, TN;
1999 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Sevierville, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Shelby County, TN;
1999 classification: Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA;
2003 classification: Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Smith County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Stewart County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Clarksville, TN-KY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sullivan County, TN;
1999 classification: Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA;
2003 classification: Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sumner County, TN;
1999 classification: Nashville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tipton County, TN;
1999 classification: Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA;
2003 classification: Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Trousdale County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Unicoi County, TN;
1999 classification: Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA;
2003 classification: Johnson City, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Union County, TN;
1999 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Knoxville, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: McMinnville, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, TN;
1999 classification: Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA;
2003 classification: Johnson City, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Weakley County, TN;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Martin, TN Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Williamson County, TN;
1999 classification: Nashville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wilson County, TN;
1999 classification: Nashville, TN MSA;
2003 classification: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN MSA.
Texas:
County/county equivalent: Anderson County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Palestine, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Andrews County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Andrews, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Angelina County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lufkin, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Aransas County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Corpus Christi, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Archer County, TX;
1999 classification: Wichita Falls, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Wichita Falls, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Armstrong County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Amarillo, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Atascosa County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Austin County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bandera County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bastrop County, TX;
1999 classification: Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bee County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Beeville, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bell County, TX;
1999 classification: Killeen-Temple, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bexar County, TX;
1999 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA;
2003 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bowie County, TX;
1999 classification: Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA;
2003 classification: Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA.
County/county equivalent: Brazoria County, TX;
1999 classification: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Brazos County, TX;
1999 classification: Bryan-College Station, TX MSA;
2003 classification: College Station-Bryan, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Brown County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brownwood, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Burleson County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: College Station-Bryan, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Caldwell County, TX;
1999 classification: Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Calhoun County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Victoria, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Callahan County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Abilene, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cameron County, TX;
1999 classification: Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carson County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Amarillo, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chambers County, TX;
1999 classification: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cherokee County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jacksonville, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clay County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wichita Falls, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Collin County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Comal County, TX;
1999 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA;
2003 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cooke County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Gainesville, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Coryell County, TX;
1999 classification: Killeen-Temple, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Crosby County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lubbock, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dallas County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dawson County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lamesa, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Deaf Smith County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hereford, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Delta County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Denton County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ector County, TX;
1999 classification: Odessa-Midland, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Odessa, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ellis County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: El Paso County, TX;
1999 classification: El Paso, TX MSA;
2003 classification: El Paso, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Erath County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Stephenville, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Fort Bend County, TX;
1999 classification: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Galveston County, TX;
1999 classification: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Goliad County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Victoria, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gray County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pampa, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Grayson County, TX;
1999 classification: Sherman-Denison, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Sherman-Denison, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gregg County, TX;
1999 classification: Longview-Marshall, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Longview, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Guadalupe County, TX;
1999 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA;
2003 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hale County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Plainview, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hardin County, TX;
1999 classification: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Harris County, TX;
1999 classification: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Harrison County, TX;
1999 classification: Longview-Marshall, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Marshall, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hays County, TX;
1999 classification: Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Henderson County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Athens, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hidalgo County, TX;
1999 classification: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA;
2003 classification: McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hockley County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Levelland, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hood County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Granbury, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hopkins County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sulphur Springs, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Howard County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Big Spring, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hunt County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hutchinson County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Borger, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Irion County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: San Angelo, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, TX;
1999 classification: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jim Wells County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Alice, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Johnson County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jones County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Abilene, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kaufman County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kendall County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kenedy County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kingsville, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kerr County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kerrville, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kleberg County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Kingsville, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lamar County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Paris, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lampasas County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Liberty County, TX;
1999 classification: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lubbock County, TX;
1999 classification: Lubbock, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Lubbock, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: McLennan County, TX;
1999 classification: Waco, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Waco, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Matagorda County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bay City, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Maverick County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Eagle Pass, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Medina County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Midland County, TX;
1999 classification: Odessa-Midland, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Midland, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, TX;
1999 classification: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Moore County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dumas, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nacogdoches County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Nacogdoches, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Navarro County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Corsicana, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nolan County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sweetwater, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Nueces County, TX;
1999 classification: Corpus Christi, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Corpus Christi, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Orange County, TX;
1999 classification: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Palo Pinto County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mineral Wells, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Parker County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Potter County, TX;
1999 classification: Amarillo, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Amarillo, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Randall County, TX;
1999 classification: Amarillo, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Amarillo, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Reeves County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pecos, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Roberts County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pampa, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Robertson County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: College Station-Bryan, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rockwall County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rusk County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Longview, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Jacinto County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: San Patricio County, TX;
1999 classification: Corpus Christi, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Corpus Christi, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Scurry County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Snyder, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Smith County, TX;
1999 classification: Tyler, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Tyler, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Somervell County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Granbury, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Starr County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rio Grande City, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Tarrant County, TX;
1999 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Taylor County, TX;
1999 classification: Abilene, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Abilene, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Titus County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mount Pleasant, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Tom Green County, TX;
1999 classification: San Angelo, TX MSA;
2003 classification: San Angelo, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Travis County, TX;
1999 classification: Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Upshur County, TX;
1999 classification: Longview-Marshall, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Longview, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Uvalde County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Uvalde, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Val Verde County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Del Rio, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Victoria County, TX;
1999 classification: Victoria, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Victoria, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Walker County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Huntsville, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Waller County, TX;
1999 classification: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA;
2003 classification: Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brenham, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Webb County, TX;
1999 classification: Laredo, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Laredo, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wharton County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: El Campo, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wichita County, TX;
1999 classification: Wichita Falls, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Wichita Falls, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wilbarger County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Vernon, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Willacy County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Raymondville, TX Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Williamson County, TX;
1999 classification: Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA;
2003 classification: Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wilson County, TX;
1999 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA;
2003 classification: San Antonio, TX MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wise County, TX;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA.
Utah:
County/county equivalent: Box Elder County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Brigham City, UT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Cache County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Logan, UT-ID MSA.
County/county equivalent: Carbon County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Price, UT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Davis County, UT;
1999 classification: Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA;
2003 classification: Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Iron County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Cedar City, UT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Juab County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Provo-Orem, UT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kane County, UT;
1999 classification: Flagstaff, AZ-UT MSA;
2003 classification: Not classified.
County/county equivalent: Morgan County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Salt Lake County, UT;
1999 classification: Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA;
2003 classification: Salt Lake City, UT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Summit County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Salt Lake City, UT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tooele County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Salt Lake City, UT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Uintah County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Vernal, UT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Utah County, UT;
1999 classification: Provo-Orem, UT MSA;
2003 classification: Provo-Orem, UT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wasatch County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Heber, UT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, UT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: St. George, UT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Weber County, UT;
1999 classification: Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA;
2003 classification: Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA.
Vermont:
County/county equivalent: Bennington County, VT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bennington, VT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Chittenden County, VT[B];
1999 classification: Burlington, VT MSA;
2003 classification: Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Essex County, VT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Berlin, NH-VT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, VT[B];
1999 classification: Burlington, VT MSA;
2003 classification: Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grand Isle County, VT[B];
1999 classification: Burlington, VT MSA;
2003 classification: Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA.
County/county equivalent: Orange County, VT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lebanon, NH-VT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Rutland County, VT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rutland, VT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, VT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Barre, VT Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Windsor County, VT;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lebanon, NH-VT Micro Area.
Virginia:
County/county equivalent: Albemarle County, VA;
1999 classification: Charlottesville, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Charlottesville, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Amelia County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Amherst County, VA;
1999 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Appomattox County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Arlington County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Augusta County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Staunton-Waynesboro, VA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Bedford County, VA;
1999 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Botetourt County, VA;
1999 classification: Roanoke, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Roanoke, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Campbell County, VA;
1999 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Caroline County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Charles City County, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chesterfield County, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clarke County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Craig County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Roanoke, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Culpeper County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Not classified.
County/county equivalent: Cumberland County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dinwiddie County, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fairfax County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fauquier County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fluvanna County, VA;
1999 classification: Charlottesville, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Charlottesville, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Roanoke, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Frederick County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Winchester, VA-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Giles County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Gloucester County, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Goochland County, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Greene County, VA;
1999 classification: Charlottesville, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Charlottesville, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hanover County, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Henrico County, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Henry County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Martinsville, VA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Isle of Wight County, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: James City County, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: King and Queen County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: King George County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Not classified.
County/county equivalent: King William County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Loudoun County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Louisa County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mathews County, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Montgomery County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Nelson County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Charlottesville, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: New Kent County, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pittsylvania County, VA;
1999 classification: Danville, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Danville, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Powhatan County, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Prince George County, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Prince William County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pulaski County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Roanoke County, VA;
1999 classification: Roanoke, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Roanoke, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rockingham County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Harrisonburg, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Scott County, VA;
1999 classification: Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA;
2003 classification: Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Spotsylvania County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Stafford County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Surry County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sussex County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Tazewell County, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Warren County, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, VA;
1999 classification: Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA;
2003 classification: Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: York County, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Alexandria city, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bedford city, VA;
1999 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Bristol city, VA;
1999 classification: Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA;
2003 classification: Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Charlottesville city, VA;
1999 classification: Charlottesville, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Charlottesville, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chesapeake city, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Colonial Heights city, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Danville city, VA;
1999 classification: Danville, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Danville, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fairfax city, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Falls Church city, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Fredericksburg city, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hampton city, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Harrisonburg city, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Harrisonburg, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hopewell city, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lynchburg city, VA;
1999 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Lynchburg, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Manassas city, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Manassas Park city, VA;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Martinsville city, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Martinsville, VA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Newport News city, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Norfolk city, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Petersburg city, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Poquoson city, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Portsmouth city, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Radford city, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Richmond city, VA;
1999 classification: Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Richmond, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Roanoke city, VA;
1999 classification: Roanoke, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Roanoke, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Salem city, VA;
1999 classification: Roanoke, VA MSA;
2003 classification: Roanoke, VA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Staunton city, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Staunton-Waynesboro, VA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Suffolk city, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Virginia Beach city, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Waynesboro city, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Staunton-Waynesboro, VA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Williamsburg city, VA;
1999 classification: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA;
2003 classification: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA.
County/county equivalent: Winchester city, VA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Winchester, VA-WV MSA.
Washington:
County/county equivalent: Asotin County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Lewiston, ID-WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Benton County, WA;
1999 classification: Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA MSA;
2003 classification: Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chelan County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wenatchee, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clallam County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Port Angeles, WA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Clark County, WA;
1999 classification: Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cowlitz County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Longview, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Douglas County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wenatchee, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Franklin County, WA;
1999 classification: Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA MSA;
2003 classification: Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grant County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Moses Lake, WA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Grays Harbor County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Aberdeen, WA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Island County, WA;
1999 classification: Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Oak Harbor, WA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: King County, WA;
1999 classification: Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kitsap County, WA;
1999 classification: Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Bremerton-Silverdale, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kittitas County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Ellensburg, WA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Lewis County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Centralia, WA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mason County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Shelton, WA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Pierce County, WA;
1999 classification: Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Skagit County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Skamania County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Snohomish County, WA;
1999 classification: Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Spokane County, WA;
1999 classification: Spokane, WA MSA;
2003 classification: Spokane, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Thurston County, WA;
1999 classification: Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA;
2003 classification: Olympia, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Walla Walla County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Walla Walla, WA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Whatcom County, WA;
1999 classification: Bellingham, WA MSA;
2003 classification: Bellingham, WA MSA.
County/county equivalent: Whitman County, WA;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Pullman, WA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Yakima County, WA;
1999 classification: Yakima, WA MSA;
2003 classification: Yakima, WA MSA.
West Virginia:
County/county equivalent: Berkeley County, WV;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Boone County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Charleston, WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Brooke County, WV;
1999 classification: Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV MSA;
2003 classification: Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Cabell County, WV;
1999 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Clay County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Charleston, WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Doddridge County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Clarksburg, WV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Fayette County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Oak Hill, WV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Hampshire County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Winchester, VA-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Hancock County, WV;
1999 classification: Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV MSA;
2003 classification: Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Harrison County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Clarksburg, WV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, WV;
1999 classification: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA;
2003 classification: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kanawha County, WV;
1999 classification: Charleston, WV MSA;
2003 classification: Charleston, WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Charleston, WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marion County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fairmont, WV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Marshall County, WV;
1999 classification: Wheeling, WV-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Wheeling, WV-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Mason County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Point Pleasant, WV-OH Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mercer County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Mineral County, WV;
1999 classification: Cumberland, MD-WV MSA;
2003 classification: Cumberland, MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Monongalia County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Morgantown, WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Morgan County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ohio County, WV;
1999 classification: Wheeling, WV-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Wheeling, WV-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pleasants County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Preston County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Morgantown, WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Putnam County, WV;
1999 classification: Charleston, WV MSA;
2003 classification: Charleston, WV MSA.
County/county equivalent: Raleigh County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Beckley, WV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Taylor County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Clarksburg, WV Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Wayne County, WV;
1999 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wirt County, WV;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wood County, WV;
1999 classification: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH MSA;
2003 classification: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH MSA.
Wisconsin:
County/county equivalent: Brown County, WI;
1999 classification: Green Bay, WI MSA;
2003 classification: Green Bay, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Calumet County, WI;
1999 classification: Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA;
2003 classification: Appleton, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Chippewa County, WI;
1999 classification: Eau Claire, WI MSA;
2003 classification: Eau Claire, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Columbia County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Madison, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dane County, WI;
1999 classification: Madison, WI MSA;
2003 classification: Madison, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dodge County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Douglas County, WI;
1999 classification: Duluth-Superior, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Duluth, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Dunn County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Menomonie, WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Eau Claire County, WI;
1999 classification: Eau Claire, WI MSA;
2003 classification: Eau Claire, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Florence County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Iron Mountain, MI-WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Fond du Lac County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Fond du Lac, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Grant County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Platteville, WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Green County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Monroe, WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Iowa County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Madison, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Jefferson County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Kenosha County, WI;
1999 classification: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Kewaunee County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Green Bay, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: La Crosse County, WI;
1999 classification: La Crosse, WI-MN MSA;
2003 classification: La Crosse, WI-MN MSA.
County/county equivalent: Lincoln County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Merrill, WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Manitowoc County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Manitowoc, WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Marathon County, WI;
1999 classification: Wausau, WI MSA;
2003 classification: Wausau, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Marinette County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Marinette, WI-MI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Milwaukee County, WI;
1999 classification: Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Oconto County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Green Bay, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Outagamie County, WI;
1999 classification: Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA;
2003 classification: Appleton, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Ozaukee County, WI;
1999 classification: Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Pierce County, WI;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Portage County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Stevens Point, WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Racine County, WI;
1999 classification: Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Racine, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Rock County, WI;
1999 classification: Janesville-Beloit, WI MSA;
2003 classification: Janesville, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: St. Croix County, WI;
1999 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA;
2003 classification: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sauk County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Baraboo, WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Sheboygan County, WI;
1999 classification: Sheboygan, WI MSA;
2003 classification: Sheboygan, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Walworth County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Whitewater, WI Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Washington County, WI;
1999 classification: Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Waukesha County, WI;
1999 classification: Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA;
2003 classification: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Winnebago County, WI;
1999 classification: Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA;
2003 classification: Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MSA.
County/county equivalent: Wood County, WI;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micro Area.
Wyoming:
County/county equivalent: Albany County, WY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Laramie, WY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Campbell County, WY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Gillette, WY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Fremont County, WY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Riverton, WY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Laramie County, WY;
1999 classification: Cheyenne, WY MSA;
2003 classification: Cheyenne, WY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Natrona County, WY;
1999 classification: Casper, WY MSA;
2003 classification: Casper, WY MSA.
County/county equivalent: Sheridan County, WY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Sheridan, WY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Sweetwater County, WY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Rock Springs, WY Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Teton County, WY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Jackson, WY-ID Micro Area.
County/county equivalent: Uinta County, WY;
1999 classification: Not classified;
2003 classification: Evanston, WY Micro Area.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and OMB.
Notes: CMSA denotes a 1999 consolidated metropolitan statistical area
and MSA denotes a metropolitan statistical area. If a county is not
part of an MSA (either an micro area or not classified) its
classification is shown in italics. If the county was previously not
classified and is now classified as an MSA, the MSA is shown in bold.
[A] Broomfield County, Colorado was formed from parts of Adams,
Boulder, Jefferson, and Weld Counties, Colorado on November 15, 2001.
For purposes of defining and presenting data for MSAs, Broomfield city
is treated as if it were a county in 1990 and in 2000.
[B] A portion of this New England county was a component of the 1999
metropolitan area shown. Where this occurred, it may be that other
portion(s) of the county were included in more than one 1999
metropolitan area and/or another portion of the county was not included
in a 1999 metropolitan area. Under the 1999 classification,
metropolitan areas in the six New England states - Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont - were town-and
city-based, not county-based. The 2003 classification is county-based,
so the entire county is included in the metropolitan or micropolitan
area shown.
[C] Pursuant to Pub. L. No. 100-202, Section 530, the part of Sullivan
city in Crawford County, Missouri, was added to the St. Louis,
Missouri-Illinois MSA effective December 22, 1987.
[End of table]
[End of section]
Appendix VI: State Maps: New Mexico, New York, and Michigan:
To view color versions of these maps (figs. 4-6), go to our Web site.
Figure 4: Changes in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Status as Defined by
OMB from June 1999 to October 2003: New Mexico:
[See PDF for image]
Note: This map was prepared by the Geography Division, U.S. Census
Bureau, for GAO's review of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical
area standards.
[End of figure]
Figure 5: Changes in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Status as Defined by
OMB from June 1999 to October 2003: New York:
[See PDF for image]
Note: This map was prepared by the Geography Division, U.S. Census
Bureau, for GAO's review of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical
area standards.
[End of figure]
Figure 6: Changes in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Status as Defined by
OMB from June 1999 to October 2003: Michigan:
[See PDF for image]
Note: This map was prepared by the Geography Division, U.S. Census
Bureau, for GAO's review of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical
area standards.
[End of figure]
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FOOTNOTES
[1] Our search was conducted using the term "metropolitan statistical
area(s)" and the acronym "MSA." Throughout the report, however, we do
not use the acronym MSA because the 2000 definitions created
micropolitan statistical areas to recognize less populated areas. Thus,
if we used MSA in this report, it would be difficult to discern whether
we were referring to metropolitan statistical areas or micropolitan
statistical areas.
[2] Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(7), the responsibility for developing
and overseeing implementation of these standards is assigned to OMB's
Chief Statistician.
[3] Equivalent entities are boroughs and census areas in Alaska;
parishes in Louisiana; municipios in Puerto Rico; and independent
cities in Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia.
[4] The four university working groups were (1) University of
Minnesota, (2) University of Texas at Dallas, (3) University of
Michigan and Brown University, and (4) University of Washington.
[5] 63 Fed. Reg. 70526.
[6] 64 Fed. Reg. 56628 (Oct. 20, 1999) and 65 Fed. Reg. 51060 (Aug. 22,
2000).
[7] 65 Fed. Reg. 82228.
[8] OMB Bulletin No. 03-04, Revised Definitions of Metropolitan
Statistical Areas, New Definitions of Micropolitan Statistical Areas
and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Statistical
Definitions of These Areas (June 6, 2003).
[9] OMB Bulletin No. 04-03, Update of Statistical Area Definitions and
Additional Guidance on Their Uses (Feb. 18, 2004).
[10] Those five counties are Carter County, Kentucky; St. James Parish,
Louisiana; Kane County, Utah; Culpeper County, Virginia; and King
George County, Virginia.
[11] The February 2004 update used Census data as of December 2003.
[12] 68 Fed. Reg. 69580.
[13] An urban county that became eligible after fiscal year 1999 could
lose its eligibility if it loses the population of a city within its
boundaries that becomes eligible on its own. However, the law requires
the city's population to be included in the county's population for a
period of 3 years. Thus, assuming other circumstances remained the
same, the county would retain its eligibility for that period even if
the city becomes eligible on its own. In 2004, no counties lost
population due to a city attaining eligibility.
[14] In some instances, areas adjacent to metropolitan statistical
areas (referred to as areas of application) are included in the
locality pay area.
[15] Where designated pursuant to the 1990 standards, CMS considers
each primary metropolitan statistical area as a single labor market. A
PMSA is a subdivision of a consolidated metropolitan statistical area.
[16] 68 Fed. Reg. 45345 (Aug. 1, 2003).
[17] 69 Fed. Reg. 28195 (May 18, 2004).
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