United States Census Bureau Metropolitan Statistical Areas

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:statistical_area_classification
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:MSA
gptkbp:basisFor	gptkb:public_policy urban planning transportation planning federal funding allocation
gptkbp:covers	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criteria	urbanized area of at least 50,000 population
gptkbp:dataSource	gptkb:American_Community_Survey gptkb:Decennial_Census
gptkbp:definedIn	gptkb:United_States_Census_Bureau
gptkbp:firstDefined	1949
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:OMB_Bulletin
gptkbp:includes	one or more counties
gptkbp:numberAsOf2023	387
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Micropolitan_Statistical_Areas Combined Statistical Areas Core Based Statistical Areas
gptkbp:updated	gptkb:Office_of_Management_and_Budget
gptkbp:usedFor	gptkb:statistical_analysis economic analysis demographic analysis
gptkbp:website	https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro.html
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States Census Bureau Metropolitan Statistical Areas