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| | Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Definitions |
 | | Ranking Tables for Population of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, Combined Statistical Areas, New England City and Town Areas, and Combined New England City and Town Areas: 1990 and 2000 (Areas Defined by the Office of Management and Budget as of June 30, 2003.) (PHC-T-29) |
 | | Currently defined metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas are based on application of the 2000 standards (which appeared in the Federal Register on December 27, 2000) to Census 2000 data, as updated by application of those standards to more recent Census Bureau population estimates. |
 | | OMB Bulletin No. 04-03 announcing updates to metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas as of December 2003, based on the Census Bureau’s July 1, 2001 and July 1, 2002 population estimates for cities and towns, and in specified circumstances, local opinion. |
| www.census.gov /population/www/estimates/metrodef.html (908 words) |
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