What are they? CBSA codes are the new 'MSA' (Metropolitan Statistical Area) codes defined by the U.S. government.This is the year 2000 onward standard for both Metropolitan Statistical Areas and MIcropolitan Statistical Areas (areas between 10,000 and 50,000 total population). 'CBSA' stands for 'Core-Based Statistical Areas.'

A great marketing tool! If you have been using MSA codes, you should plan on upgrading to the new CBSA codes because they now cover Micropolitan Statistical Areas of 10,000 to 50,000 population which were not previously covered. This brings the coverage up to about 93% of the population, as opposed to 80% with the old MSA codes.

In addition to more cities and towns being covered, there is additional granularity in some large metropolitan areas which have now been broken up into divisions.

A new, exclusive feature which only GreatData offers is the latest population statistics and CBSA rank based on that population. We update these figures annually!

For further information, please go to our Download Page and try out the demo.

Included in the demo is a very informative PDF help file which provides a simple explanation of how CBSA codes are defined. It also explains the new definitions: Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, Combined Statistical Areas (CSA), and Metropolitan Divisions.

For detailed info, please review our PDF documentation file.

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