Routledge Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition
Metropolitan Statistical Area (J1, R1)
A large population centre of the USA including the adjoining communities socially and economically integrated with it. In rural areas, except New England, MSAs refer to counties. This term re-placed the ‘Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area’ after June 1963.
See also: Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area; Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
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