Talk:Combined Statistical Area

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Why is the Miami metropolitan area (Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-West Palm Beach) not included in this list with its 5 million+ residents?

Is Windsor, Ontario included in Detroit's CSA? If not, it definitely should be, seeing as it's about an hour closer to Detroit than Flint.

The Miami MSA is not in a CSA. 01:05, 21 February 2006 (UTC)TCC Windsor is not in the Detroit CSA. The Census Bureau does not count non U.S. populations. The UN may, I'm not sure.01:05, 21 February 2006 (UTC)]TCC

It would be interesting to say some more about these areas' populations such as: density, avg. income, etc...all in a table.

Truckee, California does not belong in the Sacramento-Arden-Arcade metropolitan area. Truckee is 100 miles east of Sacramento, and it is on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe. Truckee is only 32 miles from Reno, Nevada, but it would be a stretch to say that it is a suburb of Reno.

Truckee is probably considered part of Sacramento under the definition CSA. Like how OlympiaWashington is considered part of Greater Seattle despite being 70 or so miles from Seattle.

Please see the Table of United States primary census statistical areas for the combined list of all 123 Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs), plus the 186 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and 409 Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) that are not a component of a CSA. --Buaidh 21:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CSAs plus MSAs that are not part of a CSA

This is the natural, intuitively expected definition of US conurbations. CSAs and non-CSA MSAs are in fact combined as a single list in some official statistics, for example [1]

I am removing the table of MSAs since MSAs are not comparable to CSAs. From the OMB Bulletin (page 10 of the pdf file):

2. Guidance on Presenting Data for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Divisions, Combined Statistical Areas, NECTAs, NECTA Divisions, and Combined NECTAs

Because Combined Statistical Areas represent groupings of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (in any combination), they should not be ranked or compared with individual Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas. --Polaron | Talk 06:54, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

That sentence says CSAs should not be ranked at all. --JWB 17:27, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Why do this CSA state that Charlotte CSA is still 2,120,745 when Charlotte states As of 2005, Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord region (once referred to locally as "Metrolina"; however use of the word has been discouraged) had a combined statistical area (CSA) population of 2,420,745. --(08:04, 4 January 2007) 208.104.231.252

Please see the Table of United States primary census statistical areas for the combined list of all 123 Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs), plus the 186 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and 409 Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) that are not a component of a CSA. --Buaidh 21:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This data is incomplete

Missing is Phoenix, AZ, and I agree with the poster that population density per sq. mile would be a good stat. For example, it has been said the density of downtown Washington DC during lunchhour on a weekday approaches and surpasses some of the densest parts of the world, including India and China. An example of city density: Cairo, Egypt has 18000 people per sq. km, or about 3 people per living room sized room.

This is not a list of metropolitan areas in the US. Please see List of United States metropolitan areas. Phoenix is also not part of any CSA which is why it is not here. Density figures are also not a good measure for these areas since they would not reflect the actual urban density. Most CSAs have large rural territory within them. See United States urban area for urban area densities of various places. --Polaron | Talk 14:47, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Please see the Table of United States primary census statistical areas for the combined list of all 123 Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs), plus the 186 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and 409 Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) that are not a component of a CSA. --Buaidh 21:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2006 Census Estimate Available

The 2006 Census estimates are now available for counties, meaning that 2006 population estimates can now be added for CSA's and MSA's.--Criticalthinker 05:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why does this page exist?

It seems utterly redundant with the full table of CSAs. There are only 121 of them to begin with, so a separate page listing the 25 largest is unnecessary and confusing. The information on the two pages really ought to be merged. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.215.221.87 (talk) 06:17, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Please see the Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas for a sotable table of all 123 Combined Statistical Areas. --Buaidh 21:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)