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New Metro Area Lookup Tool

August 7, 2019

On the Interactive Tools page is a new web tool that enables you to find the names and FIPS codes of counties making up any metropolitan area in the U.S.

Type in the name or FIPS code of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), Combined Statistical Area (CSA), Micropolitan Statistical Area (MICRO), or Metropolitan Division (MDIV) and a list of all the counties in the MSA, CSA, MDIV or MICRO will appear in a drop-down screen.  If you type in any part of the name of a metropolitan area the full name will appear in a selectable drop down.

You can also enter a county name or FIPS code and see a list of all the metropolitan areas (MSA, CSA, MDIV and MICRO), if any, of which the county is a part.

The county definitions are from the 2019 Woods & Poole regional database and the metropolitan areas are as defined in the September 14, 2018, Office […]

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