standard metropolitan statistical area


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Related to standard metropolitan statistical area: SMSA, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area

standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA)

A former U.S. Census Bureau term outdated since 2000, but still sometimes encountered as referring to a large city and its economically related environs. See metropolitan area.

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A user can specify Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA) by typing the initial letters of the SMSA name of his choice, rather than having to know the SMSA number.
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In the analyses of the 1988 survey data, the high-prevalence standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSAs) of Los Angeles and San Francisco were separated from other SMSAs.
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There were 29 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs, now called simply Metropolitan Statistical Areas) in this region in 1950 Twenty-two of these acquired an additional county between 1950 and 1980.
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Two types of DTS network are in operation to serve 30 or more Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas. A carrier could implement and extended DTS network with 5 MHz of bandwidth.
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