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A former U.S. Census Bureau term outdated since 2000, but still sometimes encountered as referring to a large city and its economically related environs.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