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most cases, the result is a longername, sometimes incorporating placesnot well-known to outsiders. The NewOrleans, LA MSA, for example, is nowthe New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LAMetropolitan Statistical Area.A city’s inclusion in its metropolitanarea’s title may promote name recognitionand enhance its status. Scottsdale,Arizona, for example, gained prominenceby entering the title of thePhoenix-Mesa metropolitan area. WhileScottsdale did not meet the old populationthreshold, its rank as the thirdlargest principal city in the Phoenixarea thrust it into the new metropolitantitle. 25 Places like Naperville and Joliet,Illinois in the Chicago metro area, andCarlsbad and San Marcos, California inthe San Diego metro area, realized similarbenefits from the change in namingconvention.The order of city names in a metropolitanarea title is also significant,since sometimes the first-named city isthe only one used to refer to a metropolitanarea. In the case of the Norfolk-VirginiaBeach-Newport News,VA-NC MSA, the city of Norfolk hasbeen eclipsed by Virginia Beach,switching the order of the two in thenew MetroSA title. Without changingits geographical components, the Ventura,CA PMSA became the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MetroSA.And in Austin, Texas, Round Rockreplaced San Marcos as the secondnamedcity in the metropolitan areatitle, thanks to the more streamlinedrules for defining principal cities (versuscentral cities). 26Figure 12. Share of Core-Based Population in Central orPrincipal Cities, 200064.5%60.2%Old Metropolitan AreasNew Metropolitan AreasNew Micropolitan Areas35.5%39.8%33.2%Central CitiesSuburbsPrincipal CitiesSuburbsE. The new definitions alter thesocial and economic attributes ofmany metropolitan areas, as well astheir national rankings on theseattributes.The new standards provide one standardchoice for analyzing or rankingmetropolitan areas across the country,but several ways for local analysts todefine their area. In this section, wefirst compare the options available for66.8%Source: OMB and Census 2000Principal CitiesOutlying Areas14November 2004 • The Brookings InstitutionThe Living Cities Census Series
Table 5. Title Changes for Selected Metropolitan AreasFormer TitleAustin-San Marcos, TX MSABoulder-Longmont, CO PMSABryan-College Station, TX MSAChicago, IL PMSAFort Myers-Cape Coral, FL MSAHouston, TX PMSALas Vegas, NV-AZ MSALos Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSAMinneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSANew Orleans, LA MSANew York, NY PMSANorfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSAPhoenix-Mesa, AZ MSASan Diego, CA MSASan Francisco, CA PMSASan Jose, CA PMSAVentura, CA PMSAWashington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSACurrent TitleAustin-Round Rock, TX MetroSABoulder, CO MetroSACollege Station-Bryan, TX MetroSA*Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MetroSACape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MetroSA*Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MetroSALas Vegas-Paradise, NV MetroSALos Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MetroSAMinneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MetroSANew Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MetroSANew York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MetroSAVirginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MetroSA*Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MetroSASan Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MetroSASan Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MetroSASan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MetroSAOxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MetroSA*Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MetroSA* Order of place names in the metropolitan area title changed.Source: OMBTable 6. Comparing “Old” and “New” New YorkPopulation Income Race/Ethnicity EducationHouseholds Householdswith Annual with Annual Asian- Less than BA orPopulation Income Income Pacific HS Higher(millions) Below $25K Above $75K White Hispanic Black Islander Education EducationOld DefinitionCMSA 21.1 25.5% 32.4% 56.2% 18.2% 16.1% 6.7% 20.7% 30.5%PMSA 9.3 32.7% 25.6% 39.6% 25.1% 22.7% 9.0% 26.0% 29.2%New DefinitionCSA 21.3 25.5% 32.3% 56.6% 18.1% 16.0% 6.7% 20.6% 30.4%MetroSA 18.3 26.2% 32.0% 53.4% 19.5% 17.0% 7.3% 21.3% 30.3%Division 11.3 31.0% 27.0% 42.4% 25.0% 20.3% 8.9% 25.2% 29.4%Source: Census 2000 and OMBNovember 2004 • The Brookings Institution The Living Cities Census Series 15
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