METAREA identifies the metro area of residence, contingent on varying delineations of metro areas across time and on variations in available geographic ...

Supported by: National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Stat/Transfer, SHADAC, and University of Minnesota.

IPUMS USA includes three variables that identify metro areas: METAREA, MET2013, and MET2023. This page summarizes the key differences among these variables.

The METAREA variable, which IPUMS USA provides for samples from 1850 to 2011, identifies metro areas using varying metropolitan definitions across time.

Supported by: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service ...

IPUMS USA collects, preserves and harmonizes U.S. census microdata and provides easy access to this data with enhanced documentation.

Codes and Frequencies ; 02, Non-Self-representing sections ; 03, Sections too unstable for estimates ; 11, Boston, X ; 12, New York (NE New Jersey Consolidated Area) ...

The most detailed geographic information available is for 1980 county groups or for PUMAs, areas which occasionally straddle official metro area boundaries.

METRO indicates whether the household resided within a metropolitan area and, for households in metropolitan areas, whether the household resided within or ...

H · HHWT. Household weight ; H · STATEFIP. State (FIPS code) ; H · COUNTY. County ; H · METAREA (general). Metropolitan area [general version] ; H · METAREAD (detailed).