Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA)
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) : The term used from 1959 to 1983 to describe the statistical system of metropolitan areas, and the areas as individually defined. It was preceded by Standard Metropolitan Area (SMA) from 1950 to 1959, and superseded by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in 1983. The term was adopted when the current system formally recognizing consolidated metropolitan statistical areas and their component primary metropolitan statistical areas was put in place. The term Metropolitan Area (MA) is now used to describe the system and the areas collectively, but the individual areas will retain the MSA, CMSA, and PMSA nomenclature
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