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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Address Validation Status Ports
  4. Building and Residence Data Ports
  5. Business and Organization Data Ports
  6. City and Locality Data Ports
  7. Country Data Ports
  8. Customer Segmentation Data Ports
  9. Enrichment Data Ports
  10. Formatted Data Ports
  11. Postal Carrier Certification Data Ports
  12. Postcode Data Ports
  13. Province and State Data Ports
  14. Residual Data Ports
  15. Street Data Ports
  16. Supplementary Data Ports
  17. XML Ports

Address Validator Port Reference

Address Validator Port Reference

Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area Identification

Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area Identification

Output port that contains the Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) number when an address is located in a CMSA.
A CMSA is a United States metropolitan area that is composed of other metropolitan areas and that has an overall population greater than 1,000,000. A CMSA can contain two or more Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSAs).

Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area Identification Usage

Select Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area Identification to identify the CMSA that the address belongs to. You can use the information to sort large record sets by areas of population. Use Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area Identification with United States addresses.

Port Location

The following table provides the location and default precision of the Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area Identification port:
Port Type
Port Group
Template Model
Precision
Output
US Supplementary
Basic
4

Output Codes

The Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area Identification value is a four-digit number. If the address does not belong to a PMSA, the port returns no data.
You can view a list of the CMSAs that the United States government recognized in 2000 on the following site:
http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t3/tab01.txt
The United States Census Bureau supports the use of CMSA data. The United States government no longer uses the CMSA definition to describe population areas.

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