Change No. 2
For FIPS 8-6


date:
1996 October 1

Metropolitan Areas (including MSAs, CMSAs, PMSAs, and NECMAs).

For technical questions:
Dr. James Fitzsimmons or
Mr. Rodger Johnson (Population Div.)
Bureau of Census, Dept. of Commerce
Washington, DC 20233-8800

For address changes:

Department of Commerce,
NIST FIPS Publications Office
Building 820, Room 562
Gaithersburg, MD 20899

This notice implements changes to Metropolitan Areas (MAs) as announced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in Bulletin No. 95-04 (June 30, 1995) and 96-08 (June 28, 1996).

Effective with OMB Bulletin No. 95-04:
The new Flagstaff, AZ-UT MSA comprises Coconino County, Arizona, and Kane County, Utah, and the MSA's central city is Flagstaff, Arizona. The FIPS code for the Flagstaff MSA is 2620.

The new Grand Junction, CO MSA comprises Mesa County, Colorado. Grand Junction, Colorado is this MSA's central city. The FIPS code for the Grand Junction MSA is 2995.

Lenoir, North Carolina newly qualifies as a central city of the MSA that had been titled Hickory-Morganton, NC. With this central city addition, the MSA title changes to Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSA. The MSA's FIPS code (3290) remains unchanged.

Effective with OMB Bulletin No. 96-08:
The new Jonesboro, AR MSA comprises Craighead County, Arkansas. The MSA's central city is Jonesboro, Arkansas. The FIPS code for the Jonesboro MSA is 3700.

The new Pocatello, ID MSA comprises Bannock County, Idaho. The MSA's central city is Pocatello, Idaho. The FIPS code for the Pocatello MSA is 6340.

Chester County, Tennessee is added to the Jackson, TN MSA. The MSA comprises two counties, Chester and Madison. The MSA's FIPS code (3580) remains unchanged.

A current list of MAs, their components, and FIPS codes is available at the Census Bureau's Internet site under "Metropolitan Area Definitions"; easy access to that location is gained by selecting "Metropolitan Areas" on the "Subjects A-Z" list at the Census Bureau's home page (http://www.census.gov/). In addition, MA definition files on disk are available through the Census Bureau's Population Division (301) 457-2422 and Geography Division (301) 457-1099.