Shape Files for the Metropolitan Statistical Areas
MD_Metro_Counties - Technical Documentation
The shape file titled MD_Metro_Counties is a Maryland Department of Planning prepared cartographic product. This file is Maryland specific. It presents the Maryland portion of core based statistical areas (CBSA) and combined statistical areas (CSA) delineations as released by the Office of Management & Budget in February 2013. State Planning Regions and component jurisdictions are also presented.
With this file, Maryland Metro Areas, data users may assemble the Maryland portion of the following CBSAs :
- Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
- California-Lexington Park, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Salisbury, MD-DE Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Micropolitan Statistical Areas
- Cambridge, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Easton, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Combined Statistical Areas
- Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
- Washington-Baltimore-Arlington-, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
Counties :
| Field Name |
Field Description |
| STATE |
State FIPS code |
| COUNTY |
County FIPS code |
| NAME |
County name |
| LSAD |
Legal/statistical area descriptor code |
| LSAD_TRANS |
Legal/statistical area descriptor |
| CSA |
CSA code |
| MSA |
MSA code |
| MSA_DIV |
Metropolitan division code |
| MICRO_SA |
Micropolitan Statistical Area code |
| CBSA_Code |
Five digit CBSA code |
| CSA_code |
Three digit CSA code |
| CBSA_Title |
Name of CBSA |
| DIV_Title |
Name of metropolitan division |
| CSA_Title |
Name of CSA |
| CenOutCnty |
Central or outlying county |
| REGION |
State planning region |
| MetroMicro |
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area |
Core Based Statistical Areas :
| Field Name |
Field Description |
| CBSA_Code |
Five digit CBSA code |
| CBSA_Title |
Name of CBSA |
| MetroMicro |
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area |
Combined Statistical Areas :
| Field Name |
Field Description |
| CSA_code |
Three digit CSA code |
| CSA_Title |
Name of CSA |
Metropolitan Divisions :
| Field Name |
Field Description |
| MSA_DIV |
Five digit metropolitan division code |
| DIV_Title |
Name of metropolitan division |
MD_Multi_State_Counties - Technical Documentation
The shape file titled MD_Multi_State_Counties presents the February 2013 core based statistical areas (CBSA) and combined statistical areas (CSA) delineations for Maryland jurisdictions and surrounding states (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia) that comprise CBSAs and CSAs associated with the State of Maryland.
This file, Maryland Mult-States Metro Areas, is statistical area specific. With this file, data users may assemble the following CBSAs in their entirety:
- Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
- California-Lexington Park, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Salisbury, MD-DE Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Micropolitan Statistical Areas
- Cambridge, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Easton, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Combined Statistical Areas
- Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
- Washington-Baltimore-Arlington-, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
Counties :
| Field Name |
Field Description |
| STATEFP |
State FIPS code |
| COUNTYFP |
County FIPS code |
| COUNTYNS |
County GNIS code |
| GEOID |
Five digit state and county code |
| NAME |
County name |
| NAMELSAD |
Full county name |
| LSAD |
Legal/statistical area descriptor |
| CLASSFP |
County class code |
| MTFCC |
MAF/TIGER feature classification code |
| FUNCSTAT |
Functional status |
| ALAND |
Land area (square meters) |
| AWATER |
Water area (square meters) |
| INTPLAT |
Internal point latitude coordinate |
| INTPLON |
Internal point longitude coordinate |
| CBSAFP |
Five digit CBSA code |
| MDIVFP |
Five digit metropolitan division code |
| CSAFP |
Three digit CSA code |
| M_Status |
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area |
| MDIV_Title |
Name of metropolitan division |
| CSA_Title |
Name of CSA |
| C_Status |
Central or outlying county |
Core Based Statistical Areas :
| Field Name |
Field Description |
| CBSAFP |
Five digit CBSA code |
| CBSA_Title |
Name of CBSA |
| M_Status |
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area |
Combined Statistical Areas :
| Field Name |
Field Description |
| CSAFP |
Three digit CBSA code |
| CSA_Title |
Name of CSA |
Metropolitan Divisions :
| Field Name |
Field Description |
| METDIVFP |
Five digit metropolitan division code |
| MDIV_Title |
Name of metropolitan division |
