VAR 000095 Pre.Sample.18. Census size of place MD: EQ 0 COLUMNS: 214 - 215 Numeric Pre-Sample.18. Census size of place - interview location --------------------------------------------------------------------- See the appendix on CENSUS DEFINITIONS. Coded according to the 1990 Census. The major objective of the Census Bureau in delineating urbanized areas is to provide a better separation of urban and rural population in the vicinity of large cities. An urbanized area consists of a central city or cities, and surrounding closely settled territory ("urban fringe"). Size of Place codes 21 and 41 include areas that are in the "urban fringe" but are not Census Places. Note for Codes 50-53: in a few cases, Non-MSA PSUs (based on the 1980 OMB SMSA definitions) contain areas which are now part of a 1990 PMSA or MSA (based on the June 1990 OMB definition). In these cases, the Size of Place Code for any SSUs (segments) within such areas are coded in the "40s" rather than in the "50s" as shown. This occurred in El Dorado county CA (the major part of the El Dorado/Alpine Co, CA PSU #82) which is now a part of the Sacramento CA MSA, and also for one SSU (segment) in the Gardner MA PSU (#64), which is now a part of the Worchester MA MSA. NOTE: Because the RDD telephone sample did not have PSU and segment identification, segment level data, including this variable,could not be provided. THE SIX LARGEST CMSAs PLUS THE 15 NEXT LARGEST CMSAs/ MSAs (I.e. those coded 1 or 3 [possibly 5, rarely 6] 11. Central Cities (these would have been coded 1 on the Belt Code SUBURBS OF THE 6 LARGEST CMSAs AND THE 15 NEXT LARGEST 20. Rural (including rural places with less than 2,500 population 21. 2,500-9,999 plus other urbanized areas ("urban fringe" not in Census places) 22. 10,000-29,999 23. 30,000-49,999 24. 50,000-99,999 25. 100,000-149,999 26. 150,000-349,999 27. 350,000 and over, exclusive of cities coded 11 CMSAs/MSAs W/LESS THAN 2,000,000 POPULATION CENTRAL CITIES IN CMSAs/MSAs WITH LESS THAN 2,000,000 POPULATION (2 on Belt Code): 30. Under 50,000 (identified by OMB, June 1990, as Central Cities 31. 50-000-99,999 32. 100,000-149,999 33. 150,000-349,999 34. 350,000 and over SUBURBS IN CMSAs/MSAs WITH LESS THAN 2,000,000 40. Rural (including rural places with less than 2,500 population) 41. 2,500-9,999 42. 10,000-29,999 43. 30,000-49,999 44. 50,000-99,999 45. 100,000-149,999 46. 150,000 and over "NON-CMSA/PMSA/MASs" 50. Rural (including rural places with less than 2,000,000 population) 51. 2,500-9,999 52. 10,000-29,999 53. 30,000-49,999 00. Telephone sample (RDD) ==============================