User talk:StillWatchesCartoons

Hi,

I have noticed that you made a significant number of edits on both Primary Statistical areas of the US and Combined Statistical areas of the US, and I see a lot of problems with the data that is now in there. Can you please share your source for this data? I am looking at the US Census Bureau data (they have the actual numbers for CSA's), and the data does not match this table whatsoever. For example, New York CSA is somewhere in the 23 millions and has been since 2010. The Phoenix area is not a CSA and shouldn't be on the CSA list (it is only an MSA per Census maps and tables). The Stat. Areas page has 2018 estimates and the CSA Areas page has 2017, but the numbers are exactly the same. Stuff like that. I have proven some of the census numbers by adding up all the counties so I know there is merit to those Census numbers.

Unless you have a better source of data, I highly suggest using the numbers from the below links (CSA's and MSA's are both found via links on this page) and getting this data corrected. Just be sure you are viewing the version of the table that matches the year of your estimate.

https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html

Best Regards, 199.64.7.231 (talk) 15:57, 22 May 2019 (UTC) Tyler[reply]

Tyler - I apologize, but I had to undo your revision. As I noted to other editors, per OMB 18-04 effective September 2018, Phoenix-Mesa, AZ CSA was added as a combined statistical area. Also, in the same report, the OMB removed Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA from the New York CSA, added Modesto and Merced as components of the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland CA CSA, and added San Antonio-Pearsall, TX CSA. Not to mention dozens of other less noticeable changes, including adding or subtracting counties from individual MSAs/CSAs. OMB 18-04 is properly cited in the article. The population estimates I used are from the latest census estimates effective 2018, which is also cited in the article.

If you notice an 2010 population estimate that doesn't work, we can look at it, perhaps the Bureau revised its 2010 census count, it does happen. Or perhaps my math was off.

On the MSA page, it seems like Wikipedia updated populations but inextricably used previous definitions of MSAs. I was not involved in that process, but personally I would have used the 2018 definitions and not the 2013 definitions.

Thanks!

Paul StillWatchesCartoons (talk) 21:56, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]