tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post2099697809973887691..comments2024-01-18T05:45:59.595-05:00Comments on The Daily Bellwether: Ohio's Most Populous Metro Area? Majority Of The Counties Are In Kentucky And IndianaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-31221089070526792042008-03-29T09:24:00.000-04:002008-03-29T09:24:00.000-04:00The new Cincinnati Metro does include 4 new counti...The new Cincinnati Metro does include 4 new counties that aren't part of Ohio. But we also lost 2 Ohio counties (Highland and Clinton) from our metro area that combine for a 2000 population total greater than the counties we gain.<BR/><BR/>New Counties (none are in Ohio) <BR/>Gallatin 7870 <BR/>Grant 22384 <BR/>Bracken 8279 <BR/>Franklin 22151 <BR/> 60684 <BR/> <BR/>Old Counties (both are in Ohio) <BR/>Highland 23456 <BR/>Clinton 40543 <BR/> 63999Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-87253010845025961972008-03-28T14:33:00.000-04:002008-03-28T14:33:00.000-04:00Bonobo --Correct. I understand the CSA, MSA. Isn...Bonobo --<BR/><BR/>Correct. I understand the CSA, MSA. Isn't Clinton County (Wilmington) in the Cincy MSA? For some reason, I think it is. But I am operating on memory and haven't looked it up. My larger point, I reckon, is that NE Ohio (for the time being) is the most densely populated region of Ohio. Akron, Cleveland, Youngstown, Canton and their satellites counties have more people. A larger chunk of the vote is in that section of the state. It is -- plain and simple -- a bigger market. The Census MSA data sort of misrepresents reality, or creates a statistician's version of reality. Cincinnati's data might need an asterisk -- this part of the total is in Ohio, this part of the total is in Kentucky, and this number* represents the sum of the two parts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-85310468302502825662008-03-28T13:06:00.000-04:002008-03-28T13:06:00.000-04:00The Census Bureau uses a variety of techniques to ...The Census Bureau uses a variety of techniques to describe population centers. Along with the "<A HREF="http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2007/CBSA-EST2007-01.xls" REL="nofollow">"Metropolitan Statistical Area</A>," there is the "<A HREF="http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2007/CBSA-EST2007-02.xls" REL="nofollow">Combined Statistical Area</A>." The difference is that every MSA has a single 'center.' If you run into something that looks like (or has traditionally been) its own city, it gets its own MSA, even if there is no break in the "metroness" of the area separating them. A CSA is the combination of bordering MSAs (and some other units) that combine into a larger metro region. <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_census_statistical_areas" REL="nofollow">Cincy gets to add Wilmington, Cleveland gets to add Akron</A>. The result is an estimate of 2,896,968 for Cleveland's CSA, and 2,176,749 for Cincy's, which is probably closer to what you were thinking.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01725821338103543671noreply@blogger.com