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Table 2.  QUARTERLY HOMEOWNER VACANCY RATES:  1956 TO PRESENT

                                Not
Year and            In     In   in    Outside   North-    Mid-
quarter      U.S.  MAs1   CCs/1 CCs/1   MAs/1     east    west/2  South   West
   
1956/3
  1st......  1.0    1.0    NA    NA     0.9      0.7      0.7     1.0     1.4
  2nd......  1.0    1.0    NA    NA     1.0      0.7      0.7     1.1     1.3
  3rd......  1.1    1.0    NA    NA     1.1      1.0      0.9     1.1     1.5
  4th......  0.9    0.8    NA    NA     1.0      0.8      0.8     1.0     1.0

1957
  1st......  0.9    0.8    NA    NA     1.0      0.7      0.9     0.8     1.1
  2nd......  1.0    0.9    NA    NA     1.0      0.7      0.8     1.0     1.4
  3rd......  0.9    0.8    NA    NA     1.0      0.7      0.8     1.0     1.2
  4th......  1.0    1.0    NA    NA     1.0      1.0      0.8     1.1     1.2

1958
  1st......  1.2    1.1    NA    NA     1.4      0.9      1.6     1.1     1.2
  2nd......  1.2    1.1    NA    NA     1.2      0.9      1.2     1.0     1.2
  3rd......  1.2    1.0    NA    NA     1.3      0.9      1.4     1.1     1.1
  4th......  1.2    0.9    NA    NA     1.6      1.0      1.1     1.1     1.2

1959
  1st......  1.1    1.0    NA    NA     1.3      0.8      1.0     1.2     1.6
  2nd......  1.3    1.1    NA    NA     1.3      0.9      1.0     1.3     1.7
  3rd......  1.2    1.1    NA    NA     1.3      1.1      1.1     1.2     1.4
  4th......  1.1    1.1    NA    NA     1.2      1.0      1.3     1.2     0.8

1960
  1st......  1.2    1.2    NA    NA     1.2      0.9      1.2     1.3     1.1
  2nd......  1.3    1.3    NA    NA     1.2      0.9      1.0     1.6     1.4
  3rd......  1.3    1.3    NA    NA     1.4      1.1      1.1     1.6     1.4
  4th......  1.3    1.3    NA    NA     1.5      0.9      1.3     1.8     1.4

1961
  1st......  1.3    1.1    NA    NA     1.5      1.0      1.0     1.1     1.2
  2nd......  1.5    1.3    NA    NA     1.5      1.1      1.1     1.9     1.3
  3rd......  1.5    1.3    NA    NA     1.6      1.3      1.3     1.8     1.3
  4th......  1.3    1.1    NA    NA     1.6      0.9      1.3     1.6     1.3

1962
  1st......  1.3    1.1    NA    NA     1.6      0.9      1.0     1.7     1.5
  2nd......  1.4    1.2    NA    NA     1.7      1.1      1.0     1.6     1.8
  3rd......  1.4    1.3    NA    NA     1.6      1.1      1.3     1.8     1.4
  4th......  1.5    1.6    NA    NA     1.5      1.1      1.3     1.6     2.2

1963
  1st......  1.5    1.6    NA    NA     1.4      0.8      1.4     1.5     2.2
  2nd......  1.5    1.6    NA    NA     1.4      1.0      1.3     1.7     1.9
  3rd......  1.7    1.8    NA    NA     1.6      1.0      1.7     2.0     2.0
  4th......  1.5    1.6    NA    NA     1.5      0.9      1.4     2.1     1.7

1964
  1st......  1.4    1.7    NA    NA     1.3      1.0      1.3     1.6     1.7
  2nd......  1.5    1.7    NA    NA     1.2      1.1      1.1     1.8     1.7
  3rd......  1.5    1.7    NA    NA     1.5      1.0      1.3     2.0     1.9
  4th......  1.5    1.7    NA    NA     1.5      0.9      1.4     1.9     1.8

1965
  1st......  1.7    1.7   1.5   1.6     1.6      0.9      1.3     1.9     2.1
  2nd......  1.5    1.6   1.4   1.6     1.3      0.7      1.0     1.9     1.9
  3rd......  1.6    1.7   1.6   1.4     1.6      0.9      1.3     2.0     2.0
  4th......  1.5    1.4   1.3   1.5     1.6      1.1      1.2     1.8     1.7

1966
  1st......  1.5   1.6    1.5   1.4     1.5      0.8      1.1     1.8     2.3
  2nd......  1.5   1.7    1.4   1.7     1.3      0.8      1.1     1.8     2.2
  3rd......  1.4   1.5    1.6   1.3     1.3      0.9      1.0     1.7     2.3
  4th......  1.3   1.3    1.5   1.1     1.3      1.0      0.9     1.5     1.8

1967
  1st......  1.4   1.3    1.2   1.4     1.5      0.9      1.1     1.7     2.0
  2nd......  1.3   1.3    1.2   1.5     1.3      0.8      0.8     1.6     1.9
  3rd......  1.4   1.4    1.4   1.2     1.3      0.9      1.0     1.7     2.3
  4th......  1.3   1.2    1.1   1.4     1.4      0.8      1.1     1.4     2.1

1968
  1st......  1.1   1.0    1.2   0.9     1.2      0.7      1.0     1.3     1.2
  2nd......  1.1   1.0    1.1   0.9     1.1      0.7      0.8     1.6     1.9
  3rd......  1.2   1.1    1.3   0.9     1.2      0.8      1.0     1.5     1.4
  4th......  1.2   1.0    1.1   0.9     1.5      0.8      1.2     1.3     1.3

1969
  1st......  1.0   0.8    0.9   0.8     1.2      0.7      0.8     1.3     1.0
  2nd......  1.0   0.9    1.1   0.8     1.0      0.7      0.9     1.1     1.2
  3rd......  1.1   1.0    1.1   0.9     1.1      0.8      1.0     1.2     1.3
  4th......  1.0   1.0    1.1   0.9     1.1      0.8      0.9     1.2     1.1

1970
  1st......  1.0    1.0   1.1   0.9     1.1      0.8      1.0     1.2     1.0
  2nd......  1.0    1.0   1.1   0.9     1.0      0.7      0.9     1.2     1.1
  3rd......  1.1    1.0   1.0   0.9     1.2      0.7      1.0     1.3     1.1
  4th......  1.1    1.0   1.1   0.9     1.1      0.9      1.0     1.2     1.2

1971
  1st......  1.0    1.0   1.0   1.0     1.1      0.7      0.8     1.2     1.5
  2nd......  0.9    0.9   1.0   0.8     1.0      0.7      0.7     1.3     1.0
  3rd......  1.0    1.0   1.1   0.9     1.0      0.7      1.0     1.1     1.2
  4th......  1.0    1.0   1.1   1.0     1.0      0.6      0.9     1.2     1.2

1972/4
  1st......  1.0    1.0   1.2   0.9     0.9      0.4      1.0     1.2     1.2
  2nd......  1.0    1.0   1.1   0.9     0.9      0.5      1.0     1.1     1.4
  3rd......  0.9    0.9   1.2   0.8     0.8      0.5      1.0     1.0     1.0
  4th......  1.0    1.0   1.5   0.7     1.1      0.6      1.1     1.2     1.3

1973
  1st......  1.0    1.0   1.1   1.0     0.9      0.5      1.0     1.1     1.4
  2nd......  0.9    1.0   0.9   1.0     0.9      0.6      0.9     1.0     1.2
  3rd......  1.1    1.0   1.5   0.8     1.1      0.6      0.9     1.2     1.5
  4th......  1.2    1.2   1.3   1.1     1.1      0.7      1.0     1.4     1.6

1974
  1st......  1.2    1.3   1.4   1.2     1.0      0.8      1.0     1.4     1.5
  2nd......  1.1    1.1   1.2   1.1     1.1      0.6      1.0     1.4     1.3
  3rd......  1.2    1.2   1.6   1.0     1.3      0.8      1.0     1.6     1.5
  4th......  1.3    1.3   1.2   1.4     1.2      0.8      1.1     1.6     1.7

1975
  1st......  1.2    1.4   1.5   1.3     1.0      0.9      1.0     1.5     1.6
  2nd......  1.2    1.3   1.5   1.2     1.0      1.1      0.9     1.4     1.3
  3rd......  1.4    1.4   1.3   1.5     1.3      1.0      1.0     1.7     1.8
  4th......  1.2    1.2   1.3   1.2     1.2      1.0      0.9     1.5     1.3

1976
  1st......  1.2    1.3   1.4   1.2     1.1      1.1      0.8     1.6     1.2
  2nd......  1.2    1.3   1.5   1.2     1.1      0.9      1.1     1.6     1.2
  3rd......  1.3    1.2   1.4   1.1     1.4      1.0      1.2     1.6     1.1
  4th......  1.2    1.1   1.2   1.0     1.4      0.9      1.0     1.6     1.0

1977
  1st......  1.3    1.1   1.3   1.1     1.6      0.9      0.9     2.0     1.0
  2nd......  1.3    1.1   1.4   1.0     1.5      0.8      1.2     1.8     0.9
  3rd......  1.1    1.0   1.0   1.0     1.1      1.0      0.9     1.4     0.9
  4th......  1.0    0.9   1.0   0.8     1.3      0.9      0.8     1.5     0.8

1978
  1st......  1.0    0.9   1.2   0.7     1.3      0.7      0.8     1.5     1.0
  2nd......  0.9    0.9   1.2   0.7     1.1      0.7      0.9     1.1     0.9
  3rd......  1.0    1.0   1.2   0.8     1.1      0.8      1.0     1.1     1.0
  4th......  1.1    1.1   1.5   0.9     1.2      0.9      1.1     1.3     1.0

1979
  1st......  1.0    1.0   1.3   0.8     1.1      0.8      0.9     1.2     1.2
  2nd......  1.1    1.0   1.4   0.8     1.2      0.8      1.0     1.1     1.4
  3rd......  1.1    1.1   1.3   1.0     1.2      0.9      1.2     1.0     1.5
  4th......  1.1    1.1   1.1   1.1     1.2      1.0      1.4     1.0     1.2

1979/2
  1st......  1.1    1.1   1.4   0.9     1.1      0.9      1.0     1.2     1.1
  2nd......  1.1    1.1   1.5   0.9     1.2      1.0      1.0     1.2     1.4
  3rd......  1.2    1.2   1.3   1.1     1.2      1.0      1.3     1.1     1.5
  4th......  1.3    1.2   1.1   1.2     1.4      1.0      1.6     1.1     1.3

1980
  1st......  1.3    1.3   1.3   1.2     1.4      1.1      1.5     1.2     1.5
  2nd......  1.4    1.4   1.5   1.3     1.3      1.1      1.4     1.3     1.8
  3rd......  1.4    1.4   1.4   1.4     1.5      1.2      1.7     1.3     1.5
  4th......  1.4    1.3   1.4   1.3     1.5      1.1      1.6     1.3     1.5

1981
  1st......  1.3    1.4   1.5   1.3     1.3      1.2      1.3     1.3     1.8
  2nd......  1.3    1.4   1.7   1.2     1.2      1.2      1.3     1.3     1.7
  3rd......  1.5    1.4   1.5   1.4     1.5      1.1      1.6     1.5     1.6
  4th......  1.4    1.4   1.6   1.4     1.3      1.1      1.5     1.3     1.8

1982
  1st......  1.4    1.4   1.7   1.3     1.4      1.0      1.4     1.5     1.8
  2nd......  1.6    1.7   2.0   1.5     1.5      1.1      1.6     1.8     1.7
  3rd......  1.5    1.6   1.8   1.4     1.4      0.9      1.7     1.4     2.0
  4th......  1.6    1.5   1.8   1.3     1.7      1.0      1.8     1.5     1.9

1983
  1st......   1.4   1.4   1.6   1.3     1.3      1.0      1.4     1.4     1.7
  2nd......   1.5   1.5   1.6   1.4     1.5      1.0      1.4     1.8     1.7
  3rd......   1.6   1.6   1.9   1.5     1.7      1.1      1.7     1.8     1.9
  4th......   1.6   1.6   1.8   1.5     1.6      0.9      1.6     1.9     1.9

1984
  1st......   1.6   1.7   1.9   1.6     1.4      0.8      1.7     1.9     1.8
  2nd......   1.7   1.6   1.9   1.5     1.7      0.9      1.6     2.0     2.0
  3rd......   1.7   1.6   1.9   1.5     1.9      0.8      1.6     2.2     2.1
  4th......   1.7   1.5   1.7   1.4     1.9      0.9      1.5     2.1     1.9

1985
  1st......   1.8   1.2   1.9   1.5     2.0      1.0      1.5     2.3     1.9
  2nd......   1.9   1.7   1.8   1.7     2.1      0.9      1.7     2.3     2.2
  3rd......   1.8   1.7   2.0   1.6     1.8      1.0      1.6     2.0     2.3
  4th......   1.6   1.5   2.0   1.3     1.7      0.8      1.5     2.1     1.9

1986
  1st......   1.5   1.5   1.9   1.2     1.7      0.9      1.3     2.1     1.4
  2nd......   1.7   1.5   1.9   1.3     2.0      0.9      1.7     2.3     2.2
  3rd......   1.6   1.5   2.0   1.3     2.0      1.0      1.5     2.0     1.7
  4th......   1.6   1.6   2.3   1.3     1.7      1.1      1.5     2.1     1.7

1987
  1st......   1.7   1.6   2.2   1.4     1.8      1.2      1.5     2.0     1.6
  2nd......   1.7   1.6   2.2   1.3     2.0      1.2      1.5     1.9     1.9
  3rd......   1.7   1.6   2.1   1.3     2.0      1.2      1.3     2.1     2.0
  4th......   1.6   1.5   1.9   1.2     1.8      1.3      1.2     2.0     1.6

1988
  1st......   1.6   1.6   2.0   1.4     1.6      1.5      1.2     1.9     1.6
  2nd......   1.6   1.6   2.0   1.4     1.7      1.4      1.3     1.8     1.9
  3rd......   1.6   1.6   2.2   1.4     1.6      1.7      1.2     2.0     1.3
  4th......   1.6   1.6   2.0   1.4     1.4      1.8      1.1     2.0     1.5

1989
  1st......   1.5   1.6   2.2   1.2     1.4      1.4      1.1     2.0     1.4
  2nd......   1.6   1.5   2.0   1.3     1.6      1.5      1.2     1.9     1.4
  3rd......   1.8   1.8   2.3   1.5     1.7      1.7      1.4     2.3     1.5
  4th......   1.6   1.7   2.2   1.5     1.5      1.5      1.4     2.0     1.4
  
                                Not    
Year and          Inside  In    in     Outside  North-   Mid-    
quarter      U.S. CBSAs5  CCs5  CCs5   CBSAs5   east     west    South   West
  
1989/r
  1st......   1.7   1.7   2.2   1.4     1.7      1.5      1.2     2.1     1.6
  2nd......   1.7   1.6   2.0   1.4     2.0      1.6      1.3     2.2     1.6
  3rd......   1.9   1.9   2.3   1.7     2.1      1.7      1.6     2.5     1.6
  4th......   1.8   1.8   2.2   1.6     1.8      1.5      1.6     2.2     1.6

1990
  1st......   1.7   1.7   2.2   1.5     1.9      1.6      1.4     2.2     1.6
  2nd......   1.7   1.7   2.2   1.4     1.9      1.8      1.2     2.1     1.8
  3rd......   1.7   1.7   2.3   1.4     1.8      1.5      1.2     2.2     1.8
  4th......   1.7   1.7   2.2   1.5     1.6      1.5      1.4     2.0     1.8

1991
  1st......   1.7   1.6   2.2   1.4     1.9      1.5      1.2     2.2     1.8
  2nd......   1.8   1.7   2.3   1.3     2.0      1.5      1.2     2.2     1.9
  3rd......   1.8   1.8   2.3   1.5     1.8      1.6      1.4     2.3     1.5
  4th......   1.6   1.6   2.1   1.4     1.6      1.3      1.3     2.1     1.4

1992
  1st......   1.5   1.6   2.0   1.4     1.4      1.5      1.1     1.8     1.8
  2nd......   1.6   1.6   1.8   1.5     1.6      1.3      1.3     1.8     1.9
  3rd......   1.6   1.6   1.8   1.5     1.6      1.2      1.3     1.7     2.1
  4th......   1.5   1.5   1.8   1.3     1.4      1.3      1.1     1.7     1.7
  
1993
  1st......  1.4    1.4   1.7    1.2    1.4      1.4      1.1     1.6     1.4
  2nd......  1.4    1.4   1.6    1.3    1.4      1.3      1.1     1.7     1.3
  3rd......  1.4    1.3   1.6    1.2    1.5      1.3      1.1     1.6     1.4
  4th......  1.4    1.4   1.9    1.1    1.3      1.3      1.1     1.5     1.4

1993/r
  1st......  1.4    1.4   1.7    1.2    1.6      1.4      1.1     1.7     1.4
  2nd......  1.4    1.4   1.6    1.3    1.4      1.3      1.1     1.7     1.4
  3rd......  1.4    1.4   1.7    1.2    1.5      1.3      1.1     1.6     1.4
  4th......  1.4    1.4   1.9    1.1    1.4      1.4      1.1     1.5     1.5

1994
  1st......  1.4    1.4   1.8    1.2    1.4      1.4      0.9     1.7     1.6
  2nd......  1.4     NA    NA     NA    1.3      1.4      1.1     1.6     1.5
  3rd......  1.4     NA    NA     NA    1.5      1.5      1.0     1.6     1.7
  4th......  1.6     NA    NA     NA    1.8      1.6      1.2     1.9     1.6

1995
  1st......  1.5     NA    NA     NA     NA       1.6      1.4     1.6    1.6
  2nd......  1.6     NA    NA     NA     NA       1.5      1.3     1.8    1.8
  3rd......  1.5    1.5   2.0    1.2    1.6       1.5      1.2     1.6    1.6
  4th......  1.6    1.5   2.1    1.3    1.7       1.5      1.3     1.7    1.8

1996
  1st......  1.6    1.6   2.1    1.3    1.7       1.7      1.5     1.6    1.7
  2nd......  1.5    1.4   1.7    1.2    1.9       1.4      1.1     1.9    1.3
  3rd......  1.7    1.6   1.8    1.6    1.7       1.6      1.4     1.8    1.8
  4th......  1.7    1.7   2.1    1.5    1.7       1.8      1.4     1.8    1.9

1997
  1st......  1.7    1.6   2.0    1.5    2.0       1.8      1.3     1.9    1.8
  2nd......  1.6    1.6   1.9    1.5    1.7       1.6      1.1     1.9    1.9
  3rd......  1.5    1.5   1.8    1.4    1.7       1.5      1.2     1.7    1.7  
  4th......  1.7    1.6   2.0    1.4    2.2       1.6      1.3     2.1    1.7

1998
  1st......  1.7    1.7   1.9    1.6    1.9       1.8      1.3     2.1    1.5
  2nd......  1.7    1.6   1.9    1.5    2.0       1.7      1.4     1.9    1.5
  3rd......  1.7    1.6   2.0    1.4    2.2       1.4      1.4     2.0    1.8  
  4th......  1.8    1.7   2.3    1.5    1.9       1.3      1.5     2.1    1.8
  
1999
  1st......  1.8    1.8   2.1    1.6    2.0       1.4      1.4     2.4    1.8  
  2nd......  1.6    1.4   1.7    1.3    2.1       1.4      1.3     1.9    1.6  
  3rd......  1.6    1.4   1.7    1.3    2.2       1.4      1.3     1.8    1.7
  4th......  1.6    1.5   1.8    1.4    2.0       1.5      1.0     2.0    1.8 

2000
  1st......  1.6    1.5   2.0    1.3    1.9       1.2      1.4     1.8    1.8 
  2nd......  1.5    1.3   1.7    1.2    1.9       1.2      1.3     1.8    1.4
  3rd......  1.6    1.4   1.8    1.2    2.4       1.2      1.3     2.0    1.5
  4th......  1.6    1.5   1.9    1.3    2.1       1.2      1.3     2.2    1.4

2001
  1st......  1.5    1.4   1.9    1.2    2.2       1.2      1.5     1.9    1.3
  2nd......  1.8    1.6   2.2    1.3    2.5       1.2      1.9     2.0    1.6
  3rd......  1.9    1.7   2.3    1.5    2.4       1.3      1.8     2.3    1.7
  4th......  1.8    1.7   2.0    1.6    2.1       1.2      1.7     2.2    1.7

2002
  1st......  1.7    1.6   2.0    1.4    1.9       1.2      1.8     1.9    1.5
  2nd......  1.7    1.6   2.3    1.3    2.1       1.4      1.8     1.9    1.4
  3rd......  1.7    1.6   2.2    1.3    2.0       1.2      1.7     1.9    1.6
  4th......  1.7    1.6   1.7    1.5    2.1       1.0      1.9     1.9    1.8

2002\r
  1st......  1.7    1.6   2.0    1.4    1.9       1.2      1.7     1.9    1.5
  2nd......  1.7    1.6   2.2    1.3    2.0       1.4      1.8     1.9    1.4
  3rd......  1.7    1.6   2.2    1.3    2.0       1.2      1.7     1.9    1.6
  4th......  1.7    1.6   1.7    1.5    2.0       1.0      1.8     1.9    1.8

2003
  1st......  1.7    1.6   1.8    1.5    1.9       1.1      1.7     2.0    1.6
  2nd......  1.7    1.6   2.2    1.4    2.0       1.3      1.7     2.1    1.4
  3rd......  1.9    1.8   2.2    1.6    2.4       1.4      1.8     2.3    1.7
  4th......  1.8    1.7   2.0    1.6    2.1       1.1      1.7     2.2    1.6 

2004
  1st......  1.7    1.6   2.1    1.4    1.9       0.9      2.1     2.0    1.3
  2nd......  1.7    1.7   2.3    1.4    1.7       1.1      1.7     2.0    1.4
  3rd......  1.7    1.6   2.3    1.4    2.1       1.2      2.1     1.9    1.4
  4th......  1.8    1.7   2.3    1.5    2.1       1.2      2.2     2.0    1.5
  
                                Not    
Year and          Inside  In    in     Outside  North-   Mid-    
quarter      U.S. MSAs5   CCs5  CCs5   MSAs5    east     west     South   West

2005
  1st......  1.8    1.8   2.0    1.7    1.9       1.8      2.3     1.9    1.2
  2nd......  1.8    1.8   2.1    1.6    1.8       1.3      2.0     2.2    1.3
  3rd......  1.9    2.0   2.6    1.6    1.8       1.4      2.3     2.2    1.5
  4th......  2.0    2.0   2.7    1.7    2.1       1.6      2.4     2.2    1.7

2006
  1st......  2.1    2.0   2.5    1.8    2.2       1.5      2.4     2.3    1.7
  2nd......  2.2    2.3   2.9    2.0    2.0       1.6      2.3     2.6    2.0
  3rd......  2.5    2.5   3.3    2.2    2.2       1.7      2.7     2.8    2.3
  4th......  2.7    2.8   3.6    2.4    2.3       2.0      2.9     3.0    2.4

2007
  1st......  2.8    2.9   4.0    2.4    2.2       1.9      2.9     3.2    2.6
  2nd......  2.6    2.7   3.4    2.4    2.2       1.9      2.6     3.1    2.3
  3rd......  2.7    2.7   3.2    2.4    2.6       2.0      2.6     3.1    2.5
  4th......  2.8    2.8   3.7    2.4    2.6       2.2      3.2     2.9    2.7

2008
  1st......  2.9    3.1   4.3    2.5    2.3       2.0      2.9     3.2    3.2

Source:  Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey, Series H-111,
            Bureau of the Census, Washington DC  20233

NA Not available.
rRevised; see quarterly or annual report for explanation.

1 1986 and previous years are not comparable.  Metropolitan Areas (MAs) were
redefined by the Office of Management and Budget as of June 30, 1984.  These
definitions were introduced in January 1986 and differ from those used for
earlier HVS estimates for Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs).  
MAs were redefined again in 1992 and 1993.   These definitions were introduced
in January 1995. 
2 Midwest formerly North Central a name change only.
3 Figures for 1956 to 1971 are revised to include dilapidated vacant for-rent units.
4 Data on condition of unit not collected after December 1971.  Vacancy rates
 for 1956 to 1967 are estimates:  Figures were derived by assuming the ratio
 of dilapidated to not dilapidated vacancies was the same as the quarterly
 data reported in 1968.
 
5 Metropolitan Statistical Area data for 2005 and later are not comparable to earlier data.
Beginning in first quarter 2005, the Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey is using the 
new metropolitan and micropolitan statistical definitions which were announced by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) in June 2003, and were based on the application of the 2000 standards to Census 2000 data.  
OMB announced updates as of December 2003, based on application of the 2000 standards to more recent Census Bureau estimates.
The December 2003 definitions are available at http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metrodef.html. 

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division