CHANGES IN METROPOLITAN AREAS AS DEFINED BY THE OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET FROM JULY 1, 1994 TO JUNE 30, 1999

(These changes are reflected in the file "Metropolitan Areas and Components, 
6/30/99 definition.")

Revision date:  January 24, 2002
Source:         Population Division
                U.S. Bureau of the Census

CHANGES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1994:

New area:
               Hattiesburg, MS MSA (3285) Level D
               Forrest County
               Lamar County

Changes in components:

A new town was created out of territory ceded by the city of Portland, Maine 
(Cumberland County): Long Island town (Census MCD: 063/FIPS Entity: 41067).  
The new town is part of the Portland, ME MSA.

Five entities in Massachusetts were reclassified from towns to cities.  
All of these cities are within Metropolitan Areas:

New city                 County               Component of (MSA/PMSA):

Agawam city              Hampden County       Springfield, MA MSA
Barnstable Town city     Barnstable County    Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA MSA
Franklin city            Norfolk County       Boston, MA-NH PMSA
Methuen city             Essex County         Lawrence, MA-NH PMSA
Watertown city           Middlesex County     Boston, MA-NH PMSA

CHANGES EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 1995:

New areas:
               Flagstaff, AZ-UT MSA (2620) Level C
                  Coconino County, AZ
                  Kane County, UT

               Grand Junction, CO MSA (2995) Level D
                  Mesa County
        
New title:

Lenoir, North Carolina, qualified as a new central city of the
Hickory-Morganton, NC MSA.  With this central city addition, the title for
the MSA became Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC MSA.

CHANGES EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 1996:

New areas:
               Jonesboro, AR MSA (3700) Level D
                  Craighead County

               Pocatello, ID MSA (6340) Level D
                  Bannock County

Change in definition:

Chester County, Tennessee was added to the Jackson, TN MSA.  With this
addition, the MSA now comprises Chester and Madison Counties, Tennessee.

CHANGES EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 1997:

There were no changes to the metropolitan area definitions.  

CHANGES EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 1998:

New area:
               Missoula, MT MSA (5140) Level D
                  Missoula County

Changes in components:

Manchester town, Essex County, Massachusetts, was renamed Manchester-by-
the-Sea.  The town is within the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT
CMSA, Boston, MA-NH PMSA.

Augusta-Richmond County, GA is now listed as the central city of the 
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA. The former Augusta city, GA consolidated with
Richmond County, GA in 1996. For statistical treatment, the central city
excludes Blythe town and Hephzibah city, which are partially and wholly
incorporated places within Richmond County, respectively.

CHANGES EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 1999:

New areas:
               Auburn-Opelika, AL (0580) Level D
                  Lee County

               Corvallis, OR (1890) Level D
                  Benton County

Changes in components:

Miami-Dade County is now listed as the component of the Miami, FL PMSA, part 
of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA. Miami-Dade County, FL was formerly 
known as Dade County, FL. The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 
code for the county has been changed from 025 to 086.

A new town was created out of territory ceded by Standish town, Cumberland 
County, Maine: Frye Island town (Census MCD code: 043/FIPS Entity code: 
27025).  The new town is part of the Portland, ME MSA.    

ADDENDUM - CHANGE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 5, 1999

Jacksonville city is now listed as the central city of the Jacksonville, FL
MSA.  The former Jacksonville (remainder) no longer exists due to a change in
legal definition by the State of Florida (the state no longer legally 
recognizes Jacksonville to be a consolidated city).  The FIPS entity code 
was changed to 35000 to reflect the change.