2010 Census Urban Areas Released - Big changes coming for area Metropolitan Areas

[sonofaque86]

I bet most of the population in Lancaster County lives in that Charlotte Cluster in the northern part of the county

[Tarheelhombre]

If Charlotte gains additional MSA counties, it could catapult its MSA over 2 million. Gaining Iredell alone will put the Charlotte MSA just shy of the 2 million person mark.

[NCDave]

Rowan and Cabarrus will go into a metropolitan area as a unit since Concord and Salisbury are in the same urbanized area. The Charlotte metro area will either lose Cabarrus County (possible) or gain Rowan County (more likyly, I think).

[Tarheelhombre]

It would absolutely ridiculous if it lost Cabarrus County.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by NCDave

Rowan and Cabarrus will go into a metropolitan area as a unit since Concord and Salisbury are in the same urbanized area. The Charlotte metro area will either lose Cabarrus County (possible) or gain Rowan County (more likyly, I think).

According to the text link, Concord is still lnked to Charlotte. I think that Iredell & Lincoln will enter the MSA. Cleveland is up for grabs. That will depend on how many people in Shelby commute to Gastonia.

[ZeusAV]

Originally Posted by NCDave

Rowan and Cabarrus will go into a metropolitan area as a unit since Concord and Salisbury are in the same urbanized area. The Charlotte metro area will either lose Cabarrus County (possible) or gain Rowan County (more likyly, I think).

No way Concord becomes its own MSA. You can see the vast number of people in Cabarrus commuting to/from Charlotte everyday in the I-85 traffic backup.

[Mutiny77]

No way an adjoining county like Cabarrus gets lopped off the MSA. But I can see Rowan going from a CSA county to an MSA county. Iredell and Lancaster too (which used to be in the MSA).

[NCDave]

I made maps of urban areas in North Caolina and posted them here: Urbanized Areas released

I made maps of urban areas in South Carolina and posted them here: U.S. Census Bureau releases 2010 urban population figures

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by southbound_295

I went back to the text link. It looks like they have assigned the Unifour to Charlotte.

http://www2.census.gov/geo/ua/ua_cbsa_rel_10.txt

15670,"Charlotte, NC--SC Urbanized Area",16740,"Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Metro Area",1,1125131,472326,1653554101,1603967675,12494 42,526435,2012087926,1920454942,1758038,737775,815 0442295,7990592664,90.05,89.72,82.18,83.52,64,64.0 2,20.29,20.07
15670,"Charlotte, NC--SC Urbanized Area",25860,"Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area",1,224,154,1617425,1081370,1249442,526435,201 2087926,1920454942,365497,162613,4316096954,424079 6217,.02,.03,.08,.06,.06,.09,.04,.03
15670,"Charlotte, NC--SC Urbanized Area",29580,"Lancaster, SC Micro Area",2,14382,6377,35852974,35624456,1249442,52643 5,2012087926,1920454942,76652,32687,1437759302,142 2317473,1.15,1.21,1.78,1.86,18.76,19.51,2.49,2.5
15670,"Charlotte, NC--SC Urbanized Area",30740,"Lincolnton, NC Micro Area",2,10714,4700,44813152,29326909,1249442,52643 5,2012087926,1920454942,78265,33641,795232690,7716 55597,.86,.89,2.23,1.53,13.69,13.97,5.64,3.8
15670,"Charlotte, NC--SC Urbanized Area",44380,"Statesville-Mooresville, NC Micro Area",2,98991,42878,276250274,250454532,1249442,52 6435,2012087926,1920454942,159437,69013,1545970551 ,1486221270,7.92,8.14,13.73,13.04,62.09,62.13,17.8 7,16.85

19558,"Concord, NC Urbanized Area",16740,"Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Metro Area",1,130034,53422,264251112,263168904,214881,90 164,468022371,466730343,1758038,737775,8150442295, 7990592664,60.51,59.25,56.46,56.39,7.4,7.24,3.24,3 .29
19558,"Concord, NC Urbanized Area",41580,"Salisbury, NC Micro Area",2,84687,36656,203373881,203165413,214881,901 64,468022371,466730343,138428,60211,1356441101,132 4451332,39.41,40.65,43.45,43.53,61.18,60.88,14.99, 15.34
19558,"Concord, NC Urbanized Area",45640,"Thomasville-Lexington, NC Micro Area",2,160,86,397378,396026,214881,90164,46802237 1,466730343,162878,72655,1468569902,1431421129,.07 ,.1,.08,.08,.1,.12,.03,.03
19585,"

32653,"Gastonia, NC--SC Urbanized Area",16740,"Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Metro Area",1,158241,68184,335059435,333001829,169495,73 115,361149918,359056401,1758038,737775,8150442295, 7990592664,93.36,93.26,92.78,92.74,9,9.24,4.11,4.1 7
32653,"Gastonia, NC--SC Urbanized Area",30740,"Lincolnton, NC Micro Area",2,83,31,423623,417198,169495,73115,361149918 ,359056401,78265,33641,795232690,771655597,.05,.04 ,.12,.12,.11,.09,.05,.05
32653,"Gastonia, NC--SC Urbanized Area",43140,"Shelby, NC Micro Area",2,11171,4900,25666860,25637374,169495,73115, 361149918,359056401,98078,43373,1212764639,1202408 392,6.59,6.7,7.11,7.14,11.39,11.3,2.12,2.13

75745,"Rock Hill, SC Urbanized Area",16740,"Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Metro Area",1,104996,44687,249091361,247650267,104996,44 687,249091361,247650267,1758038,737775,8150442295, 7990592664,100,100,100,100,5.97,6.06,3.06,3.1

I was wrong, all of Cleveland County is in the metro. I saw that Shelby was assigned to Gastonia, but missed the word micro. If they can get employment stabilized in Shelby, that might bring Rutherford County into the CSA, next time.