Omaha and Lincoln will be Omaha - Lincoln CSA by def

[Erik]

Dodge will be added to the Omaha MSA and Saline will be added to the Lincoln MSA.  Omaha - Lincoln should exist as a CSA according to the 2013 OMB definitions.

To Omaha: Total Primary Jobs 398,764 100.0% 376,514 100.0%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 345,536  86.7% 333,969  88.7%
Lincoln, NE 11,598   2.9%  11,691   3.1%
Fremont, NE  5,249   1.3%   4,673   1.2%


To Fremont:Total Primary Jobs    14,243 100.0%  14,536 100.0%
Fremont, NE  8,332  58.5%  10,095  69.4%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA  3,165  22.2%   2,212  15.2%
Lincoln, NE    388   2.7%     352   2.4%


To Lincoln:Total Primary Jobs   147,954 100.0% 143,810 100.0%
Lincoln, NE 110,850  74.9% 119,989  83.4%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 14,900  10.1%  10,410   7.2%
Fremont, NE  1,027   0.7%     670   0.5%


Percent of Lincoln commuting to Omaha + percent of Lincoln's workforce from Omaha MSA = total
2000: 7.5% + 7.2% = 14.7%
2010: 7.269% + 10.1% = 17.369%

Combined Statistical Area—A geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent Core Based Statistical Areas with employment interchange measures of at least 15.


Employment interchange measure—A measure of ties between two adjacent entities. The employment interchange measure is the sum of the percentage of workers living in the smaller entity who work in the larger entity and the percentage of employment in the smaller entity that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger entity.

[Linkin5]

I'm not good at this stuff, so this means Omaha-Lincoln will officially be a CSA?

[Stargazer]

Although I'm not all that up on it... for some reason I was thinking it was 15% (or whatever the magic number is) in ONE direction... not combined.

[Erik]

Although I'm not all that up on it... for some reason I was thinking it was 15% (or whatever the magic number is) in ONE direction... not combined.

I was under that impression too until I read the new defintions by the Office of management and budgeting (OMB).  They said it is the 'sum' of the percentage points.  

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default ... mplete.pdf

Employment interchange measure—A measure of ties between two adjacent entities. The employment interchange measure is the sum of the percentage of workers living in the smaller entity who work in the larger entity and the percentage of employment in the smaller entity that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger entity.

And here is the new definition of the Combined Statistical Area:

Combined Statistical Area—A geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent Core Based Statistical Areas with employment interchange measures of at least 15.

Previous definitions said 15% - 25% of the 'Employment interchange measure' required state legislature approval while the new definitions state 15% is now the threshold with or without the approval.  Omaha - Lincoln had a 14.7% interchange in 2000 which has since increased to over 17% (almost 19% if you include the upcoming addition of Fremont to the Omaha MSA).

[BRoss]

Don't you guys know that 95% of statistics are made up?  :;):

[iamjacobm]

Looks like it will be the ~38th largest CSA in the country when all said and done.

[almighty_tuna]

Good grief, about damn time. let's get an NFL team already. Criminy.

[Big E]

Good grief, about darn time. let's get an NFL team already. Criminy.

Let's see how this LFL thing takes hold.  Baby steps, good sir.

[S33]

I can save you the suspense on the lfl. Omaha racers, nighthawks, knights, etc. As big Tom Callahan always said, its either NCAA or pro, there ain't no third direction.

[Big E]

Oh, sorry.  I thought I was serious about that.

[Big E]

IN seriousness, though...  does this put the Omaha- Lincoln - Fremont - Yutan - Wahoo megalopolis in that arbitrary meaningless magic Top 50 chart for demographics somewhere?

The one that gets us real retail options and direct flights to more than four cities?

[derog]

IN seriousness, though...  does this put the Omaha- Lincoln - Fremont - Yutan - Wahoo megalopolis in that arbitrary meaningless magic Top 50 chart for demographics somewhere?

The one that gets us real retail options and direct flights to more than four cities?

Probably not.

[Erik]

I'll find out if that does put us in the top 50.  I know it has to be close as the combined metro would put it at the 47th largest size with the 39th largest annual numerical growth.

[Stargazer]

Although I would guess we wouldn't be the only metropolitan area benefiting from this... if there indeed has been a change.  We may just find our 'numbers' increase, while our relative rank doesn't change considerably.

[Erik]

The attached URL is the rankings of CSAs (also MSAs if they are not part of a CSA): http://www.apedesignware.com/data/MSA-CSARankings.xlsx

Omaha ranks #58 in size as a single MSA
Omaha - Lincoln ranks #51 in size as a CSA (against CSAs and MSAs)

Oklahoma City - Shawnee Combined Statistical Area OK 1,029,802 1,161,058 1,322,429 1,348,333
Hartford - West Hartford - Willimantic Combined Statistical Area CT 1,226,203 1,257,744 1,330,809 1,331,406
Grand Rapids - Muskegon - Holland Combined Statistical Area MI 1,083,178 1,254,846 1,321,557 1,328,440
Memphis Metropolitan Statistical Area TN-MS-AR 1,067,263 1,205,254 1,316,100 1,325,605
Greenville - Spartanburg - Anderson Combined Statistical Area SC 976,462 1,128,171 1,266,995 1,281,394
Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area VA 949,244 1,097,113 1,258,251 1,269,380
New Orleans - Metairie - Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area LA 1,307,568 1,360,490 1,214,932 1,238,228
(Omaha-Lincoln-Council Bluffs CSA) 2013 Combined Statistical Area NE - IA 962,103 1,083,966 1,218,398 1,234,731
Buffalo - Niagara - Cattaraugus Combined Statistical Area NY 1,273,574 1,253,896 1,215,826 1,213,871
Birmingham - Hoover - Cullman Combined Statistical Area AL 1,024,281 1,128,766 1,208,453 1,212,800
Albany - Schenectady - Amsterdam (Capital District) Combined Statistical Area NY 1,097,335 1,117,979 1,168,485 1,168,120
Rochester - Batavia - Seneca Falls Combined Statistical Area NY 1,096,153 1,131,798 1,149,653 1,150,469
Fresno - Madera Combined Statistical Area CA 755,569 921,945 1,081,315 1,095,829
Dayton - Springfield - Greenville Combined Statistical Area OH 1,081,011 1,085,270 1,072,891 1,075,683
Knoxville - Sevierville - La Follette Combined Statistical Area TN 797,998 935,669 1,055,086 1,063,354
Tulsa - Bartlesville Combined Statistical Area OK 809,085 908,650 988,454 998,438

[iamjacobm]

From what I am reading Omaha and Lincoln are not being designated as a CSA.

[NovakOmaha]

I thought it was related to commuters between the two areas, and there weren't enough.  In the end does it really matter?  When the Omaha metro goes over a million it's a milestone.  If Streets' dreams come true some day and the two become one with a 20 lane highway between them then they will be a CSA.

[Erik]

Yeah i saw that.  Above I had included the information provided by the OMB which stated the relaxed rules of what now constitutes a CSA and the update commute patterns by the state of Nebraska...

I don't know what to think... Maybe the state of Nebraska's commute pattern data is wrong or the OMB used a different set... Not sure and certainly not surprised by this.