New Census Definitions Coming to Enterprise 

Census delineations are the definitions of administrative geographic areas of the United States. The US Census Bureau updates their definitions of CBSAs every few years.

Enterprise is a robust data product that must keep up with how geography in the US is defined, in order to provide the best possible value to our customers.

The latest delineation from Census is July 2023. Enterprise is updating to this latest version.

• CBSAs Removed – Some CBSAs will be removed. This means that they will no longer be directly searchable, filterable, or appear in reports/data. The counties that constituted them will still be accessible, but they will not be grouped by the previous CBSA name.
• CBSAs Absorbed – Some CBSAs will be absorbed into other CBSAs. This means that they will no longer be directly searchable, filterable, or appear in reports/data. The counties that constituted them will still be accessible directly, but they will be grouped into the new CBSA name.
• CBSAs Renamed – Some CBSAs will be renamed. This means that they will no longer be directly searchable, filterable, or appear in reports/data under the old name. They will only be able to be referenced by their new name.
• CBSA Renamed and FIPS Codes Changed – Some CBSAs will have their names and FIPS Codes changed. For customers that utilize CBSA FIPS Codes directly, this means that certain analysis done outside of Enterprise may need to be updated to utilize the new codes.
• Counties Moved into CBSAs – Some counties will be moving from one CBSA to another, and some counties that weren’t in one will be added. This means that the CBSA has effectively changed shape, representing a different geographical area.
• Counties Removed from CBSAs – Some counties will be completely removed from CBSAs, and not added to another. This means they will no longer be part of a CBSA. In this case, the CBSA has effectively changed shape, representing a different geographical area.

• Alamosa, CO
• Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
• Anderson Creek, NC
• Baker City, OR
• Bishop, CA
• Brattleboro, VT
• Brigham City, UT-ID
• Canton, IL
• Cody, WY
• Detroit Lakes, MN
• Fayetteville, TN
• Franklin, KY
• Gallipolis, OH
• Greencastle, IN
• Greenfield, MA
• Hemlock Farms, PA
• Henderson, KY
• Hermitage, PA
• Kenosha, WI
• Lake of the Woods, VA
• Le Mars, IA
• Marion-Herrin, IL
• Monticello, IN
• Monticello, NY
• Nantucket, MA
• New Iberia, LA
• Ocean Pines, MD
• Owosso, MI
• Petoskey, MI
• Pikeville, KY
• Port Townsend, WA
• Rice Lake, WI
• Russellville, AL
• Seaford, DE
• Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
• Sparta, WI
• Waynesville, NC
• Winchester, TN

• Atmore, AL
• Bennettsville, SC
• Berlin, NH
• Big Stone Gap, VA
• Brownsville, TN
• Central City, KY
• Coffeyville, KS
• Cullowhee, NC
• Dayton, TN
• Fairfield, IA
• Fort Polk South, LA
• Grants, NM
• Helena-West Helena, AR
• Hope, AR
• Indianola, MS
• Jackson, OH
• Lamesa, TX
• Malone, NY
• Maysville, KY
• Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV
• North Vernon, IN
• Parsons, KS
• Pearsall, TX
• Point Pleasant, WV-OH
• Scottsburg, IN
• Wauchula, FL
• West Point, MS

User Saved Boundaries that contain CBSAs that have changed will be automatically detected by the Product and will be handling according to the kind of change:

• Any CBSAs within a Saved Boundary that have been renamed will automatically appear with the new name.
• Any Saved Boundaries that contain CBSAs that have gained or lost counties will be marked with a green dot on the chip and a green message will appear that requests review. The message will remain until it is closed with the X.
• Any Saved Boundaries that contain CBSAs in the Census Delineation that have been removed, absorbed, or had their FIPS Code changed, will be highlighted in orange. An orange message will also appear mentioning that the Saved Boundary will need to be edited in order to use it again. This message will continue to show until all Saved Boundaries affected are addressed.
• For example, this Saved Boundary named “Delineation Test” contains CBSAs that have gained or lost counties, as well as CBSAs that have been removed, absorbed, or had their FIPS Code changed. Hovering over the chip will provide some added instruction.

• When opening the editor for this Saved Boundary, an orange message indicates that items highlighted in orange need to be removed or replaced with an appropriate substitute. Items with a green dot indicate that their boundaries have changed and should be reviewed.

If your Active Boundaries contain CBSAs or Saved Boundaries that are impacted by the update, they will be removed automatically, and an orange message will display, showing a list of items that were removed. The message will display until the X is clicked. This will allow you to add any appropriate substitutes or edit Saved Boundaries and re-enable them.

All filtering, map, table, and exports will use the new delineation of a CBSA.
E.g., Brunswick County moved from Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC CBSA to the Wilmington, DE CBSA.

If Myrtle Beach is selected in Geography Selection/Active Boundaries, the results in the map, table, and exports will no longer include Brunswick County. Any exports that include historical data will be based upon the new delineation, and will no longer include Brunswick County. It will be as though Myrtle Beach has always been this way historically. If a CBSA has lost counties, simply add the CBSA and the removed counties separately into your Active Boundaries so get results.

E.g., Brunswick County moved from Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC CBSA to the Wilmington, DE CBSA.
If Myrtle Beach is selected in Geography Selection/Active Boundaries, all Data Summaries and Market Reports will no longer include Brunswick County. Any historical aspects of the reports will be based upon the new delineation, and will no longer include Brunswick County. It will be as though Myrtle Beach has always been this way historically.

One exception to the update is the state of Connecticut. Connecticut transitioned from using counties for administrative purposes to planning regions in 2022. While Connecticut’s eight counties still exist in name, they no longer serve as governmental entities. Instead, the state now recognizes nine Councils of Governments (COGs) as the primary regional governance structure. These planning regions are used for municipal cooperation, regional planning, and state-level resource allocation.
Enterprise will continue using the eight counties in Connecticut for the foreseeable future, until other data sources on which it depends are updated.
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