Combined Statistical Area

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000317",
  "term": "Combined Statistical Area",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Consists of two or more adjacent core based statistical areas (CBSAs) that have an employment interchange measure (EIM) of 15 or more. (The EIM is a measure of ties between two adjacent entities. It 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.)",
  "abbreviation": "CSA",
  "see_also": [
    "Core Based Statistical Areas",
    "Metropolitan Statistical Area",
    "Micropolitan Statistical Area"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/combined-statistical-area/"
}