{"abstract":"This Notice announces OMB's adoption of 2010 Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas. The 2010 standards replace and supersede the 2000 Standards for Defining Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas. In arriving at its decision, OMB accepted the recommendations of the interagency Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Standards Review Committee (the Review Committee) as published in the February 12, 2009 Federal Register. The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION in this Notice provides background information on the standards (Section A), a brief synopsis of the public comments OMB received in response to the February 12, 2009 Federal Register notice (Section B), and OMB's decisions on the recommendations of the Review Committee (Section C). The 2010 standards appear at the end of this Notice (Section D). The adoption of the 2010 standards will not affect the availability of Federal data for geographic areas such as States, counties, county subdivisions, and municipalities. For the near term, the U.S. Census Bureau will tabulate and publish data from the 2010 Census for all metropolitan, micropolitan, and combined statistical areas in existence at the time of the census.","action":"Notice of decision.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2010/06/28/2010-15605.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"75 FR 37246","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective Date: This Notice is effective immediately. OMB plans to announce delineations of areas based on the 2010 standards and 2010 Census data in 2013. Federal agencies should begin to use the new area delineations to tabulate and publish statistics when the delineations are announced.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2010-15605","effective_on":null,"end_page":37252,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2010/06/28/2010-15605.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/06/28/2010-15605/2010-standards-for-delineating-metropolitan-and-micropolitan-statistical-areas","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2010-15605?publication_date=2010-06-28","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2010-06-28/2010-15605/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":7,"page_views":{"count":9518,"last_updated":"2026-04-24 14:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-06-28/pdf/2010-15605.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2010-06-28","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2010/06/28/2010-15605.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2010-07-15T16:14:05Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":37246,"subtype":null,"title":"2010 Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas","toc_doc":"2010 Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":75}