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re: Size and Growth of SEC Metros
Posted on 3/24/17 at 11:05 am to Irons Puppet
Posted on 3/24/17 at 11:05 am to Irons Puppet
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Is Birmingham just Jefferson County ? Which is misleading if so. You would think it would be defined by a measurement (distance) from the city limits.
No, it is 7 counties: Jefferson, Shelby, Blount, Bibb, St. Clair, Walker, and Chilton.
Essentially it all deals with how many people commute in. If something like 25% of a county's workforce commutes into the city for work, it is included in the metro.
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Posted on 3/24/17 at 11:10 am to BHMKyle
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Essentially it all deals with how many people commute in. If something like 25% of a county's workforce commutes into the city for work, it is included in the metro.
Yes.
I think it is strange that Eureka Springs (Carroll County) isn't considered a part of the NWA metro, but there just isn't a lot of commuting happening (yet).
McDonald County, MO is included, because its population is centered down along the MO/AR line, and those people are 20 minutes from Bentonville. They also shop and dine in Rogers/Bville.
Fayetteville is more or less the tail-end of it's own metro. The area to the south of town is very rural and rugged mountain land. Not a lot of people live down there.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 12:11 pm to BHMKyle
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Essentially it all deals with how many people commute in. If something like 25% of a county's workforce commutes into the city for work, it is included in the metro.
So based on that, a counties population can count toward two Cities numbers ?
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