Core Based Statistical Area

E395387

U.S. federal statistical area classification statistical geographic entity

A Core Based Statistical Area is a U.S. geographic region defined around an urban core of at least 10,000 people, used by federal agencies for statistical and planning purposes.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Core Based Statistical Area canonical	2
Core-based statistical areas of the United States	1
U.S. Census Bureau statistical areas	1
U.S. Office of Management and Budget statistical area definitions	1
United States Office of Management and Budget statistical area classification	1
United States statistical area classification system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3862920 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Core Based Statistical Area
Context triple: [Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, statisticalRegionType, Core Based Statistical Area]

A. United States Office of Management and Budget metropolitan statistical area
The United States Office of Management and Budget metropolitan statistical area is a regionally defined urbanized area and its surrounding communities designated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for federal statistical and administrative purposes.
B. Central Area
Central Area is the main commercial and downtown core of Singapore, encompassing its primary business, financial, and civic districts.
C. United States Census Bureau designated areas
United States Census Bureau designated areas are specific geographic regions defined by the Census Bureau for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data about the population and economy.
D. U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions are a standardized geographic classification system that groups U.S. states into larger regions and smaller divisions for statistical and analytical purposes.
E. Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area
The Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area is a U.S. Census Bureau-defined region centered on Sterling, Illinois, that encompasses surrounding communities for demographic and economic analysis.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Core Based Statistical Area
Target entity description: A Core Based Statistical Area is a U.S. geographic region defined around an urban core of at least 10,000 people, used by federal agencies for statistical and planning purposes.

A. United States Office of Management and Budget metropolitan statistical area
The United States Office of Management and Budget metropolitan statistical area is a regionally defined urbanized area and its surrounding communities designated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for federal statistical and administrative purposes.
B. Central Area
Central Area is the main commercial and downtown core of Singapore, encompassing its primary business, financial, and civic districts.
C. United States Census Bureau designated areas
United States Census Bureau designated areas are specific geographic regions defined by the Census Bureau for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data about the population and economy.
D. U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions are a standardized geographic classification system that groups U.S. states into larger regions and smaller divisions for statistical and analytical purposes.
E. Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area
The Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area is a U.S. Census Bureau-defined region centered on Sterling, Illinois, that encompasses surrounding communities for demographic and economic analysis.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal statistical area classification ⓘ statistical geographic entity ⓘ
abbreviation	CBSA ⓘ
administeredBy	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
alsoUsedBy	local governments ⓘ private sector researchers ⓘ state governments ⓘ
appliesTo	civilian population ⓘ
basedOn	commuting patterns ⓘ population density ⓘ social integration ⓘ
classificationCriterion	degree of integration with the core ⓘ presence of an urban core ⓘ
componentUnit	county ⓘ county-equivalent ⓘ
coreType	urban area ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dataSource	U.S. Census Bureau ⓘ linked to: Bureau of the Census
definedBy	U.S. Office of Management and Budget ⓘ linked to: Office of Management and Budget
firstIntroduced	2000s ⓘ
governingDocument	OMB statistical area standards ⓘ
hasCategory	metropolitan CBSA ⓘ micropolitan CBSA ⓘ
hasCorePopulationMinimum	10000 ⓘ
hasHigherLevelGrouping	Combined Statistical Area ⓘ
includes	Metropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ linked to: United States Office of Management and Budget metropolitan statistical area Micropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ
integrationMeasure	commuting ties ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
metropolitanThreshold	50000 ⓘ
micropolitanThresholdRange	10000 to 49999 ⓘ
primaryUseSector	public sector ⓘ
relatedConcept	labor market area ⓘ rural area ⓘ urban area ⓘ
replaced	metropolitan area definition system used before 2000 ⓘ
revisedBy	periodic OMB bulletins ⓘ
spatialExtent	Alaska ⓘ Hawaii ⓘ U.S. territories where applicable ⓘ contiguous United States ⓘ
updated	after each decennial census ⓘ
usedBy	U.S. federal agencies ⓘ
usedFor	planning purposes ⓘ statistical purposes ⓘ
usedIn	census data tabulation ⓘ economic analysis ⓘ health services planning ⓘ housing and urban development analysis ⓘ transportation planning ⓘ

How these facts were elicited