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QCEW Codes for Pre-2004 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (For SIC Coded Data)
QCEW data coded to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Systems (1972, 1977, and 1987 versions) were tabulated based on various versions of Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) definitions that were released before 2003. Various versions of MSA definitions have been issued over the decades. There have been major revisions on approximate 10 year cycles, and (sometimes) minor revisions on annual cycles. The earliest posted tabulations of QCEW data by MSA data are for the 1975 period, but these were done based on the 1983 definitions, which received only minor revisions (even in the major revision cycle of 1994), until the release of Core Based Statistical Areas definitions in 2003. The table below shows the code and title relationships applicable to that period, and, specifically, are applicable to all QCEW SIC coded data, which are available for the 1975 to 2000 period. QCEW area code for MSAs differ from official MSA codes in that they have the character "M" preceding the official 4-digit MSA codes released by OMB. This allows the QCEW program to use a five-character field to hold the area codes, regardless of area type. Similarly, the QCEW program differs from OMB's official coding of Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs) by preceding their official two digit code with the characters "CMS". These are shown in the table below as well.
New Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) definitions and codes were released by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the June 2003 to March 2004 period. These codes were part of a larger body of codes called Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs). The QCEW program has used the March 2004 versions and updated versions of these definitions and codes for all NAICS based QCEW data that have been tabulated for MSAs and CBSAs. This includes NAICS coded data for the 1990 to 2000 period that were reconstructed from earlier SIC coded data.
The table below is available as an Excel workbook (.xlsx), a comma separated values file (.csv), and as a flat, text file (.txt). Click the links below to download.
DOWNLOAD: XLSX CSV TXT Related Documentation: Data Guide; QCEW Data Files; QCEW Area Guide; Open Data Access Guide;
| Code | Area Title |
|---|---|
| M0060 | Aguadilla, PR MSA |
| M0080 | Akron, Oh PMSA |
| M0120 | Albany, Ga MSA |
| M0160 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA |
| M0200 | Albuquerque, NM MSA |
| M0220 | Alexandria, La MSA |
| M0240 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa MSA |
| M0280 | Altoona, Pa MSA |
| M0320 | Amarillo, Tx MSA |
| M0360 | Anaheim-Santa Ana, Ca PMSA |
| M0380 | Anchorage, Ak MSA |
| M0400 | Anderson, In MSA |
| M0405 | Anderson, SC MSA |
| M0440 | Ann Arbor, Mi PMSA |
| M0450 | Anniston, Al MSA |
| M0460 | Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wi MSA |
| M0470 | Arecibo, PR PMSA |
| M0480 | Asheville, NC MSA |
| M0500 | Athens, Ga MSA |
| M0520 | Atlanta, Ga MSA |
| M0560 | Atlantic-Cape May, NJ PMSA |
| M0580 | Auburn-Opelika, Al MSA |
| M0600 | Augusta-Aiken, Ga-SC MSA |
| M0620 | Aurora-Elgin, Il PMSA |
| M0640 | Austin-San Marcos, Tx MSA |
| M0680 | Bakersfield, Ca MSA |
| M0720 | Baltimore, Md PMSA |
| M0733 | Bangor, Me NECMA |
| M0743 | Barnstable-Yarmouth, Ma NECMA |
| M0760 | Baton Rouge, La MSA |
| M0780 | Battle Creek, Mi MSA |
| M0840 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tx MSA |
| M0845 | Beaver County, Pa MSA |
| M0860 | Bellingham, Wa MSA |
| M0870 | Benton Harbor, Mi MSA |
| M0875 | Bergen-Passaic, NJ MSA |
| M0880 | Billings, Mt MSA |
| M0920 | Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, Ms MSA |
| M0960 | Binghamton, NY MSA |
| M1000 | Birmingham, Al MSA |
| M1010 | Bismarck, ND MSA |
| M1020 | Bloomington, In MSA |
| M1040 | Bloomington-Normal, Il MSA |
| M1080 | Boise City, Id MSA |
| M1123 | Boston-Brockton-Nashua, Ma-NH NECMA |
| M1125 | Boulder-Longmont, Co PMSA |
| M1140 | Bradenton, Fl MSA |
| M1145 | Brazoria, Tx PMSA |
| M1150 | Bremerton, Wa PMSA |
| M1163 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-Danbury, Ct NECMA |
| M1240 | Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, Tx MSA |
| M1260 | Bryan-College Station, Tx MSA |
| M1280 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA |
| M1300 | Burlington, NC MSA |
| M1303 | Burlington, Vt NECMA |
| M1310 | Caguas, PR PMSA |
| M1320 | Canton-Massillon, Oh MSA |
| M1350 | Casper, Wy MSA |
| M1360 | Cedar Rapids, Ia MSA |
| M1400 | Champaign-Urbana, Il MSA |
| M1440 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA |
| M1480 | Charleston, WV MSA |
| M1520 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA |
| M1540 | Charlottesville, Va MSA |
| M1560 | Chattanooga, Tn-Ga MSA |
| M1580 | Cheyenne, Wy MSA |
| M1600 | Chicago, Il PMSA |
| M1620 | Chico-Paradise, Ca MSA |
| M1640 | Cincinnati, Oh-Ky-In PMSA |
| M1660 | Clarksville-Hopkinsville, Tn-Ky MSA |
| M1680 | Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Oh PMSA |
| M1720 | Colorado Springs, Co MSA |
| M1740 | Columbia, Mo MSA |
| M1760 | Columbia, SC MSA |
| M1800 | Columbus, Ga-Al MSA |
| M1840 | Columbus, Oh MSA |
| M1880 | Corpus Christi, Tx MSA |
| M1890 | Corvallis, Or MSA |
| M1900 | Cumberland, Md-WV MSA |
| M1920 | Dallas, Tx PMSA |
| M1950 | Danville, Va MSA |
| M1960 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Ia-Il MSA |
| M2000 | Dayton-Springfield, Oh MSA |
| M2020 | Daytona Beach, Fl MSA |
| M2030 | Decatur, Al MSA |
| M2040 | Decatur, Il MSA |
| M2080 | Denver, Co PMSA |
| M2120 | Des Moines, Ia MSA |
| M2160 | Detroit, Mi PMSA |
| M2180 | Dothan, Al MSA |
| M2190 | Dover, De MSA |
| M2200 | Dubuque, Ia MSA |
| M2240 | Duluth-Superior, Mn-Wi MSA |
| M2281 | Dutchess County, NY PMSA |
| M2290 | Eau Claire, Wi MSA |
| M2320 | El Paso, Tx MSA |
| M2330 | Elkhart-Goshen, In MSA |
| M2335 | Elmira, NY MSA |
| M2340 | Enid, Ok MSA |
| M2360 | Erie, Pa MSA |
| M2400 | Eugene-Springfield, Or MSA |
| M2440 | Evansville-Henderson, In-Ky MSA |
| M2520 | Fargo-Moorhead, ND-Mn MSA |
| M2560 | Fayetteville, NC MSA |
| M2580 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Ar MSA |
| M2620 | Flagstaff, Az-Ut MSA |
| M2640 | Flint, Mi PMSA |
| M2650 | Florence, Al MSA |
| M2655 | Florence, SC MSA |
| M2670 | Fort Collins-Loveland, Co MSA |
| M2680 | Fort Lauderdale, Fl PMSA |
| M2700 | Fort Myers-Cape Coral, Fl MSA |
| M2710 | Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, Fl MSA |
| M2720 | Fort Smith, Ar-Ok MSA |
| M2750 | Fort Walton Beach, Fl MSA |
| M2760 | Fort Wayne, In MSA |
| M2800 | Fort Worth-Arlington, Tx PMSA |
| M2840 | Fresno, Ca MSA |
| M2880 | Gadsden, Al MSA |
| M2900 | Gainesville, Fl MSA |
| M2920 | Galveston-Texas City, Tx PMSA |
| M2960 | Gary, In PMSA |
| M2975 | Glens Falls, NY MSA |
| M2980 | Goldsboro, NC MSA |
| M2985 | Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA |
| M2995 | Grand Junction, Co MSA |
| M3000 | Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, Mi MSA |
| M3040 | Great Falls, Mt MSA |
| M3060 | Greeley, Co PMSA |
| M3080 | Green Bay, Wi MSA |
| M3120 | Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA |
| M3150 | Greenville, NC MSA |
| M3160 | Greenville-Spartanburg, SC MSA |
| M3180 | Hagerstown, Md PMSA |
| M3200 | Hamilton-Middletown, Oh PMSA |
| M3240 | Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, Pa MSA |
| M3283 | Hartford, Ct NECMA |
| M3285 | Hattiesburg, Ms MSA |
| M3290 | Hickory-Morganton, NC MSA |
| M3320 | Honolulu, Hi MSA |
| M3350 | Houma, La MSA |
| M3360 | Houston, Tx PMSA |
| M3400 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-Ky-Oh MSA |
| M3440 | Huntsville, Al MSA |
| M3480 | Indianapolis, In MSA |
| M3500 | Iowa City, Ia MSA |
| M3520 | Jackson, Mi MSA |
| M3560 | Jackson, Ms MSA |
| M3580 | Jackson, Tn MSA |
| M3600 | Jacksonville, Fl MSA |
| M3605 | Jacksonville, NC MSA |
| M3610 | Jamestown, NY MSA |
| M3620 | Janesville-Beloit, Wi MSA |
| M3640 | Jersey City, NJ PMSA |
| M3660 | Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tn-Va MSA |
| M3680 | Johnstown, Pa MSA |
| M3690 | Joliet, Il MSA |
| M3700 | Jonesboro, Ar MSA |
| M3710 | Joplin, Mo MSA |
| M3720 | Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Mi MSA |
| M3740 | Kankakee, Il PMSA |
| M3760 | Kansas City, Mo-Ks MSA |
| M3800 | Kenosha, Wi PMSA |
| M3810 | Killeen-Temple, Tx MSA |
| M3840 | Knoxville, Tn MSA |
| M3850 | Kokomo, In MSA |
| M3870 | La Crosse, Wi-Mn MSA |
| M3880 | Lafayette, La MSA |
| M3920 | Lafayette, In MSA |
| M3960 | Lake Charles, La MSA |
| M3965 | Lake County, Il PMSA |
| M3980 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fl MSA |
| M4000 | Lancaster, Pa MSA |
| M4040 | Lansing-East Lansing, Mi MSA |
| M4080 | Laredo, Tx MSA |
| M4100 | Las Cruces, NM MSA |
| M4120 | Las Vegas, Nv-Az MSA |
| M4150 | Lawrence, Ks MSA |
| M4200 | Lawton, Ok MSA |
| M4243 | Lewiston-Auburn, Me NECMA |
| M4280 | Lexington, Ky MSA |
| M4320 | Lima, Oh MSA |
| M4360 | Lincoln, Ne MSA |
| M4400 | Little Rock-North Little Rock, Ar MSA |
| M4420 | Longview-Marshall, Tx MSA |
| M4440 | Lorain-Elyria, Oh PMSA |
| M4480 | Los Angeles-Long Beach, Ca PMSA |
| M4520 | Louisville, Ky-In MSA |
| M4600 | Lubbock, Tx MSA |
| M4640 | Lynchburg, Va MSA |
| M4680 | Macon, Ga MSA |
| M4720 | Madison, Wi MSA |
| M4763 | Manchester-Nashua, NH NECMA |
| M4800 | Mansfield, Oh MSA |
| M4840 | Mayaguez, PR MSA |
| M4880 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Tx MSA |
| M4890 | Medford-Ashland, Or MSA |
| M4900 | Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, Fl MSA |
| M4920 | Memphis, Tn-Ar-Ms MSA |
| M4940 | Merced, Ca MSA |
| M5000 | Miami, Fl PMSA |
| M5015 | Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ MSA |
| M5040 | Midland, Tx MSA |
| M5080 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wi PMSA |
| M5120 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, Mn-Wi MSA |
| M5140 | Missoula, Mt MSA |
| M5160 | Mobile, Al MSA |
| M5170 | Modesto, Ca MSA |
| M5190 | Monmouth-Ocean, NJ MSA |
| M5200 | Monroe, La MSA |
| M5240 | Montgomery, Al MSA |
| M5280 | Muncie, In MSA |
| M5320 | Muskegon, Mi MSA |
| M5330 | Myrtle Beach, Sc MSA |
| M5345 | Naples, Fl MSA |
| M5360 | Nashville, Tn MSA |
| M5380 | Nassau-Suffolk, NY MSA |
| M5403 | New Bedford-Fall River-Attleboro, Ma NECMA |
| M5483 | New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury-Waterbury, CT NECMA |
| M5523 | New London-Norwich, Ct NECMA |
| M5530 | Myrtle Beach, SC MSA |
| M5560 | New Orleans, La MSA |
| M5600 | New York-Newark, NY-NJ-Pa PMSA |
| M5640 | Newark, NJ MSA |
| M5660 | Newburgh, Ny-Pa MSA |
| M5700 | Niagara Falls, NY MSA |
| M5720 | Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Va-NC MSA |
| M5775 | Oakland, Ca PMSA |
| M5790 | Ocala, Fl MSA |
| M5800 | Odessa-Midland, Tx MSA |
| M5880 | Oklahoma City, Ok MSA |
| M5910 | Olympia, Wa PMSA |
| M5920 | Omaha, Ne-Ia MSA |
| M5945 | Orange County, Ca PMSA |
| M5950 | Orange County, NY PMSA |
| M5960 | Orlando, Fl MSA |
| M5990 | Owensboro, Ky MSA |
| M6000 | Oxnard-Ventura, Ca PMSA |
| M6015 | Panama City, Fl MSA |
| M6020 | Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-Oh MSA |
| M6025 | Pascagoula, Ms MSA |
| M6080 | Pensacola, Fl MSA |
| M6120 | Peoria-Pekin, Il MSA |
| M6160 | Philadelphia, Pa-NJ PMSA |
| M6200 | Phoenix-Mesa, Az MSA |
| M6240 | Pine Bluff, Ar MSA |
| M6280 | Pittsburgh, Pa MSA |
| M6323 | Pittsfield, Ma NECMA |
| M6340 | Pocatello, Id MSA |
| M6360 | Ponce, PR MSA |
| M6403 | Portland, Me NECMA |
| M6440 | Portland-Vancouver, Or-Wa PMSA |
| M6453 | Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester, NH NECMA |
| M6460 | Poughkeepsie, NY PMSA |
| M6483 | Providence-Warwick, RI NECMA |
| M6520 | Provo-Orem, Ut MSA |
| M6560 | Pueblo, Co MSA |
| M6580 | Punta Gorda, Fl MSA |
| M6600 | Racine, Wi PMSA |
| M6640 | Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA |
| M6660 | Rapid City, SD MSA |
| M6680 | Reading, Pa MSA |
| M6690 | Redding, Ca MSA |
| M6720 | Reno, Nv MSA |
| M6740 | Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, Wa MSA |
| M6760 | Richmond-Petersburg, Va MSA |
| M6780 | Riverside-San Bernardino, Ca PMSA |
| M6800 | Roanoke, Va MSA |
| M6820 | Rochester, Mn MSA |
| M6840 | Rochester, NY MSA |
| M6880 | Rockford, Il MSA |
| M6895 | Rocky Mount, NC MSA |
| M6920 | Sacramento, Ca PMSA |
| M6960 | Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, Mi MSA |
| M6980 | St. Cloud, Mn MSA |
| M7000 | St. Joseph, Mo MSA |
| M7040 | St. Louis, Mo-Il MSA |
| M7080 | Salem, Or PMSA |
| M7120 | Salinas, Ca MSA |
| M7160 | Salt Lake City-Ogden, Ut MSA |
| M7200 | San Angelo, Tx MSA |
| M7240 | San Antonio, Tx MSA |
| M7320 | San Diego, Ca MSA |
| M7360 | San Francisco, Ca PMSA |
| M7400 | San Jose, Ca PMSA |
| M7440 | San Juan-Bayamon, PR PMSA |
| M7460 | San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, Ca MSA |
| M7480 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, Ca MSA |
| M7485 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Ca PMSA |
| M7490 | Santa Fe, NM MSA |
| M7500 | Santa Rosa, Ca PMSA |
| M7510 | Sarasota-Bradenton, Fl MSA |
| M7520 | Savannah, Ga MSA |
| M7560 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, Pa MSA |
| M7600 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wa PMSA |
| M7610 | Sharon, Pa MSA |
| M7620 | Sheboygan, Wi MSA |
| M7640 | Sherman-Denison, Tx MSA |
| M7680 | Shreveport-Bossier City, La MSA |
| M7720 | Sioux City, Ia-Ne MSA |
| M7760 | Sioux Falls, SD MSA |
| M7800 | South Bend, In MSA |
| M7840 | Spokane, Wa MSA |
| M7880 | Springfield, Il MSA |
| M7920 | Springfield, Mo MSA |
| M8003 | Springfield, Ma NECMA |
| M8050 | State College, Pa MSA |
| M8080 | Steubenville-Weirton, Oh-WV MSA |
| M8120 | Stockton-Lodi, Ca MSA |
| M8140 | Sumter, SC MSA |
| M8160 | Syracuse, NY MSA |
| M8200 | Tacoma, Wa PMSA |
| M8240 | Tallahassee, Fl MSA |
| M8280 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fl MSA |
| M8320 | Terre Haute, In MSA |
| M8360 | Texarkana, Tx-Texarkana, Ar MSA |
| M8400 | Toledo, Oh MSA |
| M8440 | Topeka, Ks MSA |
| M8480 | Trenton, NJ PMSA |
| M8520 | Tucson, Az MSA |
| M8560 | Tulsa, Ok MSA |
| M8600 | Tuscaloosa, Al MSA |
| M8640 | Tyler, Tx MSA |
| M8680 | Utica-Rome, NY MSA |
| M8720 | Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, Ca PMSA |
| M8725 | Vancouver, Wa PMSA |
| M8735 | Ventura, Ca PMSA |
| M8750 | Victoria, Tx MSA |
| M8760 | Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ PMSA |
| M8780 | Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, Ca MSA |
| M8800 | Waco, Tx MSA |
| M8840 | Washington, DC-Md-Va-WV PMSA |
| M8920 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Ia MSA |
| M8940 | Wausau, Wi MSA |
| M8960 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Fl MSA |
| M9000 | Wheeling, WV-Oh MSA |
| M9040 | Wichita, Ks MSA |
| M9080 | Wichita Falls, Tx MSA |
| M9140 | Williamsport, Pa MSA |
| M9160 | Wilmington-Newark, De-Md PMSA |
| M9200 | Wilmington, NC MSA |
| M9243 | Worcester-Fitchburg-Leominster, Ma NECMA |
| M9260 | Yakima, Wa MSA |
| M9270 | Yolo, Ca PMSA |
| M9280 | York, Pa MSA |
| M9320 | Youngstown-Warren, Oh MSA |
| M9340 | Yuba City, Ca MSA |
| M9360 | Yuma, Az MSA |
| CMS07 | Boston-Brockton-Nashua, Ma-NH CMSA-NECMA |
| CMS10 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY CMSA |
| CMS14 | Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, Il-In-Wi CMSA |
| CMS21 | Cincinnati-Hamilton, Oh-Ky-In CMSA |
| CMS28 | Cleveland-Akron, Oh CMSA |
| CMS31 | Dallas-Fort Worth, Tx CMSA |
| CMS34 | Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Co CMSA |
| CMS35 | Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mi CMSA |
| CMS42 | Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Tx CMSA |
| CMS49 | Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Ca CMSA |
| CMS56 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fl CMSA |
| CMS63 | Milwaukee-Racine, Wi CMSA |
| CMS70 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-Ct CMSA |
| CMS77 | Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa-NJ-De-Md CMSA |
| CMS78 | Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, Pa CMSA |
| CMS79 | Portland-Salem, Or-Wa CMSA |
| CMS82 | Sacramento-Yolo, Ca CMSA |
| CMS84 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Ca CMSA |
| CMS87 | San Juan-Caguas-Arecibo, PR CMSA |
| CMS91 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wa CMSA |
| CMS97 | Washington-Baltimore, DC-Md-Va-WV CMSA |
Last Modified Date: September 23, 2020