Reports for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) that contain multiple Metropolitan Divisions (MDs) can now be produced by the “Census Online” database maintained by the umbrella group for federal financial regulators, the agency said Thursday.
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) said the MDs will now be grouped with the MSA to which they belong in the MSA/MD selection field in its Census Online.
“The user may either select reports for the entire MSA or for an individual MD,” the exam council said in a statement. “Reports will be detailed on screen, but users may also download an Excel version of the report. The Excel version contains more fields than what is on screen. These extra fields may facilitate data analysis (such as joins to HMDA data).”
For statistical areas or divisions that span multiple states, FFIEC said users should select “all states” from the state list before selecting the appropriate MSA or MD.
The exam council provided a sample approach:
“For example, in 2025, the WASHINGTON-ARLINGTON-ALEXANDRIA, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA (MSA 47900) consists of three MDs (11694-ARLINGTON-ALEXANDRIA-RESTON, VA-WV, 23224-FREDERICK-GAITHERSBURG-BETHESDA, MD, and 47764-WASHINGTON, DC-MD). If the user selects the MSA, data for all three MDs will be displayed; if the user selects one of the MDs instead, only data for that MD will be displayed.”
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