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SAShelp zipcode MSA is only 4 digits

Posted 09-25-2018 06:10 PM (1430 views)

Why is the sashelp.zipcode msa code only 4-digit? but many other places clearly show 5 digits? 

 

 

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ChrisNZ
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Re: SAShelp zipcode MSA is only 4 digits

Posted 09-25-2018 10:37 PM (1411 views)  |   In reply to sas128

I am not from the US and know nothing of MSA, but a web search for MSA ZIPCODE 4 DIGITS yields the answer to your question.

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ballardw
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Re: SAShelp zipcode MSA is only 4 digits

Posted 09-26-2018 12:35 PM (1393 views)  |   In reply to sas128

Metropolitan (and Micropolitan similar but different membership) Statistical Area codes are from a different coding system. Just like the FIPS codes that also appear in that data set

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