AHS Metro Survey Changes, 1988-2004
This document summarizes the geographical changes in the American Housing Survey-Metropolitan Sample (AHS-MS) from 1988 through 1998. For each year it shows the metropolitan areas surveyed, the prior survey year for each metropolitan area, and any changes in the geography by zone.
The 1988 AHS-MS had 11 metropolitan areas.
All eleven metropolitan areas had the same geography as the previous survey year.
|
Area
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Birmingham, Al
|
1984
|
Buffalo, NY
|
1984
|
Cleveland, OH
|
1984
|
Indianapolis, IN
|
1984
|
Memphis, TN-AR-MS
|
1984
|
Milwaukee, WI
|
1984
|
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA
|
1984
|
Oklahoma City, OK
|
1984
|
Providence-Pawtucket-Warwick, RI-MA
|
1984
|
Salt Lake City, UT
|
1984
|
San Jose, CA
|
1984
|
The 1989 AHS-MS had 11 metropolitan areas.
All eleven metropolitan areas had the same geography as the previous survey year.
|
Area
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Boston, MA
|
1985
|
Dallas, TX
|
1985
|
Detroit, MI
|
1985
|
Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX
|
1985
|
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
|
1985
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
|
1985
|
Philadelphia, PA-IN
|
1985
|
Phoenix, AZ
|
1985
|
San Francisco-Oakland, CA
|
1985
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
|
1985
|
Washington, DC-MD-VA
|
1985
|
The 1990 AHS-MS had 11 metropolitan areas.
All eleven metropolitan areas had the same geography as the previous survey year.
|
Area
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA
|
1986
|
Cincinnati, OH
|
1986
|
Denver, CO
|
1986
|
Kansas City, MO-KS
|
1986
|
Miami,-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
|
1986
|
New Orleans, LA
|
1986
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
1986
|
Portland, OR-WA
|
1986
|
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
|
1986
|
Rochester, NY
|
1986
|
San Antonio, TX
|
1986
|
The 1991 AHS-MS had 11 metropolitan areas.
All eleven metropolitan areas had the same geography as the previous survey year.
|
Area
|
Prior survey year
|
Atlanta, GA
|
1987
|
Baltimore, MD
|
1987
|
Chicago, IL
|
1987
|
Columbus, OH
|
1987
|
Hartford, CT
|
1987
|
Houston, TX
|
1987
|
New York-Nassau-Suffolk, NY
|
1987
|
Northern NJ
|
1987
|
St. Louis, MO-IL
|
1987
|
San Diego, CA
|
1987
|
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
|
1987
|
The 1992 AHS-MS had 8 metropolitan areas.
All eight metropolitan areas had the same geography as the previous survey year.
|
Area
|
Prior survey year
|
Birmingham, AL
|
1988
|
Cleveland, OH
|
1988
|
Indianapolis, IN
|
1988
|
Memphis, TN
|
1988
|
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA
|
1988
|
Oklahoma City, OK
|
1988
|
Providence-Pawtucket-Warwick, RI
|
1988
|
Salt Lake, UT
|
1988
|
The 1993 AHS-MS had 7 metropolitan areas.
All seven metropolitan areas had the same geography as the previous survey year.
|
Area
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Boston, MA-NH
|
1989
|
Detroit, MI
|
1989
|
Minneapolis, MN-WI
|
1989
|
San Francisco-Oakland, CA
|
1989
|
San Jose, CA
|
1988
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
|
1989
|
Washington, DC-MD-VA
|
1989
|
1994 AHS-MS had 8 metropolitan areas.
Seven metropolitan areas had the same geography as the previous survey year.
|
Area
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA
|
1990
|
Buffalo, NY
|
1988
|
Dallas, TX
|
1989
|
Milwaukee, WI
|
1988
|
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
|
1990
|
Phoenix, AZ
|
1989
|
San Diego, CA
|
1991
|
One metropolitan area became smaller:
|
Area
|
County
|
Change
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
|
Parker
|
dropped from ZONE 104
|
1989
|
1995 AHS-MS had 15 metropolitan areas
One new metropolitan area introduced in the 1995 AHS-MS:
Charlotte, NC-SC.
Zone 101 Union & Mecklenburg Counties, NC
Zone 102 York County, SC
Zone 103 Gaston & Lincoln Counties, NC
Zone 104 Cabarrus & Rowan Counties, NC
Zone 105 Rowan County, NC
Zone 201 Mecklenburg County, NC
Zone 202 Mecklenburg County, NC
Zone 203 Mecklenburg County, NC
Zone 204 Mecklenburg County, NC
One metropolitan area remained unchanged from previous survey year:
|
Area
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
|
1990
|
Two metropolitan areas became smaller:
|
Area
|
County
|
Change
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Columbus, OH
|
Union
|
dropped from ZONE 102
|
1991
|
Denver, CO
|
Boulder
|
dropped ZONE 105
|
1990
|
Five metropolitan areas expanded:
|
Area
|
County
|
Change
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Kansas City, MO-KS
|
Clinton, MO
|
added to ZONE 108
|
1990
|
New Orleans, LA
|
Plaquemines Parish
|
added to ZONE 104
|
1990
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
Butler
|
added as new ZONE 111
|
1990
|
Portland, OR
|
|
added ZONES 105 and 106.
dropped ZONE 102
|
1990
|
|
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Columbia
|
added to ZONE 106
|
|
|
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Washington
|
shifted from ZONE 102 to ZONE 105
|
|
|
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Yamhill
|
shifted from ZONE 102 to ZONE 106
|
|
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San Antonio, TX
|
|
added ZONES 103 and 104
dropped ZONE 102
|
1990
|
|
|
Bexar (part)
|
shifted from ZONE 102 to ZONE 103
|
|
|
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Guadalupe
|
shifted from ZONE 102 to ZONE 104
|
|
|
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Comal
|
shifted from ZONE 102 to ZONE 104
|
|
|
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Wilson
|
added to ZONE 104
|
|
Six metropolitan areas’ sample cases were taken from the 1995 AHS national sample. There are no zones for these six metropolitan areas, because they came from the national sample.
Five of the six metropolitan areas had the same geography as the previous survey year.
|
Area
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Chicago, IL
|
1991
|
Detroit, MI
|
1993
|
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
|
1989
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
1989
|
New York, NY
|
1991
|
One metropolitan area expanded:
|
Area
|
Change
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Northern New Jersey
|
added Mercer County
|
1991
|
1996 AHS-MS included nine metropolitan areas
One metropolitan area remained the same:
|
Area
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Oklahoma City, OK
|
1992
|
Five metropolitan areas expanded:
Area
|
Town
|
County
|
Change
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Cleveland, OH
|
|
|
added Zone 112
|
1991
|
|
|
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Ashtabula
|
added to Zone 112
|
|
|
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Huntsburg
|
Geauga
|
shifted from Zone 111 to Zone 112
|
|
Hartford, CT
|
Lebanon
|
New London
|
added to Zone 105
|
1991
|
|
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Ashford
|
Windham
|
added to Zone 102
|
|
|
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Chaplin
|
Windham
|
added to Zone 102
|
|
|
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Windham
|
Windham
|
added to Zone 102
|
|
|
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Mansfield
|
Tolland
|
added to Zone 102
|
|
|
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Harwinton
|
Litchfield
|
added to Zone 106
|
|
|
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Winchester
|
Litchfield
|
added to Zone 101
|
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Indianapolis, IN
|
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Madison
|
added as Zone 104
|
1992
|
Memphis, TN-AR-MS
|
|
Fayette
|
added to Zone 102
|
1988
|
St. Louis, MO-IL
|
|
Lincoln
|
added to Zone 101
|
1991
|
|
|
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Warren
|
added to Zone 101
|
|
Three metropolitan areas changed:
|
Metro
|
County
|
Change
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Atlanta, GA
|
Bartow
|
added to Zone 101
|
1991
|
|
|
Butts
|
dropped from Zone 112
|
|
Sacramento, CA
|
|
all zones added (previous survey did not use zones)
|
1983
|
|
|
Sacramento (central city)
|
Zones 1-3
|
|
|
|
Sacramento (suburbs)
|
Zones 101-105
|
|
|
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El Dorado
|
Zone 106
|
|
|
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Placer
|
Zone 107
|
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Seattle-Everett, WA
|
|
dropped Zones 6, 109, and 110
|
1991
|
|
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Island
|
added to Zone 101
|
|
|
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Pierce
|
dropped as Zones 6, 109, and 110
|
|
There was no AHS-MS in 1997.
1998 AHS-MS had 15 metropolitan areas.
Seven metropolitan areas remained the same:
|
Area
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Baltimore, MD
|
1991
|
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
|
1990
|
Oakland, CA
|
1993
|
Salt Lake City, UT
|
1992
|
San Francisco, CA
|
1993
|
San Jose, CA
|
1993
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
|
1993
|
Two metropolitan areas became smaller:
MSA
|
County
|
Town
|
Change
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Birmingham, AL
|
Walker
|
|
dropped from ZONE 104
|
1988
|
Boston, MA-NH
|
|
|
dropped: Zones 101, 104, 105, 124, 125
added Zone 127 (replaces 125-126)
|
1993
|
|
|
Rockingham, NH
|
South Hampton
|
added to Zone 102
|
|
|
|
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Londonderry
|
dropped Zone 101
|
|
|
|
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Pelham
|
dropped Zone 105
|
|
|
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Hillsborough, NH
|
Brookline
Hollis
Milford
Wilton
Mount Vernon
Amherst
Merrimack
Litchfield
Hudson
Nashua city
|
dropped Zone 101
|
|
|
|
Bristol, MA
|
Taunton city
Dighton
Berkley
|
added to Zone 123
|
|
|
|
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Easton
Raynham
|
dropped Zone 125
|
|
|
|
Norfolk, MA
|
Avon
|
dropped Zone 124
|
|
|
|
Middlesex, MA
|
Dracut
Lowell city
|
dropped Zone 104
|
|
|
|
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Billerica
Chelmsford
Dunstable
Tewksbury
Tyngsborough
Westford
|
dropped Zone 105
|
|
|
|
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Pepperell
Groton
|
dropped from Zone 106
|
|
|
|
Plymouth, MA
|
Wareham
|
added to Zone 127
|
|
|
|
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Brocton city
|
dropped Zone 124
|
|
|
|
Abington Bridgewater
East Bridgewater West Bridgewater Halifax
Hanson
Middleborough
Plympton
Whitman
Lakeville
|
dropped Zone 125
|
|
Five metropolitan areas became larger:
|
Area
|
Town/City
|
County
|
Change
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
|
|
Sherbourne
|
added to Zone 109
|
1993
|
|
|
|
Pierce, WI
|
added to Zone 109
|
1993
|
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA
|
|
Isle of Wight, VA
|
added to Zone101
|
1992
|
|
|
|
Currituck, NC
|
added to Zone101
|
1992
|
|
|
|
Matthews, VA
|
added to Zone 102
|
1992
|
Providence-Pawtucket-Warwick, RI-MA
|
West Greenwich
|
Kent, RI
|
added to Zone 105
|
1992
|
Rochester, NY
|
|
Genesee, NY
|
added to Zone 102
|
1990
|
Washington, DC-MD-VA
|
|
Fauquier
|
added to Zone 118
|
1993
|
|
|
|
Spotsylvania
|
added to Zone 118
|
1993
|
|
|
Fredericksburg
|
(independent city)
|
added to Zone 118
|
1993
|
One metropolitan area exchanged one county for another:
|
Area
|
County
|
Change
|
Prior Survey Year
|
Houston, TX
|
Brazoria
|
dropped from Zone 106
|
1991
|
|
|
Chambers
|
added to Zone 101
|
|
There was no 2000 AHS-MS.
The 2002 AHS-MS had 13 metropolitan areas.
All thirteen metropolitan areas had the same geography as the previous
survey year:
Area |
Prior Survey Year |
Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA |
1994 |
Buffalo, NY |
1994 |
Charlotte, NC-SC |
1995 |
Columbus, OH |
1995 |
Dallas, TX |
1994 |
Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX |
1994 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
1995 |
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
1995 |
Milwaukee, WI |
1994 |
Phoenix, AZ |
1994 |
Portland, OR-WA |
1995 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
1994 |
San Diego, CA |
1994 |
The 2004 AHS-MS surveyed 13 metropolitan areas.
All 13 metropolitan areas had the same geography as the previous
year.
Metropolitan
Area |
Prior
Survey Year |
Atlanta,
GA |
1996 |
Cleveland,
OH |
1996 |
Denver,
CO |
1995 |
Hartford,
CN |
1996 |
Indianapolis,
IN |
1996 |
Memphis,
TN-AR-MS |
1996 |
New
Orleans, LA |
1995 |
Oklahoma
City, OK |
1996 |
Pittsburgh,
PA |
1995 |
Sacramento,
CA |
1996 |
St.
Louis, MO-IL |
1996 |
San
Antonio, TX |
1995 |
Seattle-Everett,
WA |
1996 |
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