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New Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) definitions, and those for other types of Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA), were announced in July 2023. The QCEW program will begin tabulating data using those definitions with the data release for first quarter 2024, on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. For more information regarding the new area definitions, see (https://www.bls.gov/bls/omb-bulletin-23-01-revised-delineations-of-metropolitan-statistical-areas.pdf).