There's definitely something off with those #s. Boston, Washington and Atlanta are all relatively large markets, yet they're pretty low in your ratings. Where exactly did you get them? Are they MSA, CMSA, PMSA?
Quote:
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs): The U.S. Office of Management and Budget designates MSAs to be used as standard areas in the reporting of data for qualifying metropolitan regions. A MSA defines a county or group of counties having a large population center and economic ties to adjacent communities. To be designated a MSA, the area must either have a city of 50,000 or more inhabitants, or have an urbanized area of 50,000 inhabitants and a total MSA population of at least 100,000.
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs): Metropolitan Areas that contain one million or more persons and meet other criteria are designated as CMSAs. They are separated into smaller areas (PMSAs). In Illinois, the Chicago-Gary-Kenosha area meets the CMSA criteria.
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSAs): The smaller areas which comprise CMSAs are designated as PMSAs. A PMSA is a Metropolitan Statistical Area which is part of a CMSA. For 1992, the Chicago-Gary-Kenosha CMSA is comprised of the Chicago, IL; Kankakee, IL; Gary, IN; and Kenosha, WI PMSAs.
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In other words, be wary of using PMSA's, CMSA's are preferred, while MSA's are ok if there is no CMSA.
I also agree with others that it should be:
1) tied to PCI data and
2) in an editable text file
EDIT: I was referring to the first table. Hadn't seen the second before I posted.