...welfare data, Policom ranks metropolitan statistical areas of the U.S. based...The Augusta-Aiken metropolitan statistical area is defined as the...its ranking of the 361 metropolitan statistical areas of the U.S...

...000 employees or 2.7 percent of total state employment," wrote Hawley.The 28 counties that comprise the Metropolitan Statistical Area of Atlanta employ 47.33 percent of the state's total employment.

...more than $50,000 annually while 30 percent make less than $30,000.The 28 counties that comprise the Metropolitan Statistical Area of Atlanta employ 47.33 percent of the state's total employment.

...on the metro population of 561,850 people. Nationally, personal income rose in all of the nation's 366 metropolitan statistical areas for the first time since 2007. Incomes also rose in 3,062 of the nation's 3,113 counties, which...

Unemployment for the Augusta-Richmond County metropolitan statistical area was 9.1 percent for January, according to the Georgia Department of Labor.This was a slight increase from the 8.9 percent...

...that tracks auto thefts in the nation's 336 Metropolitan Statistical Areas. According to this year's study, the...000 auto thefts each year. LOCAL NUMBERS Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Georgia and South Carolina, the number...

...and Savannah, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Nationwide, the Augusta-Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Richmond, Columbia, Burke, Aiken, Edgefield and McDuffie counties, is ranked 55th...

...bigger gains. Augusta-Aiken's per-capita income of $29,342 ranked it No. 254 out of the nation's 363 metropolitan statistical areas, according to the 2006 personal income report released Tuesday by the Commerce Department's Bureau...

...another story. Where does Augusta rank? According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, in 2005 the Augusta metropolitan statistical area was 82 percent of the U.S. PCPI. Will Augusta ever catch up? Probably not, but policy-makers and...

...LLC, an economic development analyst firm. In choosing potential expansion sites, most companies look at "metropolitan statistical areas" rather than individual counties, meaning Columbia County must associate itself with Augusta to draw...