# Metarea 1960 News?

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/metarea-1960-news/1297>\
**Category:** USA\
**Created:** [May 6, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/metarea-1960-news/1297 "2016-05-06T09:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/839c29/32.png) [@Neico](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Neico)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/metarea-1960-news/1297/1 "2016-05-06T09:36:00Z")

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Hello,

I think my question has been asked before but I couldn’t really get the answer I was looking for. So I’m sorry if the question is redundant.

I know there has been an updated 1960 US Census version available. However, the METAREA is in all cases “not identified”. Is there a way to convert/cross-walk the MINI-Puma or another geographic variable to the METAREA variable?

Thanks,  
Nick