[sbe-eas] Change to County-Equivalents in the State of Connecticut

[Sean Donelan]

The Census Bureau, Department of Commerce has started rolling out its
previously announced changes to county-equivalents in the State of 
Connecticut.  The U.S. Board of Geographic Names and the U.S. Geological 
Survey have added the change to their products.

An easier to read blog post
https://www.ctdata.org/blog/census-bureau-releases-first-population-estimates-for-connecticuts-county-equivalent-planning-regions

The official Federal Register
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/06/06/2022-12063/change-to-county-equivalents-in-the-state-of-connecticut


Has anyone heard when FEMA IPAWS and the National Weather Service will 
start using the new Connecticut "FIPS codes" (I know "FIPS Codes" are 
legacy, but its what everyone calls them) for EAS and SAME?

EAS manufacturers will also need to add the new Connecticut 
"County-Equivalent" Planning Regions to their software FIPS tables.

Much like Alaska "census areas," Connecticut's Planning Regions will be 
treated as "County-Equivalent" for Federal Government purposes.  I expect 
the new Connecticut Planning Regions FIPS codes will be used by all 
federal agencies before 2030, because the next census and all federal 
budgets and grants will use it.