Core Based Statistical Area or other ways to measure population for lead scoring

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how to correlate "core based statistical area" into a city's population or density? Trying to use population as part of lead scoring, just having trouble figuring out how.

[Josh_Hill13]

What sort of data are you pulling into the system? You should be able to do this if you have something like

City Density Score = X

Then Lead Score is +5

[Anonymous]

Thanks Josh. But that's my problem, how to figure out the city density score other than manually assigning one for every single city in the U.S. (impractical). 

We're pulling in a lot of population-defined sources. For example there are U.S. Census "core based statistical divisions" that are a five-digit code for just about anywhere in U.S. But for the life of me I can't find anyway to match that "core based statistical division" to the population. It being a U.S. Census thing.....that's the whole point of it, to have the population. But I'm striking out in every way. 

We also have "standard metropolitan statistical area" (another five-digit code that corrleates to metro areas), "core based statistical area description," which is just spelling out the names of the cities, and so on. 

Thanks,

Dante

[Justin_Norris1]

Whoa that's a weird one.

I've just used major metro in the past and assigned scoring value based on the inferred major metro field. MUCH more of a blunt instrument, i.e., if major metro = {big recognizable cities} then higher score. Sounds like you need to do something a bit more precise though.