By
Christina Haley O'Neal, posted
May 6, 2021
Local leaders are gearing up to push once again for the return of Brunswick County to the Wilmington MSA.
And although there has been a delay in the release of the local results for the 2020 Census due to COVID-19, federal officials are looking into the rules that could lead to revisions for MSAs around the country.
The Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) currently includes New Hanover and Pender counties.
Local business officials were caught off guard in 2013 when the federal government, after the 2010 Census, moved Brunswick County from the Wilmington MSA and into Myrtle Beach's area.