Basic Trading Area

In the US, a Basic Trading Area is a geographic region defined originally in the Rand Mcnally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide and used by the FCC where a Personal Communications Service can operate. [cite web |url=http://www.javvin.com/wireless/BTA.html |title=BTA: Basic Trading Area |accessdate=2006-11-28 |publisher=Javvin] It consists of the counties surrounding a city designated as the basic trading center. [cite web |url=http://www.mobiledia.com/glossary/36.html |title=Basic Trading Area (BTA) - Cell Phone Glossary - Mobiledia |accessdate=2006-11-28 |year=2006 |publisher=Mobiledia]

List of Basic Trading Areas

#Aberdeen, South Dakota
#Aberdeen, Washington
#Abilene, Texas
#Ada, Oklahoma
#Adrian, Michigan
#Albany—Tifton, Georgia
#Albany—Schenectady, New York
#Albuquerque, New Mexico
#Alexandria, Louisiana
#Allentown—Bethlehem—Easton, Pennsylvania
#Alpena, Michigan
#Altoona, Pennsylvania
#Amarillo, Texas
#Anchorage, Alaska
#Anderson, Indiana
#Anderson, South Carolina
#Anniston, Alabama
#Appleton—Oshkosh, Wisconsin
#Ardmore, Oklahoma
#Asheville—Hendersonville, North Carolina
#Ashtabula, Ohio
#Athens, Georgia
#Athens, Ohio
#Atlanta, Georgia
#Atlantic City, New Jersey
#Augusta, Georgia
#Austin, Texas
#Bakersfield, California
#Baltimore, Maryland
#Bangor, Maine
#Bartlesville, Oklahoma
#Baton Rouge, Louisiana
#Battle Creek, Michigan
#Beaumont—Port Arthur, Texas
#Beckley, West Virginia
#Bellingham, Washington
#Bemidji, Minnesota
#Bend, Oregon
#Benton Harbor, Michigan
#Big Spring, Texas
#Billings, Montana
#Biloxi—Gulfport—Pascagoula, Mississippi
#Binghamton, New York
#Birmingham, Alabama
#Bismarck, North Dakota
#Bloomington, Illinois
#Bloomington—Bedford, Indiana
#Bluefield, West Virginia
#Blytheville, Arkansas
#Boise—Nampa, Idaho
#Boston, Massachusetts
#Bowling Green—Glasgow, Kentucky
#Bozeman, Montana
#Brainerd, Minnesota
#Bremerton, Washington
#Brownsville—Harlingen, Texas
#Brownwood, Texas
#Brunswick, Georgia
#Bryan—College Station, Texas
#Buffalo—Niagara Falls, New York
#Burlington, Iowa
#Burlington, North Carolina
#Burlington, Vermont
#Butte, Montana
#Canton—New Philadelphia, Ohio
#Cape Girardeau—Sikeston, Missouri
#Carbondale—Marion, Illinois
#Carlsbad, New Mexico
#Casper—Gillette, Wyoming
#Cedar Rapids, Iowa
#Champaign—Urbana, Illinois
#Charleston, South Carolina
#Charleston, West Virginia
#Charlotte—Gastonia, North Carolina
#Charlottesville, Virginia
#Chattanooga, Tennessee
#Cheyenne, Wyoming
#Chicago, Illinois
#Chico—Oroville, California
#Chillicothe, Ohio
#Cincinnati, Ohio
#Clarksburg—Elkins, West Virginia
#Clarksville, Tennessee—Hopkinsville, Kentucky
#Cleveland—Akron, Ohio
#Cleveland, Tennessee
#Clinton, Iowa—Sterling, Illinois
#Clovis, New Mexico
#Coffeyville, Kansas
#Colorado Springs, Colorado
#Columbia, Missouri
#Columbia, South Carolina
#Columbus, Georgia
#Columbus, Indiana
#Columbus—Starkville, Mississippi
#Columbus, Ohio
#Cookeville, Tennessee
#Coos Bay—North Bend, Oregon
#Corbin, Kentucky
#Corpus Christi, Texas
#Cumberland, Maryland
#Dallas—Fort Worth, Texas
#Dalton, Georgia
#Danville, Illinois
#Danville, Virginia
#Davenport, Iowa—Moline, Illinois
#Dayton—Springfield, Ohio
#Daytona Beach, Florida
#Decatur, Alabama
#Decatur—Effingham, Illinois
#Denver, Colorado
#Des Moines, Iowa
#Detroit, Michigan
#Dickinson, North Dakota
#Dodge City, Kansas
#Dothan—Enterprise, Alabama
#Dover, Delaware
#Du Bois—Clearfield, Pennsylvania
#Dubuque, Iowa
#Duluth, Minnesota
#Dyersburg—Union City, Tennessee
#Eagle Pass—Del Rio, Texas
#East Liverpool—Salem, Ohio
#Eau Claire, Wisconsin
#El Centro—Calexico, California
#El Dorado—Magnolia—Camden, Arkansas
#Elkhart, Indiana
#Elmira—Corning—Hornell, New York
#El Paso, Texas
#Emporia, Kansas
#Enid, Oklahoma
#Erie, Pennsylvania
#Escanaba, Michigan
#Eugene—Springfield, Oregon
#Eureka, California
#Evansville, Indiana
#Fairbanks, Alaska
#Fairmont, West Virginia
#Fargo, North Dakota
#Farmington, New Mexico—Durango, Colorado
#Fayetteville—Springdale—Rogers, Arkansas
#Fayetteville—Lumberton, North Carolina
#Fergus Falls, Minnesota
#Findlay—Tiffin, Ohio
#Flagstaff, Arizona
#Flint, Michigan
#Florence, Alabama
#Florence, South Carolina
#Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
#Fort Collins—Loveland, Colorado
#Fort Dodge, Iowa
#Fort Myers, Florida
#Fort Pierce—Vero Beach—Stuart, Florida
#Fort Smith, Arkansas
#Fort Walton Beach, Florida
#Fort Wayne, Indiana
#Fredericksburg, Virginia
#Fresno, California
#Gadsden, Alabama
#Gainesville, Florida
#Gainesville, Georgia
#Galesburg, Illinois
#Gallup, New Mexico
#Garden City, Kansas
#Glens Falls, New York
#Goldsboro—Kinston, North Carolina
#Grand Forks, North Dakota
#Grand Island—Kearney, Nebraska
#Grand Junction, Colorado
#Grand Rapids, Michigan
#Great Bend, Kansas
#Great Falls, Montana
#Greeley, Colorado
#Green Bay, Wisconsin
#Greensboro—Winston-Salem—High Point, North Carolina
#Greenville—Greenwood, Mississippi
#Greenville—Washington, North Carolina
#Greenville—Spartanburg, South Carolina
#Greenwood, South Carolina
#Hagerstown, Maryland—Chambersburg, Pennsylvania—Martinsburg, West Virginia
#Hammond, Louisiana
#Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
#Harrison, Arkansas
#Harrisonburg, Virginia
#Hartford, Connecticut
#Hastings, Nebraska
#Hattiesburg, Mississippi
#Hays, Kansas
#Helena, Montana
#Hickory—Lenoir—Morganton, North Carolina
#Hilo, Hawaii
#Hobbs, New Mexico
#Honolulu, Hawaii
#Hot Springs, Arkansas
#Houghton, Michigan
#Houma—Thibodaux, Louisiana
#Houston, Texas
#Huntington, West Virginia—Ashland, Kentucky
#Huntsville, Alabama
#Huron, South Dakota
#Hutchinson, Kansas
#Hyannis, Massachusetts
#Idaho Falls, Idaho
#Indiana, Pennsylvania
#Indianapolis, Indiana
#Iowa City, Iowa
#Iron Mountain, Michigan
#Ironwood, Michigan
#Ithaca, New York
#Jackson, Michigan
#Jackson, Mississippi
#Jackson, Tennessee
#Jacksonville, Florida
#Jacksonville, Illinois
#Jacksonville, North Carolina
#Jamestown, New York—Warren, Pennsylvania—Dunkirk, New York
#Janesville—Beloit, Wisconsin
#Jefferson City, Missouri
#Johnstown, Pennsylvania
#Jonesboro—Paragould, Arkansas
#Joplin, Missouri—Miami, Oklahoma
#Juneau—Ketchikan, Alaska
#Kahului—Wailuku—Lahaina, Hawaii
#Kalamazoo, Michigan
#Kalispell, Montana
#Kankakee, Illinois
#Kansas City, Missouri
#Keene, New Hampshire
#Kennewick—Pasco—Richland, Washington
#Kingsport, Tennessee—Johnson City, Tennessee—Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee
#Kirksville, Missouri
#Klamath Falls, Oregon
#Knoxville, Tennessee
#Kokomo—Logansport, Indiana
#La Crosse, Wisconsin—Winona, Minnesota
#Lafayette, Indiana
#Lafayette—New Iberia, Louisiana
#La Grange, Georgia
#Lake Charles, Louisiana
#Lakeland—Winter Haven, Florida
#Lancaster, Pennsylvania
#Lansing, Michigan
#Laredo, Texas
#La Salle—Peru—Ottawa—Streator, Illinois
#Las Cruces, New Mexico
#Las Vegas, Nevada
#Laurel, Mississippi
#Lawrence, Kansas
#Lawton—Duncan, Oklahoma
#Lebanon—Claremont, New Hampshire
#Lewiston—Moscow, Idaho
#Lewiston—Auburn, Maine
#Lexington, Kentucky
#Liberal, Kansas
#Lihue, Hawaii
#Lima, Ohio
#Lincoln, Nebraska
#Little Rock, Arkansas
#Logan, Utah
#Logan, West Virginia
#Longview—Marshall, Texas
#Longview, Washington
#Los Angeles, California
#Louisville, Kentucky
#Lubbock, Texas
#Lufkin—Nacogdoches, Texas
#Lynchburg, Virginia
#McAlester, Oklahoma
#McAllen, Texas
#McComb—Brookhaven, Mississippi
#McCook, Nebraska
#Macon—Warner Robins, Georgia
#Madison, Wisconsin
#Madisonville, Kentucky
#Manchester—Nashua—Concord, New Hampshire
#Manhattan—Junction City, Kansas
#Manitowoc, Wisconsin
#Mankato—Fairmont, Minnesota
#Mansfield, Ohio
#Marinette, Wisconsin—Menominee, Michigan
#Marion, Indiana
#Marion, Ohio
#Marquette, Michigan
#Marshalltown, Iowa
#Martinsville, Virginia
#Mason City, Iowa
#Mattoon, Illinois
#Meadville, Pennsylvania
#Medford—Grants Pass, Oregon
#Melbourne—Titusville, Florida
#Memphis, Tennessee
#Merced, California
#Meridian, Mississippi
#Miami—Fort Lauderdale, Florida
#Michigan City—La Porte, Indiana
#Middlesboro—Harlan, Kentucky
#Midland, Texas
#Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minnesota
#Minot, North Dakota
#Missoula, Montana
#Mitchell, South Dakota
#Mobile, Alabama
#Modesto, California
#Monroe, Louisiana
#Montgomery, Alabama
#Morgantown, West Virginia
#Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#Mount Vernon—Centralia, Illinois
#Muncie, Indiana
#Muskegon, Michigan
#Muskogee, Oklahoma
#Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
#Naples, Florida
#Nashville, Tennessee
#Natchez, Mississippi
#New Bern, North Carolina
#New Castle, Pennsylvania
#New Haven—Waterbury—Meriden, Connecticut
#New London—Norwich, Connecticut
#New Orleans, Louisiana
#New York, New York
#Nogales, Arizona
#Norfolk, Nebraska
#Norfolk—Virginia Beach—Newport News—Hampton, Virginia
#North Platte, Nebraska
#Ocala, Florida
#Odessa, Texas
#Oil City—Franklin, Pennsylvania
#Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#Olean, New York—Bradford, Pennsylvania
#Olympia—Centralia, Washington
#Omaha, Nebraska
#Oneonta, New York
#Opelika—Auburn, Alabama
#Orangeburg, South Carolina
#Orlando, Florida
#Ottumwa, Iowa
#Owensboro, Kentucky
#Paducah—Murray—Mayfield, Kentucky
#Panama City, Florida
#Paris, Texas
#Parkersburg, West Virginia—Marietta, Ohio
#Pensacola, Florida
#Peoria, Illinois
#Petoskey, Michigan
#Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—Wilmington, Delaware—Trenton, New Jersey
#Phoenix, Arizona
#Pine Bluff, Arkansas
#Pittsburg—Parsons, Kansas
#Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#Pittsfield, Massachusetts
#Plattsburgh, New York
#Pocatello, Idaho
#Ponca City, Oklahoma
#Poplar Bluff, Missouri
#Port Angeles, Washington
#Portland—Brunswick, Maine
#Portland, Oregon
#Portsmouth, Ohio
#Pottsville, Pennsylvania
#Poughkeepsie—Kingston, New York
#Prescott, Arizona
#Presque Isle, Maine
#Providence—Pawtucket, Rhode Island—New Bedford—Fall River, Massachusetts
#Provo—Orem, Utah
#Pueblo, Colorado
#Quincy, Illinois—Hannibal, Missouri
#Raleigh—Durham, North Carolina
#Rapid City, South Dakota
#Reading, Pennsylvania
#Redding, California
#Reno, Nevada
#Richmond, Indiana
#Richmond—Petersburg, Virginia
#Riverton, Wyoming
#Roanoke, Virginia
#Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
#Rochester—Austin—Albert Lea, Minnesota
#Rochester, New York
#Rockford, Illinois
#Rock Springs, Wyoming
#Rocky Mount—Wilson, North Carolina
#Rolla, Missouri
#Rome, Georgia
#Roseburg, Oregon
#Roswell, New Mexico
#Russellville, Arkansas
#Rutland—Bennington, Vermont
#Sacramento, California
#Saginaw—Bay City, Michigan
#St. Cloud, Minnesota
#St. George, Utah
#St. Joseph, Missouri
#St. Louis, Missouri
#Salem—Albany—Corvallis, Oregon
#Salina, Kansas
#Salinas—Monterey, California
#Salisbury, Maryland
#Salt Lake City—Ogden, Utah
#San Angelo, Texas
#San Antonio, Texas
#San Diego, California
#Sandusky, Ohio
#San Francisco—Oakland—San Jose, California
#San Luis Obispo, California
#Santa Barbara—Santa Maria, California
#Santa Fe, New Mexico
#Sarasota—Bradenton, Florida
#Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
#Savannah, Georgia
#Scottsbluff, Nebraska
#Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton, Pennsylvania
#Seattle—Tacoma, Washington
#Sedalia, Missouri
#Selma, Alabama
#Sharon, Pennsylvania
#Sheboygan, Wisconsin
#Sherman—Denison, Texas
#Shreveport, Louisiana
#Sierra Vista—Douglas, Arizona
#Sioux City, Iowa
#Sioux Falls, South Dakota
#Somerset, Kentucky
#South Bend—Mishawaka, Indiana
#Spokane, Washington
#Springfield, Illinois
#Springfield—Holyoke, Massachusetts
#Springfield, Missouri
#State College, Pennsylvania
#Staunton—Waynesboro, Virginia
#Steubenville, Ohio—Weirton, West Virginia
#Stevens Point—Marshfield—Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
#Stillwater, Oklahoma
#Stockton, California
#Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
#Sumter, South Carolina
#Sunbury—Shamokin, Pennsylvania
#Syracuse, New York
#Tallahassee, Florida
#Tampa—St. Petersburg—Clearwater, Florida
#Temple—Killeen, Texas
#Terre Haute, Indiana
#Texarkana, Texas-Arkansas
#Toledo, Ohio
#Topeka, Kansas
#Traverse City, Michigan
#Tucson, Arizona
#Tulsa, Oklahoma
#Tupelo—Corinth, Mississippi
#Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#Twin Falls, Idaho
#Tyler, Texas
#Utica—Rome, New York
#Valdosta, Georgia
#Vicksburg, Mississippi
#Victoria, Texas
#Vincennes—Washington, Indiana
#Visalia—Porterville—Hanford, California
#Waco, Texas
#Walla Walla, Washington—Pendleton, Oregon
#Washington, DC
#Waterloo—Cedar Falls, Iowa
#Watertown, New York
#Watertown, South Dakota
#Waterville—Augusta, Maine
#Wausau—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
#Waycross, Georgia
#Wenatchee, Washington
#West Palm Beach—Boca Raton, Florida
#West Plains, Missouri
#Wheeling, West Virginia
#Wichita, Kansas
#Wichita Falls, Texas
#Williamson, West Virginia—Pikeville, Kentucky
#Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#Williston, North Dakota
#Willmar—Marshall, Minnesota
#Wilmington, North Carolina
#Winchester, Virginia
#Worcester—Fitchburg—Leominster, Massachusetts
#Worthington, Minnesota
#Yakima, Washington
#York—Hanover, Pennsylvania
#Youngstown—Warren, Ohio
#Yuba City—Marysville, California
#Yuma, Arizona
#Zanesville—Cambridge, Ohio

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