20 CFR §654.4

1. (a)Assistant Secretary shall mean Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, U.S. Department of Labor.
2. (b)Civil jurisdiction shall mean:
   1. (1)Cities of 25,000 or more population on the basis of the most recently available Bureau of the Census estimates; or
   2. (2)Towns and townships in the States of New Jersey, New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania of 25,000 or more population and which possess powers and functions similar to cities; or
   3. (3)All counties, except those counties which contain any of the types of political jurisdictions defined in paragraphs (b) (1) and (2) of this section; or
   4. (4)All other counties are defined as “balance of county” (i.e., total county less component cities and townships identified in paragraphs (b) (1) and (2) of this section); or
   5. (5)County equivalents which are towns in the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
3. (c)Labor surplus area shall mean a civil jurisdiction that, in accordance with the criteria specified in § 654.5, has been classified as a labor surplus area.
4. (d)Reference period shall mean the two year period ending December 31 of the year prior to the October 1 annual date of eligibility determination.