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Micropolitan and Metropolitan Areas of the U.S.A.



New Definitions and New Listings

Jul 13 2003  


In June 2003, the White House Office of Management and Budget released their listing of all-new Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, according to definitions developed in 2000.

A Metropolitan Statistical Area must have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants.

It consists of no less than one county. There are 370 Metro Areas.

If specified criteria are met, a Metropolitan Statistical Area containing a single core with a population of 2.5 million or more may be subdivided to form smaller groupings of counties referred to as "Metropolitan Divisions." Eleven Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C.) have a total of 29 Metropolitan Divisions.

A Micropolitan Statistical Area must have at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000 population. It typically consists of one county. There are 565 Micro Areas - 71 of which include two counties or one county and a Virginia city, 18 of which include three counties, and two of which include four counties (the Paducah, KY-IL Micropolitan Statistical Area includes Massac County, IL; Ballard County, KY; Livingston County, KY; and McCracken County, KY while the Traverse City, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area includes Benzie County, Grand Traverse County, Kalkaska County, and Leelanau County).

Furthermore, there are 116 brand-new Combined Statistical Areas (CSA) which consist of adjacent metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. A CSA may comprise two or more Metro Areas, a Metro Area and a Micro Area, two or more Micro Areas, or multiple Metro and Micro Areas. They are not all huge population centers, by any stretch of the imagination. For example, the Paducah-Mayfield, KY-IL Combined Statistical Area simply consists of the Paducah Micro Area and Mayfield Micro Area.

The terms Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area and Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area are purely historic; they no longer exist.

The name of the CSA lists the most populous component area first. Thus, in a dramatic upset, the historic San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA (Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area) has become the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area. Ouch!

Let's take an example of how Metro areas and Micro areas come together. The Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of four California counties in the Sacramento area - El Dorado County (largest city South Lake Tahoe), Placer County (where the urban core of Roseville is located), Sacramento County (where the urban cores of Sacramento and Arden-Arcade are located), and Yolo County (largest city Davis).

However, the Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Truckee, CA-NV Combined Statistical Area includes a new place name (Truckee) in the CSA name. The CSA includes three components two Micropolitan Areas to the east of Sacramento proper - the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area along with the Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metro Area.

The Gardnerville Ranchos, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area is simply Douglas County, Nevada and the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area is simply Nevada County, CA. This brings up some interesting questions - 1) Why is Douglas County, Nevada (near the Nevada state capital of Carson City) part of the Sacramento CSA while closer Alpine or Amador Counties (neither are in a Micro or Metro area at all) are not? 2) Why then isn't Reno or Carson City (closer to Sacramento than Douglas County) part of the CSA? Reno and Carson City (two separate Metro Areas) aren't in a CSA at all. Strange indeed but this is what the OMB has given us to work with and enjoy.

For your enjoyment, all 116 CSA names are listed for you on page two of this article.



A Listing of All 116 Brand-New CSAs

Jul 13 2003




  1. Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon, OR CSA

  2. Albany-Schenectady-Amsterdam, NY CSA

  3. Ames-Boone, IA CSA

  4. Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI CSA

  5. Asheville-Brevard, NC CSA

  6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA CSA

  7. Baton Rouge-Pierre Part, LA CSA

  8. Beckley-Oak Hill, WV CSA

  9. Bend-Prineville, OR CSA

  10. Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL CSA

  11. Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA

  12. Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX CSA

  13. Cape Girardeau-Sikeston-Jackson, MO-IL CSA

  14. Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC CSA

  15. Chattanooga-Cleveland-Athens, TN-GA CSA

  16. Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA

  17. Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA

  18. Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH CSA

  19. Clovis-Portales, NM CSA

  20. Columbia-Newberry, SC CSA

  21. Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA

  22. Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH CSA

  23. Corbin-London, KY CSA

  24. Corpus Christi-Kingsville, TX CSA

  25. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA

  26. Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH CSA

  27. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Palm Coast, FL CSA

  28. Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA

  29. Des Moines-Newton, IA CSA

  30. Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA

  31. Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark, AL CSA

  32. Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI CSA

  33. Fairmont-Clarksburg, WV CSA

  34. Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN CSA

  35. Findlay-Tiffin-Fostoria, OH CSA

  36. Fond du Lac-Beaver Dam, WI CSA

  37. Fort Polk South-De Ridder, LA CSA

  38. Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN CSA

  39. Fresno-Madera, CA CSA

  40. Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI CSA

  41. Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC CSA

  42. Greenville-Anderson-Seneca, SC CSA

  43. Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS CSA

  44. Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon, PA CSA

  45. Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT CSA

  46. Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA

  47. Huntsville-Decatur, AL CSA

  48. Idaho Falls-Blackfoot, ID CSA

  49. Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN CSA

  50. Ithaca-Cortland, NY CSA

  51. Jackson-Yazoo City, MS CSA

  52. Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA CSA

  53. Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS CSA

  54. Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN CSA

  55. Kokomo-Peru, IN CSA

  56. Lafayette-Acadiana, LA CSA

  57. Lafayette-Frankfort, IN CSA

  58. Lake Charles-Jennings, LA CSA

  59. Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI CSA

  60. Las Vegas-Paradise-Pahrump, NV CSA

  61. Lexington-Fayette--Frankfort--Richmond, KY CSA

  62. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR CSA

  63. Longview-Marshall, TX CSA

  64. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA

  65. Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN CSA

  66. Lubbock-Levelland, TX CSA

  67. Lumberton-Laurinburg, NC CSA

  68. Macon-Warner Robins-Fort Valley, GA CSA

  69. Madison-Baraboo, WI CSA

  70. Mansfield-Bucyrus, OH CSA

  71. Mayagüez-San Germán-Cabo Rojo CSA

  72. Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI CSA

  73. Minneapolis-St.

  74. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA

  75. Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope, AL CSA

  76. Monroe-Bastrop, LA CSA

  77. Morristown-Newport, TN CSA

  78. Myrtle Beach-Conway-Georgetown, SC CSA

  79. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Columbia, TN CSA

  80. New Orleans-Metairie-Bogalusa, LA CSA

  81. New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

  82. Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK CSA

  83. Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA CSA

  84. Orlando-The Villages, FL CSA

  85. Paducah-Mayfield, KY-IL CSA

  86. Peoria-Canton, IL CSA

  87. Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA

  88. Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA

  89. Ponce-Yauco-Coamo, PR CSA

  90. Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME CSA

  91. Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC CSA

  92. Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY CSA

  93. Rockford-Freeport-Rochelle, IL CSA

  94. Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Truckee, CA-NV CSA

  95. Saginaw-Bay City-Saginaw Township North, MI CSA

  96. St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL CSA

  97. Salisbury-Ocean Pines, MD CSA

  98. Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield, UT CSA

  99. San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA

  100. San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo, PR CSA

  101. Santa Fe-Espanola, NM CSA

  102. Savannah-Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA CSA

  103. Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA

  104. Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA CSA

  105. Sioux City-Vermillion, IA-NE-SD CSA

  106. Spartanburg-Gaffney-Union, SC CSA

  107. Sunbury-Lewisburg-Selinsgrove, PA CSA

  108. Syracuse-Auburn, NY CSA

  109. Toledo-Fremont, OH CSA

  110. Tulsa-Bartlesville, OK CSA

  111. Tyler-Jacksonville, TX CSA

  112. Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA

  113. Wausau-Merrill, WI CSA

  114. Wichita-Winfield, KS CSA

  115. Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA CSA

  116. York-Hanover-Gettysburg, PA CSA

  117. Youngstown-Warren-East Liverpool, OH-PA CSA

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