Metropolitan Combined Statistical Area
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Metropolitan Combined Statistical Area
The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines micropolitan and metropolitan statistical areas. Currently defined metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas are based on application of the 2000 standards (which appeared in the Federal Register on December 27 2000) to Census 2000 data, as updated by application of those standards to more recent Census Bureau population estimates. The current definition is as of November 2004.
Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas consist of one or more counties. The OMB defines a conceptually similar set of areas in New England using cities and towns as geographic building blocks, referred to as New England city and town areas (NECTAs).
If specified criteria are met, adjacent metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, in various combinations, may become the components of a new set of areas called combined statistical areas (CSAs). Using Census Bureau data the OMB compiles lists of CSAs. The geographic components of combined New England city and town areas are individual metropolitan and micropolitan NECTAs, in various combinations. The areas that combine retain their own designations as metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas (or NECTAs) within the larger combined statistical area (or combined NECTA).
Combined Statistical Area were once called by the name of Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA).
Some of the Lagest US Metropolitan Combined Statistical Areas
and Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Source US Bureau of the Census Released April 2005
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA 21,858,830
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA 17,516,110
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI 9,608,458
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV 7,986,615
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 7,159,693
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5,951,797
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 5,899,336
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH 5,809,111
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI 5,428,855
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 5,361,723
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 5,280,752
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA 5,034,362
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA 3,763,569
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,715,360
Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI 3,437,464
Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH 2,942,303
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,931,714
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL 2,824,778
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,587,967
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO 2,566,162
Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA 2,494,949
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Truckee, CA-NV 2,159,756
Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN 2,100,501
Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC 2,067,810
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 2,064,336
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS 1,992,836
Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN 1,939,349
Orlando-The Villages, FL 1,922,412
Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH 1,920,601
San Antonio, TX 1,854,050
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI 1,709,926
Las Vegas-Paradise-Pahrump, NV 1,688,385
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,644,250
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1,628,808
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield, UT 1,541,091
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Columbia, TN 1,470,571
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC 1,467,434
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,412,271
New Orleans-Metairie-Bogalusa, LA 1,363,750
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC 1,335,217
Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN 1,334,002
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Holland, MI 1,306,768
Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT 1,298,907
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,250,293
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY 1,237,557
Jacksonville, FL 1,225,381
Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK 1,211,438
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC 1,173,348
Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL 1,161,382
Richmond, VA 1,154,317
Albany-Schenectady-Amsterdam, NY 1,141,637
Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY 1,136,263
Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH 1,081,164
Fresno-Madera, CA 1,005,723
Tulsa-Bartlesville, OK 930,842
Tucson, AZ 907,059
Honolulu, HI 899,593
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA 839,867
Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN 817,867
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR 813,160
Albuquerque, NM 781,447
Baton Rouge-Pierre Part, LA 751,965
Syracuse-Auburn, NY 735,904
Toledo-Fremont, OH 720,184
Columbia-Newberry, SC 716,665
El Paso, TX 713,126
Youngstown-Warren-East Liverpool, OH-PA 701,557
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Athens, TN-GA 647,827
Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon, PA 643,820
Lexington-Fayette--Frankfort--Richmond, KY 627,825
Wichita-Winfield, KS 620443
Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME 617,813
Madison-Baraboo, WI 588,885
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 583,434
Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN 562,846
Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope, AL 557,227
Des Moines-Newton, IA 549,596
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Palm Coast, FL 547,675
Jackson-Yazoo City, MS 545,486
Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI 529,054
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 524,389
Lafayette-Acadiana, LA 524,163
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 519,387
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 515,314
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 514,295
Huntsville-Decatur, AL 510,088
York-Hanover-Gettysburg, PA 499,935
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 487,990
Corpus Christi-Kingsville, TX 441,505
Rockford-Freeport-Rochelle, IL 437,111
Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL 423,411
Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA 423,071
Asheville-Brevard, NC 416,773
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS 409,045
Montgomery, AL 407,410
Peoria-Canton, IL 405,493
Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX 392,056
Savannah-Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 383,390
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 381,817
Macon-Warner Robins-Fort Valley, GA 376,588
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 372,110
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC 352,734
Fayetteville, NC 347,751
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 346,116
Tallahassee, FL 331,655
Saginaw-Bay City-Saginaw Township North, MI 318,542
Charleston, WV 307,763
Wilmington, NC 303,246
Fort Smith, AR-OK 282,167
Lubbock-Levelland, TX 280,444
Myrtle Beach-Conway-Georgetown, SC 277,398
Longview-Marshall, TX 263,132
Tyler-Jacksonville, TX 234,505
Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark, AL 229,408
Lake Charles-Jennings, LA 225,877
Lafayette-Frankfort, IN 215,660
Metropolitan Areas by size in square miles as of the newly redefined areas in 2003
1,947 Albany, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area
6,076 Albany-Schenectady-Amsterdam, NY Combined Statistical Area
9,279 Albuquerque, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area
1,994 Alexandria, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
26,234 Anchorage, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area
2,417 Asheville-Brevard, NC Combined Statistical Area
10,429 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA Combined Statistical Area
3,287 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
4,425 Baton Rouge-Pierre Part, LA Combined Statistical Area
6,070 Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL Combined Statistical Area
7,227 Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH Combined Statistical Area
1,495 Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX Combined Statistical Area
2,535 Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
2,621 Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area
6,493 Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC Combined Statistical Area
3,295 Chattanooga-Cleveland-Athens, TN-GA Combined Statistical Area
8,535 Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
4,826 Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN Combined Statistical Area
3,623 Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH Combined Statistical Area
4,347 Columbia-Newberry, SC Combined Statistical Area
3,155 Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area
6,020 Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH Combined Statistical Area
4,062 Corpus Christi-Kingsville, TX Combined Statistical Area
12,360 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Combined Statistical Area
3,137 Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH Combined Statistical Area
1,604 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Palm Coast, FL Combined Statistical Area
9,085 Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO Combined Statistical Area
3,630 Des Moines-Newton, IA Combined Statistical Area
5,847 Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI Combined Statistical Area
1,048 Fayetteville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
3,171 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area
18,608 Flagstaff, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
8,123 Fresno-Madera, CA Combined Statistical Area
1,255 Gainesville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
4,752 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Holland, MI Combined Statistical Area
1,869 Green Bay, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
4,563 Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area
923 Greenville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
5,078 Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area
2,719 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS Combined Statistical Area
1,995 Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon, PA Combined Statistical Area
2,039 Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT Combined Statistical Area
1,619 Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area
596 Honolulu, HI Metropolitan Statistical Area
10,908 Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX Combined Statistical Area
657 Hot Springs, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area
2,633 Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area
6,009 Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN Combined Statistical Area
4,678 Jackson-Yazoo City, MS Combined Statistical Area
3,219 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
763 Jacksonville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
2,863 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area
9,161 Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area
3,282 Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN Combined Statistical Area
4,406 Lafayette-Acadiana, LA Combined Statistical Area
3,154 Lake Charles-Jennings, LA Combined Statistical Area
2,252 Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI Combined Statistical Area
26,036 Las Vegas-Paradise-Pahrump, NV Combined Statistical Area
3,340 Lexington-Fayette--Frankfort--Richmond, KY Combined Statistical Area
7,186 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR Combined Statistical Area
34,008 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA Combined Statistical Area
5,233 Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area
2,266 Macon-Warner Robins-Fort Valley, GA Combined Statistical Area
3,574 Madison-Baraboo, WI Combined Statistical Area
4,588 Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area
5,188 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
1,795 Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area
9,560 Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area
2,827 Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope, AL Combined Statistical Area
2,318 Monroe-Bastrop, LA Combined Statistical Area
2,726 Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
1,965 Myrtle Beach-Conway-Georgetown, SC Combined Statistical Area
6,287 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Columbia, TN Combined Statistical Area
4,116 New Orleans-Metairie-Bogalusa, LA Combined Statistical Area
11,901 New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
6,321 Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK Combined Statistical Area
4,890 Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area
4,073 Orlando-The Villages, FL Combined Statistical Area
3,345 Peoria-Canton, IL Combined Statistical Area
5,124 Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
5,646 Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA Combined Statistical Area
2,618 Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME Combined Statistical Area
6,691 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
1,611 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area
4,548 Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area
5,724 Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area
1,866 Roanoke, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area
3,758 Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY Combined Statistical Area
6,784 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Truckee, CA-NV Combined Statistical Area
16,622 Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield, UT Combined Statistical Area
7,328 San Antonio, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
4,212 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
8,791 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
1,808 San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo, PR Combined Statistical Area
2,285 Savannah-Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA Combined Statistical Area
1,751 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
8,194 Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA Combined Statistical Area
3,221 Shreveport-Bossier City-Minden, LA Combined Statistical Area
1,762 Spokane, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
1,181 Springfield, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
9,102 St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area
3,089 Syracuse-Auburn, NY Combined Statistical Area
2,404 Tallahassee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
2,548 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
2,029 Toledo-Fremont, OH Combined Statistical Area
3,234 Topeka, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
9,187 Tucson, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
6,681 Tulsa-Bartlesville, OK Combined Statistical Area
2,660 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
9,682 Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV Combined Statistical Area
1,920 Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
