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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
~ Matt Rosenberg
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