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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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