Metropolitan Statistical Areas

Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Data site:http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metroarea.html

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METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia WA Combined Statistical Area Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Kitsap County Olympia, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Thurston County Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division King County Snohomish County Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division Pierce County Oak Harbor, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area Island County Shelton, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area Mason County
Other Metropolitan Statistical Areas Bellingham, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Whatcom County Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Benton County Franklin County Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Nez Perce County, ID Asotin County, WA Longview-Kelso, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Cowlitz County Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Skagit County Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Columbia County, OR Multnomah County, OR Washington County, OR Yamhill County, OR Clark County WA Skamania County, WA Spokane, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Spokane County Wenatchee, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Chelan County Douglas County Yakima, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area Yakima County
Other Micropolitan Statistical Areas Aberdeen, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area Grays Harbor County Centralia, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area Lewis County Ellensburg, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area Kittitas County Moses Lake, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area Grant County Port Angeles, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area Clallam County Pullman, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area Whitman County Walla Walla, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area Walla Walla County

Definitions:

The term "metropolitan area" was adopted in 1990 and referred collectively to metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), consolidated metropolitan statistical areas (CMSAs), and primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs). The term "core based statistical area" (CBSA) became effective in 2000 and refers collectively to metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. The 2000 standards provide that:

Each CBSA must contain at least one urban area of 10,000 or more population. Each metropolitan statistical area must have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants. Each micropolitan statistical area must have at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000 population.

The county (or counties) in which at least 50 percent of the population resides within urban areas of 10,000 or more population, or that contain at least 5,000 people residing within a single urban area of 10,000 or more population, is identified as a "central county" (counties). Additional "outlying counties" are included in the CBSA if they meet specified requirements of commuting to or from the central counties. Counties or equivalent entities form the geographic "building blocks" for metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

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."

As of June 6, 2000, there were 362 metropolitan statistical areas and 560 micropolitan statistical areas in the United States.

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