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The Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, officially the Harrisburg–Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and also referred to as the Susquehanna Valley, is defined by the Office of Management and Budget as an area consisting of three counties in South Central Pennsylvania, anchored by the cities of Harrisburg and Carlisle.
Harrisburg's site along the Susquehanna River is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin", or "Paxtang", the area was an important resting place and crossroads for Native American traders with trails leading from the Delaware to the Ohio rivers and from the Potomac to the Upper Susquehanna intersecting there.
Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex, Bounded by 3rd and 7th, North and Walnut Streets Harrisburg Main article: Downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania The boundary of Harrisburg's Downtown is considered Forster Street to the north, I-83 to the south, the railroad tracks to the east, and the Susquehanna River to the west.
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The United States Office of Management and Budget [21] has designated Dauphin County as the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 U.S. Census [ 22 ] the metropolitan area ranked 5th most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the 96th most populous in the United States with a population of 549,475.
The Harrisburg–York–Lebanon, PA combined statistical area (CSA) is a region assigned by the U.S. Office of Management Budget [1] that includes six cities in the Harrisburg and York areas along with several metropolitan statistical areas of Pennsylvania that combine to form a combined statistical area.
The West Shore of the Harrisburg area is a group of suburbs of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania which are located to the west of the Susquehanna River.The Susquehanna River is very wide near Harrisburg, and that contributes to the perception, at least among the local inhabitants, that the East Shore and West Shore have distinct identities.
The United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has 48 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 12 combined statistical areas, 16 metropolitan statistical areas, and 20 micropolitan statistical areas in Pennsylvania. [1]