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The statistical criteria for a standard metropolitan area were defined in 1949 and redefined as a metropolitan statistical area in 1983. [ 3 ] Due to suburbanization, the typical metropolitan area is polycentric rather than being centered around a large historic core city such as New York City or Chicago . [ 4 ]
The United States federal government defines and delineates the nation's metropolitan areas for statistical purposes, using a set of standard statistical area definitions. As of 2023, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined and delineated 393 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and 542 micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) in the United States and Puerto Rico. [1]
2023 rank Metropolitan area 2023 2022 2021 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Population (2020) [4] 1: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Rank Name Region Pop. Rank Name Region Pop. New York Los Angeles: 1: New York: Northeast: 19,498,249: 11: Boston: Northeast: 4,919,179 Chicago Dallas–Fort Worth: 2 ...
Providence metropolitan area United States: US$111.840 billion 111.840 2023 [34] 47: Memphis metropolitan area United States: US$102.934 billion 102.934 2023 [34] 48: New Orleans metropolitan area United States: US$102.437 billion 102.437 2023 [34] 49: Oklahoma City metropolitan area United States: US$100.054 billion 100.054 2023 [34]
The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined 925 core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) for the United States and 10 for Puerto Rico. [1] The OMB defines a core-based statistical area as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and ...
For example, for U.S. cities, the list uses Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined by the United States Census Bureau, and for Canadian cities the list uses Census Metropolitan Areas as defined by Statistics Canada. Havana has no official definition of its metropolitan area; the population within its city limits is given instead.
This is a list of urban areas in the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2020 census populations. An urban area is defined by the Census Bureau as a contiguous set of census blocks that are "densely developed residential, commercial, and other nonresidential areas".