A county or group of contiguous counties (towns and cities in New England) that has (1) at least one city with 50,000 or more in habitants; or (2) an urbanized area of 50,000 inhabitants and a total [..]

A freestanding metropolitan area surrounded by non-metropolitan counties, including a large central city or urbanized area of 50,000 or more people.

As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, areas based on counties that have cities and surrounding regions with populations of 50,000 or more. Sometimes known as SMSA.

A term used by the U.S. Census Bureau to designate an area of adjacent counties (except in New England where they are defined by adjacent cities). Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) are often used [..]

A geographical MSA is an area with a large population nucleus and its adjacent communities that have a high degree of social and economic integration with that nucleus. MSAs are defined in terms of en [..]

A geographical MSA is an area with a large population nucleus and its adjacent communities that have a high degree of social and economic integration with that nucleus. MSAs are defined in terms of en [..]

A geographical area containing either one city with 50,000 or more residents or an urban area of at least 50,000 inhabitants and a total population of at least 100,000 (except in New England where the [..]

A Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is a designation the U.S. government uses to refer to a region that, broadly speaking, consists of a city and its suburbs, plus any surrounding communities that a [..]

All city statistics published here are collected from Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), including from residents living outside the city limits. MSAs carry the name of one or more principal cities, the most heavily urbanized cities in the area; the names of the principal cities are used as designations for the city data published here. The fed [..]

defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) based primarily on commuting patterns data from the U.S. Decennial Census.  Generally, an MSA is a county or group of contiguous counties (or cities and towns) with (1) a city of 50,000 or more population, or (2) a United States Bureau of Census defined “urbanized area” of at least 50,000 [..]

Metropolitan statistical area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget refers to a geographical region, which typically centers around a single large city that wields substantial influen [..]

Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (metro and micro areas) are geographic entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use by federal statistical agencies in collecting, tabulating and publishing federal statistics.

A county or counties around an urban core of population greater than 50,000. See Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) for more.

A geographic entity designated by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by federal statistical agencies. An MSA consists of one or more counties, except in New England, where MSAs are de [..]