Combined Statistical Area

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The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines micropolitan and metropolitan statistical areas. Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas consist of one or more counties (or county-equivalents). Currently defined metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas are based on application of the 2000 standards (which appeared in the Federal Register on December 27, 2000) to Census 2000 data, as updated by application of those standards to more recent Census Bureau population estimates. The current definition is as of December 2006.

If specified criteria are met, adjacent metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, in various combinations, may become the components of a new set of areas called combined statistical areas (CSAs). Using Census Bureau data the OMB compiles lists of CSAs. The areas that combine retain their own designations as metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas within the larger combined statistical area. There are 126 CSAs defined by OMB as of December 2006.

Note that CSAs represent multiple metropolitan or micropolitan areas that have a moderate degree of employment interchange. CSAs often represent regions with overlapping labor and media markets. The use of CSAs as a representation for a single metropolitan area is rarely appropriate.

The following is a list of the 25 largest combined statistical areas in the United States, according to the July 1, 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates. See the Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas for a sortable table of all 121 Combined Statistical Areas.

Note that not all metropolitan areas are part of a CSA (e.g., the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area.) This table does not represent the 25 largest population centers in the United States. See the Table of United States primary census statistical areas for a sortable table of the largest metropolitan areas of the United States.

Urban areas (which are delineated without regard to political boundaries) place the Miami Urban Area at #5, and Phoenix at #13, but as stated earlier, they are not included on this list. Urban areas are closer approximations of the actual city sizes due to their lack of all political boundaries.

Rank Combined Statistical Area State(s) 2006
Estimate		 2000
Population		 1990
Population		 Percent
Change
(2000–2005)		 Percent
Change
(1990–2000)


1 New York–Newark–Bridgeport NY–NJ–CT–PA 21,976,224 21,361,797 19,710,239 2.5 8.4
2 Los Angeles–Long Beach–Riverside CA 17,775,984 16,373,645 14,531,529 7.7 12.7
3 Chicago–Naperville–Michigan City IL–IN–WI 9,725,317 9,312,255 8,385,397 3.8 11.1
4 Washington–Baltimore–Northern Virginia DC–MD–VA–WV 8,211,213 7,572,647 7.3
5 Boston–Worcester–Manchester MA–RI–NH 7,465,634 7,298,695 1.8
6 San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland CA 7,228,948 7,092,596 6,290,008 1.1 12.8
7 Philadelphia–Camden–Vineland PA–NJ–DE–MD 6,382,714 6,207,223 2.7
8 Dallas–Fort Worth TX 6,359,758 5,487,956 12.5
9 Houston–Baytown–Huntsville TX 5,641,077 4,815,122 3,855,180 11.7 24.9
10 Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Gainesville GA–AL 5,478,667 4,548,344 3,317,380 15.4 37.1
11 Detroit–Warren–Flint MI 5,410,014 5,357,538 5,095,695 1.3 5.1
12 Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia WA 3,876,211 3,604,165 3,008,669 5.6 19.8
13 Minneapolis–St. Paul–St. Cloud MN–WI 3,502,891 3,271,888 2,809,713 6.0 16.4
14 Denver–Aurora–Boulder CO 2,927,911 2,629,980 9.1
15 Cleveland–Akron–Elyria OH 2,917,801 2,945,831 2,859,644 -0.5 3.0
16 St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington MO–IL 2,858,549 2,754,328 2,629,801 3.1 4.7
† San Juan–Caguas–Fajardo PR 2,694,909 2,622,876 2,429,378 2.7 8.0
17 Pittsburgh–New Castle PA 2,462,571 2,525,730 2,564,535 -1.9 -1.5
18 Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Yuba City CA–NV 2,211,790 1,930,149 1,587,249 13.3 21.6
19 Charlotte–Gastonia–Salisbury NC–SC 2,191,604 1,897,034 1,501,663 11.8 26.3
20 Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington OH–KY–IN 2,147,617 2,050,175 1,880,332 3.1 9.0
21 Orlando–Deltona–Daytona Beach FL 2,053,623 1,697,906 1,256,429 17.6 35.1
22 Kansas City–Overland Park–Kansas City MO–KS 2,034,796 1,901,070 1,695,974 6.0 12.1
23 Indianapolis–Anderson–Columbus IN 1,984,644 1,843,588 1,594,779 6.2 15.6
24 Columbus–Marion–Chillicothe OH 1,953,575 1,835,189 1,613,711 5.5 13.7
25 Las Vegas–Paradise–Pahrump NV 1,820,232 1,408,250 24.3

U.S. Census Bureau statistical areas by state, district, or territory


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