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Major statistical areas of the United States and Puerto Rico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For a list of all U.S. metropolitan areas, see List of primary statistical areas[broken anchor], this article includes statistical areas that may be combined with other statistical areas in the list to form metropolitan areas
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 economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties. The 935 core-based statistical areas currently defined by the OMB include the 393 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs),[2] which have an urban core population of at least 50,000, and the 542 micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs),[3] which have an urban core population of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000.
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The following sortable table lists the 925 core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) of the United States with the following information:
- The CBSA rank by population as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau[4]
- The CBSA name as designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget[1]
- The CBSA population as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau[4]
- The CBSA population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census[5]
- The percent CBSA population change from April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023[4]
- The Combined statistical area (CSA)[6] if the CBSA is a component[1]
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See the distribution of statistical areas for the number of core-based statistical areas by state.
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The following sortable table lists the 10 core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) of Puerto Rico with the following information:
- The CBSA rank by population as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau[7]
- The CBSA name as designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget[1]
- The CBSA population as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau[7]
- The CBSA population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census[5]
- The CBSA percent population change from April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023[7]
- The combined statistical area (CSA)[6] if the CBSA is a component[1]
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Rank | Core-based statistical area | 2023 estimate | 2020 census | Change | Encompassing combined statistical area |
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1 | San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR MSA | 2,035,733 | 2,081,265 | −2.19% | San Juan-Bayamón, PR |
2 | Ponce, PR MSA | 266,237 | 278,477 | −4.40% | Ponce-Coamo, PR |
3 | Aguadilla, PR MSA | 250,435 | 253,768 | −1.31% | Mayagüez-Aguadilla, PR |
4 | Mayagüez, PR MSA | 207,877 | 213,831 | −2.78% | Mayagüez-Aguadilla, PR |
5 | Arecibo, PR MSA | 179,470 | 182,705 | −1.77% | San Juan-Bayamón, PR |
6 | Guayama, PR MSA | 65,190 | 68,442 | −4.75% | San Juan-Bayamón, PR |
7 | Coamo, PR μSA | 53,355 | 54,949 | −2.90% | Ponce-Coamo, PR |
8 | Lares, PR μSA | 27,729 | 28,105 | −1.34% | San Juan-Bayamón, PR |
9 | Utuado, PR μSA | 27,242 | 28,287 | −3.69% | San Juan-Bayamón, PR |
10 | Coco, PR μSA | 24,718 | 25,789 | −4.15% | San Juan-Bayamón, PR |
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