Pennsylvania metropolitan areas

Pennsylvania has 14 U.S. Census Bureau-designated metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and four combined statistical areas (CSAs). As of 2020, Philadelphia, the seventh-largest United States metropolitan area, is the state's largest metropolitan area followed by Pittsburgh and Allentown.^[1]

Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania and sixth-largest city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797, and the center of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area, the state's largest metropolitan statistical area and nation's seventh-largest with a population of 6,245,051

Pittsburgh, the second-largest city in Pennsylvania, and the center of Greater Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest metropolitan area

Metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)

The following sortable table lists the 18 MSAs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including:

1. The MSA rank by population as of July 1, 2020, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau^[1]
2. The MSA name as designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget^[2]
3. The MSA population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census^[1]
4. The MSA population as of April 1, 2010, as enumerated by the 2010 United States census^[1]
5. The percent MSA population change from April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2020^[1]
6. The combined statistical area (CSA)^[3] if the MSA is a component^[2]

The 18 "metropolitan statistical areas" of Pennsylvania^[1]

Rank	Metropolitan statistical area	2020 Census	2010 Census	% Change	Encompassing combined statistical area
1	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA	6,245,051	5,965,343	+4.69%	Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
2	Pittsburgh, PA MSA	2,370,930	2,356,285	+0.62%	Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV CSA
3	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA	861,889	821,173	+4.96%
4	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA	591,712	549,475	+7.69%	Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA CSA
5	Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA	567,559	563,631	+0.70%
6	Lancaster, PA MSA	552,984	519,445	+6.46%
7	York-Hanover, PA MSA	456,438	434,972	+4.94%	Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA CSA
8	Reading, PA MSA	428,849	411,442	+4.23%	Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
9	Erie, PA MSA	270,876	280,566	−3.45%	Erie-Meadville, PA CSA
10	East Stroudsburg, PA MSA	168,327	169,842	−0.89%	New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
11	State College, PA MSA	158,172	153,990	+2.72%	State College-DuBois, PA CSA
12	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA MSA	155,932	149,618	+4.22%	Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA
13	Lebanon, PA MSA	143,257	133,568	+7.25%	Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA CSA
14	Johnstown, PA MSA	133,472	143,679	−7.10%	Johnstown-Somerset, PA CSA
15	Altoona, PA MSA	122,822	127,089	−3.36%
16	Williamsport, PA MSA	114,188	116,111	−1.66%	Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA CSA
17	Gettysburg, PA MSA	103,852	101,407	+2.41%	Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA CSA
18	Bloomsburg-Berwick MSA	82,863	85,562	−3.15%	Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA CSA

Combined statistical areas (CSAs)

The following sortable table lists the combined statistical areas (CSAs) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with the following information:

1. CSA rank by population as of July 1, 2020, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau^[4][5]
2. The CSA name as designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget^[2]
3. The CSA population as of July 1, 2020, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau^[6]
4. CSA population as of April 1, 2010, as enumerated by the 2010 United States census^[6]
5. Percent CSA population change from April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2020^[6]
6. Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) that constitute the CSA^[2]

(Metropolitan Statistical Areas that are not combined with other MSAs or CBSAs are not also listed below.)

For a list of all US metropolitan areas see List of primary statistical areas of the United States

Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Rank	Combined Statistical Area	2020 Census	2010 Census	Change	Constituent Core Based Statistical Areas
1	New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area|New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area	23,582,649	22,255,491	+5.96%	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area New Haven-Milford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area Torrington, CT Micropolitan Statistical Area Kingston, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area East Stroudsburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
2	Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area|Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area	9,973,383	9,050,192	+10.20%	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Winchester, VA-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area California-Lexington Park, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area Easton, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area Cambridge, MD Micropolitan Statistical Area
3	Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area|Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area	7,379,700	7,067,807	+4.41%	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area Reading, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area Dover, DE Metropolitan Statistical Area Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area Ocean City, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
4	Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV Combined Statistical Area	2,657,149	2,660,727	−0.13%	Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area New Castle, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area Indiana, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area
5	Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA Combined Statistical Area	1,295,259	1,219,422	+6.22%	Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area York-Hanover, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Gettysburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
6	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area|Youngstown-Warren-East Liverpool, OH-PA Combined Statistical Area	643,120	673,614	−4.53%	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Salem, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area
7	Erie-Meadville, PA Combined Statistical Area	354,814	369,331	−3.93%	Erie, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Meadville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area
8	Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA Combined Statistical Area	256,927	264,739	−2.95%	Sunbury, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Lewisburg, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area Selinsgrove, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area
9	State College-DuBois, PA Combined Statistical Area	238,734	235,632	+1.32%	State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area DuBois, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area
10	Johnstown-Somerset, PA Combined Statistical Area	207,601	221,421	−6.24%	Johnstown, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Somerset, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area
11	Altoona-Huntingdon, PA Combined Statistical Area	166,914	173,002	−3.52%	Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Huntingdon, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area
12	Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA Combined Statistical Area	151,638	155,349	−2.39%	Williamsport, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area Lock Haven, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area

See also

• List of cities in Pennsylvania
• List of metropolitan statistical areas
• List of municipalities in Pennsylvania