Pennsylvania statistical areas

The United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has 48 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 12 combined statistical areas, 16 metropolitan statistical areas, and 20 micropolitan statistical areas in Pennsylvania.[1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, comprising the area around the state's largest city of Philadelphia in the southeast region of the state.

Background

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".[2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[2]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

Table

The 48 United States statistical areas and 67 counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania[a]
Combined statistical area[1] 2023 population (est.)[3] Core-based statistical area[1] 2023 population (est.)[3] County-equivalent 2023 population (est.)[3] Metropolitan division[1] 2023 population (est.)[3]
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA 7,390,919
4,624,593 (PA) 		Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA 6,246,160
4,191,772 (PA) 		Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 1,550,542 Philadelphia, PA MD 2,127,262
Delaware County, Pennsylvania 576,720
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 868,742 Montgomery County-Chester County-Bucks County, PA MD 2,064,510
Bucks County, Pennsylvania 645,984
Chester County, Pennsylvania 549,784
Camden County, New Jersey 527,196 Camden, NJ MD 1,304,786
Burlington County, New Jersey 469,167
Gloucester County, New Jersey 308,423
New Castle County, Delaware 578,592 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ MD 749,602
Cecil County, Maryland 105,672
Salem County, New Jersey 65,338
Reading, PA MSA 432,821 Berks County, Pennsylvania 432,821 none
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ MSA 369,823 Atlantic County, New Jersey 275,213
Cape May County, New Jersey 94,610
Dover, DE MSA 189,789 Kent County, Delaware 189,789
Vineland, NJ MSA 152,326 Cumberland County, New Jersey 152,326
Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV CSA 2,727,866
2,614,322 (PA) 		Pittsburgh, PA MSA 2,422,725 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 1,224,825
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 351,163
Washington County, Pennsylvania 210,232
Butler County, Pennsylvania 198,413
Beaver County, Pennsylvania 165,631
Fayette County, Pennsylvania 123,915
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania 84,472
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania 64,074
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA 113,544 Jefferson County, Ohio 64,026
Hancock County, West Virginia 28,145
Brooke County, West Virginia 21,373
Hermitage, PA μSA 108,503 Mercer County, Pennsylvania 108,503
Indiana, PA μSA 83,094 Indiana County, Pennsylvania 83,094
Harrisburg–York–Lebanon, PA CSA 1,321,695 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA 606,055 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania 289,234
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 270,738
Perry County, Pennsylvania 46,083
York-Hanover, PA MSA 464,640 York County, Pennsylvania 464,640
Lebanon, PA MSA 144,252 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania 144,252
Gettysburg, PA MSA 106,748 Adams County, Pennsylvania 106,748
Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ CSA 1,039,608
928,356 (PA) 		Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA 873,555
762,303 (PA) 		Lehigh County, Pennsylvania 377,754
Northampton County, Pennsylvania 319,091
Warren County, New Jersey 111,252
Carbon County, Pennsylvania 65,458
East Stroudsburg, PA μSA 166,053 Monroe County, Pennsylvania 166,053
none Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA 569,413 Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 327,388
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania 216,123
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania 25,902
Lancaster, PA MSA 558,589 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 558,589
Erie-Meadville, PA CSA 349,572 Erie, PA MSA 267,571 Erie County, Pennsylvania 267,571
Meadville, PA μSA 82,001 Crawford County, Pennsylvania 82,001
Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA CSA 255,178 Sunbury, PA μSA 107,980 Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 90,120
Montour County, Pennsylvania 17,860
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA μSA 65,439 Columbia County, Pennsylvania 65,439
Lewisburg, PA μSA 42,042 Union County, Pennsylvania 42,042
Selinsgrove, PA μSA 39,717 Snyder County, Pennsylvania 39,717
State College-DuBois, PA CSA 234,885 State College, PA MSA 157,795 Centre County, Pennsylvania 157,795
DuBois, PA μSA 77,090 Clearfield County, Pennsylvania 77,090
Johnstown-Somerset, PA CSA 202,865 Johnstown, PA MSA 130,668 Cambria County, Pennsylvania 130,668
Somerset, PA μSA 72,197 Somerset County, Pennsylvania 72,197
Altoona-Huntingdon, PA CSA 163,787 Altoona, PA MSA 120,273 Blair County, Pennsylvania 120,273
Huntingdon, PA μSA 43,514 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania 43,514
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA 10,069,592
157,854 (PA) 		Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA 6,304,975 Fairfax County, Virginia 1,141,878 Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA-WV MD 3,154,735
Prince William County, Virginia 489,640
Loudoun County, Virginia 436,347
Arlington County, Virginia 234,162
Stafford County, Virginia 165,428
City of Alexandria, Virginia 155,230
Spotsylvania County, Virginia 149,588
Fauquier County, Virginia 75,165
Jefferson County, West Virginia 59,787
Culpeper County, Virginia 54,973
City of Manassas, Virginia 42,696
Warren County, Virginia 41,843
City of Fredericksburg, Virginia 28,928
City of Fairfax, Virginia 25,144
City of Manassas Park, Virginia 16,361
Clarke County, Virginia 15,466
City of Falls Church, Virginia 14,685
Rappahannock County, Virginia 7,414
Prince George's County, Maryland 947,430 Washington, DC-MD MD 1,798,375
District of Columbia 678,972
Charles County, Maryland 171,973
Montgomery County, Maryland 1,058,474 Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda, MD MD 1,351,865
Frederick County, Maryland 293,391
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA 2,834,316 Baltimore County, Maryland 844,703 none
Anne Arundel County, Maryland 594,582
Baltimore City, Maryland 565,239
Howard County, Maryland 336,001
Harford County, Maryland 264,644
Carroll County, Maryland 176,639
Queen Anne's County, Maryland 52,508
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA 305,902 Washington County, Maryland 155,813
Berkeley County, West Virginia 132,440
Morgan County, West Virginia 17,649
Lexington Park, MD μSA 210,009 St. Mary's County, Maryland 115,281
Calvert County, Maryland 94,728
Chambersburg, PA MSA 157,854 Franklin County, Pennsylvania 157,854
Winchester, VA-WV MSA 147,260 Frederick County, Virginia 95,994
City of Winchester, Virginia 27,617
Hampshire County, West Virginia 23,649
Lake of the Woods, VA μSA 38,574 Orange County, Virginia 38,574
Easton, MD μSA 37,823 Talbot County, Maryland 37,823
Cambridge, MD μSA 32,879 Dorchester County, Maryland 32,879
Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA CSA 150,331 Williamsport, PA MSA 112,724 Lycoming County, Pennsylvania 112,724
Lock Haven, PA μSA 37,607 Clinton County, Pennsylvania 37,607
none Pottsville, PA μSA 143,786 Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania 143,786
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA 21,859,598
61,247 (PA) 		New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ MSA 19,498,249 Kings County, New York 2,561,225 New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ MD 11,864,322
Queens County, New York 2,252,196
New York County, New York 1,597,451
Bronx County, New York 1,356,476
Westchester County, New York 990,817
Bergen County, New Jersey 957,736
Hudson County, New Jersey 705,472
Passaic County, New Jersey 513,395
Richmond County, New York 490,687
Rockland County, New York 340,807
Putnam County, New York 98,060
Suffolk County, New York 1,523,170 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY MD 2,904,885
Nassau County, New York 1,381,715
Middlesex County, New Jersey 863,623 Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ MD 2,379,977
Ocean County, New Jersey 659,197
Monmouth County, New Jersey 642,799
Somerset County, New Jersey 348,842
Essex County, New Jersey 851,117 Newark, NJ MD 2,167,829
Union County, New Jersey 572,726
Morris County, New Jersey 514,423
Sussex County, New Jersey 146,132
Hunterdon County, New Jersey 130,183
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA 951,558 Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut 623,907 none
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut 327,651
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA 704,620 Orange County, New York 407,470
Dutchess County, New York 297,150
Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA 381,671 Mercer County, New Jersey 381,671
Kingston, NY MSA 182,333 Ulster County, New York 182,333
Monticello, NY μSA 79,920 Sullivan County, New York 79,920
Hemlock Farms, PA μSA 61,247 Pike County, Pennsylvania 61,247
none Sayre, PA μSA 59,695 Bradford County, Pennsylvania 59,695
Oil City, PA μSA 49,431 Venango County, Pennsylvania 49,431
Lewistown, PA μSA 45,922 Mifflin County, Pennsylvania 45,922
Bradford, PA μSA 39,519 McKean County, Pennsylvania 39,519
Warren, PA μSA 37,572 Warren County, Pennsylvania 37,572
St. Marys, PA μSA 30,198 Elk County, Pennsylvania 30,198
none Wayne County, Pennsylvania 51,262
Bedford County, Pennsylvania 47,350
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania 43,612
Tioga County, Pennsylvania 40,840
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania 38,109
Clarion County, Pennsylvania 36,970
Greene County, Pennsylvania 34,357
Juniata County, Pennsylvania 23,243
Potter County, Pennsylvania 15,999
Fulton County, Pennsylvania 14,468
Forest County, Pennsylvania 6,449
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania 5,834
Cameron County, Pennsylvania 4,380
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 12,961,683

Primary statistical areas

Primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the 48 statistical areas of Pennsylvania, 21 are PSAs, consisting of 12 combined statistical areas, two metropolitan statistical areas and seven micropolitan statistical areas.

The 21 primary statistical areas of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania[b]
2020 rank Primary statistical area[1] Population
2023 estimate[3] Change 2020 Census[4] Change 2010 Census[5]
1 Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA (PA) 4,624,593 −0.48% 4,646,980 +5.12% 4,420,436
2 Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV CSA (PA) 2,614,322 −1.38% 2,650,898 −0.08% 2,652,911
3 Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA CSA 1,321,695 +2.04% 1,295,259 +6.22% 1,219,422
4 Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ CSA (PA) 928,356 +0.84% 920,584 +4.34% 882,323
5 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA 569,413 +0.33% 567,559 +0.70% 563,631
6 Lancaster, PA MSA 558,589 +1.01% 552,984 +6.46% 519,445
7 Erie-Meadville, PA CSA 349,572 −1.48% 354,814 −3.93% 369,331
8 Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA CSA 255,178 −0.68% 256,927 −2.95% 264,739
9 State College-DuBois, PA CSA 234,885 −1.61% 238,734 +1.32% 235,632
10 Johnstown-Somerset, PA CSA 202,865 −2.28% 207,601 −6.24% 221,421
11 Altoona-Huntingdon, PA CSA 163,787 −1.87% 166,914 −3.52% 173,002
12 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA (PA) 157,854 +1.23% 155,932 +4.22% 149,618
13 Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA CSA 150,331 −0.86% 151,638 −2.39% 155,349
14 Pottsville, PA μSA 143,786 +0.52% 143,049 −3.53% 148,289
15 Sayre, PA μSA 59,695 +2.00% 58,524 −6.54% 62,622
16 New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA (PA) 61,247 +4.63% 58,535 +2.03% 57,369
17 Oil City, PA μSA 49,431 −2.03% 50,454 −8.24% 54,984
18 Lewistown, PA μSA 45,922 −0.48% 46,143 −1.15% 46,682
19 Bradford, PA μSA 39,519 −2.26% 40,432 −6.95% 43,450
20 Warren, PA μSA 37,572 −2.63% 38,587 −7.72% 41,815
21 St. Marys, PA μSA 30,198 −2.56% 30,990 −2.99% 31,946
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA 7,390,919 +0.15% 7,379,700 +4.41% 7,067,807
Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV CSA 2,727,866 −1.44% 2,767,801 −0.34% 2,777,365
Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg PA-NJ CSA 1,039,608 +0.91% 1,030,216 +3.96% 991,015
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA 10,069,592 +0.41% 10,028,331 +10.17% 9,102,983

See also

Notes

  1. ^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
  2. ^ For PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked. New York CSA's overall population is not listed due to lack of historic census data for Connecticut planning regions.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved October 23, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019". U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

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