Table of United States Core Based Statistical Areas

An enlargeable map of the Core Based Statistical Areas of the United States. The 366 MSAs are shown in red and the 574 μSAs are shown in blue.

The United States Office of Management and Budget has defined 940 Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs)^[1] for the United States of America. 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.^[2] The 940 Core Based Statistical Areas currently defined by the OMB include the 366 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs),^[3] which have an urban core population of at least 50,000, and the 574 Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs),^[4] which have an urban core population of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000.

Table

The following sortable table lists the 940 Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of the United States with the following information:

1. The CBSA rank by population as of July 1, 2008, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau^[5]
2. The CBSA name as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget^[6]
3. The CBSA population as of July 1, 2008, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau^[5]
4. The CBSA population as of April 1, 2000, as counted by the United States Census 2000^[5]
5. The percent CBSA population change from April 1, 2000, to July 1, 2008, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau^[5]
6. The Combined Statistical Area (CSA)^[7] if the CBSA is a component^[8]