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Map of the seven core-based statistical areas in Massachusetts.
An enlargeable map of the seven core-based statistical areas in Massachusetts. [1]

The United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts currently has eight statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical area, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and three micropolitan statistical area in Massachusetts. [1]

Statistical areas

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 "a statistical geographic entity consisting of the county or counties (or county-equivalents) associated with at least one core [a] of at least 10,000 population, 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 into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that have "a population of at least 50,000" and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) that have "a population of at least 10,000, but less than 50,000." [2]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as "a geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas with employment interchange measures [b] of 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 table below describes the 10 United States statistical areas and 14 counties of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with the following information: [3]

  1. The combined statistical area (CSA) as designated by the OMB. [1]
  2. The CSA population according to 2022 US Census Bureau population estimates. [4]
  3. The core based statistical area (CBSA) [2] as designated by the OMB. [1]
  4. The CBSA population according to 2022 US Census Bureau population estimates [4]
  5. The Metropolitan Division name, if applicable [1]
  6. The county name
  7. The Metropolitan Division population according to 2022 US Census Bureau population estimates [4]
  8. The county population according to 2022 US Census Bureau population estimates [4]
  9. The county population in 2020 according to 2022 US Census Bureau population estimates [4]
The 10 United States statistical areas and 14 counties of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Combined Statistical Area 2022 Population Core Based Statistical Area 2022 Population County 2022 Population 2020 Population
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA 8,313,653
6,124,303 		Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA 4,900,550
4,448,851 		Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA MD Middlesex County, Massachusetts 2,423,870 1,617,105 1,628,671
Essex County, Massachusetts 806,765 808,491
Boston, MA MD Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2,024,981 766,381 793,271
Norfolk County, Massachusetts 725,531 724,322
Plymouth County, Massachusetts 533,069 530,154
Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH MD Rockingham County, New Hampshire 451,699 319,424 314,603
Strafford County, New Hampshire 132,275 131,055
Worcester, MA-CT MSA 862,927 Worcester County, Massachusetts 862,927 859,708
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 1,673,802
580,068 		Providence County, Rhode Island 657,288 659,920
Bristol County, Massachusetts 580,068 576,737
Kent County, Rhode Island 171,275 170,386
Washington County, Rhode Island 130,330 129,757
Newport County, Rhode Island 84,481 85,608
Bristol County, Rhode Island 50,360 50,774
Barnstable Town, MA MSA 232,457 Barnstable County, Massachusetts 232,457 228,856
Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA 426,594 Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 426,594 422,883
Concord, NH μSA 156,020 Merrimack County, New Hampshire 156,020 154,022
Laconia, NH μSA 61,303 Belknap County, New Hampshire 61,303 63,775
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA CSA 681,929 Springfield, MA MSA 461,041 Hampden County, Massachusetts 461,041 464,407
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA 162,588 Hampshire County, Massachusetts 162,588 146,592
Greenfield, MA μSA 70,894 Franklin County, Massachusetts 70,894 70,930
none Pittsfield, MA MSA 127,859 Berkshire County, Massachusetts 127,859 128,774
Vineyard Haven, MA μSA 20,868 Dukes County, Massachusetts 20,868 20,579
Nantucket, MA μSA 14,421 Nantucket County, Massachusetts 14,421 14,237
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 6,981,974 6,995,729

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The OMB defines a core as "a densely settled concentration of population, comprising an Urban Area (of 10,000 or more population) delineated by the Census Bureau, around which a core-based statistical area is delineated." [2]
  2. ^ The OMB defines the employment interchange measure as "the sum of the percentage of workers living in the smaller entity who work in the larger entity plus the percentage of employment in the smaller entity that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger entity." [2]

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 March 12, 2024.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in teal. A teal population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population.
  4. ^ a b c d e "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2022". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

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