Pennsylvania statistical areas explained

The United States 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.

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The 48 United States statistical areas and 67 counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Combined statistical area2023 population (est.)[2] Core-based statistical area2023 population (est.)County-equivalent2023 population (est.)Metropolitan division2023 population (est.)
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA7,390,919
4,624,593 		Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA6,246,160
4,191,772 (PA)		Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania1,550,542Philadelphia, PA MD2,127,262
Delaware County, Pennsylvania576,720
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania868,742Montgomery County-Chester County-Bucks County, PA MD2,064,510
Bucks County, Pennsylvania645,984
Chester County, Pennsylvania549,784
Camden County, New Jersey527,196Camden, NJ MD1,304,786
Burlington County, New Jersey469,167
Gloucester County, New Jersey308,423
New Castle County, Delaware578,592Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ MD749,602
Cecil County, Maryland105,672
Salem County, New Jersey65,338
Reading, PA MSA432,821Berks County, Pennsylvania432,821none
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ MSA369,823Atlantic County, New Jersey275,213
Cape May County, New Jersey94,610
Dover, DE MSA189,789Kent County, Delaware189,789
Vineland, NJ MSA152,326Cumberland County, New Jersey152,326
Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV CSA2,727,866
2,614,322 (PA)		Pittsburgh, PA MSA2,422,725Allegheny County, Pennsylvania1,224,825
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania351,163
Washington County, Pennsylvania210,232
Butler County, Pennsylvania198,413
Beaver County, Pennsylvania165,631
Fayette County, Pennsylvania123,915
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania84,472
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania64,074
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH MSA113,544Jefferson County, Ohio64,026
Hancock County, West Virginia28,145
Brooke County, West Virginia21,373
Hermitage, PA μSA108,503Mercer County, Pennsylvania108,503
Indiana, PA μSA83,094Indiana County, Pennsylvania83,094
Harrisburg–York–Lebanon, PA CSA1,321,695Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA606,055Dauphin County, Pennsylvania289,234
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania270,738
Perry County, Pennsylvania46,083
York-Hanover, PA MSA464,640York County, Pennsylvania464,640
Lebanon, PA MSA144,252Lebanon County, Pennsylvania144,252
Gettysburg, PA MSA106,748Adams County, Pennsylvania106,748
Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ CSA1,039,608
928,356 (PA)		Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA873,555
762,303 (PA)		Lehigh County, Pennsylvania377,754
Northampton County, Pennsylvania319,091
Warren County, New Jersey111,252
Carbon County, Pennsylvania65,458
East Stroudsburg, PA μSA166,053Monroe County, Pennsylvania166,053
noneScranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA569,413Luzerne County, Pennsylvania327,388
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania216,123
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania25,902
Lancaster, PA MSA558,589Lancaster County, Pennsylvania558,589
Erie-Meadville, PA CSA349,572Erie, PA MSA267,571Erie County, Pennsylvania267,571
Meadville, PA μSA82,001Crawford County, Pennsylvania82,001
Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA CSA255,178Sunbury, PA μSA107,980Northumberland County, Pennsylvania90,120
Montour County, Pennsylvania17,860
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA μSA65,439Columbia County, Pennsylvania65,439
Lewisburg, PA μSA42,042Union County, Pennsylvania42,042
Selinsgrove, PA μSA39,717Snyder County, Pennsylvania39,717
State College-DuBois, PA CSA234,885State College, PA MSA157,795Centre County, Pennsylvania157,795
DuBois, PA μSA77,090Clearfield County, Pennsylvania77,090
Johnstown-Somerset, PA CSA202,865Johnstown, PA MSA130,668Cambria County, Pennsylvania130,668
Somerset, PA μSA72,197Somerset County, Pennsylvania72,197
Altoona-Huntingdon, PA CSA163,787Altoona, PA MSA120,273Blair County, Pennsylvania120,273
Huntingdon, PA μSA43,514Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania43,514
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA10,069,592
157,854 (PA)		Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA6,304,975Fairfax County, Virginia1,141,878Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA-WV MD3,154,735
Prince William County, Virginia489,640
Loudoun County, Virginia436,347
Arlington County, Virginia234,162
Stafford County, Virginia165,428
City of Alexandria, Virginia155,230
Spotsylvania County, Virginia149,588
Fauquier County, Virginia75,165
Jefferson County, West Virginia59,787
Culpeper County, Virginia54,973
City of Manassas, Virginia42,696
Warren County, Virginia41,843
City of Fredericksburg, Virginia28,928
City of Fairfax, Virginia25,144
City of Manassas Park, Virginia16,361
Clarke County, Virginia15,466
City of Falls Church, Virginia14,685
Rappahannock County, Virginia7,414
Prince George's County, Maryland947,430Washington, DC-MD MD1,798,375
District of Columbia678,972
Charles County, Maryland171,973
Montgomery County, Maryland1,058,474Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda, MD MD1,351,865
Frederick County, Maryland293,391
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA2,834,316Baltimore County, Maryland844,703none
Anne Arundel County, Maryland594,582
Baltimore City, Maryland565,239
Howard County, Maryland336,001
Harford County, Maryland264,644
Carroll County, Maryland176,639
Queen Anne's County, Maryland52,508
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA305,902Washington County, Maryland155,813
Berkeley County, West Virginia132,440
Morgan County, West Virginia17,649
Lexington Park, MD μSA210,009St. Mary's County, Maryland115,281
Calvert County, Maryland94,728
Chambersburg, PA MSA157,854Franklin County, Pennsylvania157,854
Winchester, VA-WV MSA147,260Frederick County, Virginia95,994
City of Winchester, Virginia27,617
Hampshire County, West Virginia23,649
Lake of the Woods, VA μSA38,574Orange County, Virginia38,574
Easton, MD μSA37,823Talbot County, Maryland37,823
Cambridge, MD μSA32,879Dorchester County, Maryland32,879
Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA CSA150,331Williamsport, PA MSA112,724Lycoming County, Pennsylvania112,724
Lock Haven, PA μSA37,607Clinton County, Pennsylvania37,607
nonePottsville, PA μSA143,786Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania143,786
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA21,859,598
61,247 (PA)		New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ MSA19,498,249Kings County, New York2,561,225New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ MD11,864,322
Queens County, New York2,252,196
New York County, New York1,597,451
Bronx County, New York1,356,476
Westchester County, New York990,817
Bergen County, New Jersey957,736
Hudson County, New Jersey705,472
Passaic County, New Jersey513,395
Richmond County, New York490,687
Rockland County, New York340,807
Putnam County, New York98,060
Suffolk County, New York1,523,170Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY MD2,904,885
Nassau County, New York1,381,715
Middlesex County, New Jersey863,623Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ MD2,379,977
Ocean County, New Jersey659,197
Monmouth County, New Jersey642,799
Somerset County, New Jersey348,842
Essex County, New Jersey851,117Newark, NJ MD2,167,829
Union County, New Jersey572,726
Morris County, New Jersey514,423
Sussex County, New Jersey146,132
Hunterdon County, New Jersey130,183
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA951,558Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut623,907none
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut327,651
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA704,620Orange County, New York407,470
Dutchess County, New York297,150
Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA381,671Mercer County, New Jersey381,671
Kingston, NY MSA182,333Ulster County, New York182,333
Monticello, NY μSA79,920Sullivan County, New York79,920
Hemlock Farms, PA μSA61,247Pike County, Pennsylvania61,247
noneSayre, PA μSA59,695Bradford County, Pennsylvania59,695
Oil City, PA μSA49,431Venango County, Pennsylvania49,431
Lewistown, PA μSA45,922Mifflin County, Pennsylvania45,922
Bradford, PA μSA39,519McKean County, Pennsylvania39,519
Warren, PA μSA37,572Warren County, Pennsylvania37,572
St. Marys, PA μSA30,198Elk County, Pennsylvania30,198
noneWayne County, Pennsylvania51,262
Bedford County, Pennsylvania47,350
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania43,612
Tioga County, Pennsylvania40,840
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania38,109
Clarion County, Pennsylvania36,970
Greene County, Pennsylvania34,357
Juniata County, Pennsylvania23,243
Potter County, Pennsylvania15,999
Fulton County, Pennsylvania14,468
Forest County, Pennsylvania6,449
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania5,834
Cameron County, Pennsylvania4,380
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania12,961,683

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

scope=col rowspan=22020 rankscope=col rowspan=2Primary statistical areaPopulation
scope=col2023 estimatescope=colChangescope=col2020 Census[3] scope=colChangescope=col2010 Census[4]
scope=rowPhiladelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA (PA)
scope=rowPittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV CSA (PA)
scope=rowHarrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA CSA
scope=rowAllentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ CSA (PA)
scope=rowScranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA
scope=rowLancaster, PA MSA
scope=rowErie-Meadville, PA CSA
scope=rowBloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA CSA
scope=rowState College-DuBois, PA CSA
scope=rowJohnstown-Somerset, PA CSA
scope=rowAltoona-Huntingdon, PA CSA
scope=rowWashington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA (PA)
scope=rowWilliamsport-Lock Haven, PA CSA
scope=rowPottsville, PA μSA
scope=rowSayre, PA μSA
scope=rowNew York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA (PA)
scope=rowOil City, PA μSA
scope=rowLewistown, PA μSA
scope=rowBradford, PA μSA
scope=rowWarren, PA μSA
scope=rowSt. Marys, PA μSA
Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV CSA
Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg PA-NJ CSA
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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 . October 23, 2023 . Office of Management and Budget.
  2. Web site: March 2023 . County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023 . May 21, 2024 . United States Census Bureau, Population Division.
  3. Web site: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS.. U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. May 21, 2024.
  4. Web site: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. May 21, 2024.

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