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The U.S. currently has 39 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated five combined statistical areas, 26 metropolitan statistical areas, and eight micropolitan statistical areas in California. __TOC__


Statistical areas

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. 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 A core-based statistical area (CBSA) is a U.S. geographic area defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that consists of one or more counties (or equivalents) anchored by an urban center of at least 10,000 people plus adjacent countie ...
(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 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." 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." The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as "a geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent
core-based statistical area A core-based statistical area (CBSA) is a U.S. geographic area defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that consists of one or more counties (or equivalents) anchored by an urban center of at least 10,000 people plus adjacent countie ...
s with employment interchange measures of at least 15%." The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any
core-based statistical area A core-based statistical area (CBSA) is a U.S. geographic area defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that consists of one or more counties (or equivalents) anchored by an urban center of at least 10,000 people plus adjacent countie ...
that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.


Table

The table below describes the 39 United States statistical areas and 58 counties of the State of California with the following information: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. #The combined statistical area (CSA) as designated by the OMB. #The CSA population according to the 2020 US Census. #The core based statistical area (CBSA) as designated by the OMB. #The CBSA population according to the 2020 US Census. #The county name. #The county population according to the 2020 US Census. #The Metropolitan Division name, if applicable #The Metropolitan Division population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates


See also

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Geography of California California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America. Covering an area of , California is among the most geographically diverse states. The Sierra Nevada, the fertile farmlands of the Central Valley, and the arid Mojave Desert of t ...
** Demographics of California


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Office of Management and BudgetUnited States Census Bureau
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