The U.S. state of
Colorado
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has twenty-one
statistical areas that have been delineated by the
Office of Management and Budget
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(OMB). Statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the
United States Census Bureau
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, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated four
combined statistical area
Combined statistical area (CSA) is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) term for a combination of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) across the 50 US states and the territory of Puerto Ric ...
s, seven
metropolitan statistical area
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s, and ten
micropolitan statistical areas in Colorado.
The most populous of these statistical areas is the
Denver–Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area, with a population of 3,623,560 at the
2020 census.
Statistical areas
The
Office of Management and Budget
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(OMB) has designated more than 1,000
statistical areas across the
United States
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and
Puerto Rico
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.
The OMB defines a
core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a
CBSA) as "a statistical geographic entity consisting of the
county
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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 area
In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are neither legally incorporated as a city or tow ...
s (MSAs), which have a population of at least 50,000, and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs), which have a population of at least 10,000, but fewer than 50,000.[
The OMB defines a ]combined statistical area
Combined statistical area (CSA) is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) term for a combination of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) across the 50 US states and the territory of Puerto Ric ...
(CSA) as "a geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas with employment interchange measures of at least 15%".[
]
Counties by statistical areas
Primary statistical areas
Primary statistical area
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s (PSAs) include all combined statistical area
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s and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the 21 statistical areas of Colorado, 12 are PSAs comprising four combined statistical area
Combined statistical area (CSA) is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) term for a combination of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) across the 50 US states and the territory of Puerto Ric ...
s, three metropolitan statistical area
In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are neither legally incorporated as a city or tow ...
s, and five micropolitan statistical areas.
See also
*Geography of Colorado
The geography of the U.S. State of Colorado is diverse, encompassing both rugged mountainous terrain, vast plains, desert lands, desert canyons, and mesas. Colorado is a landlocked U.S. state. In 1861, the United States Congress defined the ...
** Demographics of Colorado
*** Front Range Urban Corridor
*** North Central Colorado Urban Area
*** South Central Colorado Urban Area
** List of counties in Colorado
**List of municipalities in Colorado
The U.S. State of Colorado has 272 active incorporated municipalities, comprising 197 towns, 73 cities, and two consolidated city and county governments. At the 2020 United States Census, 4,299,942 of the 5,773,714 Colorado residents (74.47%) ...
* :Colorado statistical areas
Notes
References
External links
Office of Management and Budget
United States Census Bureau
Colorado state government website
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Statistical areas, list of
United States statistical areas
Colorado geography-related lists