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The
U.S.
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currently has 36
statistical areas that have been delineated by the
Office of Management and Budget
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, pol ...
(OMB). On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated nine
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, 15
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 12
micropolitan statistical areas in Wisconsin.
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Statistical areas
The
Office of Management and Budget
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, pol ...
(OMB) has designated more than 1,000
statistical areas for the
United States
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and
Puerto Rico
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.
These 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.
The OMB defines a
core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a
CBSA) as "a statistical geographic entity consisting of the
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
or counties (or
county-equivalents
In the United States, a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic region with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The term "county" is used in 48 states, wh ...
) 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) 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
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%."[ The ]primary statistical area
The United States federal government defines and delineates the nation's metropolitan areas for statistical purposes, using a set of standard statistical area definitions. the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined and delineated 39 ...
s (PSAs) include all 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 and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.
Table
The table below describes the 36 United States statistical areas and 72 counties of the State of Wisconsin 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
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 designated by the OMB.
#The CSA population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates.
#The 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 ...
(CBSA)[ as designated by the OMB.]
#The CBSA population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates [
#The ]county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
name
#The county population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates [
#The Metropolitan Division name, if applicable]
#The Metropolitan Division population according to 2019 US Census Bureau population estimates [
]
See also
* Geography of Wisconsin
** Demographics of Wisconsin
Notes
References
External links
Office of Management and Budget
United States Census Bureau
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United States statistical areas
Statistical Areas Of Wisconsin