The Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area is a

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(MSA) in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of

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as defined by the

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(OMB). The combined population is: 201,559 (2010 census), 218,615 (2018 estimate) & 235,232 (2019 estimate)

MSA components

''Note: Since a constitutional change in 1871, all cities in the state are independent cities. The OMB considers these independent cities to be county-equivalents for the purpose of defining MSAs in Virginia.'' There are five counties and one independent city that contribute to the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. *Counties ** Albemarle ** Buckingham ** Fluvanna **

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*Independent Cities **

Charlottesville Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...

Communities

Places with more than 40,000 inhabitants

(Principal city)

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Crozet (

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) * Hollymead (census-designated place) * Lake Monticello (census-designated place)

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

* Columbia (

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in Fluvanna County) * Scottsville (incorporated town in Albemarle County) * Stanardsville (incorporated town in Greene County)

Unincorporated places

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 174,021 people, 67,575 households, and 42,840 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 80.77%

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, 14.07%

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, 0.16% Native American, 2.68% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.80% from

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, and 1.50% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.23% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $42,166, and the median income for a family was $50,225. Males had a median income of $32,974 versus $26,579 for females. The

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for the MSA was $21,574.

Politics

The Charlottesville metropolitan area leans Democratic. Similar to other college towns, Charlottesville is a Democratic stronghold. Albemarle leans Democratic, paralleling the entire region, since it houses urban, suburban, exurban, and rural pockets. Greene is a Republican stronghold as it is composed of suburban, exurban, and rural areas, which vote more conservative than their urban counterparts. Although Buckingham and Nelson are almost entirely rural, they are the most moderate jurisdictions in the region, voting for the Democratic nominee Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections and the Republican nominee Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, respectively. The entire region, apart from Greene County, is located in

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, represented by Republican

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. The district has a Cook PVI of R+7.

References

{{Authority control Albemarle County, Virginia Fluvanna County, Virginia Greene County, Virginia Nelson County, Virginia * Western Virginia