The Warner Robins, Georgia
metropolitan statistical area
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currently includes
Houston
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and
Peach
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counties in central Georgia. In addition to the principal city of
Warner Robins
Warner Robins (typically ) is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located in Houston and Peach counties in the central part of the state. It is currently Georgia's eleventh-largest incorporated city, with an estimated population of 80,308 in th ...
, the MSA also includes the incorporated municipalities of
Centerville and
Perry in Houston County along with
Byron
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and
Fort Valley in Peach County. From 2013 to 2018, the MSA also included
Hawkinsville
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and
Pulaski County.
The Warner Robins MSA is a component of the larger
Macon-Warner Robins-Fort Valley Combined Statistical Area.
According to the 2010 Census, the MSA's total population (using the current boundaries) was 167,595; as of July 1, 2019, the total population of the MSA was estimated to be 185,409.
About 80% of the MSA population is concentrated in Houston County, which has become increasingly urbanized since the establishment of the city of Warner Robins and
Robins Air Force Base during World War II, while Peach County remains predominantly rural in character.
Metropolitan statistical areas of the United States
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