The Lima metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of one county –

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– in

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, anchored by the city of

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. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 108,473 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 104,357).

History

The Lima metropolitan area was first defined in 1950. Then known as the Lima standard metropolitan area (Lima SMA), it consisted of a single county – Allen – and had a population of 88,183. Following a term change by the Bureau of the Budget (present-day

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) in 1959, the Lima SMA became the Lima standard metropolitan statistical area (Lima SMSA). By the

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, the population had grown to 103,691, an 18 percent increase over the previous census. Two additional counties were added to the Lima SMSA in 1971 – Putnam and Van Wert. Auglaize County became a part of the SMSA in 1973. With that addition, there were a total of 218,244 residents living in the metropolitan area at the

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. In 1983, the official designation was shortened to the Lima metropolitan statistical area (Lima MSA), which is still in use to date. That same year, Putnam and Van Wert counties were removed from the MSA, leaving only Allen and Auglaize counties in the defined area. The two-county Lima MSA had a population of 154,340 in

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. That figure had risen to 155,084 by

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. In 2003, Auglaize County was removed from the Lima metropolitan area and was re-designated as the Wapakoneta micropolitan statistical area (Wapakoneta μSA).

Communities

Cities

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Villages

Unincorporated communities

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Townships

Combined Statistical Area

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and two micropolitan areas. As of the 2010 Census, the CSA had a population of 221,838.U.S. Census website
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( Allen County) * Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) ** Van Wert ( Van Wert County) ** Celina ( Mercer County) ** Wapakoneta (

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)

References

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