The Staunton–Stuarts Draft Metropolitan Statistical Area formerly the Staunton–Waynesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area is a

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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

, as defined by the

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(OMB). As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 125,433.

Components

''Note: Since a state constitutional change in 1871, all cities in

are

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that are not located in any county. The OMB considers these independent cities to be county-equivalents for the purpose of defining μSAs in Virginia.'' One county and two independent cities are included in the Staunton–Waynesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area. *Counties ** Augusta *Independent Cities ** Staunton ** Waynesboro

Communities

Cities

* Staunton (Principal city) * Waynesboro (Principal city)

Towns

* Craigsville *

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(partial)

Census-designated places

* Crimora * Dooms *

Fishersville Fishersville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,629 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Staunton– Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Fishersville is loca ...

* Greenville * Jolivue * Lyndhurst * Sherando * Stuarts Draft *

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* Weyers Cave

Unincorporated places

* Churchville * Fort Defiance * Mount Solon * Spring Hill

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 118,502 people, 47,899 households, and 32,370 families residing within the μSA. The racial makeup of the μSA was 89.4%

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, 6.8%

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, 0.2%

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, 0.6% Asian, 0.1%

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, 1.1% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $46,292 and the median income for a family was $58,975. Males had a median income of $40,636 versus $31,670 for females. The

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for the USA was $21,577.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Staunton-Waynesboro metropolitan area Staunton, Virginia Waynesboro, Virginia Augusta County, Virginia