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Massachusetts statistical areas

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The United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts currently has 12 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical area, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and three micropolitan statistical area in Massachusetts.[1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA, comprising the area around Massachusetts' capital and largest city of Boston.

Statistical areas

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.

The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[2] "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".[2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[2]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

Table

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The 12 United States statistical areas and 14 counties of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts[a]
Combined statistical area[1] 2023 population (est.)[3] Core-based statistical area[1] 2023 population (est.)[3] County 2023 population (est.)[3] Metropolitan division[1] 2023 population (est.)[3]
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA 8,345,067
6,145,689 (MA) 		Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA 4,919,179
4,465,247 (MA) 		Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1,623,952 Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA MD 2,434,041
Essex County, Massachusetts 810,089
Suffolk County, Massachusetts 768,425 Boston, MA MD 2,031,206
Norfolk County, Massachusetts 727,473
Plymouth County, Massachusetts 535,308
Rockingham County, New Hampshire 320,689 Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH MD 453,932
Strafford County, New Hampshire 133,243
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 1,677,803
581,841 (MA) 		Providence County, Rhode Island 660,615 none
Bristol County, Massachusetts 581,841
Kent County, Rhode Island 171,278
Washington County, Rhode Island 129,982
Newport County, Rhode Island 83,832
Bristol County, Rhode Island 50,255
Worcester, MA MSA 866,866 Worcester County, Massachusetts 866,866
Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA 427,354 Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 427,354
Barnstable Town, MA MSA 231,735 Barnstable County, Massachusetts 231,735
Concord, NH μSA 157,103 Merrimack County, New Hampshire 157,103
Laconia, NH μSA 65,027 Belknap County, New Hampshire 65,027
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA CSA 693,629 Springfield, MA MSA 460,291 Hampden County, Massachusetts 460,291
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA 162,502 Hampshire County, Massachusetts 162,502
Greenfield, MA μSA 70,836 Franklin County, Massachusetts 70,836
none Pittsfield, MA MSA 126,818 Berkshire County, Massachusetts 126,818
Vineyard Haven, MA μSA 20,819 Dukes County, Massachusetts 20,819
Nantucket, MA μSA 14,444 Nantucket County, Massachusetts 14,444
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 7,001,399

Core-based statistical areas

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The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CBSA along with its rate of population change over time.

The 10 core-based statistical areas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts[b]
2023 rank Core-based statistical area[1] Population
2023 estimate[3] Change 2020 Census[4] Change 2010 Census[5]
1 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA (MA) 4,465,247 −0.70% 4,496,567 +8.77% 4,134,036
2 Worcester, MA MSA 866,866 +0.55% 862,111 +7.96% 798,552
3 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA (MA) 581,841 +0.46% 579,200 +5.64% 548,285
4 Springfield, MA MSA 460,291 −1.19% 465,825 +0.50% 463,490
5 Barnstable Town, MA MSA 231,735 +1.20% 228,996 +6.07% 215,888
6 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA 162,502 +0.12% 162,308 +2.67% 158,080
7 Pittsfield, MA MSA 126,818 −1.71% 129,026 −1.67% 131,219
8 Greenfield, MA μSA 70,836 −0.27% 71,029 −0.48% 71,372
9 Vineyard Haven, MA μSA 20,819 +1.06% 20,600 +24.58% 16,535
10 Nantucket, MA μSA 14,444 +1.33% 14,255 +40.14% 10,172
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA 4,919,179 −0.45% 4,941,632 +8.55% 4,552,402
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 1,677,803 +0.07% 1,676,579 +4.73% 1,600,852

Combined statistical areas

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The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CSA along with its rate of population change over time.

The two combined statistical areas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts[c]
2023 rank Combined statistical area[1] Population
2023 estimate[3] Change 2020 Census[4] Change 2010 Census[5]
1 Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA (MA) 6,145,689 −0.34% 6,166,874 +8.25% 5,696,761
2 Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA CSA 693,629 −0.79% 699,162 +0.90% 692,942
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA 8,345,067 −0.06% 8,349,768 +7.39% 7,774,948

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
  2. ^ For CBSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that CBSA as well as the CBSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.
  3. ^ For CSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that CSA as well as the CSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved October 23, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019". U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
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