Arizona statistical areas

The U.S. State of Arizona currently has 13 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and four micropolitan statistical areas in Arizona.[1] The most populous of these statistical areas is the Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Combined Statistical Area with a 2020 Census population of 4,899,104.[2]

Map of the 11 core-based statistical areas in Arizona.
An enlargeable map of the 11 core-based statistical areas in Arizona.[1]

Statistical areas edit

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[3] 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 "a statistical geographic entity consisting of the county or counties (or county-equivalents) associated with at least one core[a] of at least 10,000 population, 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."[3] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that have "a population of at least 50,000" and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) that have "a population of at least 10,000, but less than 50,000."[3]

The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as "a geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas with employment interchange measures[b] of at least 15%."[3] 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 edit

The table below describes the 13 United States statistical areas and 15 counties of the State of Arizona with the following information:[4]

  1. The combined statistical area (CSA) as designated by the OMB.[1]
  2. The CSA population according to the 2020 US Census.[5]
  3. The core based statistical area (CBSA)[3] as designated by the OMB.[1]
  4. The CBSA population according to the 2020 US Census.[5]
  5. The county name.
  6. The county population according to the 2020 US Census.[5]
The 13 United States statistical areas and 15 counties of the State of Arizona

Combined Statistical Area 2020 Population Core Based Statistical Area 2020 Population County 2020 Population
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ CSA 4,899,104 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA 4,845,832 Maricopa County, Arizona 4,420,568
Pinal County, Arizona 425,264
Payson, AZ μSA 53,272 Gila County, Arizona 53,272
Tucson-Nogales, AZ CSA 1,091,102 Tucson, AZ MSA 1,043,433 Pima County, Arizona 1,043,433
Nogales, AZ μSA 47,669 Santa Cruz County, Arizona 47,669
none Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ MSA 236,209 Yavapai County, Arizona 236,209
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ MSA 213,267 Mohave County, Arizona 213,267
Yuma, AZ MSA 203,881 Yuma County, Arizona 203,881
Flagstaff, AZ MSA 145,101 Coconino County, Arizona 145,101
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ MSA 125,447 Cochise County, Arizona 125,447
Show Low, AZ μSA 106,717 Navajo County, Arizona 106,717
Safford, AZ μSA 38,533 Graham County, Arizona 38,533
none Apache County, Arizona 66,021
La Paz County, Arizona 16,557
Greenlee County, Arizona 9,563
State of Arizona 7,151,502

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The OMB defines a core as "a densely settled concentration of population, comprising an Urban Area (of 10,000 or more population) delineated by the Census Bureau, around which a core-based statistical area is delineated."[3]
  2. ^ The OMB defines the employment interchange measure as "the sum of the percentage of workers living in the smaller entity who work in the larger entity plus the percentage of employment in the smaller entity that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger entity."[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (March 6, 2020). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 20-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved December 6, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "QuickFacts for Arizona". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  4. ^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in teal. A teal population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population.
  5. ^ a b c "2020 Census Redistricting Data". United States Census Bureau. September 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.

External links edit

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