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Texas statistical areas

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The U.S. State of Texas currently has 80 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 13 combined statistical areas, 26 metropolitan statistical areas, and 41 micropolitan statistical areas in Texas.[1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA, encompassing the area around the twin cities of Dallas and Fort Worth in the northern part of the state.

Owing to its large area and population - the second-highest amongst the 50 states in both respects[2][3] - Texas contains the most statistical areas of any state.

Background

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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.[4] 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,[4] "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".[4] 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.[4]

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%.[4] 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 80 United States statistical areas and 254 counties of the State of Texas[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]
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA 8,654,750
8,605,783 (TX)
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA 8,100,037 Dallas County, Texas 2,606,358 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX MD 5,462,593
Collin County, Texas 1,195,359
Denton County, Texas 1,007,703
Ellis County, Texas 222,829
Kaufman County, Texas 185,690
Rockwall County, Texas 131,307
Hunt County, Texas 113,347
Tarrant County, Texas 2,182,947 Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX MD 2,637,444
Johnson County, Texas 202,906
Parker County, Texas 173,494
Wise County, Texas 78,097
Sherman-Denison, TX MSA 146,907 Grayson County, Texas 146,907 none
Athens, TX μSA 86,158 Henderson County, Texas 86,158
Granbury, TX μSA 67,774 Hood County, Texas 67,774
Corsicana, TX μSA 55,635 Navarro County, Texas 55,635
Durant, OK μSA 48,967 Bryan County, Oklahoma 48,967
Gainesville, TX μSA 43,782 Cooke County, Texas 43,782
Sulphur Springs, TX μSA 38,172 Hopkins County, Texas 38,172
Bonham, TX μSA 37,571 Fannin County, Texas 37,571
Mineral Wells, TX μSA 29,747 Palo Pinto County, Texas 29,747
Houston-Pasadena, TX CSA 7,706,626 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA 7,510,253 Harris County, Texas 4,835,125
Fort Bend County, Texas 916,778
Montgomery County, Texas 711,354
Brazoria County, Texas 398,938
Galveston County, Texas 361,744
Liberty County, Texas 108,272
Waller County, Texas 63,553
Chambers County, Texas 53,876
Austin County, Texas 31,677
San Jacinto County, Texas 28,936
Huntsville, TX μSA 81,268 Walker County, Texas 81,268
El Campo, TX μSA 41,739 Wharton County, Texas 41,739
Brenham, TX μSA 37,007 Washington County, Texas 37,007
Bay City, TX μSA 36,359 Matagorda County, Texas 36,359
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX CSA 2,785,647 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA 2,703,999 Bexar County, Texas 2,086,679
Comal County, Texas 193,928
Guadalupe County, Texas 188,454
Medina County, Texas 54,797
Wilson County, Texas 54,183
Atascosa County, Texas 51,784
Kendall County, Texas 50,537
Bandera County, Texas 22,637
Kerrville, TX μSA 53,915 Kerr County, Texas 53,915
Fredericksburg, TX μSA 27,733 Gillespie County, Texas 27,733
none Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA 2,473,275 Travis County, Texas 1,334,961
Williamson County, Texas 697,191
Hays County, Texas 280,486
Bastrop County, Texas 110,778
Caldwell County, Texas 49,859
McAllen-Edinburg, TX CSA 964,405 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA 898,471 Hidalgo County, Texas 898,471
Rio Grande City-Roma, TX μSA 65,934 Starr County, Texas 65,934
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA 1,098,541
873,331 (TX)
El Paso, TX MSA 873,331 El Paso County, Texas 869,880
Hudspeth County, Texas 3,451
Las Cruces, NM MSA 225,210 Doña Ana County, New Mexico 225,210
Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX CSA 535,257 Corpus Christi, TX MSA 448,323 Nueces County, Texas 352,289
San Patricio County, Texas 70,660
Aransas County, Texas 25,374
Alice, TX μSA 45,510 Jim Wells County, Texas 38,662
Brooks County, Texas 6,848
Kingsville, TX μSA 30,069 Kleberg County, Texas 30,069
none Killeen-Temple, TX MSA 501,333 Bell County, Texas 393,193
Coryell County, Texas 84,878
Lampasas County, Texas 23,262
Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX CSA 446,747 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA 426,710 Cameron County, Texas 426,710
Raymondville, TX μSA 20,037 Willacy County, Texas 20,037
Lubbock-Plainview, TX CSA 396,955 Lubbock, TX MSA 360,104 Lubbock County, Texas 320,940
Hockley County, Texas 21,460
Lynn County, Texas 5,761
Crosby County, Texas 4,917
Garza County, Texas 4,517
Cochran County, Texas 2,509
Plainview, TX μSA 36,851 Hale County, Texas 31,761
Floyd County, Texas 5,090
none Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA 395,479 Jefferson County, Texas 251,496
Orange County, Texas 85,722
Hardin County, Texas 58,261
Midland-Odessa-Andrews, TX CSA 365,482 Midland, TX MSA 182,324 Midland County, Texas 177,108
Martin County, Texas 5,216
Odessa, TX MSA 164,494 Ector County, Texas 164,494
Andrews, TX μSA 18,664 Andrews County, Texas 18,664
none Waco, TX MSA 304,865 McLennan County, Texas 268,583
Bosque County, Texas 18,664
Falls County, Texas 17,286
Tyler-Jacksonville, TX CSA 297,426 Tyler, TX MSA 245,209 Smith County, Texas 245,209
Jacksonville, TX μSA 52,217 Cherokee County, Texas 52,217
none Longview, TX MSA 293,498 Gregg County, Texas 126,243
Harrison County, Texas 70,895
Rusk County, Texas 53,079
Upshur County, Texas 43,281
Amarillo-Borger, TX CSA 292,428 Amarillo, TX MSA 272,395 Randall County, Texas 148,255
Potter County, Texas 114,647
Carson County, Texas 5,878
Armstrong County, Texas 1,832
Oldham County, Texas 1,783
Borger, TX μSA 20,033 Hutchinson County, Texas 20,033
none College Station-Bryan, TX MSA 281,445 Brazos County, Texas 244,703
Burleson County, Texas 19,475
Robertson County, Texas 17,267
Laredo, TX MSA 269,148 Webb County, Texas 269,148
Abilene-Sweetwater, TX CSA 195,897 Abilene, TX MSA 181,591 Taylor County, Texas 146,836
Jones County, Texas 20,381
Callahan County, Texas 14,374
Sweetwater, TX μSA 14,306 Nolan County, Texas 14,306
none Wichita Falls, TX MSA 149,947 Wichita County, Texas 130,180
Clay County, Texas 10,738
Archer County, Texas 9,029
San Angelo, TX MSA 120,606 Tom Green County, Texas 119,057
Irion County, Texas 1,549
Victoria-Port Lavaca, TX CSA 118,504 Victoria, TX MSA 98,808 Victoria County, Texas 91,664
Goliad County, Texas 7,144
Port Lavaca, TX μSA 19,696 Calhoun County, Texas 19,696
none Texarkana, TX-AR MSA 145,907
91,687 (TX)
Bowie County, Texas 91,687
Miller County, Arkansas 42,415
Little River County, Arkansas 11,805
Lufkin, TX μSA 87,319 Angelina County, Texas 87,319
Nacogdoches, TX μSA 65,375 Nacogdoches County, Texas 65,375
Paris, TX μSA 49,859 Lamar County, Texas 51,127
Red River County, Texas 11,678
Eagle Pass, TX MSA 57,762 Maverick County, Texas 57,762
Palestine, TX μSA 57,736 Anderson County, Texas 57,736
Mount Pleasant, TX μSA 56,423 Titus County, Texas 31,357
Camp County, Texas 13,000
Morris County, Texas 12,066
Del Rio, TX μSA 47,720 Val Verde County, Texas 47,720
Stephenville, TX μSA 44,195 Erath County, Texas 44,195
Brownwood, TX μSA 38,709 Brown County, Texas 38,709
Beeville, TX μSA 30,850 Bee County, Texas 30,850
Big Spring, TX μSA 30,554 Howard County, Texas 30,554
Uvalde, TX μSA 24,960 Uvalde County, Texas 24,960
Pampa, TX μSA 21,756 Gray County, Texas 20,916
Roberts County, Texas 840
Dumas, TX μSA 21,190 Moore County, Texas 21,190
Hereford, TX μSA 18,347 Deaf Smith County, Texas 18,347
Snyder, TX μSA 16,212 Scurry County, Texas 16,212
Zapata, TX μSA 13,736 Zapata County, Texas 13,736
Vernon, TX μSA 12,522 Wilbarger County, Texas 12,522
Town of Pecos, TX μSA 11,770 Reeves County, Texas 11,770
none Van Zandt County, Texas 64,000
Polk County, Texas 54,186
Burnet County, Texas 53,991
Wood County, Texas 47,921
Hill County, Texas 38,101
Jasper County, Texas 32,694
Grimes County, Texas 32,384
Cass County, Texas 28,659
Milam County, Texas 25,951
Fayette County, Texas 25,474
Shelby County, Texas 24,179
Llano County, Texas 22,875
Panola County, Texas 22,838
Gaines County, Texas 22,523
Limestone County, Texas 22,250
Houston County, Texas 22,066
Montague County, Texas 21,598
Colorado County, Texas 21,117
Lavaca County, Texas 20,571
Freestone County, Texas 20,441
Tyler County, Texas 20,382
Gonzales County, Texas 19,930
DeWitt County, Texas 19,929
Lee County, Texas 18,240
Young County, Texas 18,124
Eastland County, Texas 18,037
Frio County, Texas 17,987
Leon County, Texas 16,538
Jackson County, Texas 15,221
Karnes County, Texas 15,018
Pecos County, Texas 14,623
Trinity County, Texas 14,228
Comanche County, Texas 14,050
Madison County, Texas 13,742
Blanco County, Texas 13,048
Rains County, Texas 12,986
Lamb County, Texas 12,711
Newton County, Texas 12,039
Dawson County, Texas 12,004
Live Oak County, Texas 11,584
Terry County, Texas 11,547
Ward County, Texas 10,966
Franklin County, Texas 10,735
Sabine County, Texas 10,106
Somervell County, Texas 9,888
Runnels County, Texas 9,868
Ochiltree County, Texas 9,704
Parmer County, Texas 9,617
Duval County, Texas 9,604
Marion County, Texas 9,571
Brewster County, Texas 9,513
Stephens County, Texas 9,343
Zavala County, Texas 9,312
Mitchell County, Texas 9,075
Jack County, Texas 8,875
Hamilton County, Texas 8,619
Dimmit County, Texas 8,257
Coleman County, Texas 7,842
San Augustine County, Texas 7,833
Yoakum County, Texas 7,468
McCulloch County, Texas 7,452
Winkler County, Texas 7,414
Dallam County, Texas 7,237
Castro County, Texas 7,227
Swisher County, Texas 6,955
Childress County, Texas 6,788
Bailey County, Texas 6,672
Refugio County, Texas 6,666
La Salle County, Texas 6,537
San Saba County, Texas 5,845
Presidio County, Texas 5,795
Delta County, Texas 5,520
Haskell County, Texas 5,385
Hartley County, Texas 5,145
Hansford County, Texas 5,071
Wheeler County, Texas 4,804
Jim Hogg County, Texas 4,720
Crane County, Texas 4,574
Mills County, Texas 4,548
Kimble County, Texas 4,442
Mason County, Texas 3,931
Fisher County, Texas 3,612
Hardeman County, Texas 3,490
Baylor County, Texas 3,463
Coke County, Texas 3,352
Knox County, Texas 3,302
Concho County, Texas 3,297
Shackelford County, Texas 3,229
Sutton County, Texas 3,221
Donley County, Texas 3,214
Hemphill County, Texas 3,189
Kinney County, Texas 3,148
Reagan County, Texas 3,141
Upton County, Texas 3,109
Lipscomb County, Texas 2,906
Crockett County, Texas 2,858
Real County, Texas 2,854
Hall County, Texas 2,818
Sherman County, Texas 2,678
Collingsworth County, Texas 2,563
Schleicher County, Texas 2,391
Culberson County, Texas 2,196
Menard County, Texas 1,958
Jeff Davis County, Texas 1,856
Dickens County, Texas 1,711
Throckmorton County, Texas 1,526
Briscoe County, Texas 1,445
Sterling County, Texas 1,397
Edwards County, Texas 1,393
Cottle County, Texas 1,294
Stonewall County, Texas 1,218
Glasscock County, Texas 1,141
Foard County, Texas 1,079
Motley County, Texas 1,020
Kent County, Texas 734
Terrell County, Texas 687
Borden County, Texas 572
McMullen County, Texas 568
Kenedy County, Texas 343
King County, Texas 217
Loving County, Texas 43
State of Texas 30,503,301

Primary statistical areas

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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. Of the 80 statistical areas of Texas, 42 are PSAs comprising 13 combined statistical areas, 11 metropolitan statistical areas, and 18 micropolitan statistical areas.

The 42 primary statistical areas of the State of Texas[b]

2020 rank Primary statistical area[1] Population
2023 estimate[3] Change 2020 Census[5] Change 2010 Census[6]
1 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA (TX) 8,605,783 +6.09% 8,111,828 +19.28% 6,800,492
2 Houston-Pasadena, TX CSA 7,706,626 +5.00% 7,339,672 +19.80% 6,126,361
3 San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX CSA 2,785,647 +5.62% 2,637,466 +18.97% 2,216,970
4 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA 2,473,275 +8.32% 2,283,371 +33.04% 1,716,289
5 McAllen-Edinburg, TX CSA 964,405 +2.96% 936,701 +12.08% 835,737
6 El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA (TX) 873,331 +0.51% 868,859 +8.05% 804,123
7 Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX CSA 523,902 +0.22% 522,770 +2.85% 508,307
8 Killeen-Temple, TX MSA 501,333 +5.46% 475,367 +17.29% 405,300
9 Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX CSA 446,747 +1.26% 441,181 +2.99% 428,354
10 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA 395,479 −0.52% 397,565 +2.27% 388,745
11 Lubbock-Plainview, TX CSA 396,955 +1.99% 389,192 +6.32% 366,047
12 Midland-Odessa-Andrews, TX CSA 365,482 +1.81% 359,001 +22.28% 293,587
13 Waco, TX MSA 304,865 +3.07% 295,782 +9.15% 270,984
14 Amarillo-Borger, TX CSA 292,428 +1.08% 289,308 +5.55% 274,083
15 Longview, TX MSA 293,498 +2.56% 286,184 +2.21% 280,000
16 Tyler-Jacksonville, TX CSA 297,426 +4.77% 283,891 +8.95% 260,559
17 College Station-Bryan, TX MSA 281,445 +4.92% 268,248 +17.31% 228,660
18 Laredo, TX MSA 269,148 +0.76% 267,114 +6.72% 250,304
19 Abilene-Sweetwater, TX CSA 195,897 +2.39% 191,317 +6.01% 180,468
20 Wichita Falls, TX MSA 149,947 +1.23% 148,128 −2.10% 151,306
21 San Angelo, TX MSA 120,606 −0.75% 121,516 +8.67% 111,823
22 Victoria-Port Lavaca, TX CSA 118,504 +0.06% 118,437 +2.65% 115,384
23 Texarkana, TX-AR MSA (TX) 91,687 −1.30% 92,893 +0.35% 92,565
24 Lufkin, TX μSA 87,319 +1.07% 86,395 −0.43% 86,771
25 Nacogdoches, TX μSA 65,375 +1.12% 64,653 +0.20% 64,524
26 Paris, TX μSA 62,805 +1.83% 61,675 −1.56% 62,653
27 Palestine, TX μSA 57,736 −0.32% 57,922 −0.92% 58,458
28 Eagle Pass, TX MSA 57,762 −0.22% 57,887 +6.69% 54,258
29 Mount Pleasant, TX μSA 56,423 +1.33% 55,684 −3.44% 57,669
30 Del Rio, TX μSA 47,720 +0.28% 47,586 −2.65% 48,879
31 Stephenville, TX μSA 44,195 +3.88% 42,545 +12.29% 37,890
32 Brownwood, TX μSA 38,709 +1.61% 38,095 −0.03% 38,106
33 Big Spring, TX μSA 30,554 −12.35% 34,860 −0.43% 35,012
34 Beeville, TX μSA 30,850 −0.63% 31,047 −2.55% 31,861
35 Uvalde, TX μSA 24,960 +1.61% 24,564 −6.97% 26,405
36 Pampa, TX μSA 21,756 −1.35% 22,054 −6.01% 23,464
37 Dumas, TX μSA 21,190 −0.79% 21,358 −2.49% 21,904
38 Hereford, TX μSA 18,347 −1.27% 18,583 −4.07% 19,372
39 Snyder, TX μSA 16,212 −4.25% 16,932 +0.07% 16,921
40 Town of Pecos, TX μSA 11,770 −20.19% 14,748 +7.00% 13,783
41 Zapata, TX μSA 13,736 −1.10% 13,889 −0.92% 14,018
42 Vernon, TX μSA 12,522 −2.83% 12,887 −4.79% 13,535
Dallas-Forth Worth, TX-OK CSA 8,654,750 +6.09% 8,157,895 +19.22% 6,842,908
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA 1,098,541 +0.93% 1,088,420 +7.41% 1,013,356
Texarkana, TX-AR MSA 145,907 −1.09% 147,519 −1.13% 149,198

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 PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ "State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates". census.gov. 2010. Retrieved 2 Dec 2023.
  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 c d e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "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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