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
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
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
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 |
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Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates". census.gov. 2010. Retrieved 2 Dec 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ "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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