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1. How many people do Metropolitan Statistical Areas MSAs have to have?
2. What is the difference between MSA and CSA?
3. What is the difference between CBSA and MSA?
4. What are the largest MSAs in the United States?

How many people do Metropolitan Statistical Areas MSAs have to have?

Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas

Each metropolitan statistical area must have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants.

What is the difference between MSA and CSA?

The primary distinguishing factor between a CSA and an MSA/µSA is that the social and economic ties between the individual MSAs/µSAs within a CSA are at lower levels than between the counties within an MSA. CSAs represent multiple metropolitan or micropolitan areas that have an employment interchange of at least 15%.

What is the difference between CBSA and MSA?

The difference between MSAs and micropolitan statistical areas is size: a CBSA must have a population of at least 50,000 in its largest urban area to qualify as an MSA; CBSAs that fail to meet this criterion are micropolitan statistical areas.

What are the largest MSAs in the United States?

The metropolitan area of New York-Newark-Jersey City had the biggest population in 2021. Based on annual estimates from the 2020 census, the metropolitan area had around 19.77 million inhabitants, which was a slight decrease on the previous year. The Los Angeles and Chicago metro areas rounded out the top three.