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Metropolitan Statistical Areas

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Description

Metropolitan Statistical Areas are CBSAs associated with at least one urbanized area that has a population of at least 50,000. The metropolitan statistical area comprises the central county or counties or equivalent entities containing the core, plus adjacent outlying counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the central county or counties as measured through commuting.Download: https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TGRGDB24/tlgdb_2024_a_us_nationgeo.gdb.zip Layer: Core_Based_Statistical_Area where [MEMI] = "1"Metadata: https://meta.geo.census.gov/data/existing/decennial/GEO/GPMB/TIGERline/Current_19115/series_tl_2023_cbsa.shp.iso.xml

Inventory Name

metropolitan-statistical-areas

Categories

GeonamesGovernment

Created: 2/15/2026, 7:09:29 AM

Updated: 2/15/2026, 7:09:29 AM