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Situation & Outlook Report

Fargo, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area
(CBSA 22020)
Geographic-Demographic-Economic Characteristics -- access other areas
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Contents of this Report
This document is organized into these sections:
1. Recent Trends & Outlook
2. Overview & Updates
3. Reference & Thematic Pattern Maps
3.1. Lay of the Land
3.2. Neighborhood Patterns of Economic Prosperity
4. Population Characteristics & Trends
4.1. Component City Characteristics
4.2. Component County Characteristics
4.2.1. RDEMS Component County Characteristics
4.3. General Demographic Characteristics
5. Housing Characteristics & Trends
5.1. Total Housing Units
5.2. General Housing Characteristics
5.3. Residential Construction; Housing Units Authorized & Value
5.4. Housing Price Index
6. Economic Characteristics & Trends
6.1. Economic Profile
6.2. Cost of Living Indexes
6.3. Cost of Doing Business Indexes
6.4. Consumer Price Index
6.5. Gross Domestic Product
6.6. Establishments, Employment & Earnings by Type of Business
6.7. Labor Market Characteristics & Trends
7. Education Infrastructure
7.1. Component School District Characteristics
7.2. Component Higher Education Institution Characteristics
8. GeoPolitics
  Terms of Use
  Related Resources
  Using this Document
  Updates
  About Metros & Principal Cities
  Glossary


1. Recent Trends & Outlook
Summary of recent business, demographic, economic trends; year-ahead & 5-year outlook.
- the Recent Trends & Outlook section, updated quarterly, covers topics about this metro such as .. assessing the implications of next jobs report .. impact of Fed''s interest rate action .. which sectors are expanding or contracting .. housing market conditions .. insights to help your planning and decision-making. The Recent Trends & Outlook section is available in the subscription edition.

2. Overview & Update
The total population of the Fargo, ND-MN MSA metro changed from 209,419 in 2010 to 228,557 in 2015, a change of 24,417 (11.7%). Among all 917 metros, this metro was ranked number 206 in 2010 and 192 in 2015, based on total population. Annual net migration was 1,929 (2011), 2,719 (2012), 4,129 (2013), 2,882 (2014), 2,882 (2015). View annual population estimates and components of change table. See more about population characteristics below.

This metro is projected to have a total population in 2020 of 240,033. The projected population change from 2010 to 2020 is 30,610 (14.6%). The population ages 65 years and over is projected to change from 22,261 (2010) to 35,542 (2020), a change of 13,281 (59.7%). See more about population projections.

Based on per capita personal income (PCPI), this metro was ranked number 147 in 2008 and 85 in 2014. among the 917 metros for which personal income was estimated.The PCPI changed from $39,955 in 2008 to $48,914 in 2014, a change of $8,959 (22.4%). Per capita personal income (PCPI) is a comprehensive measure of individual economic well-being. Use the interactive table to compare PCPI in this metro to other metros. See more about PCPI in Economic Characteristics section below.

282 metropolitan statistical areas, of the total 381, experienced an increase in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between 2009 and 2014. This metro ranked number 146 among the 381 metros based on 2014 GDP. The GDP (millions of current dollars) changed from $10,493 in 2009 to $15,026 in 2014 a change of $4,533 (43.2%). Real GDP (millions of real, inflation adjusted, dollars) changed from $10,493 in 2009 to $13,611 in 2014, a change of $3,118 (29.72%). GDP is the most comprehensive measure of metro economic activity. GDP is the sum of the GDP originating in all industries in the metro. See more about GDP in Economic Characteristics section below.

Attributes of driil-down, small area geography within the metro ... metros account for 65,744 of the national scope 73,056 census tracts (others are in non-metro areas). This metro is comprised of 46 tracts covering the metro wall-to-wall. View, rank, compare demographic-economic attributes of these tracts using the interactive tables. Use the CBSA code 22020; see table usage details below the table.

Fortune 1000 Companies with headquarters in this metro.
  • Titan Machinery Inc.

Number in this metro: 1. Extended data & analysis in subscription edition.

3. Lay of the Land & Neighborhood Patterns of Economic Prosperity   go top

3.1. Lay of the Land go top
Lay of the Land. The following map shows the metro with bold boundary.
Counties are labeled with county name and state-county FIPS code.

 
  View developed with CV XE GIS software.   See this section to learn about making custom metro maps.

3.2. Patterns of Economic Prosperity by Neighborhood go top

Median household income by census tract (see color/data legend at left of map).

 
  View developed with CV XE GIS software.   See this section to learn about making custom metro maps.

4. Population Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly, quarterly, annually. Housing market conditions and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

4.1. Component City Characteristics go top
Principal Cities (about principal cities); Click link to view city profile.
  •   Fargo

Cities 10,000 population and over; click link to view city profile.
  AreaCensus
2010
July 1
2010
July 1
2011
July 1
2012
July 1
2013
July 1
2014
Change
2010-14
%Change
2010-14
  Fargo, ND (3825700) 105,549 105,933 107,714 110,254 113,915 115,863 9,930 9.40
  Moorhead, MN (2743864) 38,065 38,199 38,833 39,073 39,301 39,857 1,658 4.30
  West Fargo, ND (3884780) 25,830 25,932 26,588 27,602 29,956 31,771 5,839 22.50

All places interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All places time series population estimates interactive table.

4.2. Component County Characteristics   go top
Updated periodically, annually. General demographics, social characteristics and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

Metropolitan areas are defined as one or more contiguous counties based on a set of demographic-economic criteria. Counties comprising the metro are shown below. For multi-county metros, this section provides insights into how the population is changing by county. Many metros changed geographic composition (counties included in the metro) between the Census 2010 vintage and the current vintage. These changes, if any, are also shown below (county is marked with **). See projections in related section.Click county code link to view county components of change.

  AreaJuly 1
2010
PctJuly 1
2011
PctJuly 1
2012
PctJuly 1
2013
PctJuly 1
2014
PctJuly 1
2015
Pct
Metro Summary ... more details 209,419 100.0 213,082 100.0 217,727 100.0 223,695 100.0 228,557 100.0 233,836 100.0
  Clay County, MN (27027) 59,149 28.2 59,967 28.1 60,218 27.7 60,606 27.1 61,281 26.8 62,324 26.7
  Cass County, ND (38017) 150,270 71.8 153,115 71.9 157,509 72.3 163,089 72.9 167,276 73.2 171,512 73.3

All counties interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All counties population estimates & components of change time series interactive table.

4.2.1. RDEMS County Characteristics
Updated quarterly. For more information, see RDEMS Main.
Links open HSG1 Housing & New Residential Construction section. Select other sections from list above table.
  Cass County, ND

4.3. General Demographic Characteristics
Updated annually. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Total Population: Race/Origin 223,490 228,291 4,801 2.15
  One race 218,135 223,280 5,145 2.36
    White 205,079 205,812 733 0.36
    Black/African American 205,079 205,812 733 0.36
    American Indian/Alaska Native 2,456 2,771 315 12.83
    Asian alone 4,619 5,215 596 12.90
    Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 28 7 -21 -75.00
    Some other race alone 475 1,458 983 206.95
  Two or more races 5,355 5,011 -344 -6.42
  Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 6,239 6,637 398 6.38
Population 25 years and over 135,865 141,371 5,506 6.38
  % high school graduate or higher 93.7 94.6 0.9 0.96
  % bachelor's degree or higher 35.3 36.7 1.4 3.97
Total Households 90,959 92,345 1,386 3.97
  Median household income ($) 51,961 53,867 1,906 3.67
  Mean household income ($) 69,174 75,239 6,065 8.77
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Total Population: Gender & Age 223,490 228,291 4,801 2.15
  Male 112,735 113,570 835 8.77
  Female 110,755 114,721 3,966 8.77
  Under 5 years 15,119 15,556 437 8.77
  5 to 9 years 13,066 15,782 2,716 20.79
  10 to 14 years 13,921 12,416 -1,505 -10.81
  15 to 19 years 17,440 16,320 -1,120 -6.42
  20 to 24 years 28,079 26,846 -1,233 -4.39
  25 to 34 years 35,352 37,307 1,955 5.53
  35 to 44 years 25,864 27,302 1,438 5.56
  45 to 54 years 25,812 26,430 618 2.39
  55 to 59 years 14,860 12,525 -2,335 -15.71
  55 to 59 years 14,860 12,525 -2,335 -15.71
  60 to 64 years 9,558 12,202 2,644 27.66
  65 to 74 years 12,518 13,402 884 7.06
  75 to 84 years 7,492 8,031 539 7.19
  85 years and over 4,409 4,172 -237 -5.38
  Median age 31.7 32.3 0.6 1.89
  18 years and over 174,339 177,257 2,918 1.67
  21 years and over 157,459 161,951 4,492 2.85
  62 years and over 30,132 33,343 3,211 10.66
  65 years and over 24,419 25,605 1,186 4.86

5. Housing Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly, quarterly, annually. Housing market conditions and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

5.1. Total Housing Units
Updated Annually. Independent annual model-based estimates. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  ItemCensus
2010
July 1
2010
July 1
2011
July 1
2012
July 1
2013
July 1
2014
Change
2010-2014
%Change
2010-2014
  Total Housing Units 91,897 92,272 93,456 95,002 97,113 100,074 7,802 8.46

5.2. General Housing Characteristics
Updated Annually. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Housing Units: Units in Structure 96,933 100,080 3,147 3.25
  1-unit, detached 46,153 49,766 3,613 7.83
  1-unit, attached 8,968 8,341 -627 -6.99
  2 units 2,421 689 -1,732 -71.54
  3 or 4 units 3,266 2,997 -269 -8.24
  5 to 9 units 3,702 3,418 -284 -7.67
  10 to 20 units 8,156 9,517 1,361 16.69
  20 or more units 21,874 22,691 817 3.74
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Housing Units: Occupancy & Tenure 96,933 100,080 3,147 3.25
  Occupied Housing Units 90,959 92,345 1,386 1.52
    Owner 50,339 53,892 3,553 7.06
    Renter 40,620 38,453 -2,167 -5.33
  Vacant Housing Units 5,974 7,735 1,761 29.48
  Homeowner vacancy rate 1.10 1.10 0.00...
  Rental vacancy rate 3.70 4.30 0.60...
Average household size; owner-occ 2.63 2.65 0.02 0.76
Average household size; renter-occ 2.01 1.98 -0.03 -1.49
Median Value $ owner occupied 166,900 171,300 4,400 2.64
Median Rent $ renter occupied 705 715 10 1.42

5.3. Residential Construction; Housing Units Authorized & Value
Updated Monthly. 12 most recent months. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  ItemAug15Sep15Oct15Nov15Dec15Jan16Feb16Mar16Apr16May16Jun16Jul16
Total Residential Units 332 314 230 201 43 12 134 94 231 312 180 348
  in 1 unit bldgs 95 152 214 72 37 12 17 94 191 149 139 128
  in 2 unit bldgs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 10 2
  in 3-4 unit bldgs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 31 0
  in 5+ unit bldgs 237 162 16 129 6 0 117 0 40 135 0 218
  Bldgs with 5+ units 4 13 1 5 1 0 2 0 4 9 0 6
  Percent Coverage 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Value ($000), Total Units 42,805 52,608 47,484 28,283 7,955 4,343 14,459 21,681 51,375 53,198 42,083 47,980
  1 unit structures 24,228 36,300 46,389 18,932 7,345 4,343 4,016 21,681 47,003 35,956 37,175 31,445
  2 unit structures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,600 568 250
  3-4 unit structures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 533 4,340 0
  5+ unit structures 18,577 16,308 1,095 9,351 610 0 10,443 0 4,372 13,109 0 16,285

5.4. Housing Price Index go top
Updated quarterly. All transactions; not seasonally adjusted. See related Housing Price Index (HPI) interactive table.
See related 5-Digit ZIP Code HPI interactive table.

    Housing Price Index:2015Q32015Q42016Q12016Q22016Q3
    225.06 225.32 230.47 233.12 239.14
    Quarter-to-Quarter/Year Percent Change:2015Q3-2015Q42015Q4-2016Q12016Q1-2016Q22016Q2-2016Q32015Q3-2016Q3
  0.12 2.29 1.15 2.58 6.26
6. Economic Characteristics & Trends go top

6.1. Economic Profile go top
The Economic Profile shows shows derivation and key components of total personal income. Data are organized by place of residence and place of work. The place of residence profile includes estimates of total personal income, population, and per capita personal income. The place of work profile includes estimates of total earnings, total employment and average earnings per job. Updated annually. See related interactive table.

  Item20112012201320142015Change
2011-2015
%Change
2011-2015
Personal income 9,087,902 10,090,980 10,596,294 11,214,657 11,688,827 2,600,925 28.6
  Net earnings 1/ 6,005,936 6,769,881 7,060,599 7,454,015 7,776,360 1,770,424 29.5
  Personal current transfer receipts 1,236,662 1,252,421 1,305,466 1,370,579 1,441,433 204,771 16.6
    Income maintenance 2/ 122,218 123,662 126,910 129,732 131,810 9,592 7.8
    Unemployment insurance compensation 38,870 30,597 30,223 23,445 25,942 -12,928 -33.3
    Retirement and other 1,075,574 1,098,162 1,148,333 1,217,402 1,283,681 208,107 19.3
  Dividends, interest, and rent 3/ 1,845,304 2,068,678 2,230,229 2,390,063 2,471,034 625,730 33.9
  Population 4/ 213,082 217,727 223,695 228,557 233,836 20,754 9.7
  Per capita personal income 42,650 46,347 47,369 49,067 49,987 7,337 17.2
  Per capita net earnings 28,186 31,093 31,564 32,613 33,256 5,070 18.0
  Per capita personal current transfer receipts 5,804 5,752 5,836 5,997 6,164 360 6.2
    Per capita income maintenance 574 568 567 568 564 -10 -1.7
    Per capita unemployment insurance compensation 182 141 135 103 111 -71 -39.0
    Per capita retirement and other 5,048 5,044 5,133 5,326 5,490 442 8.8
  Per capita dividends, interest, and rent 8,660 9,501 9,970 10,457 10,567 1,907 22.0
  Earnings by place of work 6,936,191 7,716,571 8,164,729 8,657,328 9,059,116 2,122,925 30.6
    Wages and salaries 5,097,991 5,520,022 5,796,298 6,232,965 6,565,833 1,467,842 28.8
    Supplements to wages and salaries 1,178,211 1,177,937 1,249,579 1,364,779 1,411,132 232,921 19.8
      Employer cont. for empl. pension & insur. funds 6/ 743,326 745,257 784,185 854,545 874,264 130,938 17.6
      Employer cont. for government social insurance 434,885 432,680 465,394 510,234 536,868 101,983 23.5
    Proprietors' income 659,989 1,018,612 1,118,852 1,059,584 1,082,151 422,162 64.0
      Nonfarm proprietors' income 151,344 264,914 224,272 4,490 -28,881 -180,225 -119.1
      Farm proprietors' income 508,645 753,698 894,580 1,055,094 1,111,032 602,387 118.4
Total full-time and part-time employment 156,614 161,593 166,139 171,399 174,274 17,660 11.3
  Wage and salary jobs 129,132 133,951 137,475 141,639 143,753 14,621 11.3
  Number of proprietors 27,482 27,642 28,664 29,760 30,521 3,039 11.1
    Number of nonfarm proprietors 7/ 1,509 1,497 1,515 1,504 1,492 -17 -1.1
    Number of farm proprietors 25,973 26,145 27,149 28,256 29,029 3,056 11.8
Average earnings per job (dollars) 44,288 47,753 49,144 50,510 51,982 7,694 17.4
  Average wages and salaries 39,479 41,209 42,163 44,006 45,674 6,195 15.7
  Average nonfarm proprietors' income 19,584 28,828 32,951 37,341 38,273 18,689 95.4
Dollar items are in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation). Per capita items in dollars; other dollar items in thousands of dollars.
See related notes.

6.2. Cost of Living Indexes   go top
Updated periodically. Available in subscription edition.

6.3. Cost of Doing Business Indexes   go top
Updated periodically. Available in subscription edition.

6.4. Consumer Price Index   go top
Updated monthly. Available in subscription edition.

6.5. Gross Domestic Product by Sector   go top
Updated quarterly, annually. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table. Additional detail in subscription edition.
  Item200920102011201220132014Change
2009-14
%Change
2009-14
Gross Domestic Product, millions of current dollars 10,493 11,296 12,557 13,767 14,176 15,026 4,533 43.20
Real Gross Domestic Product, millions of real dollars 10,493 11,178 12,163 13,006 13,097 13,611 3,118 29.72

6.6. Establishments, Employment & Earnings by Detailed Type of Business go top
Updated quarterly. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  SectorEstablishments
2015Q1
Employment
2015Q1
Avg Weekly Wages
2015Q1
Establishments
2015Q2
Employment
2015Q2
Avg Weekly Wages
2015Q2
 Total, all industries 8,096 217,618 885 8,189 223,743 842
 Total, all industries - Fed Govt 70 3,948 1,512 68 3,980 1,249
 Total, all industries - St Govt 55 7,992 1,054 54 8,015 1,089
 Total, all industries - Local Govt 106 15,221 828 106 15,503 951
 Total, all industries - Private 7,865 190,457 869 7,961 196,246 815
    Goods-producing 1,411 30,342 948 1,442 32,900 940
      Natural resources and mining 144 781 977 143 1,002 1,013
      Construction 997 12,722 956 1,022 15,269 985
      Manufacturing 270 16,840 940 277 16,629 892
    Service-providing 6,454 160,115 854 6,519 163,346 790
      Trade, transportation & utilities 2,063 48,997 819 2,077 49,755 777
      Information 125 5,127 1,295 122 5,125 1,185
      Financial activities 881 17,065 1,164 886 17,194 1,015
      Professional & business services 1,418 25,527 1,118 1,441 26,102 973
      Education and health services 685 34,072 906 700 34,533 873
      Leisure and hospitality 618 22,155 314 627 23,346 313
      Other services 664 7,173 536 666 7,292 554

Notes: cell value of '...' indicates value suppressed to maintain confidentiality.

Use the following links to access detailed establishment and employment data by type of business (CSV files).
  .. see notes on using these files.
  2013Q1 .. 2013Q2 .. 2013Q3 .. 2013Q4 .|. 2014Q1 .. 2014Q2 .. 2014Q3 .. 2014Q4 .|. 2015Q1 .. 2015Q2 .. 2015Q3 .. 2015Q4 .. 2016Q1 .. 2016Q2
 
6.7. Labor Market Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly. Available in subscription edition.
For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
Table shows 13 most recent months.
  ItemAug15Sep15Oct15Nov15Dec15Jan16Feb16Mar16Apr16May16Jun16Jul16Aug16
Unemplymnt Rate 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.3 3.0 4.3 4.2 4.3 3.2 2.8 3.6 3.2 3.2
Unemployment 950 888 818 825 1,105 1,591 1,550 1,593 1,178 1,015 1,301 1,157 1,113
Employment 34,411 34,873 35,436 35,517 35,414 35,060 35,237 35,258 35,297 35,212 34,735 34,725 34,168
Labor Force35,36135,76136,25436,34236,51936,65136,78736,85136,47536,22736,03635,88235,281

7. Education Infrastructure   go top

7.1. Component School District Characteristics   go top
Districts in this metro. Updated periodically. See related School District interactive table.
District NameCity Name District
Code
Locale
Code
CountyState2012-13
Enrollment
2013 Total
Population
Grade Relevant
Pop Ages 5-17
Barnesville Public School Dist.Barnesville 27036604227027MN 875 4,570 924
Dilworth-Glyndon-FeltonDilworth 27102602227027MN 1,492 6,253 1,253
Hawley Public School DistrictHawley 27135604227027MN 944 4,198 867
Moorhead Public School DistrictMoorhead 27214202227027MN 5,709 44,176 6,657
Ulen-Hitterdal Public School DistUlen 27408104227027MN 306 1,738 323
Central Cass 17Casselton 38040904238017ND 794 4,113 890
Fargo 1Fargo 38067801238017ND 11,007 97,391 13,374
Kindred 2Kindred 38000254238017ND 684 3,789 786
Maple Valley 4Tower City 38120204338017ND 236 1,573 273
Mapleton 7Mapleton 38120304238017ND 86 1,133 231
Northern Cass 97Hunter 38000444238017ND 561 2,484 494
Page 80Page 38147304338017ND 88 672 115
West Fargo 6West Fargo 38194102238017ND 8,060 53,125 8,628

Number of districts: 13 ... Total enrollment: 30,842
All school districts interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All school districts enrollment & adminstratively reported data interactive table.

7.2. Component Higher Education Institution Characteristics   go top
2014-15 School Year. Extended detail Available in subscription edition.
  Institution City Name Code LevelTotal UG EnrollmentFulltime UG EnrollmentTotal Grad EnrollmentFulltime Grad Enrollment
Concordia College at Moorhead Moorhead, MN1733007 2,381 2,332 17 0
Josef's School of Hair Design Inc-Fargo Downtown Fargo, ND2001654 49 49 0 0
Josef's School of Hair Design Inc-Fargo West Fargo, ND4565514 51 51 0 0
Minnesota School of Business-Moorhead Moorhead, MN4555855 135 100 0 0
Minnesota State University-Moorhead Moorhead, MN1743589 5,731 4,727 575 181
North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND2003329 12,124 10,865 2,623 1,052
Rasmussen College-North Dakota Fargo, ND2000135 793 426 0 0
The Salon Professional Academy-Fargo Fargo, ND4480264 103 93 0 0

  Number of institutions: 8 ... Total undergraduate enrollment: 21,367
  Levels: 3-Assoc degree, 4-at least 2, but < 4 years, 5-Bach degree, 6-Postbacc cert, 7 Masters degree, 8 Post-masters cert, 9 Doctors degree

8. GeoPolitics   go top
Updated periodically. Voting patterns, citizen voting age population, state legislative districts, congressional districts .. in this metro.
Available in subscription edition.

Notes
  • All data are for current vintage county and metro definition.
  • Developed by ProximityOne -- Metro Reports (888-364-7656)
  • Data sources: ProximityOne, Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Housing Finance Agency,
    National Center for Education Statistics.

Updates go top
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  • Overview lead narrative; quarterly & annual/March.
  • Housing Price Index (section 5.4) quarterly.
  • Establishments, employment & earnings (section 6.6) quarterly.
  • Economic profile and personal income (section 6.1) annual/November.
  • Labor market situation (section 6.7) monthly.
  • Residential construction; units authorized & value (section 5.3.) monthly.
  • Population by county; annual series 2010-2016 (section 4.2.) annual/July.
  • Population by county; links for individual counties (section 4.2.) annual/July.
      -- includes annual data 2010-2016.
      -- includes components of change; race/origin; single year of age; age group summaries.
  • Total population and components of change; annual/March.
  • Census tracts overview section; annual/December.
  • General Demographics section updated/extended; annual/December.
  • Gross Domestic Product section; annual/September.
  • Higher education institutions; annual/February.
  • Metro & county demographic component detailed annual estimates; annual/March.
  • School districts in metro & K-12 enrollment; annual/August.
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  • Making Custom Metropolitan Area Maps
  • Rental Market Conditions by Metropolitan Area
  • Metro Gross Domestic Product
  • Housing Price Index
  • Establishments, Employment & Earnings
  • Regional Economic Information System
  • ACS 2014 1-year General Demographics ... Social Characteristics ... Economic Characteristics ... Housing Characteristics

Using this Document go top
The Situation & Outlook Report, a component of the Situation & Outlook, is a core ProximityOne information resource providing insights into characteristics and trends of counties, metropolitan areas, states and the U.S. The Report also provides a gateway to drill-down demographic, economic and business data for smaller geographic areas.

Metropolitan areas include approximately 94 percent of the U.S. population -- 85 percent in metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and 9 percent in micropolitan statistical areas (MISAs).

About Metropolitan Areas & Principal Cities -- scroll section go top
Metropolitan Areas are designated by OMB ("Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas") based mainly on Census Bureau-sourced data. Metropolitan areas are defined as Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (MISA). MSAs and MISAs are also referred to a Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs). Contiguous CBSAs are defined as Combined Statistical Areas (CSA).

By definition, metropolitan areas are comprised of one or more contiguous counties. Metropolitan areas are not single cities and typically include many cities. Metropolitan areas are comprised of urban and rural areas and often have large expanses of rural territory. A business and demographic-economic synergy exists within each metro; metros often interact with adjacent metros. The demographic-economic make-up of metros vary widely and change often. See more about metros.

Principal Cities. The largest city in each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area is designated a "principal city." Principal cities are designated by OMB based on Census-sourced data. Additional cities qualify as principal cities if specified requirements are met concerning population size and employment. The title of each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area consists of the names of up to three of its principal cities and the name of each state into which the metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area extends. Titles of metropolitan divisions also typically are based on principal city names but in certain cases consist of county names.

One or more principal cities are designated within each Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and Micropolitan Statistical Area (MISA). The term "principal city" is defined in the OMB "Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas." A principal city is an OMB designation applied to one or more incorporated places and/or census designated places (CDPs). The OMB standards designate a Principal City (or Cities) of a Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) as determined by:
  a) The largest incorporated place with a 2010 Census population of at least 10,000 in the CBSA or,
        if no incorporated place of at least 10,000 population is present in the CBSA,
        the largest incorporated place or census designated place in the CBSA; and
  b) Additional places with 2010 Census population of at least 250,000 or in which 100,000 or more persons work; and
  c) Additional places with 2010 Census population of 50,000-250,000,
        and number of workers working in the place meets or exceeds the number of workers living in the place; and
  d) Additional places with 2010 Census population of 10,000-50,000, and at least one-third the population size of the largest place,
        and in which the number of workers working in the place meets or exceeds the number of workers living in the place.

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