Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
There are 169 counties in the Fourth District, and 68 of these counties are located within the District’s 16 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). An MSA is an area with a large population core, combined with adjacent communities that have a high degree of social and economic integration with that core.
The four most populous MSAs in the Fourth District—Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus—contain about half of the District’s total population of nearly 17 million people.
Ten Largest MSAs in the Fourth District
| Metropolitan area |
2000
|
2010
|
2000-2010 percent change |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh |
2,429
|
2,356
|
−2.9
|
|
| Cleveland |
2,148
|
2,077
|
−3.2
|
|
| Cincinnati |
2,015
|
1,625
|
−19.3
|
|
| Columbus |
1,620
|
1,837
|
13.4
|
|
| Dayton |
848
|
842
|
−0.7
|
|
| Akron |
696
|
703
|
1.0
|
|
| Toledo |
659
|
651
|
−1.1
|
|
| Youngstown | 602 |
449 |
−25.4 |
|
| Lexington | 410 |
472 |
15.2 |
|
| Canton | 407 |
404 |
−0.6 |
|
| Fourth District | 16,759 |
16,944 |
1.1 |
|
| United States | 282,166 |
309,051 |
9.5 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.