Table C-1. State composition of the census
regions and divisions
Region and division
State
Northeast:
New England ............. Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Middle Atlantic ........... New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Midwest:
East North Central ..... Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
West North Central .... Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
South:
South Atlantic ............ Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
East South Central .... Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
West South Central ... Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
West:
Mountain .................... Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Pacific ........................ Alaska
California
Hawaii
Oregon
Washington
Table C-2. Geographic boundaries of selected metropolitan areas
State and area
Definition
Alabama
Birmingham–Hoover ........................................... Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, and Walker Counties
Arizona
Phoenix–Mesa–Glendale .................................... Maricopa and Pinal Counties
California
Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana ................
Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario ....................
Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville ...............
San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos .....................
San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont ......................
San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara .....................
Los Angeles and Orange Counties
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties
San Diego County
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties
San Benito and Santa Clara Counties
Colorado
Denver–Aurora–Broomfield ................................ Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin,
Jefferson, and Park Counties
Connecticut
Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk ............................ Bridgeport, Norwalk, Shelton, and Stamford cities, and Darien, Easton, Fairfield,
Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Stratford,
Trumbull, Weston, Westport, and Wilton towns in Fairfield County; Ansonia,
Derby, and Milford cities, and Oxford, Seymour, Southbury, and Woodbridge
towns in New Haven County
Hartford–West Hartford–East Hartford ............... Bristol, Hartford, and New Britain cities, and Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield,
Burlington, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, Farmington, Glastonbury,
Granby, Hartland, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Plainville, Rocky Hill,
Simsbury, Southington, South Windsor, West Hartford, Wethersfield, and
Windsor towns in Hartford County; Barkhamsted, Harwinton, New Hartford,
Plymouth, and Thomaston towns in Litchfield County; Middletown city, and
Cromwell, East Haddam, East Hampton, Haddam, Middlefield, and Portland
towns in Middlesex County; Colchester and Lebanon towns in New London
County; Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield,
Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, and Willington towns in Tolland County;
Ashford town in Windham County
District of Columbia
Washington–Arlington–Alexandria ...................... District of Columbia; Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg,
Manassas, and Manassas Park cities, and Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier,
Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, VA;
Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties, MD;
Jefferson County, WV
Florida
Jacksonville ........................................................
Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach ..........
Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford .............................
Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater ....................
Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, and St. Johns Counties
Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties
Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties
Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties
Georgia
Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta ........................ Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson,
DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry,
Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale,
Spalding, and Walton Counties
Hawaii
Honolulu ............................................................. Honolulu County
Illinois
Chicago–Joliet–Naperville .................................. Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will
Counties, IL; Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter Counties, IN; Kenosha County,
WI
See footnote at end of table.
Table C-2. Geographic boundaries of selected metropolitan areas—Continued
State and area
Definition
Indiana
Indianapolis–Carmel ........................................... Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan,
Putnam, and Shelby Counties
Kentucky
Louisville–Jefferson County ................................ Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble
Counties, KY; Clark, Floyd, Harrison, and Washington Counties, IN
Louisiana
New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner ........................... Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist,
and St. Tammany Parishes
Maryland
Baltimore–Towson .............................................. Baltimore city, and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and
Queen Anne's Counties
Massachusetts
Boston–Cambridge–Quincy ................................ Taunton city, and Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Mansfield, Norton, and Raynham
towns in Bristol County; Beverly, Gloucester, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynn,
Methuen, Newburyport, Peabody, and Salem cities, and Amesbury, Andover,
Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield,
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury,
North Andover, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield,
Wenham, and West Newbury towns in Essex County; Cambridge, Everett,
Lowell, Malden, Marlborough, Medford, Melrose, Newton, Somerville, Waltham,
Watertown, and Woburn cities, and Acton, Arlington, Ashland, Ayer, Bedford,
Belmont, Billerica, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord,
Dracut, Dunstable, Framingham, Groton, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson,
Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, Natick, North Reading, Pepperell,
Reading, Sherborn, Shirley, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Townsend,
Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Wayland, Westford, Weston, Wilmington, and
Winchester towns in Middlesex County; Franklin and Quincy cities, and Avon,
Braintree, Brookline, Canton, Cohasset, Dedham, Dover, Foxborough,
Holbrook, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Milton, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood,
Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, Weymouth, and
Wrentham towns in Norfolk County; Brockton city, and Abington, Bridgewater,
Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull,
Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth,
Plympton, Rockland, Scituate, West Bridgewater, and Whitman towns in
Plymouth County; Boston, Chelsea, and Revere cities, and Winthrop town in
Suffolk County; Berlin, Bolton, Harvard, Hopedale, Mendon, Milford,
Southborough, and Upton towns in Worcester County, MA; Nashua city, and
Amherst, Brookline, Greenfield, Greenville, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield,
Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Pelham, and Wilton towns in Hillsborough
County; Atkinson, Brentwood, Chester, Danville, Derry, East Kingston, Epping,
Exeter, Fremont, Hampstead, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston,
Londonderry, Newfields, Newton, Plaistow, Raymond, Salem, Sandown,
Seabrook, South Hampton, and Windham towns in Rockingham County, NH
Michigan
Detroit–Warren–Livonia ...................................... Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne Counties
Minnesota
Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington .................... Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne,
Washington, and Wright Counties, MN; Pierce and St. Croix Counties, WI
See footnote at end of table.
Table C-2. Geographic boundaries of selected metropolitan areas—Continued
State and area
Definition
Missouri
Kansas City ........................................................ Bates, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, and Ray
Counties, MO; Franklin, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, and Wyandotte
Counties, KS
St. Louis¹ ............................................................. St. Louis city, and Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, Warren,
and Washington Counties, MO; Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin,
Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair Counties, IL
Nevada
Las Vegas–Paradise ........................................... Clark County
New York
Buffalo–Niagara Falls ......................................... Erie and Niagara Counties
New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island .... Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland,
Suffolk, and Westchester Counties, NY; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon,
Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union
Counties, NJ; Pike County, PA
Rochester ........................................................... Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, and Wayne Counties
North Carolina
Charlotte–Gastonia–Rock Hill ............................. Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, and Union Counties, NC; York County,
SC
Ohio
Cincinnati–Middletown ........................................ Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren Counties, OH; Boone, Bracken,
Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, and Pendleton Counties, KY; Dearborn,
Franklin, and Ohio Counties, IN
Cleveland–Elyria–Mentor .................................... Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina Counties
Columbus ........................................................... Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway, and Union
Counties
Dayton ................................................................ Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Preble Counties
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City .................................................... Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, and Oklahoma Counties
Tulsa .................................................................. Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, and Wagoner Counties
Oregon
Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro ........................... Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington, and Yamhill Counties, OR;
Clark and Skamania Counties, WA
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington ..................... Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties, PA;
Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties, NJ; New Castle County,
DE; Cecil County, MD
Pittsburgh ........................................................... Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland
Counties
Rhode Island
Providence–Fall River–Warwick ......................... Barrington, Bristol, and Warren towns in Bristol County; Warwick city, and
Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich, and West Warwick towns in Kent
County; Newport city, and Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Portsmouth,
and Tiverton towns in Newport County; Central Falls, Cranston, East
Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket cities, and Burrillville,
Cumberland, Foster, Glocester, Johnston, Lincoln, North Providence, North
Smithfield, Scituate, and Smithfield town in Providence County; Charlestown,
Exeter, Hopkinton, Narragansett, North Kingstown, Richmond, and South
Kingstown in Washington County, RI; Attleboro and Fall River cities, and North
Attleborough, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport towns in
Bristol County; Bellingham and Plainville towns in Norfolk County; Blackstone
and Millville towns in Worcester County, MA
See footnote at end of table.
Table C-2. Geographic boundaries of selected metropolitan areas—Continued
State and area
Definition
Tennessee
Memphis ............................................................. Fayette, Shelby, and Tipton Counties, TN; DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, and Tunica
Counties, MS; Crittenden County, AR
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin ....... Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Macon, Robertson,
Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, and Wilson Counties
Texas
Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos ....................... Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties
Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington ............................... Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall,
Tarrant, and Wise Counties
Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown .......................... Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery,
San Jacinto, and Waller Counties
San Antonio–New Braunfels ............................... Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, and Wilson
Counties
Utah
Salt Lake City ..................................................... Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele Counties
Virginia
Richmond ........................................................... Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond cities, and Amelia,
Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland,
Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Louisa, New Kent, Powhatan,
Prince George, and Sussex Counties
Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News .............. Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth,
Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg cities, and Gloucester, Isle of Wight,
James City, Mathews, Surry, and York Counties, VA; Currituck County, NC
Washington
Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue .................................. King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties
Wisconsin
Milwaukee–Waukesha–West Allis ...................... Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha Counties
¹ This is not the official definition of the St. Louis area. Excluded is the part of Sullivan city in Crawford County, MO.
Table C-3. Geographic boundaries of selected metropolitan divisions
State, metropolitan area, and metropolitan division
California
Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana
Los Angeles–Long Beach–Glendale ............................
Santa Ana–Anaheim–Irvine ..........................................
San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont
Oakland–Fremont–Hayward .........................................
San Francisco–San Mateo–Redwood City ...................
Definition
Los Angeles County
Orange County
Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties
District of Columbia
Washington–Arlington–Alexandria
Bethesda–Frederick–Rockville ..................................... Frederick and Montgomery Counties, MD
Washington–Arlington–Alexandria ................................ District of Columbia; Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg,
Manassas, and Manassas Park cities, and Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax,
Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren
Counties, VA; Calvert, Charles, and Prince George's Counties, MD;
Jefferson County, WV
Florida
Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Miami Beach
Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach–Deerfield Beach .... Broward County
Miami–Miami Beach–Kendall ....................................... Miami-Dade County
West Palm Beach–Boca Raton–Boynton Beach .......... Palm Beach County
Illinois
Chicago–Naperville–Joliet
Chicago–Naperville–Joliet ............................................ Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, McHenry, and Will
Counties
Massachusetts
Boston–Cambridge–Quincy
Boston–Cambridge–Quincy .......................................... Mansfield town in Bristol County; Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport
cities, and Andover, Boxford, Essex, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield,
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Middleton, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley,
Saugus, Topsfield, and Wenham towns in Essex County; Cambridge,
Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Newton, Somerville, Waltham,
Watertown, and Woburn cities, and Acton, Arlington, Ayer, Bedford,
Belmont, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle, Concord, Groton, Lexington,
Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, North Reading, Reading, Sherborn, Shirley,
Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Wakefield, Wayland, Weston, Wilmington,
and Winchester towns in Middlesex County; Franklin and Quincy cities,
and Braintree, Brookline, Canton, Cohasset, Dedham, Dover,
Foxborough, Holbrook, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Milton, Needham,
Norfolk, Norwood, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, Wellesley,
Westwood, Weymouth, and Wrentham towns in Norfolk County; Carver,
Duxbury, Hanover, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Norwell,
Pembroke, Plymouth, Rockland, and Scituate towns in Plymouth
County; Boston, Chelsea, and Revere cities, and Winthrop town in
Suffolk County; Bolton and Harvard towns in Worcester County
Michigan
Detroit–Warren–Livonia
Detroit–Livonia–Dearborn ............................................. Wayne County
Warren–Troy–Farmington Hills ..................................... Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair Counties
Table C-3. Geographic boundaries of selected metropolitan divisions—Continued
State, metropolitan area, and metropolitan division
Definition
New York
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
Edison–New Brunswick ................................................ Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Somerset Counties, NJ
Nassau–Suffolk ............................................................ Nassau and Suffolk Counties
New York–White Plains–Wayne ................................... Bronx, Kings, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, and
Westchester Counties, NY; Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic Counties, NJ
Newark–Union .............................................................. Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, and Union Counties, NJ; Pike
County, PA
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington
Camden ....................................................................... Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties, NJ
Philadelphia ................................................................. Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties
Texas
Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington
Dallas–Plano–Irving ...................................................... Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall
Counties
Fort Worth–Arlington .................................................... Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise Counties
Washington
Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue
Seattle–Bellevue–Everett ............................................. King and Snohomish Counties