The
U.S.
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...
currently has 80
statistical areas that have been delineated by the
Office of Management and Budget
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The office's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, while it also examines agency pro ...
(OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 13
combined statistical areas, 26
metropolitan statistical areas, and 41
micropolitan statistical areas in Texas.
As of 2023, the largest of these is the
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA, encompassing the area around the
twin cities
Twin cities are a special case of two neighboring cities or urban centres that grow into a single conurbation – or narrowly separated urban areas – over time. There are no formal criteria, but twin cities are generally comparable in stat ...
of
Dallas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
and
Fort Worth
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...
in the northern part of the state.
Owing to its large area and population - the second-highest amongst the 50 states in both respects
- Texas contains the most statistical areas of any state.
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Table
Core-based statistical areas
The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CBSA along with its rate of population change over time.
Combined statistical areas
The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CSA along with its rate of population change over time.
See also
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Geography of Texas
The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which end in the south against the folde ...
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Demographics of Texas
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2023, Texas was the second largest state in population after California, with a population of 30,503,301, an increase of more than 1.3 million people, or 4.7%, since the 29,145,505 of the 2020 census. ...
Notes
References
External links
Office of Management and BudgetUnited States Census Bureau
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United States statistical areas
Statistical Areas Of Texas
Statistical Areas Of Texas