The Lima metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Allen – in Northwest Ohio, anchored by the city of Lima. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 108,473 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 104,357).
History
The Lima metropolitan area was first defined in 1950. Then known as the Lima standard metropolitan area (Lima SMA), it consisted of a single county – Allen – and had a population of 88,183. Following a term change by the Bureau of the Budget (present-day Office of Management and Budget) in 1959, the Lima SMA became the Lima standard metropolitan statistical area (Lima SMSA). By the census of 1960, the population had grown to 103,691, an 18 percent increase over the previous census.
Two additional counties were added to the Lima SMSA in 1971 – Putnam and Van Wert. Auglaize County became a part of the SMSA in 1973. With that addition, there were a total of 218,244 residents living in the metropolitan area at the 1980 census.
In 1983, the official designation was shortened to the Lima metropolitan statistical area (Lima MSA), which is still in use to date. That same year, Putnam and Van Wert counties were removed from the MSA, leaving only Allen and Auglaize counties in the defined area. The two-county Lima MSA had a population of 154,340 in 1990. That figure had risen to 155,084 by 2000.
In 2003, Auglaize County was removed from the Lima metropolitan area and was re-designated as the Wapakoneta micropolitan statistical area (Wapakoneta μSA).
Communities
Cities
Villages
Unincorporated communities
Townships
Combined Statistical Area
The Lima–Van Wert–Celina, OH Combined Statistical Area is made up of three counties in northwest Ohio. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area and two micropolitan areas. As of the 2010 Census, the CSA had a population of 221,838.
- Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
- Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)
See also
References
- ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2010-03-23. Archived from the original (CSV) on March 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
- ^ "Standard Metropolitan Areas (SMAs) and Components" (TXT). Standard Metropolitan Areas defined by the Bureau of the Budget, October 13, 1950. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2000-12-14. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Ohio - Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 1995-03-27. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "About Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) and Components, 1971" (TXT). Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas defined by Office of Management and Budget, February 23, 1971. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2000-05-01. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) and Components, 1973" (TXT). Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas defined by Office of Management and Budget, April 27, 1973. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2000-05-01. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ^ "Metropolitan Areas and Components, 1983" (TXT). Metropolitan Areas defined by Office of Management and Budget, June 27, 1983. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2001-03-01. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Components, 2003" (TXT). Metropolitan statistical areas defined by Office of Management and Budget, June 6, 2003. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2003-07-10. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ U.S. Census website. U.S. Census Bureau. February 4, 2011.
