The
U.S. state of
New York currently has 34
statistical areas that have been delineated by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated seven
combined statistical areas, 13
metropolitan statistical areas and 14
micropolitan statistical areas in
New York. As of 2023, the largest of these is the
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA, which includes
New York City and its surrounding suburbs; with over 21 million people, it is the largest
primary statistical area in the United States.
Background
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population, "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core". The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.
The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%. The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.
Table
The 34 United States statistical areas and 62 counties of the State of New York
Combined statistical area
|
2023 population (est.)
|
Core-based statistical area
|
2023 population (est.)
|
County-equivalent
|
2023 population (est.)
|
Metropolitan division
|
2023 population (est.)
|
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
|
21,859,598 13,559,477 (NY)
|
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA MSA
|
19,498,249 12,592,604 (NY)
|
Kings County, New York
|
2,561,225
|
New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ MD
|
11,864,322 9,687,719 (NY)
|
Queens County, New York
|
2,252,196
|
New York County, New York
|
1,597,451
|
Bronx County, New York
|
1,356,476
|
Westchester County, New York
|
990,817
|
Bergen County, New Jersey
|
957,736
|
Hudson County, New Jersey
|
705,472
|
Passaic County, New Jersey
|
513,395
|
Richmond County, New York
|
490,687
|
Rockland County, New York
|
340,807
|
Putnam County, New York
|
98,060
|
Suffolk County, New York
|
1,523,170
|
Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY MD
|
2,904,885
|
Nassau County, New York
|
1,381,715
|
Middlesex County, New Jersey
|
863,623
|
New Brunswick-Lakewood, NJ MD
|
2,514,461
|
Ocean County, New Jersey
|
659,197
|
Monmouth County, New Jersey
|
642,799
|
Somerset County, New Jersey
|
348,842
|
Essex County, New Jersey
|
851,117
|
Newark, NJ MD
|
2,214,581
|
Union County, New Jersey
|
572,726
|
Morris County, New Jersey
|
514,423
|
Sussex County, New Jersey
|
146,132
|
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
|
130,183
|
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA
|
951,558
|
Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
|
623,907
|
none
|
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut
|
327,651
|
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA
|
704,620
|
Orange County, New York
|
407,470
|
Dutchess County, New York
|
297,150
|
Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA
|
381,671
|
Mercer County, New Jersey
|
381,671
|
Kingston, NY MSA
|
182,333
|
Ulster County, New York
|
182,333
|
Monticello, NY μSA
|
79,920
|
Sullivan County, New York
|
79,920
|
Hemlock Farms, PA μSA
|
61,247
|
Pike County, Pennsylvania
|
61,247
|
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY CSA
|
1,231,204
|
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY MSA
|
1,155,604
|
Erie County, New York
|
946,147
|
Niagara County, New York
|
209,457
|
Olean, NY μSA
|
75,600
|
Cattaraugus County, New York
|
75,600
|
Albany-Schenectady, NY CSA
|
1,192,181
|
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA
|
904,682
|
Albany County, New York
|
316,659
|
Saratoga County, New York
|
238,711
|
Schenectady County, New York
|
159,902
|
Rensselaer County, New York
|
159,305
|
Schoharie County, New York
|
30,105
|
Glens Falls, NY MSA
|
125,427
|
Warren County, New York
|
65,380
|
Washington County, New York
|
60,047
|
Hudson, NY μSA
|
60,470
|
Columbia County, New York
|
60,470
|
Gloversville, NY μSA
|
52,234
|
Fulton County, New York
|
52,234
|
Amsterdam, NY μSA
|
49,368
|
Montgomery County, New York
|
49,368
|
Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY CSA
|
1,141,965
|
Rochester, NY MSA
|
1,052,087
|
Monroe County, New York
|
748,482
|
Ontario County, New York
|
112,494
|
Wayne County, New York
|
90,829
|
Livingston County, New York
|
61,158
|
Orleans County, New York
|
39,124
|
Batavia, NY μSA
|
57,529
|
Genesee County, New York
|
57,529
|
Seneca Falls, NY μSA
|
32,349
|
Seneca County, New York
|
32,349
|
Syracuse-Auburn, NY CSA
|
727,441
|
Syracuse, NY MSA
|
652,956
|
Onondaga County, New York
|
467,873
|
Oswego County, New York
|
118,162
|
Madison County, New York
|
66,921
|
Auburn, NY μSA
|
74,485
|
Cayuga County, New York
|
74,485
|
none
|
Utica-Rome, NY MSA
|
287,039
|
Oneida County, New York
|
227,555
|
Herkimer County, New York
|
59,484
|
Binghamton, NY MSA
|
243,792
|
Broome County, New York
|
196,077
|
Tioga County, New York
|
47,715
|
Elmira-Corning, NY CSA
|
173,487
|
Corning, NY μSA
|
92,162
|
Steuben County, New York
|
92,162
|
Elmira, NY MSA
|
81,325
|
Chemung County, New York
|
81,325
|
Ithaca-Cortland, NY CSA
|
149,310
|
Ithaca, NY MSA
|
103,558
|
Tompkins County, New York
|
103,558
|
Cortland, NY μSA
|
45,752
|
Cortland County, New York
|
45,752
|
none
|
Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY μSA
|
124,891
|
Chautauqua County, New York
|
124,891
|
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY MSA
|
114,787
|
Jefferson County, New York
|
114,787
|
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY μSA
|
106,940
|
St. Lawrence County, New York
|
106,940
|
Plattsburgh, NY μSA
|
78,115
|
Clinton County, New York
|
78,115
|
Oneonta, NY μSA
|
60,126
|
Otsego County, New York
|
60,126
|
none
|
Greene County, New York
|
47,062
|
Allegany County, New York
|
46,651
|
Franklin County, New York
|
46,502
|
Chenango County, New York
|
45,920
|
Delaware County, New York
|
44,410
|
Wyoming County, New York
|
39,532
|
Essex County, New York
|
36,775
|
Lewis County, New York
|
26,548
|
Yates County, New York
|
24,472
|
Schuyler County, New York
|
17,507
|
Hamilton County, New York
|
5,082
|
State of New York
|
19,571,216
|
Primary statistical areas
Primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the 34 statistical areas of New York, 14 are PSAs, consisting of seven combined statistical areas, three metropolitan statistical areas and four micropolitan statistical areas.
The 14 primary statistical areas of the State of New York
2020 rank
|
Primary statistical area
|
Population
|
2023 estimate
|
Change
|
2020 Census
|
Change
|
2010 Census
|
1
|
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA (NY)
|
13,559,477 |
−3.99% |
14,123,634 |
+6.20% |
13,298,866
|
2
|
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY CSA
|
1,231,204 |
−1.02% |
1,243,944 |
+2.31% |
1,215,826
|
3
|
Albany-Schenectady, NY CSA
|
1,192,181 |
+0.12% |
1,190,727 |
+1.90% |
1,168,485
|
4
|
Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY CSA
|
1,141,965 |
−1.35% |
1,157,563 |
+0.69% |
1,149,653
|
5
|
Syracuse-Auburn, NY CSA
|
727,441 |
−1.47% |
738,305 |
−0.58% |
742,603
|
6
|
Utica-Rome, NY MSA
|
287,039 |
−1.79% |
292,264 |
−2.38% |
299,397
|
7
|
Binghamton, NY MSA
|
243,792 |
−1.35% |
247,138 |
−1.82% |
251,725
|
8
|
Elmira-Corning, NY CSA
|
173,487 |
−2.39% |
177,732 |
−5.37% |
187,820
|
9
|
Ithaca-Cortland, NY CSA
|
149,310 |
−2.12% |
152,549 |
+1.09% |
150,900
|
10
|
Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY μSA
|
124,891 |
−2.17% |
127,657 |
−5.37% |
134,905
|
11
|
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY MSA
|
114,787 |
−1.66% |
116,721 |
+0.42% |
116,229
|
12
|
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY μSA
|
106,940 |
−1.44% |
108,505 |
−3.07% |
111,944
|
13
|
Plattsburgh, NY μSA
|
78,115 |
−2.16% |
79,843 |
−2.78% |
82,128
|
14
|
Oneonta, NY μSA
|
60,126 |
+2.74% |
58,524 |
−6.00% |
62,259
|
See also