Rhode Island statistical areas

The U.S. State of Rhode Island currently has two statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area, which are inclusive of all five of Rhode Island's counties.^[1]

Background

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.^[2] 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,^[2] "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".^[2] 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.^[2]

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%.^[2] 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 two United States statistical areas and five counties of the State of Rhode Island^[a]
Combined statistical area^[1]	2023 population (est.)^[3]	Core-based statistical area^[1]	2023 population (est.)^[3]	County	2023 population (est.)^[3]	Metropolitan division^[1]	2023 population (est.)^[3]
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA	8,345,067 1,095,962 (RI)	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA	4,919,179	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	1,623,952	Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA MD	2,434,041
				Essex County, Massachusetts	810,089	Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA MD	2,434,041
				Suffolk County, Massachusetts	768,425	Boston, MA MD	2,031,206
				Norfolk County, Massachusetts	727,473
				Plymouth County, Massachusetts	535,689
				Rockingham County, New Hampshire	320,689	Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH MD	453,932
				Strafford County, New Hampshire	133,243	Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH MD	453,932
		Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA	1,677,803 1,095,962 (RI)	Providence County, Rhode Island	660,615	none
				Bristol County, Massachusetts	581,841
				Kent County, Rhode Island	171,278
				Washington County, Rhode Island	129,982
				Newport County, Rhode Island	83,832
				Bristol County, Rhode Island	50,255
		Worcester, MA MSA	866,866	Worcester County, Massachusetts	866,866
		Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA	427,354	Hillsborough County, New Hampshire	427,354
		Barnstable Town, MA MSA	231,735	Barnstable County, Massachusetts	231,735
		Concord, NH μSA	157,103	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	157,103
		Laconia, NH μSA	65,027	Belknap County, New Hampshire	65,027
State of Rhode Island					1,095,962

Notes

^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "OMB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved November 5, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

External links

41°40′34″N 71°33′22″W / 41.6762°N 71.5562°W / 41.6762; -71.5562 (State of Rhode Island)

[3] An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.

[OMB_20230721-1] Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "OMB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved November 5, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[CBSA-2] "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.

[PopCBSA-4] "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

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