The U.S. State of Texas statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 13 combined statistical areas , 26 metropolitan statistical areas , and 41 micropolitan statistical areas in Texas.[ 1] Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA , encompassing the area around the twin cities of Dallas and Fort Worth in the northern part of the state.
Owing to its large area and population - the second-highest amongst the 50 states in both respects[ 2] [ 3]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico .[ 4] 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,[ 4] [ 4] 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.[ 4]
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%.[ 4] 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.
The 80 United States statistical areas and 254 counties of the State of Texas [ 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]
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA 8,654,750 (TX )
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA
8,100,037
Dallas County, Texas
2,606,358
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX MD
5,462,593
Collin County, Texas
1,195,359
Denton County, Texas
1,007,703
Ellis County, Texas
222,829
Kaufman County, Texas
185,690
Rockwall County, Texas
131,307
Hunt County, Texas
113,347
Tarrant County, Texas
2,182,947
Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX MD
2,637,444
Johnson County, Texas
202,906
Parker County, Texas
173,494
Wise County, Texas
78,097
Sherman-Denison, TX MSA
146,907
Grayson County, Texas
146,907
none
Athens, TX μSA
86,158
Henderson County, Texas
86,158
Granbury, TX μSA
67,774
Hood County, Texas
67,774
Corsicana, TX μSA
55,635
Navarro County, Texas
55,635
Durant, OK μSA 48,967
Bryan County, Oklahoma 48,967
Gainesville, TX μSA
43,782
Cooke County, Texas
43,782
Sulphur Springs, TX μSA
38,172
Hopkins County, Texas
38,172
Bonham, TX μSA
37,571
Fannin County, Texas
37,571
Mineral Wells, TX μSA
29,747
Palo Pinto County, Texas
29,747
Houston-Pasadena, TX CSA
7,706,626
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA
7,510,253
Harris County, Texas
4,835,125
Fort Bend County, Texas
916,778
Montgomery County, Texas
711,354
Brazoria County, Texas
398,938
Galveston County, Texas
361,744
Liberty County, Texas
108,272
Waller County, Texas
63,553
Chambers County, Texas
53,876
Austin County, Texas
31,677
San Jacinto County, Texas
28,936
Huntsville, TX μSA
81,268
Walker County, Texas
81,268
El Campo, TX μSA
41,739
Wharton County, Texas
41,739
Brenham, TX μSA
37,007
Washington County, Texas
37,007
Bay City, TX μSA
36,359
Matagorda County, Texas
36,359
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX CSA
2,785,647
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA
2,703,999
Bexar County, Texas
2,086,679
Comal County, Texas
193,928
Guadalupe County, Texas
188,454
Medina County, Texas
54,797
Wilson County, Texas
54,183
Atascosa County, Texas
51,784
Kendall County, Texas
50,537
Bandera County, Texas
22,637
Kerrville, TX μSA
53,915
Kerr County, Texas
53,915
Fredericksburg, TX μSA
27,733
Gillespie County, Texas
27,733
none
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA
2,473,275
Travis County, Texas
1,334,961
Williamson County, Texas
697,191
Hays County, Texas
280,486
Bastrop County, Texas
110,778
Caldwell County, Texas
49,859
McAllen-Edinburg, TX CSA
964,405
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA
898,471
Hidalgo County, Texas
898,471
Rio Grande City-Roma, TX μSA
65,934
Starr County, Texas
65,934
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA 1,098,541 (TX)
El Paso, TX MSA
873,331
El Paso County, Texas
869,880
Hudspeth County, Texas
3,451
Las Cruces, NM MSA 225,210
Doña Ana County, New Mexico 225,210
Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX CSA
535,257
Corpus Christi, TX MSA
448,323
Nueces County, Texas
352,289
San Patricio County, Texas
70,660
Aransas County, Texas
25,374
Alice, TX μSA
45,510
Jim Wells County, Texas
38,662
Brooks County, Texas
6,848
Kingsville, TX μSA
30,069
Kleberg County, Texas
30,069
none
Killeen-Temple, TX MSA
501,333
Bell County, Texas
393,193
Coryell County, Texas
84,878
Lampasas County, Texas
23,262
Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX CSA
446,747
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA
426,710
Cameron County, Texas
426,710
Raymondville, TX μSA
20,037
Willacy County, Texas
20,037
Lubbock-Plainview, TX CSA
396,955
Lubbock, TX MSA
360,104
Lubbock County, Texas
320,940
Hockley County, Texas
21,460
Lynn County, Texas
5,761
Crosby County, Texas
4,917
Garza County, Texas
4,517
Cochran County, Texas
2,509
Plainview, TX μSA
36,851
Hale County, Texas
31,761
Floyd County, Texas
5,090
none
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA
395,479
Jefferson County, Texas
251,496
Orange County, Texas
85,722
Hardin County, Texas
58,261
Midland-Odessa-Andrews, TX CSA
365,482
Midland, TX MSA
182,324
Midland County, Texas
177,108
Martin County, Texas
5,216
Odessa, TX MSA
164,494
Ector County, Texas
164,494
Andrews, TX μSA
18,664
Andrews County, Texas
18,664
none
Waco, TX MSA
304,865
McLennan County, Texas
268,583
Bosque County, Texas
18,664
Falls County, Texas
17,286
Tyler-Jacksonville, TX CSA
297,426
Tyler, TX MSA
245,209
Smith County, Texas
245,209
Jacksonville, TX μSA
52,217
Cherokee County, Texas
52,217
none
Longview, TX MSA
293,498
Gregg County, Texas
126,243
Harrison County, Texas
70,895
Rusk County, Texas
53,079
Upshur County, Texas
43,281
Amarillo-Borger, TX CSA
292,428
Amarillo, TX MSA
272,395
Randall County, Texas
148,255
Potter County, Texas
114,647
Carson County, Texas
5,878
Armstrong County, Texas
1,832
Oldham County, Texas
1,783
Borger, TX μSA
20,033
Hutchinson County, Texas
20,033
none
College Station-Bryan, TX MSA
281,445
Brazos County, Texas
244,703
Burleson County, Texas
19,475
Robertson County, Texas
17,267
Laredo, TX MSA
269,148
Webb County, Texas
269,148
Abilene-Sweetwater, TX CSA
195,897
Abilene, TX MSA
181,591
Taylor County, Texas
146,836
Jones County, Texas
20,381
Callahan County, Texas
14,374
Sweetwater, TX μSA
14,306
Nolan County, Texas
14,306
none
Wichita Falls, TX MSA
149,947
Wichita County, Texas
130,180
Clay County, Texas
10,738
Archer County, Texas
9,029
San Angelo, TX MSA
120,606
Tom Green County, Texas
119,057
Irion County, Texas
1,549
Victoria-Port Lavaca, TX CSA
118,504
Victoria, TX MSA
98,808
Victoria County, Texas
91,664
Goliad County, Texas
7,144
Port Lavaca, TX μSA
19,696
Calhoun County, Texas
19,696
none
Texarkana, TX-AR MSA 145,907 (TX)
Bowie County, Texas
91,687
Miller County, Arkansas 42,415
Little River County, Arkansas 11,805
Lufkin, TX μSA
87,319
Angelina County, Texas
87,319
Nacogdoches, TX μSA
65,375
Nacogdoches County, Texas
65,375
Paris, TX μSA
49,859
Lamar County, Texas
51,127
Red River County, Texas
11,678
Eagle Pass, TX MSA
57,762
Maverick County, Texas
57,762
Palestine, TX μSA
57,736
Anderson County, Texas
57,736
Mount Pleasant, TX μSA
56,423
Titus County, Texas
31,357
Camp County, Texas
13,000
Morris County, Texas
12,066
Del Rio, TX μSA
47,720
Val Verde County, Texas
47,720
Stephenville, TX μSA
44,195
Erath County, Texas
44,195
Brownwood, TX μSA
38,709
Brown County, Texas
38,709
Beeville, TX μSA
30,850
Bee County, Texas
30,850
Big Spring, TX μSA
30,554
Howard County, Texas
30,554
Uvalde, TX μSA
24,960
Uvalde County, Texas
24,960
Pampa, TX μSA
21,756
Gray County, Texas
20,916
Roberts County, Texas
840
Dumas, TX μSA
21,190
Moore County, Texas
21,190
Hereford, TX μSA
18,347
Deaf Smith County, Texas
18,347
Snyder, TX μSA
16,212
Scurry County, Texas
16,212
Zapata, TX μSA
13,736
Zapata County, Texas
13,736
Vernon, TX μSA
12,522
Wilbarger County, Texas
12,522
Town of Pecos, TX μSA
11,770
Reeves County, Texas
11,770
none
Van Zandt County, Texas
64,000
Polk County, Texas
54,186
Burnet County, Texas
53,991
Wood County, Texas
47,921
Hill County, Texas
38,101
Jasper County, Texas
32,694
Grimes County, Texas
32,384
Cass County, Texas
28,659
Milam County, Texas
25,951
Fayette County, Texas
25,474
Shelby County, Texas
24,179
Llano County, Texas
22,875
Panola County, Texas
22,838
Gaines County, Texas
22,523
Limestone County, Texas
22,250
Houston County, Texas
22,066
Montague County, Texas
21,598
Colorado County, Texas
21,117
Lavaca County, Texas
20,571
Freestone County, Texas
20,441
Tyler County, Texas
20,382
Gonzales County, Texas
19,930
DeWitt County, Texas
19,929
Lee County, Texas
18,240
Young County, Texas
18,124
Eastland County, Texas
18,037
Frio County, Texas
17,987
Leon County, Texas
16,538
Jackson County, Texas
15,221
Karnes County, Texas
15,018
Pecos County, Texas
14,623
Trinity County, Texas
14,228
Comanche County, Texas
14,050
Madison County, Texas
13,742
Blanco County, Texas
13,048
Rains County, Texas
12,986
Lamb County, Texas
12,711
Newton County, Texas
12,039
Dawson County, Texas
12,004
Live Oak County, Texas
11,584
Terry County, Texas
11,547
Ward County, Texas
10,966
Franklin County, Texas
10,735
Sabine County, Texas
10,106
Somervell County, Texas
9,888
Runnels County, Texas
9,868
Ochiltree County, Texas
9,704
Parmer County, Texas
9,617
Duval County, Texas
9,604
Marion County, Texas
9,571
Brewster County, Texas
9,513
Stephens County, Texas
9,343
Zavala County, Texas
9,312
Mitchell County, Texas
9,075
Jack County, Texas
8,875
Hamilton County, Texas
8,619
Dimmit County, Texas
8,257
Coleman County, Texas
7,842
San Augustine County, Texas
7,833
Yoakum County, Texas
7,468
McCulloch County, Texas
7,452
Winkler County, Texas
7,414
Dallam County, Texas
7,237
Castro County, Texas
7,227
Swisher County, Texas
6,955
Childress County, Texas
6,788
Bailey County, Texas
6,672
Refugio County, Texas
6,666
La Salle County, Texas
6,537
San Saba County, Texas
5,845
Presidio County, Texas
5,795
Delta County, Texas
5,520
Haskell County, Texas
5,385
Hartley County, Texas
5,145
Hansford County, Texas
5,071
Wheeler County, Texas
4,804
Jim Hogg County, Texas
4,720
Crane County, Texas
4,574
Mills County, Texas
4,548
Kimble County, Texas
4,442
Mason County, Texas
3,931
Fisher County, Texas
3,612
Hardeman County, Texas
3,490
Baylor County, Texas
3,463
Coke County, Texas
3,352
Knox County, Texas
3,302
Concho County, Texas
3,297
Shackelford County, Texas
3,229
Sutton County, Texas
3,221
Donley County, Texas
3,214
Hemphill County, Texas
3,189
Kinney County, Texas
3,148
Reagan County, Texas
3,141
Upton County, Texas
3,109
Lipscomb County, Texas
2,906
Crockett County, Texas
2,858
Real County, Texas
2,854
Hall County, Texas
2,818
Sherman County, Texas
2,678
Collingsworth County, Texas
2,563
Schleicher County, Texas
2,391
Culberson County, Texas
2,196
Menard County, Texas
1,958
Jeff Davis County, Texas
1,856
Dickens County, Texas
1,711
Throckmorton County, Texas
1,526
Briscoe County, Texas
1,445
Sterling County, Texas
1,397
Edwards County, Texas
1,393
Cottle County, Texas
1,294
Stonewall County, Texas
1,218
Glasscock County, Texas
1,141
Foard County, Texas
1,079
Motley County, Texas
1,020
Kent County, Texas
734
Terrell County, Texas
687
Borden County, Texas
572
McMullen County, Texas
568
Kenedy County, Texas
343
King County, Texas
217
Loving County, Texas
43
State of Texas
30,503,301
Primary statistical areas [ edit ] 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 80 statistical areas of Texas, 42 are PSAs comprising 13 combined statistical areas, 11 metropolitan statistical areas, and 18 micropolitan statistical areas.
The 42 primary statistical areas of the State of Texas[ b]
2020 rank
Primary statistical area [ 1] Population
2023 estimate[ 3]
Change
2020 Census [ 5] Change
2010 Census [ 6]
1
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA (TX)
8,605,783 +6.09 %8,111,828 +19.28 %6,800,492
2
Houston-Pasadena, TX CSA
7,706,626 +5.00 %7,339,672 +19.80 %6,126,361
3
San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX CSA
2,785,647 +5.62 %2,637,466 +18.97 %2,216,970
4
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA
2,473,275 +8.32 %2,283,371 +33.04 %1,716,289
5
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX CSA
964,405 +2.96 %936,701 +12.08 %835,737
6
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA (TX)
873,331 +0.51 %868,859 +8.05 %804,123
7
Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX CSA
523,902 +0.22 %522,770 +2.85 %508,307
8
Killeen-Temple, TX MSA
501,333 +5.46 %475,367 +17.29 %405,300
9
Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville, TX CSA
446,747 +1.26 %441,181 +2.99 %428,354
10
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA
395,479 −0.52 %397,565 +2.27 %388,745
11
Lubbock-Plainview, TX CSA
396,955 +1.99 %389,192 +6.32 %366,047
12
Midland-Odessa-Andrews, TX CSA
365,482 +1.81 %359,001 +22.28 %293,587
13
Waco, TX MSA
304,865 +3.07 %295,782 +9.15 %270,984
14
Amarillo-Borger, TX CSA
292,428 +1.08 %289,308 +5.55 %274,083
15
Longview, TX MSA
293,498 +2.56 %286,184 +2.21 %280,000
16
Tyler-Jacksonville, TX CSA
297,426 +4.77 %283,891 +8.95 %260,559
17
College Station-Bryan, TX MSA
281,445 +4.92 %268,248 +17.31 %228,660
18
Laredo, TX MSA
269,148 +0.76 %267,114 +6.72 %250,304
19
Abilene-Sweetwater, TX CSA
195,897 +2.39 %191,317 +6.01 %180,468
20
Wichita Falls, TX MSA
149,947 +1.23 %148,128 −2.10 %151,306
21
San Angelo, TX MSA
120,606 −0.75 %121,516 +8.67 %111,823
22
Victoria-Port Lavaca, TX CSA
118,504 +0.06 %118,437 +2.65 %115,384
23
Texarkana, TX-AR MSA (TX)
91,687 −1.30 %92,893 +0.35 %92,565
24
Lufkin, TX μSA
87,319 +1.07 %86,395 −0.43 %86,771
25
Nacogdoches, TX μSA
65,375 +1.12 %64,653 +0.20 %64,524
26
Paris, TX μSA
62,805 +1.83 %61,675 −1.56 %62,653
27
Palestine, TX μSA
57,736 −0.32 %57,922 −0.92 %58,458
28
Eagle Pass, TX MSA
57,762 −0.22 %57,887 +6.69 %54,258
29
Mount Pleasant, TX μSA
56,423 +1.33 %55,684 −3.44 %57,669
30
Del Rio, TX μSA
47,720 +0.28 %47,586 −2.65 %48,879
31
Stephenville, TX μSA
44,195 +3.88 %42,545 +12.29 %37,890
32
Brownwood, TX μSA
38,709 +1.61 %38,095 −0.03 %38,106
33
Big Spring, TX μSA
30,554 −12.35 %34,860 −0.43 %35,012
34
Beeville, TX μSA
30,850 −0.63 %31,047 −2.55 %31,861
35
Uvalde, TX μSA
24,960 +1.61 %24,564 −6.97 %26,405
36
Pampa, TX μSA
21,756 −1.35 %22,054 −6.01 %23,464
37
Dumas, TX μSA
21,190 −0.79 %21,358 −2.49 %21,904
38
Hereford, TX μSA
18,347 −1.27 %18,583 −4.07 %19,372
39
Snyder, TX μSA
16,212 −4.25 %16,932 +0.07 %16,921
40
Town of Pecos, TX μSA
11,770 −20.19 %14,748 +7.00 %13,783
41
Zapata, TX μSA
13,736 −1.10 %13,889 −0.92 %14,018
42
Vernon, TX μSA
12,522 −2.83 %12,887 −4.79 %13,535
Dallas-Forth Worth, TX-OK CSA 8,654,750 +6.09 %8,157,895 +19.22 %6,842,908
El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM CSA 1,098,541 +0.93 %1,088,420 +7.41 %1,013,356
Texarkana, TX-AR MSA 145,907 −1.09 %147,519 −1.13 %149,198
^ 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.^ For PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.
^ a b c d e 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). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF) . Office of Management and Budget . Retrieved October 23, 2023 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )^ "State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates" . census.gov . 2010. Retrieved 2 Dec 2023 .^ a b c d e f "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023" . United States Census Bureau , Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .^ 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 .^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS" . U.S. Census Bureau . 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019" . U.S. Census Bureau . 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .
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