Baltimore metropolitan area

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Location of the Baltimore–Columbia–Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area in Maryland

The Baltimore–Columbia–Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as Central Maryland, is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Maryland as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As of the 2010 Census, the combined population of the seven counties is 2,710,489.

Contents

1 Composition
2 Principal cities
3 History
4 Companies in metropolitan Baltimore
5 Sports teams in metropolitan Baltimore
6 See also
7 Notes

Composition [edit]

The area includes the following counties:^[1]^[2]

Principal cities [edit]

The metropolitan area includes the following principal communities :

It also includes several other communities (not necessarily incorporated as cities or towns):

In addition to its technical metropolitan area, Baltimore also receives a large number of commuters from cities such as York, Pennsylvania^[3] and the Washington Metropolitan Area.

History [edit]

Main article: History of Baltimore

Companies in metropolitan Baltimore [edit]

Greater Baltimore (the city and surrounding suburbs in Baltimore County) is home to four Fortune 1000 companies: Grace Chemicals (in Columbia), Legg Mason, T. Rowe Price, and McCormick & Company (in Hunt Valley). Other companies that call Greater Baltimore home include AAI Corporation (in Hunt Valley), Adams Express Company, Brown Advisory, FTI Consulting, Petroleum & Resources Corporation, Vertis, Prometric, Sylvan Learning, Laureate Education, Under Armour, Polk Audio, DAP, 180s, DeBaufre Bakeries, Wm. T. Burnett & Co, Old Mutual Financial Network, Firaxis Games (in Sparks), Sinclair Broadcast Group (in Hunt Valley), Fila USA (in Sparks), Online Trading Academy and JoS. A. Bank Clothiers (in Hampstead).

Sports teams in metropolitan Baltimore [edit]

See Sports in Baltimore

Baltimore Orioles – Major League Baseball (since 1954)
Baltimore Ravens – National Football League (since 1996)
Baltimore Blast – Major Indoor Soccer League (since 1998)
Crystal Palace Baltimore – USL Second Division (since 2006, on hiatus for 2011)
Baltimore Burn – Women's Spring Football League (since 2001)
Baltimore Nighthawks – Independent Women's Football League (since 2008)
Charm City Roller Girls – Women's Flat Track Derby Association (since 2006)

Coppin State Eagles
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, competes in Division I for men's and women's lacrosse only
Loyola Greyhounds
Morgan State Bears

In Baltimore County:

Towson Tigers, in Towson
UMBC Retrievers, in Catonsville

In Anne Arundel County:

Navy Midshipmen, in Annapolis
Chesapeake Bayhawks, in Annapolis

See also [edit]

Notes [edit]

^ "Current Employment Statistics (CES) Metropolitan Area Definitions". Bureau of Labor Statistics. November 14, 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
^ "MSA Bulletin 2003 Attachment, Revised 07/07/03". Office of Management and Budget. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
^ Berman, Dori (2006). "Commuter bus line may link York, Pa. and Hunt Valley". The Daily Record.

v t e State of Maryland

Annapolis (capital)

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Principal cities	Washington, D.C. Baltimore Philadelphia New York Boston

Other major cities over 100k	Newark Jersey City Yonkers Worcester Providence Springfield Alexandria Paterson Bridgeport Elizabeth Hartford New Haven Stamford Manchester Waterbury Cambridge Lowell

Major metropolitan areas	New York-Newark-Bridgeport Delaware Valley Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Boston-Cambridge-Quincy Baltimore–Columbia–Towson

Coordinates: 39°16′59.86″N 76°36′27.6″W / 39.2832944°N 76.607667°W / 39.2832944; -76.607667

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