- Not to be confused with the less extensive San Francisco Bay Area
The United States Office of Management and Budget has designated the 12-county San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the greater San Francisco Bay Area.[1] The CSA comprises the following seven Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs):
- The San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area comprising Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin counties
- The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area comprising Santa Clara and San Benito counties
- The Stockton-Lodi, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area comprising San Joaquin County
- The Santa Rosa, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area comprising Sonoma County
- The Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area comprising Solano County
- The Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area comprising Santa Cruz County
- The Napa, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area comprising Napa County
The CSA ranks as the fifth most populous metropolitan area of the United States.[2] The CSA is more extensive than the popular local definition of the San Francisco Bay Area which consists of only the nine counties bordering San Francisco Bay.[3][4] The popular designation does not include the three counties of San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, and San Benito that do not border San Francisco Bay, but are economically tied to the nine counties that do.
Population [edit]
The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of the CSA and its seven component MSAs as of July 1, 2012 as follows:[5][2]
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area
| Statistical area |
2012 Estimate |
2010 Census |
Change |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area |
4,455,560 |
4,335,391 |
!D0035856679958 +2.77% |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area |
1,894,388 |
1,836,911 |
!D0034644557677 +3.13% |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area |
702,612 |
685,306 |
!D0036788121916 +2.53% |
| Santa Rosa, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area |
491,829 |
483,878 |
!D0041085351019 +1.64% |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area |
420,757 |
413,344 |
!D0040210449603 +1.79% |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area |
266,776 |
262,382 |
!D0040895614831 +1.67% |
| Napa, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area |
139,045 |
136,484 |
!D0039758095844 +1.88% |
| San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area |
8,370,967 |
8,153,696 |
!D0036250811780 +2.66% |
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "OMB Bulletin No. 13-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas". United States Office of Management and Budget. February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ a b "Table 2. Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012" (CSV). 2012 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "San Francisco Bay Area Vision Project". Focus.
- ^ "The Association of Bay Area Governments". Association of Bay Area Governments.
- ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012" (CSV). 2012 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
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