Mansfield,_OH_MSA
Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
The Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Richland – in north central Ohio, anchored by the city of Mansfield. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 124,936. The MSA forms the eastern half of the Mansfield–Ashland–Bucyrus, OH CSA.
The Mansfield metropolitan area was first defined in 1971.[1] Then known as the Mansfield Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (Mansfield SMSA), it consisted of a single county – Richland – and had a population of 129,997 in the 1970 census.[2] By the census of 1980, the population had grown to 131,205.[2] In 1983, the official name was shortened to the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area (Mansfield MSA), which is still in use to date.[3] The population had declined to 126,137 in 1990.[2] By the census of 2000, the population had grown to 128,852.[4]
Crawford County was added to the MSA in 1999. The two-county area had 175,818 residents in 2000. In 2003, Crawford County was removed from the Mansfield metropolitan area and was re-designated as the Bucyrus Micropolitan Statistical Area (Bucyrus μSA).[5]
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Unincorporated places
The Mansfield–Ashland–Bucyrus Combined Statistical Area is made up of three counties in Northern Ohio. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area and two micropolitan areas.[6]
- Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
- Mansfield (Richland County)
- Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)
- Ashland (Ashland County)
- Bucyrus (Crawford County)
- "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) and Components, 1971" (TXT). Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas defined by Office of Management and Budget, February 23, 1971. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 1 May 2000. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- "Ohio - Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 27 March 1995. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- "About Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- "Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Components, 2003" (TXT). Metropolitan statistical areas defined by Office of Management and Budget, June 6, 2003. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 10 July 2003. Retrieved 7 February 2009.