Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA
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Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA is a U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of November 2004.
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[edit] Composition
Note: Since a state constitutional change in 1871, all cities in Virginia are independent cities and they are not legally located in any county. The OMB considers these independent cities to be county-equivalents for the purpose of defining MSAs in Virginia. Each MSA is listed by its counties, then cities, each in alphabetical order, and not by size.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA includes areas in Virginia, all of the District of Columbia, and a portion of the States of Maryland and West Virginia. It is divided into two metropolitan divisions: the Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division, consisting of Montgomery and Frederick counties; and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division, consisting of the rest of the metropolitan area.
The Virginia portion is known as Northern Virginia.
[edit] List of political subdivisions included
The area includes the following counties and independent cities:
- District of Columbia
- Maryland:
- Virginia:
- West Virginia:
[edit] Principal cities
The metropolitan area includes the following principal cities (not all of which are incorporated as cities):
- Washington, D.C.
- Arlington, Virginia
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Tysons Corner, Virginia
- Reston, Virginia
- Herndon, Virginia
- Bethesda, Maryland
- Silver Spring, Maryland
- Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Frederick, Maryland
- Rockville, Maryland
[edit] See also
List of U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) in Virginia
