Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area
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The Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Census Bureau defined Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) located in the Boulder region of the State of Colorado. The Boulder MSA is defined as Boulder County, Colorado. The Census Bureau estimates that the population was 280,440 in 2005, a loss of 3.72% since 2000, but a gain 3.95% since 2000 excluding the area transferred to the City and County of Broomfield. The Boulder MSA is the 161st most populous MSA in the United States.[1]
The Boulder MSA includes the City of Boulder, the portion of the Town of Erie in Boulder County, the Town of Jamestown, the City of Lafayette, the portion of the City of Longmont in Boulder County, the City of Louisville, the Town of Lyons, the Town of Nederland, the portion of the Town of Superior in Boulder County, the Town of Ward, and unincorporated Boulder County, Colorado.
The Boulder MSA, the Denver-Aurora MSA, and the Greeley MSA comprise the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area.
[edit] See also
- Boulder County, Colorado
- Colorado census statistical areas
- Combined Statistical Area
- Core Based Statistical Area
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas
- Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Table of United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas
- Table of United States primary census statistical areas
- Larger urban regions that contain the Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area:
- Core Based Statistical Areas adjacent to Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area:
- Other definitions of Colorado urban areas:
[edit] References
- ^ Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 (CSV). 2005 Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division (August 18, 2006). Retrieved on November 29, 2006.
