Number, Population, and Land Area of MA's as Defined atSpecified Dates From 1950 to 1999 statistics

[The differences in population shown here for each year within each column of the table result entirely from net expansion of metropolitan territory through changes in the MA definitions. The differences in population over time shown for each MA definition (on the successive lines of the table) result entirely from population changes within that territory, unaffected by changes in MA definitions. The changes in 1990 land area result entirely from net change in MA territory. All data include Alaska and Hawaii and exclude Puerto Rico. Subtraction of any line of the table from the line below will show the net effect of change in population and land area undergone by the MA's as the result of changes in definitions between the specified dates. Such changes may have occurred throughout the period, not on any single date, and may have included reductions in, as well as additions to, MA territory. Census population data through 1980 include corrections made since publication. The area data for the 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1980 census definitions of MA's differ from the data published in those censuses because of subsequent remeasurement of land areas and changes in inland water area occurring for the 1990 census]


		Number							POPULATION				Land area,
MA DEFINITION AS OF --		of											1990
		MA'S	1940		1950		1960		1970	1980	1990	1998	(sq. mi.)
			(April 1)		(April 1)		(April 1)		(April 1)	(April 1)	(April 1)	(July 1)

1950 census (Mar. 1952)		169	69,534,177	¹	84,853,700		106,344,548		122,184,836	128,842,628	139,837,153	148,305,142	206,802
1960 census (Nov. 1960)		212	72,843,991		89,316,903	²	112,885,139		130,982,661	140,793,384	155,090,774	166,591,635	308,742
1964 (Aug. 31) ³		217	74,868,855		91,644,188		115,876,343		134,700,911	145,503,983	160,503,437	172,958,802	348,400
1968 (Jan. 31) ⁴		230	76,407,594		93,629,986		118,413,604		137,976,252	149,809,712	165,710,294	179,110,532	377,042
1970 census (Feb. 28, 1971)		243	77,154,311		94,579,008	⁵	119,593,498	⁶	139,479,806	151,660,897	167,899,268	181,502,500	386,241
1974 (Apr. 30) ⁷		265	82,037,186	⁸	100,219,707	⁹	126,613,710		148,198,993	162,752,886	181,128,189	196,875,858	490,551
1977 (Dec. 31) ¹⁰		277	82,804,352		101,109,145		127,674,818		149,482,664	164,383,056	182,992,864	199,013,454	509,841
1980 census (June 30, 1981) ¹¹		318	85,397,846		104,172,853		131,318,714		153,693,767	169,430,081	188,763,892	205,387,705	565,288
1983 (June 30)	¹²	275	86,297,691		105,214,471		132,633,988		155,411,328	171,777,116	191,638,710	208,668,802	559,752
1984 (June 30)	¹²	277	86,333,619		105,269,588		132,707,748		155,519,340	171,956,205	191,907,852	209,009,968	563,796
1985 (June 30)	¹²	280	86,445,184		105,411,431		132,887,134		155,700,823	172,169,761	192,140,319	209,262,496	569,816
1986 (June 30)	¹²	281	86,492,172		105,481,211		132,977,580		155,805,452	172,304,319	192,318,722	209,460,226	571,745
1987 (June 30) ¹³	¹²	281	86,513,884		105,502,909		133,003,445		155,832,688	172,334,850	192,349,750	209,494,587	572,284
1988 (June 30) ¹⁴	¹²	282	86,589,912		105,582,961		133,088,400		155,937,275	172,455,251	192,481,306	209,637,403	573,560
1989 (June 30) ¹⁴	¹²	283	86,713,492		105,718,150		133,233,777		156,084,580	172,602,176	192,623,201	209,775,506	574,622
1990 census (June 30, 1990) ¹⁴	¹²	284	86,730,518		105,742,856		133,275,412		156,137,337	172,678,381	192,730,096	209,907,765	580,136
1992 (Dec. 31) ¹⁴	¹²	268	89,086,954		108,291,669		136,171,803		159,395,627	176,662,854	197,470,576	215,395,847	669,927
1993 (June 30) ¹⁴ ¹⁵	¹²	268	89,235,632		108,448,684		136,336,055		159,579,651	176,892,735	197,728,901	215,699,322	673,057
1994 (June 30) ¹⁴	¹²	269	89,282,629		108,506,964		136,402,452		159,652,709	176,982,574	197,827,639	215,810,574	674,021
1995 (June 30) ¹⁴	¹²	271	89,337,751		108,572,147		136,497,691		159,757,830	177,143,136	198,022,544	216,043,836	699,960
1996 (June 30) ¹⁴	¹²	273	89,430,834		108,675,654		136,603,905		159,872,025	177,284,523	198,170,345	216,210,902	701,784
1998 (June 30) ¹⁴	¹²	274	89,459,872		108,711,147		136,648,568		159,930,288	177,360,539	198,249,032	216,299,891	704,383
1999 (June 30) ¹⁴	¹²	276	89,513,956		108,787,790		136,737,487		160,045,332	177,505,033	198,406,989	216,478,090	705,668

NA Not available.
1 Corresponds to total MA population for 1950 census (84,500,680) plus Honolulu metropolitan area.
2 Corresponds to total MA population for 1960 published in 1960 census (112,885,178), corrected by subtracting population (39) erroneously included in Franklin County, Ohio (Columbus metropolitan area).
3 MA's as defined for the 1963 economic censuses.
4 MA's as defined for the 1967 economic censuses.
5 Corresponds to total 1960 population for 1970 MA's published in 1970 census (119,594,754), corrected by subtracting 1,256 population from Lawrence-Haverhill metropolitan area; this represented an addition to the 1960 population of Andover town made subsequent to the original census tabulations, and therefore not reflected in state or national totals.
6 Corresponds to total MA population for 1970 published in 1970 census (139,418,811), plus net corrections made subsequent to publication.
7 MA's as defined for the 1972 economic censuses.
8 Includes estimated 1950 population (32,060) of Anchorage Census Division, as defined in 1970.
9 Includes 1960 population (82,833) of Anchorage Census Division, as defined in 1970.
10 MA's as defined for the 1977 economic censuses.
11 MA's as defined for the 1982 economic censuses.
12 MSA's and CMSA's.
13 MA's as defined for the 1987 economic censuses.
14 Data exclude the portion of Sullivan city in Crawford County, MO (1990 population 1,116) added to the St. Louis, MO-IL MSA by congressional action effective Dec. 22, 1987.
15 MA's as defined for the 1992 economic censuses.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1950-1970, U.S. Census of Population, vol. 1; 1980 Census of Population, vol. 1, chapters A and B and Supplementary Report, Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PC80-S1-18); 1990 Census of Population and Housing Data Paper Listing (CPH-L-10 and CPH-L-118); 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Supplementary Reports, Metropolitan Areas as Defined by the Office of Management and Budget, June 30, 1993, (1990 CPH-S-1-1); and Population Paper Listing (PPL-60 and PPL-83).

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