Springfield, OH

1950‑1959:		Springfield, OH SMA
1959‑1981:		Springfield, OH SMSA
1981‑1983:		Springfield, OH SMSA in Dayton-Springfield, OH SCSA
1983‑2003:		Not defined
2003‑2006:		Springfield, OH Metro Area in Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Champaign County, OH	26,793	29,714	30,491	33,649	36,019	38,890	39,692

Clark County, OH	111,661	131,440	157,115	150,236	147,548	144,742	141,908



Total	111,661	131,440	157,115	183,885	-	-	141,908
Percent Change	-	17.7%	19.5%	17.0%	-100.0%	-	-



Total (as currently defined)	111,661	131,440	157,115	150,236	147,548	144,742	141,908
Percent Change	-	17.7%	19.5%	-4.4%	-1.8%	-1.9%	-2.0%

Timeline

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Component

Champaign County, OH

Clark County, OH

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990	2000	2005


Springfield, OH	78,508	*	82,723	*	81,926	*	72,563	*	70,487	65,358	63,302	*



Total	78,508		82,723		81,926		72,563		0	0	63,302
Metro	111,661		131,440		157,115		183,885		0	0	141,908
Percent	70.3%		62.9%		52.1%		39.5%				44.6%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Springfield, OH

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			82,284	73.7%
		UA Population		82,284	73.7%
	Rural Population			29,377	26.3%

	Inside Central Cities			78,508	70.3%
	Outside Central Cities			33,153	29.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			111,661	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Springfield, OH		82,284	82,284	100.0%

	Total			82,284


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			94,264	71.7%
		UA Population		90,157	68.6%
	Rural Population			37,176	28.3%

	Inside Central Cities			82,723	62.9%
	Outside Central Cities			48,717	37.1%

	Total Metro Area Population			131,440	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Springfield, OH		90,157	90,157	100.0%

	Total			90,157


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			116,865	62.3%
		UA Population		93,653	49.9%
	Rural Population			70,741	37.7%

	Inside Central Cities			81,926	43.7%
	Outside Central Cities			105,680	56.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			187,606	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Springfield, OH		93,653	93,653	100.0%

	Total			93,653


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			110,845	76.6%
		UA Population		104,981	72.5%
	Rural Population			33,897	23.4%

	Inside Principal Cities			65,358	45.2%
	Outside Principal Cities			79,384	54.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			144,742	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Dayton, OH		703,444	15,297	2.2%
	Springfield, OH		89,684	89,684	100.0%

	Total			104,981


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Springfield, OH SMA
-		Clark County, OH included as original SMA component
-		Springfield, OH designated as original central city of new SMA


Apr 1973



-		Champaign County, OH added


Jun 1981



-		Springfield, OH SMSA included in Dayton-Springfield, OH SCSA


Jun 1983



-		Springfield, OH SMSA in Dayton-Springfield, OH SCSA abolished
-		Champaign County, OH deleted, reverted to nonmetro status
-		Clark County, OH transferred to Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA
-		Springfield, OH transferred to Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA, designated as central city of MSA


Jun 2003



-		Metro Area reestablished: Springfield, OH Metro Area in Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH CSA
-		Champaign County, OH included as original component of Urbana, OH Micro Area in Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH CSA
-		Clark County, OH included as original component of reestablished Metro Area, transferred from Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA
-		Springfield, OH designated as original principal city of reestablished Metro Area, transferred from Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA

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