Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA [CSA]

2003‑2006:

Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA

Subareas

Timeline

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Subarea

Pittsburgh, PA

- Beaver County, PA

- Pittsburgh, PA

New Castle, PA [Micro Area]

In this area

Defined but not in this area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Lawrence County, PA	105,120	112,965	107,374	107,150	96,246	94,643	92,412

Allegheny County, PA	1,515,237	1,628,587	1,605,016	1,450,085	1,336,449	1,281,666	1,233,036

Armstrong County, PA	80,842	79,524	75,590	77,768	73,478	72,392	70,527

Beaver County, PA	175,192	206,948	208,418	204,441	186,093	181,412	176,825

Butler County, PA	97,320	114,639	127,941	147,912	152,013	174,083	181,526

Fayette County, PA	189,899	169,340	154,667	159,417	145,351	148,644	146,206

Washington County, PA	209,628	217,271	210,876	217,074	204,584	202,897	206,418

Westmoreland County, PA	313,179	352,629	376,935	392,294	370,321	369,993	367,133



Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,474,083
Percent Change	-	-	-	-	-	-	-



Total (as currently defined)	2,686,417	2,881,903	2,866,817	2,756,141	2,564,535	2,525,730	2,474,083
Percent Change	-	7.3%	-0.5%	-3.9%	-7.0%	-1.5%	-2.0%

Timeline

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Component

Lawrence County, PA

Allegheny County, PA

Armstrong County, PA

Beaver County, PA

Butler County, PA

Fayette County, PA

Washington County, PA

Westmoreland County, PA

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


New Castle, PA	48,834	44,790	38,559	33,621	28,334	26,309	25,030	*

Pittsburgh, PA	676,806	604,332	520,117	423,938	369,879	334,563	316,718	*

McKeesport, PA	51,502	45,489	37,977	31,012	26,016	24,040	22,701



Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	341,748
Metro	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,474,083
Percent							13.8%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

New Castle, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

McKeesport, PA

Urban/Rural Population



2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,037,564	80.7%
		UA Population		1,868,428	74.0%
	Rural Population			488,166	19.3%

	Inside Principal Cities			360,872	14.3%
	Outside Principal Cities			2,164,858	85.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,525,730	100.0%


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

	Pittsburgh, PA		1,753,136	1,753,136	100.0%
	Monessen, PA		56,508	56,508	100.0%
	Uniontown-Connellsville, PA		58,442	58,442	100.0%
	Weirton, WV-Steubenville, OH-PA		73,710	342	0.5%

	Total			1,868,428


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

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Pittsburgh, PA SMA
-		Allegheny County, PA included as original component of Pittsburgh, PA SMA
-		Beaver County, PA included as original component of Pittsburgh, PA SMA
-		Washington County, PA included as original component of Pittsburgh, PA SMA
-		Westmoreland County, PA included as original component of Pittsburgh, PA SMA
-		Pittsburgh, PA designated as original central city of new Pittsburgh, PA SMA


Jun 1983



-		McKeesport, PA designated as original central city of new Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA
-		Fayette County, PA included as original component of Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA
-		Pittsburgh, PA transferred from Pittsburgh, PA SMSA to Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA and was designated as original central city of new PMSA
-		Title of Pittsburgh, PA SMSA changed to Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA
-		Allegheny County, PA included as original component of Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA, transferred from Pittsburgh, PA SMSA
-		Beaver County, PA included as original component of Beaver County, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA, transferred from Pittsburgh, PA SMSA
-		Washington County, PA included as original component of Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA, transferred from Pittsburgh, PA SMSA
-		Westmoreland County, PA included as original component of Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA, transferred from Pittsburgh, PA SMSA


Dec 1992



-		McKeesport, PA no longer designated as central city of Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA
-		Title of Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA changed to Pittsburgh, PA MSA
-		Allegheny County, PA added to Pittsburgh, PA MSA, transferred from Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA
-		Beaver County, PA added to Pittsburgh, PA MSA, transferred from Beaver County, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA
-		Butler County, PA added to Pittsburgh, PA MSA
-		Fayette County, PA added to Pittsburgh, PA MSA, transferred from Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA
-		Washington County, PA added to Pittsburgh, PA MSA, transferred from Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA
-		Westmoreland County, PA added to Pittsburgh, PA MSA, transferred from Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA
-		Pittsburgh, PA transferred from Pittsburgh, PA PMSA in Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA to Pittsburgh, PA MSA and was designated as central city of MSA


Jun 2003



-		New CSA: Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA
-		Armstrong County, PA added to Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area in Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA
-		New Micro Area: New Castle, PA Micro Area in Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA
-		Lawrence County, PA included as original component of New Castle, PA Micro Area in Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA
-		New Castle, PA designated as original principal city of new New Castle, PA Micro Area in Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA

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