Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area

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A general map of the counties that are a part of the area, based on the 1990 Census.

The Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area consisting of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, Northern Virginia, Central Maryland, and two counties in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. It is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States after New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

Officially, the area is designated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV Combined Statistical Area (CSA). The CSA is composed primarily of two major metropolitan areas, the Baltimore-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA. In addition, three other smaller urban areas not contiguous to the main urban area but having strong commuting ties with the main area are also included in the metropolitan area. These are the Winchester, VA-WV MSA, the Lexington Park, MD Micropolitan area and the Culpeper, VA Micropolitan area. Some counties and cities are not officially designated by the OMB as members of this metropolitan area, but still consider themselves members anyway. This is mostly due to their proximity to the area, the size of their commuter population, and by the influence of local broadcasting stations. The population of the entire Baltimore-Washington Metroplex as of 2004 is 8,026,807. The most populated city is Baltimore, with a population of almost 640,000 people. The most populated county is Fairfax County, with over 1,000,000 people.

Contents

1 Components of the metropolitan area
2 List of cities

2.1 Central cities

2.1.1 Washington area
2.1.2 Baltimore area

3 Transportation

3.2 Major airports
3.3 Rail transit systems
3.4 Major highways

4 See also

Components of the metropolitan area

The counties and independent cities and their groupings that comprise the metropolitan area are listed below with 2004 Census Bureau estimates of their populations.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA (5,139,549)
* Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division (1,139,343)
** Frederick County
** Montgomery County
* Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division (4,000,206)
** Washington, D.C.
** Calvert County, Maryland
** Charles County, Maryland
** Prince George's County, Maryland
** Arlington County, Virginia
** Clarke County, Virginia
** Fairfax County, Virginia
** Fauquier County, Virginia
** Loudoun County, Virginia
** Prince William County, Virginia
** Spotsylvania County, Virginia
** Stafford County, Virginia
** Warren County, Virginia
** Alexandria, Virginia
** Fairfax, Virginia
** Falls Church, Virginia
** Fredericksburg, Virginia
** Manassas, Virginia
** Manassas Park, Virginia
** Jefferson County, West Virginia

Lexington Park, MD Micropolitan Area (94,921)
* Saint Mary's County

Culpeper, VA Micropolitan Area (40,192)
* Culpeper County

List of cities

See List of cities in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area for a full list.

Central cities

Washington area

Baltimore area

Transportation

Major airports

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Anne Arundel County (MD)
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington (VA)
Washington Dulles International Airport

Rail transit systems

Major highways

Interstate 66
Interstate 70
Interstate 270
Interstate 83
Interstate 95
Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)
Interstate 695 (Baltimore Beltway)
Interstate 895
Interstate 97
U.S. Route 50
Virginia Route 267
Maryland Route 32
Maryland Route 100
Baltimore-Washington Parkway/Maryland Route 295

	State of Maryland Cities \| Government \| History \| U.S. Senators and Representatives
State capital:	Annapolis
Regions:	Western \| Southern \| Eastern Shore \| Baltimore-Washington Metro Area \| Chesapeake \| Delaware Valley
Notable Cities:	Baltimore, Maryland>Baltimore \| Bowie \| College Park \| Cumberland \| Frederick \| Gaithersburg \| Greenbelt \| Hagerstown \| Hyattsville \| Laurel \| Rockville \| Salisbury \| Takoma Park \| Westminster
Counties:	Allegany \| Anne Arundel \| Baltimore City \| Baltimore County \| Calvert \| Caroline \| Carroll \| Cecil \| Charles \| Dorchester \| Frederick \| Garrett \| Harford \| Howard \| Kent \| Montgomery \| Prince George's \| Queen Anne's \| St. Mary's \| Somerset \| Talbot \| Washington \| Wicomico \| Worcester

	Commonwealth of Virginia Rivers \| Governors \| Colony \| Rights \| Homes
State Capital:	Richmond
Regions:	Appomattox Basin \| Eastern Shore \| Middle Peninsula \| Northern Neck \| Nova \| Piedmont \| Ridge-and-valley Appalachians \| Shenandoah Valley \| Southside Virginia \| Tidewater
Major Metros:	Richmond \| Roanoke \| Virginia Beach/Hampton Roads \| Washington, D.C./Northern
Smaller Urban Centers:	Abingdon \| Blacksburg \| Bluefield \| Bristol \| Charlottesville \| Danville \| Fredericksburg \| Front Royal \| Harrisonburg \| Lynchburg \| Martinsville \| Radford \| Staunton \| Suffolk \| Warrenton \| Waynesboro \| Winchester
Counties:	Accomack \| Albemarle \| Alleghany \| Amelia \| Amherst \| Appomattox \| Arlington \| Augusta \| Bath \| Bedford \| Bland \| Botetourt \| Brunswick \| Buchanan \| Buckingham \| Campbell \| Caroline \| Carroll \| Charles City \| Charlotte \| Chesterfield \| Clarke \| Craig \| Culpeper \| Cumberland \| Dickenson \| Dinwiddie \| Essex \| Fairfax \| Fauquier \| Floyd \| Fluvanna \| Franklin \| Frederick \| Giles \| Gloucester \| Goochland \| Grayson \| Greene \| Greensville \| Halifax \| Hanover \| Henrico \| Henry \| Highland \| Isle of Wight \| James City \| King and Queen \| King George \| King William \| Lancaster \| Lee \| Loudoun \| Louisa \| Lunenburg \| Madison \| Mathews \| Mecklenburg \| Middlesex \| Montgomery \| Nelson \| New Kent \| Northampton \| Northumberland \| Nottoway \| Orange \| Page \| Patrick \| Pittsylvania \| Powhatan \| Prince Edward \| Prince George \| Prince William \| Pulaski \| Rappahannock \| Richmond \| Roanoke \| Rockbridge \| Rockingham \| Russell \| Scott \| Shenandoah \| Smyth \| Southampton \| Spotsylvania \| Stafford \| Surry \| Sussex \| Tazewell \| Warren \| Washington \| Westmoreland \| Wise \| Wythe \| York
Independent Cities:	Alexandria \| Bedford \| Bristol \| Buena Vista \| Charlottesville \| Chesapeake \| Colonial Heights \| Covington \| Danville \| Emporia \| Fairfax \| Falls Church \| Franklin \| Fredericksburg \| Galax \| Hampton \| Harrisonburg \| Hopewell \| Lexington \| Lynchburg \| Manassas \| Manassas Park \| Martinsville \| Newport News \| Norfolk \| Norton \| Petersburg \| Poquoson \| Portsmouth \| Radford \| Richmond \| Roanoke \| Salem \| Staunton \| Suffolk \| Virginia Beach \| Waynesboro \| Williamsburg \| Winchester

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	State of West Virginia Cities \| Towns \| Villages \| Census-designated places \| Governors \| Colleges and universities
	Regions
	Allegheny Mountains \| Allegheny Plateau \| Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area \| Cumberland Plateau \| Eastern Panhandle \| Northern Panhandle \| Potomac Highlands \| Ridge-and-valley Appalachians \| Southern West Virginia
	Major cities (populations over 25,000)
	Charleston \| Huntington \| Parkersburg \| Wheeling \| Morgantown
	Smaller cities (populations over 10,000)
	Beckley \| Bluefield \| Clarksburg \| Cross Lanes \| Fairmont \| Martinsburg \| St. Albans \| South Charleston \| Teays Valley \| Vienna \| Weirton
	Counties
	Barbour \| Berkeley \| Boone \| Braxton \| Brooke \| Cabell \| Calhoun \| Clay \| Doddridge \| Fayette \| Gilmer \| Grant \| Greenbrier \| Hampshire \| Hancock \| Hardy \| Harrison \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Kanawha \| Lewis \| Lincoln \| Logan \| Marion \| Marshall \| Mason \| McDowell \| Mercer \| Mineral \| Mingo \| Monongalia \| Monroe \| Morgan \| Nicholas \| Ohio \| Pendleton \| Pleasants \| Pocahontas \| Preston \| Putnam \| Raleigh \| Randolph \| Ritchie \| Roane \| Summers \| Taylor \| Tucker \| Tyler \| Upshur \| Wayne \| Webster \| Wetzel \| Wirt \| Wood \| Wyoming