Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA
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Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA is a U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of November 2004.
Composition
Note: Since a state constitutional change in 1871, all cities in Virginia are independent cities and they are not legally located in any county. The OMB considers these independent cities to be county-equivalents for the purpose of defining MSAs in Virginia. Each MSA is listed by its counties, then cities, each in alphabetical order, and not by size.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA includes areas in Virginia, all of the District of Columbia, and a portion of the States of Maryland and West Virginia. It is divided into two metropolitan divisions: the Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division, consisting of Montgomery and Frederick counties; and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division, consisting of the rest of the metropolitan area.
The Virginia portion is known as Northern Virginia.
List of political subdivisions included
The area includes the following counties and independent cities:
- District of Columbia
- Maryland:
- *Calvert County
- *Charles County
- *Frederick County
- *Montgomery County
- *Prince George's County
- Virginia:
- *Counties:
- **Arlington County
- **Clarke County
- **Fairfax County
- **Fauquier County
- **Loudoun County
- **Prince William County
- **Spotsylvania County
- **Stafford County
- **Warren County
- *Independent cities:
- **City of Alexandria
- **City of Fairfax
- **City of Falls Church
- **City of Fredericksburg
- **City of Manassas
- **City of Manassas Park
- West Virginia:
- *Jefferson County
Principal cities
The metropolitan area includes the following principal cities (not all of which are incorporated as cities):
- Washington, D.C.
- Arlington, Virginia
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Reston, Virginia
- Bethesda, Maryland
- Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Frederick, Maryland
- Rockville, Maryland
- Silver Spring, Maryland
See also
List of U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) in Virginia
External link
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