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2004 Northest MSAs over 100k ranked

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RANK MSA 2004

1 New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 18709802
2 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5800614
3 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 5139549
4 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4424649
4 Baltimore-Towson, MD 2639213
6 Pittsburgh, PA 2401575
7 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1628808
8 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1184564
9 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda, NY 1154378
10 Rochester, NY 1041499
11 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 903291
12 New Haven-Milford, CT 845694
13 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 845269
14 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 779816
15 Worcester, MA 779488
16 Springfield, MA 687973
17 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 663747
18 Syracuse, NY 653988
19 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 551531
20 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 519331
21 Portland-South Portland, ME 510791
22 Lancaster, PA 487332
23 York-Hanover, PA 401613
24 Manchester-Nashua, NH 398574
25 Reading, PA 391640
26 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 365271
27 Utica-Rome, NY 298820
28 Erie, PA 282355
29 Atlantic City, NJ 268693
30 Norwich-New London, CT 266466
31 Binghamton, NY 249231
32 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 244796
33 Barnstable Town, MA 228683
34 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 204485
35 Torrington, CT 189246
36 Kingston, NY 181779
37 Seaford, DE 172216
38 Lebanon, NH-VT 171381
39 East Stroudsburg, PA 158925
40 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 151183
41 Johnstown, PA 148496
42 Bangor, ME 148196
43 Pottsville, PA 147670
44 Concord, NH 145542
45 State College, PA 140476
46 Dover, DE 138752
47 Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY 137267
48 Chambersburg, PA 134864
49 Pittsfield, MA 132486
50 Glens Falls, NY 127954
51 Altoona, PA 127468
52 Lebanon, PA 124489
53 Augusta-Waterville, ME 120645
54 Williamsport, PA 118542
55 Salisbury, MD 114645
56 Willimantic, CT 114343
57 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 111467
58 Ogdensburg-Massena, NY 111306
59 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 107022
60 Cumberland, MD-WV 101016
61 Ocean City, NJ 100758
62 Ithaca, NY 100135
 
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Darrell said:
RANK MSA 2004

1 New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 18709802
2 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5800614
3 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 5139549
4 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4424649
4 Baltimore-Towson, MD 2639213
6 Pittsburgh, PA 2401575
7 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1628808
8 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1184564
9 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda, NY 1154378
10 Rochester, NY 1041499
11 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 903291
Now see, this I don't understand. How can parts of PA be in the New York MSA, while coastal Fairfield County, CT (Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford) is considered to be a separate MSA. Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford are much closer to NYC than anywhere in PA and there are definitely more people commuting from Fairfield County to NYC than from NE PA. I mean, come on, what maps are these guys looking at? I think they better look at their maps again.

And look how the Philly MSA includes DE. Wilmington is the Stamford of the Philadelphia MSA. Wilmington is to Philly as Stamford is to the Big Apple. Why is Wilmington worthy of being part of the Philly MSA, while Stamford is not worthy of being part of the NYC MSA?
 
#81 ·
Mike D said:
Now see, this I don't understand. How can parts of PA be in the New York MSA, while coastal Fairfield County, CT (Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford) is considered to be a separate MSA. Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford are much closer to NYC than anywhere in PA and there are definitely more people commuting from Fairfield County to NYC than from NE PA. I mean, come on, what maps are these guys looking at? I think they better look at their maps again.

And look how the Philly MSA includes DE. Wilmington is the Stamford of the Philadelphia MSA. Wilmington is to Philly as Stamford is to the Big Apple. Why is Wilmington worthy of being part of the Philly MSA, while Stamford is not worthy of being part of the NYC MSA?
The CT suburbs are part of the NYC CMSA, yet since there are significant cities of their own right in SE CT they have their own PMSA, or share of the greater NYC CMSA. If this rank counted CMSAs you'd see the CT burbs included, and you'd also see DC and Baltimore in the same CMSA.
 
#82 ·
lammius said:
The CT suburbs are part of the NYC CMSA, yet since there are significant cities of their own right in SE CT they have their own PMSA, or share of the greater NYC CMSA. If this rank counted CMSAs you'd see the CT burbs included, and you'd also see DC and Baltimore in the same CMSA.
NJ also has significant cities of their own right that were considered separate PMSAs, yet these were recently made part of the NYC PMSA as were parts of PA. But the CT cities were left in a separate CMSA. That's what doesn't make sense.
 
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