Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area

The Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan statistical area (MSA) consists of five counties in Nebraska (Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders, and Washington) and three counties in Iowa (Harrison, Mills, and Pottawattamie). Based on the 2006 estimate of the Census bureau, the population of the Omaha-Council Bluffs MSA was 822,549, which made it the 60th largest MSA in the country. An "extended" metropolitan area—or trade zone—shows more than 1.2 million people within a 60-mile radius of Omaha; the majority of these additional people live in or near Lincoln, Nebraska.

[edit] Historical definitions and populations

Standard definitions for United States metropolitan areas were created in 1949; the first census which had metropolitan area data was the 1950 census. At that time, the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area comprised three counties: Douglas County and Sarpy County in Nebraska, and Pottawattamie County in Iowa. The additional five counties were added as follows:

• 1983 Washington County, Nebraska
• 1993 Cass County,Nebraska
• 2003 Saunders County, Nebraska, Harrison County, Iowa and Mills County, Iowa

[edit] Counties in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area

[edit] Nebraska

• Cass County
• Douglas County
• Sarpy County
• Saunders County
• Washington County

[edit] Iowa

• Harrison County
• Mills County
• Pottawattamie County

[edit] Cities in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area

[edit] Primary cities

• Omaha, Nebraska – 422,713 inhabitants (2005 estimate)
• Council Bluffs, Iowa – 59,347 inhabitants (2004 estimate)

[edit] Cities of 10,000 people or more

• Bellevue, Nebraska
• La Vista, Nebraska
• Papillion, Nebraska

[edit] Cities of 5,000 to 10,000 people

• Blair, Nebraska
• Glenwood, Iowa
• Plattsmouth, Nebraska
• Ralston, Nebraska
• Gretna, Nebraska

[edit] Former cities and villages annexed by Omaha

• East Omaha (1854)
• Dundee (1915)
• South Omaha (1915)
• Benson (1917)
• Florence (1917)
• Millard (1971)
• Elkhorn (2005)

[edit] External links

• Wikipedia ranking of MSAs in the United States
• Population for Iowa metropolitan areas and components, 1950 – 2000

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