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On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, three metropolitan statistical areas, and five micropolitan statistical areas in Nevada. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Las Vegas-Henderson, NV CSA , comprising the area around Nevada's largest city, Las Vegas .
The Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area is a two county (Elko, Eureka) Nevada statistical area of 21,383 sq mi (55,380 km 2). The area includes portions of the Humboldt River Basin (~9,000 sq mi), the Snake River Basin (6,800), and the Central Nevada Desert Basins subregion (5,500).
Gardnerville Ranchos is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. [2] As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,312. The area is the namesake for the Gardnerville Ranchos Micropolitan Statistical area which includes other areas of Douglas County.
The United States federal government defines and delineates the nation's metropolitan areas for statistical purposes, using a set of standard statistical area definitions. As of 2023, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined and delineated 393 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and 542 micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) in the United States and Puerto Rico. [1]
The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined 925 core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) for the United States and 10 for Puerto Rico. [1] The OMB defines a core-based statistical area as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and ...
The Las Vegas–Henderson combined statistical area, known prior to 2013 as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Pahrump combined statistical area, is made up of two counties in southern Nevada. [2] The statistical area consists of the Las Vegas–Henderson–North Las Vegas, NV MSA and the Pahrump, NV micropolitan statistical area.
Micropolitan areas are based on Census Bureau-defined urban clusters of at least 10,000 and fewer than 50,000 people. The basic definition of metropolitan areas was changed in 2003. [ 5 ] A metropolitan area, as it did in 1990, requires a Census Bureau-defined urbanized area of at least 50,000 people.
Elko County is the second-largest county by area in Nevada, with only Nye County being larger. Elko County is part of the Elko micropolitan statistical area. It contains 49.8 percent of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, set up in the late 19th century for the Shoshone-Paiute peoples; they are a federally recognized tribe.