Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area


The Omaha metropolitan area, officially known as the Omaha, NE–IA, Metropolitan Statistical Area, is an urbanized, bi-state metro region in Nebraska and Iowa in the Midwestern [United States|American Midwest], centered on the city of Omaha, Nebraska. The region consists of eight counties, and extends over a large area on both sides of the Missouri River. Covering and with a population of 967,604, the Omaha metropolitan area is the most populous in both Nebraska and Iowa, and is the 58th most populous MSA in the United States. The 2003 revision to metropolitan area definitions was accompanied by the creation of United [States micropolitan area|micropolitan areas] and combined statistical areas. Fremont, in Dodge County, Nebraska, was designated a micropolitan area. The Omaha–Fremont Combined Statistical Area has a population of 1,058,125.
Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a radius of Downtown Omaha.

Historical definitions and populations

[Image:Omaha c bluffs.jpg|thumb|right|300px|View from space of Omaha and Council Bluffs]
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 and Sarpy in Nebraska, and Pottawattamie in Iowa. No additional counties were added to the metropolitan area until 1983, when Washington County of Nebraska was added. Cass County, Nebraska, was added in 1993; Saunders County in Nebraska and Harrison and Mills counties in Iowa became part of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area in 2003.

Components of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area

Cities

Primary city

Image:Omaha Skyline 2010.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Downtown Omaha skyline from North Downtown.

Cities of 50,000 people or more (2020)

Cities of 10,000 people to 49,999 people (2020)

Cities of 5,000 to 9,999 people (2020)

Census-designated places (2020)