 The United States Office of Management and Budget has designated York County as the York–Hanover, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.The United States Census Bureau ranked the York–Hanover, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area as the 9th most populous in the state of Pennsylvania, and 115th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States as of July 1, 2012.The Office of Management and Budget has further designated the York–Hanover Metropolitan Statistical Area as a component of the more extensive Harrisburg–York–Lebanon, PA Combined Statistical Area, the 43rd most populous combined statistical area (CSA) and the 49th most populous primary statistical area of the United States as of July 1, 2012.