Cincinnati metropolitan area

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Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
Map of Greater Cincinnati

Common name: Greater Cincinnati
Largest city Cincinnati
Other cities Hamilton, Ohio, Middletown, Ohio
Population  Ranked 28th in the U.S.
 – Total 2,137,406 (2013 est.)[1]
 – Density 445/sq. mi. 
Area 4,808 sq. mi.
12,453 km2
Country  United States
State(s)  Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana
 – Highest point 1,089 feet (332 m)
 – Lowest point 455 feet (139 m)

The Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area, informally known as Greater Cincinnati, is a metropolitan area that includes counties in the U.S. states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana around the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. The United States Census's formal name for the area is the Cincinnati-Middletown Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, this MSA had a population of 2,130,151, the largest metropolitan area involving Ohio and 27th largest in the United States.[2]

The Census also lists the Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington Combined Statistical Area, which adds the Wilmington micropolitan area for a 2009 estimated population of 2,214,954.[3]

The Cincinnati–Northern Kentucky metropolitan area is considered part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis.

Census Designation History[edit]



As of December 2005, Census terminology changed again, eliminating the PMSA/CMSA terminology. Consolidated Statistical Areas (CSA) combine more than one Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA). Newly defined MSAs (Metropolitan) and µSAs (Micropolitan) Statistical Areas are CBSAs. The Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington CSA includes the Cincinnati-Middletown MSA (defined as the old Cincinnati-Hamilton-Middletown CMSA), and Wilmington, OH USA (Clinton County, Ohio).

Population growth[edit]



The Cincinnati–Middletown Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes seven counties in Northern Kentucky and three in Southeast Indiana, is the largest metropolitan area that includes parts of Ohio, exceeding the population of Greater Cleveland, though both Greater Cleveland and metropolitan Columbus have larger populations within the state of Ohio as of 2013. The Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which includes several adjacent metropolitan and micropolitan areas in Northeast Ohio, with approximately 3.4 million people as of 2013, also remains larger than the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington Combined Statistical Area.[5]

Most of the region's population growth in the region has occurred in the Northern counties, leading to speculation that the Cincinnati–Northern Kentucky metropolitan area will eventually merge with Greater Dayton.[6] Combining the Cincinnati and Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Areas into a hypothetical Cincinnati–Dayton Combined Statistical Area would yield a population of about 3.3 million people with current population totals.

Statistical information[edit]

Dearborn County, Indiana 50,047 46,109 38,835 34,291 29,430 28,674 25,141
Franklin County, Indiana 23,087 22,151 19,580 19,612 16,943 17,015 16,034
Ohio County, Indiana 6,128 5,623 5,315 5,114 4,289 4,165 4,223
Boone County, Kentucky 118,811 85,991 57,589 45,842 32,812 21,940 13,015
Bracken County, Kentucky 8,488 8,279 7,766 7,738 7,227 7,422 8,424
Campbell County, Kentucky 90,336 88,616 83,866 83,317 88,501 86,803 76,196
Gallatin County, Kentucky 8,589 7,870 5,393 4,842 4,134 3,867 3,969
Grant County, Kentucky 24,662 22,384 15,737 13,308 9,999 9,489 9,809
Kenton County, Kentucky 159,720 151,464 142,031 137,058 129,440 120,700 104,254
Pendleton County, Kentucky 14,877 14,390 12,036 10,989 9,949 9,968 9,610
Brown County, Ohio 44,846 42,285 34,966 31,920 26,635 25,178 22,221
Clermont County, Ohio 197,363 177,977 150,187 128,483 95,725 80,530 42,182
Hamilton County, Ohio 802,374 845,303 866,228 873,224 924,018 864,121 723,952
Warren County, Ohio 212,693 158,383 113,909 99,276 84,925 65,711 38,505
Butler County, Ohio2 368,130 332,807 291,479 258,787 226,207 199,076 147,203
Wilmington, OH µSA1 42,040 40,543 35,415 34,603 31,464 30,004 25,572
Clinton County, Ohio 42,040 40,543 35,415 34,603 31,464 30,004 25,572



Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA[edit]

These 15 counties have a total area of 4,465 square miles (11,560 km2).

Main cities[edit]

In order of 2010 census population:

Major highways and roads[edit]

Universities, colleges, and technical schools[edit]




Area codes[edit]



Significant moderating variables for the overall climate are:




The Upland South.

Traveling through the region from North to South, a subtle but interesting change in climate can be observed and is most evidenced by the gradual increase in the occurrence of subtropical indicator plants in the landscape (most noticeable are the Southern Magnolia and Mimosa trees, the needle palm also may be found as a winter hardy landscape specimen in yards near the Ohio River). Also, in the winter there is usually a significant difference in snowfall/ice/rain in the region going from north to south.


The area is vulnerable to occasional severe weather - thunderstorms, large hail and sometimes tornadoes.


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