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* [[Council Bluffs, Iowa|Council Bluffs]]
* [[Bellevue, Nebraska|Bellevue]]
* [[Papillion, Nebraska|Papillion]]
* [[La Vista, Nebraska|La Vista]]
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The '''Omaha metropolitan area''', officially known as the '''Omaha, NE–IA, Metropolitan Statistical Area''' (MSA), is an [[Urbanization|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 (five in Nebraska and three in Iowa), and extends over a large area on both sides of the [[Missouri River]]. Covering {{convert|4407|sqmi}} and with a population of 967,604 (2020), <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2021/metro/totals/cbsa-met-est2021-pop.xlsx |title=Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population in the United States and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021 (CBSA-MET-EST2021-POP) |format=[[xlsx]] |work=2021 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=2021-07-01 |access-date=2022-05-22 }}</ref> the Omaha metropolitan area is the most populous in both Nebraska and Iowa (although the [[Des Moines metropolitan area|Des Moines–West Des Moines MSA]] is the largest MSA centered entirely in 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 area]]s. [[Fremont, Nebraska|Fremont]], in [[Dodge County, Nebraska]], was designated a micropolitan area. The Omaha–Fremont Combined Statistical Area has a population of 1,058,125 (2020 estimate).<ref>{{cite web|author=Iowa Data Center|title=Population Estimates and Components of Population Change for Iowa's Combined Statistical Areas (2003 Definition): 2000–2006|url=http://data.iowadatacenter.org/datatables/MetroArea/csaestpop20002006.pdf|access-date=April 6, 2007}}</ref>
<ref>Hunzeker, S. [http://www.dol.state.ne.us/nwd/workserv/jobcareer/es/trends/trends/oct03/html%20pages/Nebraska%20Metro%20&%20Micro%20Statistical%20Areas.html "Nebraska Metro & Micro Statistical Areas"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107120604/http://www.dol.state.ne.us/nwd/workserv/jobcareer/es/trends/trends/oct03/html%20pages/Nebraska%20Metro%20%26%20Micro%20Statistical%20Areas.html |date=January 7, 2009 }}, Nebraska Department of Labor. Retrieved September 5, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/msa_def.htm#36540 "May 2007 OES Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions."] [[Bureau of Labor Statistics]]. Retrieved September 5, 2008.</ref> Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a {{convert|50|mi|abbr=on|sp=us}} radius of [[Downtown Omaha]].
The region is locally referred to as "Big O", "the Metro Area", "the Metro", or simply "Omaha". The core counties of [[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]] and [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]] in Nebraska and [[Pottawattamie County, Iowa|Pottawattamie]] in Iowa contain large urbanized areas; the other five counties consist primarily of rural communities. The larger Omaha–Fremont, NE–IA, [[Combined Statistical Area]] (CSA) encompasses the Omaha MSA as well as the separate [[Fremont, Nebraska|Fremont, NE]], [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]], which consists of the entirety of [[Dodge County, Nebraska]].
==Historical definitions and populations==
{{USCensusPop
| 1950 = 366395
| 1960 = 457873
| 1970 = 540142
| 1980 = 589857
| 1990 = 678262
| 2000 = 767041
| 2010 = 865350
| 2020 = 967604
| estimate = 983969
| estyear = 2023
| footnote = <ref name=1850-2010pop>{{cite web|url=http://omaha.com/article/20110301/NEWS01/110309991#metro-population-hits-865-350|title=Metro population hits 965,350|newspaper=[[Omaha World-Herald]]|date=March 1, 2011|access-date=March 6, 2011}}</ref>
}}
[[Image:Omaha c bluffs.jpg|thumb|right|300px|View from space of Omaha and Council Bluffs]]
Standard definitions for [[United States metropolitan area]]s 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, Nebraska|Douglas]] and [[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]] in Nebraska, and [[Pottawattamie County, Iowa|Pottawattamie]] in Iowa. No additional counties were added to the metropolitan area until 1983, when [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington County]] of Nebraska was added. [[Cass County, Nebraska]], was added in 1993; [[Saunders County, Nebraska|Saunders County]] in Nebraska and [[Harrison County, Iowa|Harrison]] and [[Mills County, Iowa|Mills]] counties in Iowa became part of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area in 2003.
==Components of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area==
===Counties===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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!County
!State
!2020 Census
!2010 Census
!Change
|-
|align=left|[[Cass County, Nebraska|Cass]]
|align=left|Nebraska
| {{change|invert=on|26598|25241}}<ref name="census.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/31177,31153,31155,31055,31025|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Washington County, Nebraska; Sarpy County, Nebraska; Saunders County, Nebraska; Douglas County, Nebraska; Cass County, Nebraska|website=Census Bureau QuickFacts}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Douglas County, Nebraska|Douglas]]
|align=left|Nebraska
| {{change|invert=on|584526|517110}}<ref name="census.gov"/>
|-
|align=left|[[Sarpy County, Nebraska|Sarpy]]
|align=left|Nebraska
| {{change|invert=on|190604|158840}}<ref name="census.gov"/>
|-
|align=left|[[Saunders County, Nebraska|Saunders]]
|align=left|Nebraska
| {{change|invert=on|22278|20780}}<ref name="census.gov"/>
|-
|align=left|[[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington]]
|align=left|Nebraska
| {{change|invert=on|20865|20234}}<ref name="census.gov"/>
|-
|align=left|[[Harrison County, Iowa|Harrison]]
|align=left|Iowa
| {{change|invert=on|14582|14937}}<ref name="census.gov1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/19085,19155,19129|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Harrison County, Iowa; Pottawattamie County, Iowa; Mills County, Iowa|website=Census Bureau QuickFacts}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Mills County, Iowa|Mills]]
|align=left|Iowa
| {{change|invert=on|14484|15059}}<ref name="census.gov1"/>
|-
|align=left|[[Pottawattamie County, Iowa|Pottawattamie]]
|align=left|Iowa
| {{change|invert=on|93667|93158}}<ref name="census.gov1"/>
|}
===Cities===
==== Primary city ====
[[Image:Omaha Skyline 2010.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The [[Downtown Omaha]] skyline from North Downtown.]]
*[[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] – 486,051 inhabitants (2020)
==== Cities of 10,000 people or more (2020) ====
*[[Bellevue, Nebraska]] – 64,176 inhabitants (2020)
*[[Council Bluffs, Iowa]] - 62,799 inhabitants (2020)
*[[Papillion, Nebraska]] – 24,159 inhabitants (2020)
*[[La Vista, Nebraska]] – 16,746 inhabitants (2020)
==== Cities of 5,000 to 10,000 people (2020) ====
*[[Blair, Nebraska]] – 7,790 inhabitants
*[[Glenwood, Iowa]] – 5,073 inhabitants
*[[Gretna, Nebraska]] – 5,083 inhabitants
*[[Plattsmouth, Nebraska]] – 6,544 inhabitants
*[[Ralston, Nebraska]] – 6,494 inhabitants
==== Cities of 1,000 to 5,000 people (2019 estimates) ====
{|
|-
| valign="top" |
*[[Arlington, Nebraska]] – 1,326 inhabitants
*[[Ashland, Nebraska]] – 2,644 inhabitants
*[[Avoca, Iowa]] – 1,521 inhabitants
*[[Bennington, Nebraska]] – 1,521 inhabitants
*[[Carter Lake, Iowa]] – 3,785 inhabitants
*[[Eagle, Nebraska]] – 1,096 inhabitants
*[[Logan, Iowa]] – 1,418 inhabitants
*[[Louisville, Nebraska]] – 1,306 inhabitants
| valign="top" |
*[[Malvern, Iowa]] – 1,115 inhabitants
*[[Missouri Valley, Iowa]] – 2,615 inhabitants
*[[Oakland, Iowa]] – 1,501 inhabitants
*[[Springfield, Nebraska]] – 1,624 inhabitants
*[[Valley, Nebraska]] – 2,890 inhabitants
*[[Wahoo, Nebraska]] – 4,548 inhabitants
*[[Weeping Water, Nebraska]] – 1,095 inhabitants
*[[Woodbine, Iowa]] – 1,385 inhabitants
*[[Yutan, Nebraska]] – 1,310 inhabitants
|}
==== Cities and villages with fewer than 1,000 people (2019 estimates) ====
{|
|-
| valign="top" |
*[[Alvo, Nebraska]] – 137 inhabitants
*[[Avoca, Nebraska]] – 281 inhabitants
*[[Boys Town, Nebraska]] – 562 inhabitants
*[[Carson, Iowa]] – 809 inhabitants
*[[Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska]] – 583 inhabitants
*[[Cedar Creek, Nebraska]] – 410 inhabitants
*[[Ceresco, Nebraska]] – 899 inhabitants
*[[Colon, Nebraska]] – 106 inhabitants
*[[Crescent, Iowa]] – 616 inhabitants
*[[Dunlap, Iowa]] – 973 inhabitants
*[[Elmwood, Nebraska]] – 661 inhabitants
*[[Emerson, Iowa]] – 449 inhabitants
*[[Fort Calhoun, Nebraska]] – 980 inhabitants
*[[Greenwood, Nebraska]] – 595 inhabitants
*[[Hancock, Iowa]] – 196 inhabitants
*[[Henderson, Iowa]] – 185 inhabitants
*[[Herman, Nebraska]] – 271 inhabitants
*[[Ithaca, Nebraska]] – 148 inhabitants
*[[Kennard, Nebraska]] – 366 inhabitants
*[[Leshara, Nebraska]] – 119 inhabitants
*[[Little Sioux, Iowa]] – 161 inhabitants
*[[Macedonia, Iowa]] – 325 inhabitants
*[[Magnolia, Iowa]] – 176 inhabitants
*[[Malmo, Nebraska]] – 114 inhabitants
*[[Manley, Nebraska]] – 172 inhabitants
*[[McClelland, Iowa]] – 155 inhabitants
| valign="top" |
*[[Mead, Nebraska]] – 567 inhabitants
*[[Memphis, Nebraska]] – 110 inhabitants
*[[Minden, Iowa]] – 598 inhabitants
*[[Mineola, Iowa]] – unincorporated
*[[Modale, Iowa]] – 264 inhabitants
*[[Mondamin, Iowa]] – 374 inhabitants
*[[Morse Bluff, Nebraska]] – 142 inhabitants
*[[Murdock, Nebraska]] – 247 inhabitants
*[[Murray, Nebraska]] – 485 inhabitants
*[[Nehawka, Nebraska]] – 212 inhabitants
*[[Neola, Iowa]] – 891 inhabitants
*[[Pacific Junction, Iowa]] – 342 inhabitants
*[[Persia, Iowa]] – 287 inhabitants
*[[Pisgah, Iowa]] – 240 inhabitants
*[[Prague, Nebraska]] – 309 inhabitants
*[[Shelby, Iowa]] – 612 inhabitants
*[[Silver City, Iowa]] – 246 inhabitants
*[[South Bend, Nebraska]] – 104 inhabitants
*[[Treynor, Iowa]] – 965 inhabitants
*[[Underwood, Iowa]] – 956 inhabitants
*[[Union, Nebraska]] – 243 inhabitants
*[[Valparaiso, Nebraska]] – 543 inhabitants
*[[Walnut, Iowa]] – 769 inhabitants
*[[Washington, Nebraska]] – 157 inhabitants
*[[Waterloo, Nebraska]] – 915 inhabitants
*[[Weston, Nebraska]] – 330 inhabitants
|}
====Census-designated places (2020) ====
*[[Chalco, Nebraska]] – 11,064 inhabitants
*[[Offutt Air Force Base]] – 5,363 inhabitants
====Annexations of formerly incorporated places by the City of Omaha====
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{| class="wikitable"
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! style="text-align:center;" colspan="6"|[[Annexation]]s by the [[Omaha|City of Omaha]]
|-
!Year!!Former incorporated area name
|-
|1854 || [[East Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|1877 || [[Kountze Place]]
|-
|1877 || [[Gifford Park]]
|-
|1877 || [[Saratoga, Nebraska]]
|-
|1877 || [[Near North Side (Omaha, Nebraska)|Near North Side, Omaha]]
|-
|1887 || [[Sheelytown]]
|-
|1887 || [[Bemis Park]]
|-
|1915 || [[South Omaha, Nebraska]]
|-
|1915 || [[Dundee, Nebraska]]
|-
|1917 || [[Benson, Nebraska]]
|-
|1917 || [[Florence, Nebraska]]
|-
|1971 || [[Millard, Nebraska]]
|-
|2005 || [[Elkhorn, Nebraska]]
|}
{{further|Neighborhoods of Omaha, Nebraska}}
==Notes==
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==External links==
{{Sister project links | wikt=no| commons=no| b=no| n=no| q=no| s=no| v=no| voy=Metro Omaha| species=no| d=Q199189}}
*[http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/specialized-services/datacenter/datatables/MetroArea/metropop19502000.pdf Population for Iowa metropolitan areas and components, 1950 – 2000]
*[http://omaha.towncommons.com omaha.towncommons.com] – wiki website for the Omaha–Council Bluffs metro area
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