Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
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The Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area consisting of Washington, DC, Baltimore, Maryland, Northern Virginia, Central Maryland, and two counties in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. It is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the U.S. after New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
Officially, the area is designated the Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA). The CMSA includes the Baltimore, MD Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA) the Hagerstown, MD PMSA and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA. However, some counties and cities not officially designated by the Census Bureau as members of this metropolitan area may consider themselves members anyway, mostly because of their proximity to the area, the size of their commuter population, and by the influence of local broadcasting stations.
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Counties and districts
District of Columbia
Maryland
Counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Baltimore County
- Calvert County
- Carroll County
- Charles County
- Frederick County
- Harford County
- Howard County
- Montgomery County
- Prince George's County
- Queen Anne's County
- Saint Mary's County
- Washington County
Independent cities
Virginia
Counties
- Arlington County
- Clarke County
- Culpeper County
- Fairfax County
- Fauquier County
- King George County
- Loudoun County
- Prince William County
- Spotsylvania County
- Stafford County
Independent Cities
West Virginia
List of cities
See List of cities in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area for a full list.
Central cities
- Baltimore, Maryland (Major airport: adjacent to Baltimore/Washington International Airport, in Anne Arundel County)
- Washington, DC
- Hagerstown, Maryland
- Annapolis, Maryland (Capital of Maryland)
Suburbs with more than 100,000 inhabitants
Virginia
- Alexandria
- Arlington County (Major airport: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Recognized as a "central city" by the U.S. Census Bureau)
See also
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State of Maryland |
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Western | Southern | Eastern Shore | Baltimore-Washington Metro Area | Chesapeake | Delaware Valley |
| Notable Cities: | Baltimore | Bowie | College Park | Cumberland | Frederick | Gaithersburg | Greenbelt | Hagerstown | Laurel | Rockville | Salisbury | Takoma Park | Westminster |
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Allegany | Anne Arundel | Baltimore City | Baltimore County | Calvert | Caroline | Carroll | Cecil | Charles | Dorchester | Frederick | Garrett | Harford | Howard | Kent | Montgomery | Prince George's | Queen Anne's | St. Mary's | Somerset | Talbot | Washington | Wicomico | Worcester |
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State of West Virginia |
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Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area | Eastern Panhandle | Northern Panhandle | Allegheny Plateau | Cumberland Plateau | Ridge-and-valley Appalachians |
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Beckley | Bluefield | Clarksburg | Fairmont | Hurricane | Keyser | Morgantown | Oak Hill | Parkersburg | Point Pleasant | Weirton | Wheeling |
| Counties: |
Barbour | Berkeley | Boone | Braxton | Brooke | Cabell | Calhoun | Clay | Doddridge | Fayette | Gilmer | Grant | Greenbrier | Hampshire | Hancock | Hardy | Harrison | Jackson | Jefferson | Kanawha | Lewis | Lincoln | Logan | Marion | Marshall | Mason | McDowell | Mercer | Mineral | Mingo | Monongalia | Monroe | Morgan | Nicholas | Ohio | Pendleton | Pleasants | Pocahontas | Preston | Putnam | Raleigh | Randolph | Ritchie | Roane | Summers | Taylor | Tucker | Tyler | Upshur | Wayne | Webster | Wetzel | Wirt | Wood | Wyoming |