Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area


Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area - Definition

The Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area consisting of Washington, DC, Baltimore, Maryland, Northern Virginia, Central Maryland, and Eastern West Virginia. It is the fourth largest metropolitan area 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 DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA.

The Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Counties and Districts

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

Maryland

Counties

Independent Cities

Baltimore

Virginia

Counties

Independent Cities

West Virginia

Full List of Cities

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)

Suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

Maryland

Virginia

Annandale
Bailey's Crossroads
Bull Run
Burke
Centreville
Chantilly (Major airport: Washington Dulles International Airport)
Dale City
Fairfax
Falls Church
Fort Hunt
Franconia
Fredericksburg (Acts as a central city)
Groveton
Herndon
Hybla Valley
Idylwood
Jefferson
Lake Ridge
Leesburg
Lincolnia
Lorton
Manassas
Manassas Park
McLean
Merrifield
Montclair
Mount Vernon
Newington
Oakton
Reston
Rose Hill
Springfield
Tysons Corner
Vienna
West Springfield
Wolf Trap
Woodbridge

West Virginia

Martinsburg

Suburbs with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Maryland

Virginia

West Virginia

External links

map (http://www.northernva.com/cbsweb/maps/counties-dc.jpg)

Regions of Maryland
Western \| Southern \| Eastern Shore \| Baltimore-Washington Metro Area \| Chesapeake \| Delaware Valley
Largest Cities
Annapolis \| Baltimore \| Bowie \| College Park \| Cumberland \| Frederick \| Gaithersburg \| Greenbelt \| Hagerstown \| Laurel \| Rockville \| Salisbury \| Takoma Park \| Westminster
Counties
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

Counties
Regions of Virginia
Appomattox Basin \| Baltimore-Washington Metro Area \| Eastern Shore \| Hampton Roads \| Middle Peninsula \| Northern Neck \| Northern Virginia \| Piedmont \| Ridge-and-valley Appalachians \| Richmond-Petersburg \| Southside Virginia \| Tidewater
Accomack \| Albemarle \| Alleghany \| Amelia \| Amherst \| Appomattox \| Arlington \| Augusta \| Bath \| Bedford \| Bland \| Botetourt \| Brunswick \| Buchanan \| Buckingham \| Campbell \| Caroline \| Carroll \| Charles City \| Charlotte \| Chesterfield \| Clarke \| Craig \| Culpeper \| Cumberland \| Dickenson \| Dinwiddie \| Essex \| Fairfax \| Fauquier \| Floyd \| Fluvanna \| Franklin \| Frederick \| Giles \| Gloucester \| Goochland \| Grayson \| Greene \| Greensville \| Halifax \| Hanover \| Henrico \| Henry \| Highland \| Isle of Wight \| James City \| King and Queen \| King George \| King William \| Lancaster \| Lee \| Loudoun \| Louisa \| Lunenburg \| Madison \| Mathews \| Mecklenburg \| Middlesex \| Montgomery \| Nelson \| New Kent \| Northampton \| Northumberland \| Nottoway \| Orange \| Page \| Patrick \| Pittsylvania \| Powhatan \| Prince Edward \| Prince George \| Prince William \| Pulaski \| Rappahannock \| Richmond \| Roanoke \| Rockbridge \| Rockingham \| Russell \| Scott \| Shenandoah \| Smyth \| Southampton \| Spotsylvania \| Stafford \| Surry \| Sussex \| Tazewell \| Warren \| Washington \| Westmoreland \| Wise \| Wythe \| York
Independent Cities
Alexandria \| Bedford \| Bristol \| Buena Vista \| Charlottesville \| Chesapeake \| Colonial Heights \| Covington \| Danville \| Emporia \| Fairfax \| Falls Church \| Franklin \| Fredericksburg \| Galax \| Hampton \| Harrisonburg \| Hopewell \| Lexington \| Lynchburg \| Manassas \| Manassas Park \| Martinsville \| Newport News \| Norfolk \| Norton \| Petersburg \| Poquoson \| Portsmouth \| Radford \| Richmond \| Roanoke \| Salem \| Staunton \| Suffolk \| Virginia Beach \| Waynesboro \| Williamsburg \| Winchester

Regions of West Virginia
Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area \| Eastern Panhandle \| Northern Panhandle \| Allegheny Plateau \| Cumberland Plateau \| Ridge-and-valley Appalachians
Largest Cities
Beckley \| Bluefield \| Bridgeport \| Charleston \| Clarksburg \| Dunbar \| Fairmont \| Huntington \| Martinsburg \| Morgantown \| Moundsville \| Parkersburg \| South Charleston \| St. Albans \| Vienna \| 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

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Counties and Districts

District of Columbia

Maryland

Counties

Independent Cities

Virginia

Counties

Independent Cities

West Virginia

Full List of Cities

Central Cities

Suburbs with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Virginia

Suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

Maryland

Virginia

West Virginia

Suburbs with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Maryland

Virginia

West Virginia

See also

External links