1983: Harrisburg SMSA renamed the Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area ; Lebanon County added to the MSA.
2003: MSA split into two separate metropolitan areas – Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area and the Lebanon metropolitan statistical area ; Both MSAs together form the Harrisburg–Carlisle–Lebanon combined statistical area.
2012: The Harrisburg–York–Lebanon, PA Combined Statistical Area was formally defined and includes the counties of York and Adams.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 509,074 people, 202,380 households, and 134,557 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 86.20% White, 9.39% African American, 0.15% Native American, 1.68% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.17% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.67% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $43,374, and the median income for a family was $51,792. Males had a median income of $36,368 versus $26,793 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $21,432. In 2009 the urban population of the MSA increased to 383,008 from 362,782 in 2000, a change of 20,226 people.
Combined statistical area
The Harrisburg–York–Lebanon, PA Combined Statistical Area is made up of six counties. The statistical area includes four metropolitan areas. As of the 2010 Census, the CSA had a population of 1,219,422. The CSA ranked 5th in the state of Pennsylvania, and 43rd most populous in the United States.
*Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
*Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
*York-Hanover, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
*Harrisburg–Carlisle
*Lebanon
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 629,401 people, 248,931 households, and 167,328 families residing within the CSA. The racial makeup of the CSA was 87.78% White, 7.84% African American, 0.14% Native American, 1.53% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.38% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.11% of the population. The median income for a household in the CSA was $42,740, and the median income for a family was $51,071. Males had a median income of $35,660 versus $26,116 for females. The per capita income for the CSA was $21,017.
In 2010, the Harrisburg area was combined with York and Lebanon as an urban agglomeration, or a contiguous area of continuously developed urban land, signifying a future merger with the York–Hanover MSA, which created a combined statistical area of over 1.2 million people.
