Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area
The Omaha Metropolitan Area, officially known as the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area, is an urbanized region centered on the city of Omaha, Nebraska. The region extends over a large area on both sides of the Missouri River in Nebraska and Iowa, in the American Midwest. The Omaha Metropolitan Area is the largest in Nebraska and is the 57th largest in the United States, with an estimated population of 933,316. As defined by the Office of Management and Budget, it consists of eight counties—five in Nebraska and three in Iowa. The region is locally referred to as "Greater Omaha", "the Metro Area", "the Metro", or simply "Omaha". The core counties of Douglas and Sarpy in Nebraska and Pottawattamie in Iowa contain large urbanized areas; the other five counties consist primarily of rural communities.
The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area encompasses the Omaha-Council Bluffs MSA as well as the separate Fremont, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of the entirety of Dodge County, Nebraska. The total population of the CSA was 970,023 based on 2017 estimates.Historical definitions and populations
Standard definitions for United States metropolitan areas 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 and Sarpy in Nebraska, and Pottawattamie in Iowa. No additional counties were added to the metropolitan area until 1983, when Washington County, Nebraska was added. Cass County, Nebraska was added in 1993; Saunders County in Nebraska and Harrison and Mills counties in Iowa became part of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area in 2003.
The 2003 revision to metropolitan area definitions was accompanied by the creation of micropolitan areas and Combined Statistical Areas. Fremont, in Dodge County, Nebraska, was designated a micropolitan area. The Omaha–Council Bluffs–Fremont combined statistical area has a population of 858,720.Components of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area
Counties
Cities
Primary city
- Omaha – 408,958 inhabitants
Cities of 10,000 people or more
- Council Bluffs, Iowa - 62,230 inhabitants
- Bellevue, Nebraska – 50,137 inhabitants
- La Vista, Nebraska – 15,758 inhabitants
- Papillion, Nebraska – 18,894 inhabitants
Cities of 5,000 to 10,000 people
- Blair, Nebraska – 7,990 inhabitants
- Glenwood, Iowa – 5,269 inhabitants
- Plattsmouth, Nebraska – 6,502 inhabitants
- Ralston, Nebraska – 7,187 inhabitants
Cities of 1,000 to 5,000 people
Cities and villages with fewer than 1,000 people
Census-designated places
- Chalco, Nebraska – 10,736 inhabitants
- Offutt Air Force Base – 8,901 inhabitants
Annexations of formerly incorporated places by the City of Omaha
