OMAHA-COUNCIL BLUFFS METROPOLITAN AREA

The 'Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area' is a metropolitan area comprising the cities of Omaha, Nebraska, Council Bluffs, Iowa, and surrounding areas. The Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area has a population of 822,549 (2006 estimate).
^[1] The metropolitan area, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, consists of eight counties — five in Nebraska and three in Iowa. The area is locally referred to as "the Metro Area", "Metro", or simply "Omaha". Three of the counties have large urban areas; the other five counties consist primarily of rural communities, most of which have populations of 1,000 or less.
An "extended" metropolitan area—or trade zone—shows more than 1.2 million people within a 60-mile (100-km) radius of Omaha; the majority of these additional people live in or near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Contents

Historical definitions and populations

Components of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area

Counties

Nebraska

Iowa

Cities

Primary cities

Cities of 10,000 people or more

Cities of 5,000 to 10,000 people

Cities of 1,000 to 5,000 people

Cities and villages with fewer than 1,000 people

Census-designated places

Annexations of formerly incorporated places by the City of Omaha

Notes

External links

Historical definitions and populations

'Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area Population by decade'
1950	366,395
1960	457,873
1970	540,142
1980	585,122[2]
1990	618,262[3]
2000	767,041[4]
2006	822,549 (est.)

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 (2006 estimate).^[5]

Components of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area

Counties

Nebraska

★ Cass County, Nebraska

★ Douglas County, Nebraska

★ Sarpy County, Nebraska

★ Saunders County, Nebraska

★ Washington County, Nebraska

Iowa

★ Harrison County, Iowa

★ Mills County, Iowa

★ Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Cities

Primary cities

★ Omaha – 427,872 inhabitants (2006 estimate)

★ Council Bluffs – 60,271 inhabitants (2006 estimate)

Cities of 10,000 people or more

★ Bellevue

★ La Vista

★ Papillion

Cities of 5,000 to 10,000 people

★ Blair

★ Glenwood

★ Plattsmouth

★ Ralston

★ Gretna

Cities of 1,000 to 5,000 people

★ Arlington ★ Ashland ★ Avoca (Iowa) ★ Carter Lake ★ Dunlap ★ Eagle ★ Logan ★ Louisville ★ Malvern

★ Missouri Valley ★ Oakland ★ Springfield ★ Valley ★ Wahoo ★ Weeping Water ★ Woodbine ★ Yutan

Cities and villages with fewer than 1,000 people

★ Alvo ★ Avoca (Nebraska) ★ Bennington ★ Boys Town ★ Carson ★ Cedar Bluffs ★ Cedar Creek ★ Ceresco ★ Colon

★ Crescent ★ Elmwood ★ Emerson ★ Fort Calhoun ★ Greenwood ★ Hancock ★ Hastings ★ Henderson ★ Herman

★ Ithaca ★ Kennard ★ Leshara ★ Little Sioux ★ Macedonia ★ Magnolia ★ Malmo ★ Manley ★ McClelland

★ Mead ★ Memphis ★ Minden ★ Mineola ★ Modale ★ Mondamin ★ Morse Bluff ★ Murdock ★ Murray

★ Nehawka ★ Neola ★ Pacific Junction ★ Persia ★ Pisgah ★ Prague ★ Shelby ★ Silver City ★ South Bend

★ Treynor ★ Underwood ★ Union ★ Valparaiso ★ Walnut ★ Washington ★ Waterloo ★ Weston

Census-designated places

★ Chalco

★ Offutt AFB

Annexations of formerly incorporated places by the City of Omaha

'Annexations by the City of Omaha'
Year	Former incorporated area name
1854	East Omaha
1877	Kountze Place
1877	Gifford Park
1877	Saratoga
1877	Near North Side
1887	Sheelytown
1887	Bemis Park
1915	South Omaha
1915	Dundee
1917	Benson
1917	Florence
1971	Millard
2005	Elkhorn (2005)

Notes

1. Population Estimates and Components of Population Change for Iowa's Metropolitan Areas (2003 Definition): 2000-2006 Iowa Data Center
2. 1983 metropolitan area definition applied to 1980 census data.
3. 1993 metropolitan area definition applied to 1990 census data.
4. 2003 metropolitan area definition applied to 2000 census data.
5. Population Estimates and Components of Population Change for Iowa's Combined Statistical Areas (2003 Definition): 2000-2006 Iowa Data Center

External links

★ Population for Iowa metropolitan areas and components, 1950 – 2000

★ OmahaWiki.org - wiki website for the Omaha-Council Bluffs metro area