Pine Bluff micropolitan area

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Pine Bluff Micropolitan Area
Micropolitan Statistical Area
Pine Bluff, AR
Micropolitan Statistical Area
Pine Bluff AR - main street and courthouse.jpg
Downtown Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff micropolitan area
Map of the Pine Bluff, AR μSA
Country Flag of United States.svg United States
State Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas
Largest city Pine Bluff
Population
 (2023 (est.)) [1]
71,039
 •  Metro
913,536
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

The Pine Bluff Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a two-county region in Southeast Arkansas, anchored by the city of Pine Bluff. As of 2023, the total population was estimated at 71,039. [1] It is also a component of the larger Central Arkansas region which had an estimated 913,536 people in 2023. [1]

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History

The Pine Bluff region had long been a metropolitan statistical area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 100,258. [2] The metro area's population declined by 12.47% between 2010 and 2020, more than any other metropolitan area in the United States. At the 2020 Census, the Pine Bluff MSA definition included Jefferson, Cleveland, and Lincoln counties.

A proposal by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to increase the threshold for a metropolitan statistical area from 50,000 in population to 100,000 threatened Pine Bluff's status as a metropolitan area in 2021 (along with three other Arkansas metros: Hot Springs, Jonesboro, and Texarkana). [3] It was announced this effort had been rebuffed by a group of members of Congress a few months later. [4] However, on July 21, 2023, the OMB redefined the United States statistical areas, including Arkansas statistical areas, which demoted Pine Bluff to a micropolitan area. [5]

Counties

Cities and towns

References

  1. 1 2 3 "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Estimates and Projections--States, Metropolitan Areas, Cities" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Murrell, I.C. (March 26, 2021). "PB statistical area status at stake". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Little Rock, AR. pp. 23, 25. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  4. ↑ Staff of The Commercial (July 15, 2021). "OMB to retain MSA designation for cities". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Little Rock, AR. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  5. ↑ Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget . Retrieved October 23, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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