The Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area (commonly called the Harrisburg metropolitan area), as defined the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley, anchored by the cities of Harrisburg and (to a lesser-extent) Carlisle. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 509,074 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 536,919). In 2009, Harrisburg–Carlisle was the 96th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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