Metro History
- 1950: The Harrisburg Standard Metropolitan Area (SMA), consisting of Cumberland and Dauphin counties, was first defined.
- 1959: Following a term change by the Bureau of the Budget (present-day Office of Management and Budget), the Harrisburg SMA became the Harrisburg Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA).
- 1963: Perry County added to the Harrisburg SMSA.
- 1983: Harrisburg SMSA renamed the Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA); Lebanon County added to the MSA.
- 2003: MSA split into two separate metropolitan areas – Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area (Cumberland, Dauphin, & Perry counties) and the Lebanon Metropolitan Statistical Area (Lebanon County); Both MSAs together form the Harrisburg–Carlisle–Lebanon Combined Statistical Area.
- 2010: The Harrisburg-York-Lebanon urban agglomeration area is defined for the first time, linking York County to the CSA.
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