Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), Counties, Principal Cities, and MSA Non-Principal
Municipalities with >50,000 Residents
MSA Name
1
MSA Counties
1
MSA Principal City/Cities
1
Other MSA Non-Principal
Municipalities >50,000 Residents
2
Abilene, TX MSA
Abilene
N/A
Amarillo-Borger, TX MSA
Armstrong
Carson
Oldham
Potter
Randall
Amarillo
N/A
Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA
Bastrop
Caldwell
Hays
Travis
Williamson
Austin
Round Rock
Cedar Park
Georgetown
Pflugerville
San Marcos
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA
Hardin
Jefferson
Newton
Orange
Beaumont
Port Arthur
N/A
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA
Cameron
Brownsville
Harlingen
N/A
College Station-Bryan, TX MSA
Brazos
Burleson
Robertson
Bryan
College Station
N/A
Corpus Christi, TX MSA
Aransas
Nueces
San Patricio
Corpus Christi
N/A
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Core
Based Statistical Area
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX MSA
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA
Collin
Dallas
Denton
Ellis
Hunt
Kaufman
Rockwall
Hood
Johnson
Parker
Somervell
Tarrant
Wise
Arlington
Dallas
Denton
Fort Worth
Irving
Plano
Richardson
Allen
Carrollton
DeSoto
Euless
Flower Mound
Frisco
Garland
Grand Prairie
Grapevine
Lewisville
Mansfield
McKinney
Mesquite
North Richland
Hills
Richardson
Rowlett
El Paso, TX MSA
El Paso
Hudspeth
El Paso
N/A
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
MSA
Austin
Brazoria
Chambers
Fort Bend
Galveston
Harris
Montgomery
Waller
Baytown
Conroe
Houston
Sugar Land
The Woodlands
Galveston
League City
Missouri City
Pasadena
Pearland
Killeen-Temple, TX MSA
Bell
Coryell
Lampasas
Killeen
Temple
N/A
Laredo, TX MSA
Webb
Laredo
N/A
Longview, TX MSA
Gregg
Rusk
Upshur
Longview
N/A
Lubbock, TX MSA
Crosby
Lubbock
Lynn
Lubbock
N/A
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA
Hidalgo
Edinburg
McAllen
Mission
Pharr
Midland-Odessa Combined Statistical
Area
Midland, TX MSA
Odessa, TX MSA
Martin
Midland
Ector
Midland
Odessa
N/A
San Angelo, TX MSA
Irion
Tom Green
San Angelo
N/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA
Atascosa
Bandera
Bexar
Comal
Guadalupe
Kendall
Medina
Wilson
New Braunfels
San Antonio
N/A
Sherman-Denison, TX MSA
Grayson
Denison
Sherman
N/A
Texarkana, TX-AR MSA
Bowie
Texarkana
N/A
Tyler, TX MSA
Smith
Tyler
N/A
Victoria, TX MSA
Goliad
Victoria
Victoria
N/A
Waco, TX MSA
Falls
McLennan
Waco
N/A
Wichita Falls, TX MSA
Archer
Clay
Wichita
Wichita Falls
N/A
1. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, based on Office of Management and Budget, July 2015 delineations
2. Source: "American FactFinder – Results". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved January 2017
