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Originally Posted by dimondpark
Yup. San Diego is the only 3M+ geography that is not a CSA and if it ever adds El Centro that could change but idk
EDIT: Tampa too is not a CSA yet
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Do you know when Phoenix received a CSA designation? The difference between MSA and CSA is less than 54,000.
2018: CSA: 4,911,851 [includes Gila County, pop 53,000]
2018: MSA: 4,857,962
Phoenix is more connected to Yavapai County [pop 235,000] - Prescott, than Gila.
Prescott - Phoenix - Tucson - Nogales is part of the Arizona Sun Corridor Megapolitan region.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Sun_Corridor
Some milestones for Metro Phoenix will likely be hit in 2020:
1] Phoenix: 1.7 million
2] Mesa: 500,000
3] There will be 4 more suburbs that exceed 250,000
4] Keep an eye on Buckeye, for explosive growth this decade. Currently around over 80,000 [up from 6,500 in the year 2000] with a planning area of 650 square miles, much larger than the city of Phoenix.