Cumberland micropolitan area

Cumberland, MD–WV area
Micropolitan Statistical Area
Cumberland, MD–WV Micropolitan Statistical Area
Downtown Cumberland
Map of Cumberland, MD–WV μSA   City of Cumberland   Cumberland, MD–WV μSA
Country	United States
State	Maryland West Virginia
Principal city	Cumberland
Other cities	Frostburg, MD Keyser, WV Westernport, MD
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

Cumberland, MD-WV MSA, or Cumberland Metro for short, is the Metropolitan Statistical Area of Cumberland, Maryland, and the surrounding economic region of Allegany County, Maryland, and Mineral County, West Virginia, in the United States.

As of 2000, The City of Cumberland had a population of 21,591 and the surrounding area had a population of 102,008. Allegany and Mineral are mountainous, mostly rural areas. According to the 2000 census, more than 45 percent of the people living in the Cumberland region live in rural and non-incorporated areas.

The Cumberland Metropolitan Area is geographically isolated by a range of ridges and valleys from the rest of Maryland which is relatively flat. These mountain ranges form adjacent valleys which have served to collect and integrate the regional cities and towns together into urbanized channels that follow the valleys northeasterly. This has served to give the area a unique sense of identity and economic integration.

The median household income for the MSA was $30,916 and the average household income was $39,021.^[1] The Cumberland Metro is one of the poorest in the United States, ranking 305th out of 318 metropolitan areas in per capita income.^{[citation needed]}