Roanoke metropolitan area

Roanoke metropolitan area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area
Roanoke City from Mill Mountain Star
Location of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area in Virginia
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Largest city	Roanoke
Area
• Total	1,711 sq mi (4,430 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	315,251
• Density	180/sq mi (71/km2)
GDP [1]
• Total	$19.936 billion (2022)

The Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Virginia as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Roanoke MSA is sometimes referred to as the Roanoke Valley, even though the Roanoke MSA occupies a larger area than the Roanoke Valley. It is geographically similar to the area known as the Roanoke Region of Virginia, but while the latter includes Alleghany County, the former does not.^[2] As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 315,251.^[3]

Figures through 2000 do not include Franklin County (50,345 est. 2005 population) and Craig County (5,154 est. 2005 population). The Census Bureau has since added them to the Roanoke MSA, which is the fourth largest in Virginia (behind Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and the Greater Richmond area), and the largest in the western half of the state. Its current rank is 201 among all 363 MSAs. The Roanoke, VA MSA population changed from 288,307 in 2000 to 315,251 in 2020, a greater than 9.34 percent change.