Abilene metropolitan area

Abilene metropolitan area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Abilene, TX MSA
Downtown Abilene
Interactive Map of Abilene–Sweetwater, TX CSA   City of Abilene   Abilene, TX MSA   Sweetwater, TX µSA
Country	United States
State	Texas
Largest city	Abilene
Other cities	Clyde Merkel Stamford
Area
• Total	2,757 sq mi (7,140 km2)
Population
• Total	176,579
• Rank	243rd in the U.S.
• Density	62/sq mi (24/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

The Abilene metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan statistical area in west-central Texas that covers three counties—Taylor, Jones, and Callahan. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 176,579.^[1]