8.4 million).Ī “metropolitan statistical area,” per Wikipedia, “is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area.” A “combined statistical area” groups adjacent metropolitan and “micropolitan” areas into a larger region defined by commuting ties. 4.5 million) and the larger San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area (pop. government is concerned, this places me within the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Metropolitan Statistical Area (pop. 23,549), one of 19 cities in Contra Costa County (pop. Most journalists write for either a national or local audience, but how do you define “local”? I work from a home office in El Cerrito, Calif. I’ve written previously about the importance of identifying “geographic scope” when targeting journalists.
