Burlington, Vermont metropolitan area

Burlington, Vermont metropolitan area
Combined Statistical Area
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Map of Burlington–South Burlington–Barre, VT CSA   City of Burlington   Burlington–South Burlington, VT MSA   Barre, VT µSA
Country	United States
State	Vermont
Principal cities	Burlington South Burlington Barre
Other cities	Colchester Essex Montpelier
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

The Burlington metropolitan area is a metropolitan area consisting of the three Vermont counties of Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle. The metro area is anchored by the principal cities of Burlington, South Burlington, St. Albans, Winooski, and Essex Junction; and the towns of Colchester, Essex and Milton. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the metro area had a population of 225,562, approximately one third of Vermont's total population; in 2023, the estimated population was 227,942.

The Office of Management and Budget defines the area as one of its metropolitan statistical areas (the Burlington–South Burlington metropolitan statistical area), a designation used for statistical purposes by the U.S. Census Bureau and other agencies. The MSA designation represents the counties containing the contiguous urbanized area centered on the city of Burlington, plus adjacent counties that are socially and economically linked to the urban core (as measured by commuting). An alternative definition using towns instead of counties as basic units was the Burlington–South Burlington New England City and Town Area (NECTA).^[1] Tabulating census data by NECTA definitions was discontinued when the OMB updated the statistical area definitions effective July 2023.^[2] The Burlington–South Burlington–Barre, VT combined statistical area adds Washington County (defined as the Barre, VT micropolitan statistical area) and the MSA, with a 2023 estimated population of 288,084.