Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area#Combined Statistical Area

{{Distinguish|Buffalo Niagara Region}}

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| name = Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area

| official_name = Buffalo–Cheektowaga, NY
Metropolitan statistical area

| settlement_type = Metropolitan statistical area

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| image_caption = Downtown Buffalo (top) and Niagara Falls (bottom)

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| map_caption = Map of Buffalo–Cheektowaga–Olean, NY CSA

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = File:Flag of United States.svg United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of New York.svg New York

| subdivision_type2 = Largest city

| subdivision_name2 = File:Flag of Buffalo, New York.svg Buffalo

| subdivision_type3 = Other cities

| subdivision_name3 =  - Niagara Falls
 - Tonawanda
 - North Tonawanda
 - Lackawanna
 - Lockport
 - Olean

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| unit_pref = US

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| area_total_sq_mi = 1567

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| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/ |title= 2010 Census Data - 2010 Census|website=2010.census.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324073045/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/ |archive-date=March 24, 2011}}

| population_total = {{increase}} 1,166,902

| population_density_sq_mi= 718

| population_density_km2 = 277

| population_rank = 49th in the U.S. {{increase}}

| demographics_type2 = GDP

| demographics2_footnotes = {{Cite web|title=Total Gross Domestic Product for Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY (MSA)|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP15380|work=Federal Reserve Economic Data|publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis|access-date=January 3, 2024|archive-date=January 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103081357/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP15380|url-status=live}}

|demographics2_title1 = MSA

|demographics2_info1 = $84.673 billion (2022)

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The Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area, designated by the United States Census Bureau, encompassing two counties - Erie and Niagara - in the state of New York. It is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had a population of 1,166,902. The larger Buffalo Niagara Region is an economic zone consisting of eight counties in Western New York.

In 2010, the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan statistical area was ranked the 10th-best place in the U.S. for working mothers by ForbesWoman magazine.{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/07/24/best-us-cities-working-mothers-employment-family-forbes-woman-leadership-parenting-table.html | work=Forbes | first=Meghan | last=Casserly | title=Full List: America's Top 50 U.S. Cities For Working Mothers | date=2010-07-26 | access-date=August 25, 2017 | archive-date=February 20, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220034452/http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/24/best-us-cities-working-mothers-employment-family-forbes-woman-leadership-parenting-table.html | url-status=live }}