Roanoke metropolitan area#Metropolitan Statistical Area

{{Short description|Metropolitan area in Virginia, United States}}

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| name = Roanoke metropolitan area

| official_name = Roanoke, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area

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| settlement_type = Metropolitan Statistical Area

| image_skyline = Roanoke City (Virginia) from Mill Mountain Star at Dusk.jpg

| imagesize = 300px

| image_caption = Roanoke City from Mill Mountain Star

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| map_alt = Map of Roanoke metropolitan area

| map_caption = Interactive Map of Roanoke Metropolitan Area

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{{leftlegend|#E5751F|City of Salem}}

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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 Virginia.svg Virginia

| subdivision_type2 = Largest city

| subdivision_name2 = Roanoke

| subdivision_type3 = Other city

| subdivision_name3 = Salem

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| unit_pref = US

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_sq_mi = 1711

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 315251

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type2 = GDP

| demographics2_footnotes = {{Cite web|title=Total Gross Domestic Product for Roanoke, VA (MSA)|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP40220|work=Federal Reserve Economic Data |publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}

| demographics2_title1 = Total

| demographics2_info1 = $19.936 billion (2022)

| timezone1 = EST

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone1_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

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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.[http://www.roanoke.org Roanoke Region of Virginia] As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 315,251.{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2009/CBSA-EST2009-01.csv | title = Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01) | format = CSV | work = 2009 Population Estimates | publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division | date = 2010-03-23 | access-date = 2010-03-26 | url-status = dead | archive-url = http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100615175258/http%3A//www%2Ecensus%2Egov/popest/metro/tables/2009/CBSA%2DEST2009%2D01%2Ecsv | archive-date = June 15, 2010 }}

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.