Victoria, Texas metropolitan area#Combined Statistical Area

{{short description|Metropolitan statistical area}}

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| name = Victoria metropolitan area

| official_name = Victoria, TX MSA

| settlement_type = Metropolitan Statistical Area

| image_skyline = Old Victoria Courthouse.jpg

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| image_caption = Old Victoria Courthouse

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| map_alt = Map of Victoria Metropolitan Area

| map_caption = Interactive Map of Victoria–Port Lavaca, TX CSA

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{{leftlegend|#AE8B1F|Victoria, TX MSA}}

{{leftlegend|#BD00C8|Port Lavaca, TX µSA}}

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

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Texas.svg Texas

| subdivision_type2 = Largest city

| subdivision_name2 = Victoria

| subdivision_type3 = Other cities

| subdivision_name3 = Port Lavaca

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| timezone = CST

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| timezone_DST = CDT

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{{redirect|Victoria metropolitan area|the cultural entity around the City of Victoria on Vancouver Island|Greater Victoria}}

The Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in the Coastal Bend region of Texas, anchored by the city of Victoria. The area is sometimes referred to as the Golden Crescent Region, though this term is sometimes used to refer to a larger area than just these 3 counties.{{cite web | url=http://www.travelnotes.org/ustravel/texas/golden-crescent.htm | title=Golden Crescent Region | publisher=Travel Notes}} As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 111,663 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 115,396).{{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 = 2010-03-29 | 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 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}