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Syracuse Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
The Syracuse area at 8:28:52 AM EDT on July 3, 2022, taken during Expedition 67 of the International Space Station. North is oriented to the right.
The Syracuse area at 8:28:52 AM EDT on July 3, 2022, taken during Expedition 67 of the International Space Station. North is oriented to the right.
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Syracuse–Auburn, NY CSA
Country United States
State New York
Largest citySyracuse
Area
 • Total
2,800 sq mi (7,200 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
662,057
GDP
[1]
 • Total$49.281 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (DST)

The Syracuse Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area comprising three counties in central New York, with the city of Syracuse as its core. The three counties are Onondaga, Madison, and Oswego. According to the 2020 census, the population of the Syracuse MSA was 662,057; a slight difference from 662,577, in the 2010 census.

Counties

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County Seat 2025 Estimate 2020 Census Change Land Area Density
Onondaga Syracuse 466,584476,516−2.08% 778 sq mi (2,020 km2) 600/sq mi (232/km2)
Oswego Oswego 118,569117,525+0.89% 952 sq mi (2,470 km2) 125/sq mi (48/km2)
Madison Wampsville 67,12068,016−1.32% 655 sq mi (1,700 km2) 102/sq mi (40/km2)
Total 652,273662,057−1.48% 2,385 sq mi (6,180 km2) 273/sq mi (106/km2)

Communities

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Clinton Square in downtown Syracuse, the principal city
Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool, in the northern suburbs

Places with more than 75,000 inhabitants

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Places with 25,000 to 75,000 inhabitants

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Places with 5,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

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Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

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Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

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Hamlets

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Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900168,735—
1910200,29818.7%
1920241,46520.6%
1930291,60620.8%
1940295,1081.2%
1950341,71915.8%
1960563,78165.0%
1970636,50712.9%
1980642,9711.0%
1990659,8642.6%
2000650,154−1.5%
2010662,5771.9%
2020662,057−0.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[2]

In the 2020 census, the metropolitan area was 78.8 percent White, 9 percent Black or African American and 3.3 percent Asian; Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 4.8 percent. The median household income in the 2017–2021 American Community Survey was $65,112.[3] The city of Syracuse is considerably more diverse than its suburbs; see Ethnic groups in Syracuse, New York.

Combined Statistical Area

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The Syracuse–Auburn Combined Statistical Area is made up of four counties in central New York. The statistical area includes one metropolitan area and one micropolitan area.

  • Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
    • Syracuse (Onondaga, Oswego, and Madison counties)
  • Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)

Economy

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President Joe Biden tours Micron exhibits in Syracuse in 2022 with Gov. Kathy Hochul, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra and Sen. Chuck Schumer.

The area's gross metropolitan product was $37.7 billion in 2021, in chained 2012 dollars, and its labor force was about 310,000 in mid-2023, with an unemployment rate of 3.1 percent.[3] Health care and higher education are the largest sectors; Upstate Medical University, with more than 11,000 employees, is the region's largest employer.[3]

Micron Technology plans to spend up to $100 billion on a complex of up to four semiconductor fabrication plants in the northern suburb of Clay, the largest private investment in New York history.[4] It broke ground on January 16, 2026, and poured the first concrete that July; the first plant is expected to begin production in late 2030, with the full build-out extending into the 2040s.[5][6] Micron projects about 9,000 direct jobs and up to 50,000 jobs across the region, including suppliers and contractors.[4][6]

Sports

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Current teams

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Club Sport League Founded Venue League
titles		 Championship years
Syracuse Mets Baseball IL 1934 NBT Bank Stadium 8 1935, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1954, 1969, 1970, 1976
Syracuse Crunch Hockey AHL 1994 Upstate Medical University Arena 0 N/A
NBT Bank Stadium is home to the Syracuse Mets baseball team.
Syracuse University's football team plays its games in the JMA Wireless Dome.

The Syracuse Mets are the International League affiliate of the New York Mets, and the Syracuse Crunch are the American Hockey League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

College teams in Syracuse include:

Syracuse University sports are by far the best-attended in the area. Football and men's basketball both play in the JMA Wireless Dome, where the basketball team set the record for an on-campus college crowd, 35,642, against Duke in 2019.[7] Its former players include Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Larry Csonka, Dave Bing, Donovan McNabb, Marvin Harrison, Dwight Freeney and Carmelo Anthony.

Colleges and universities

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Syracuse University's Crouse College

Notable individuals

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Several well-known individuals have ties to the Syracuse metropolitan area, including:

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Syracuse, NY (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Syracuse, New York Fact Sheet" (PDF). CenterState CEO. September 2023.
  4. 1 2 Lohr, Steve (October 4, 2022). "Micron Pledges Up to $100 Billion for Semiconductor Factory in New York". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  5. ↑ Shack, Charles (2026). "Micron's Clay Megafab Broke Ground. Here's What's Actually Being Built". CNY Signal.
  6. 1 2 "Micron Accelerates U.S. Investments, Pours First Concrete at New York Fab" (Press release). Micron Technology. July 9, 2026.
  7. ↑ Jung, Tristan (February 23, 2019). "Syracuse vs. Duke Breaks NCAA On-Campus Attendance Record With Crowd of 35,642". Sports Illustrated.
  8. ↑ "About Hancock Field Campus," Columbia College website. Accessed: 11 July 2018.
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