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Asheville metropolitan area
Metropolitan area in North Carolina, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Asheville metropolitan area is a metropolitan area centered on the principal city of Asheville, North Carolina. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget defines the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used by the United States Census Bureau and other entities, as comprising the four counties of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison.[1] The area's population was 424,858 according to the 2010 census,[2] and 469,454 according to the 2020 census.[3]
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