Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area
The Longview-Kelso, WA metro area is one county in Washington: Cowlitz County. About 114,885 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.8% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 114,885 3.8% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Cowlitz County
- Land area
- 1,141 sq mi (2,956 km²)
- Time zone
- Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
- State
- Washington
- Combined statistical area
- Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA
- CBSA code
- 31020
The county in the Longview-Kelso, WA metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Cowlitz County | Central | 114,885 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal cities, largest first
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area2,542,282 people
- Salem, OR Metro Area445,814 people
- Albany, OR Metro Area132,843 people
- Corvallis, OR Metro Area97,728 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Centralia, WA Micro Area40 mi north
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area45 mi south
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