Bend metropolitan area
Bend metropolitan area | |
|---|---|
| Bend, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area | |
View of Pilot Butte from downtown, 2022 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| Largest city | Bend |
| Other cities | Prineville |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 248,974 |
• Estimate (2023) | 260,919 |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | $15.446 billion (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
The Bend metropolitan area (formerly the Bend–Prineville, OR Combined Statistical Area and the Bend, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area) is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consisting of Oregon's Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties.
In 2023, the Office of Management and Budget combined the former Bend-Prineville Combined Statistical Area (CSA) with adjacent Jefferson County to form the new MSA. It had a combined estimated population of 260,919 by the United States Census Bureau as of that year.