Editing Central Valley (California) (section)

===Metropolitan areas===
As of 2020, some 7.2&nbsp;million people lived in the Central Valley; it was the fastest-growing region in California.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/californias-central-valley-finds-itself-on-the-political-map |title=California's Central Valley Finds Itself on the Political Map |last=Jennings |first=Joanne Elgart |publisher=PBS Newshour |date=November 1, 2010 |access-date=January 23, 2018 |quote=About 6.5 million people live here, making it the state's fastest-growing region, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Between 1990 and 2009, the population here grew 44 percent (compared with 24 percent growth statewide). |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015148/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/californias-central-valley-finds-itself-on-the-political-map |archive-date=January 25, 2018  }}</ref> It includes 12 [[Metropolitan Statistical Areas]] (MSA) and 1 [[Micropolitan Statistical Areas|Micropolitan Statistical Area]] (μSA). Below, they are listed by MSA and μSA population. The largest city is [[Fresno, California|Fresno]] followed by the state capital [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]. The following metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas are listed from largest to smallest:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! SMSA !!Population
|-
| [[Greater Sacramento|Sacramento Metropolitan Area]] ||2,527,123
|-
| [[Metropolitan Fresno|Fresno Metropolitan Area]] ||930,450
|-
| [[Kern County, California|Bakersfield Metropolitan Area]] ||839,361
|-
| [[San Joaquin County, California|Stockton Metropolitan Area]] ||696,214
|-
| [[Stanislaus County, California|Modesto Metropolitan Area]] ||518,522
|-
| [[Tulare County, California|Visalia–Porterville Metropolitan Area]] ||449,253
|-
| [[Merced County, California|Merced Metropolitan Area]] ||259,898
|-
| [[Butte County, California|Chico Metropolitan Area]] ||220,266
|-
| [[Shasta County, California|Redding Metropolitan Area]] ||177,774
|-
| [[Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area|Yuba City Metropolitan Area]] ||167,497
|-
| [[Kings County, California|Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Area]] ||153,765
|-
| [[Madera County, California|Madera Metropolitan Area]] ||152,925
|-
| [[Tehama County, California|Red Bluff Micropolitan Area]] ||63,601
|}