Metropolitan Fresno

Metropolitan Fresno Greater Fresno
Combined Statistical Area
Fresno–Hanford–Corcoran, CA CSA
Downtown Fresno skyline
Map of Fresno–Hanford–Corcoran, CA CSA   Fresno, CA MSA   Hanford–Corcoran, CA MSA   City of Fresno   City of Madera   City of Hanford   City of Corcoran
Coordinates: 37°N 120°W / 37°N 120°W / 37; -120
Country	United States
State	California
Largest city	Fresno
Other cities	- Clovis  - Madera  - Chowchilla  - Hanford  - Corcoran
Area
• Total	8,099 sq mi (20,980 km2)
Highest elevation	North Palisade 14,248 ft (4,343 m)
Lowest elevation	Chowchilla 180 ft (54.86 m)
Population
• Total	1,171,617 (2,020 census)
• Rank	49th in the U.S.
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)

Metropolitan Fresno, officially Fresno–Hanford–Corcoran, CA CSA, is a metropolitan area in the San Joaquin Valley, in the United States, consisting of Fresno and Madera counties. It is the third-largest metropolitan region in Northern California, behind the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Sacramento. It is also the 49th-largest CSA in the U.S. as of 2010 census.^[1][2]

Metropolitan Fresno is anchored by Fresno, the fifth-largest city in California and the 35th-largest in the United States. The metropolitan area is located in the Central Valley, which is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. It has a large agricultural economy despite being increasingly urbanized. In more recent years, statewide droughts in California have further strained both the Fresno metropolitan area's and the entire Central Valley's water security.^[3][4]