U.S. Census population counts for metro Wilmington will no longer include Brunswick County as a result of new population shifts in the county and federal guidelines for demography.
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget, which sets and revises the removal and addition of counties and cities for 381 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) across the country, has redefined the Wilmington MSA, removing Brunswick County and lumping it with the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, S.C. MSA.
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