The
Weirton-Steubenville Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the
United States Census Bureau, is part of the
Pittsburgh Tri-State area (
CSA). Weirton-Steubenville consists of two counties in the
Northern Panhandle of
West Virginia and one in
Ohio, anchored by the cities of
Weirton, West Virginia, and
Steubenville, Ohio. As of the
2000 census, the MSA had a population of 132,008 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 120,929).