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No, that's not how it works. They are too far out to be considered part of Charlotte's urbanized area, and hence get counted as their own. The continuous density in between them drops below the threshold for them to be considered part of the urbanized area of Charlotte. You get to count them in the MSA, but that's really it.
The transition between Charlotte and these suburbs is pretty seemeless...
Interesting how close Houston is to DFW here while every other metric has DFW over Houston by at least half a million.
I think what is more surprising to me is the numerical increase.
DFW gained more people in the metro but 50k less people in the UA.
That tells me that Houston is doing better at infill while DFW as a whole is doing better in terms of overall growth.
Houston's Harris county alone is nearing 5M people. That's more than Tarrant (Fort Worth) and Dallas county squished together.
Like I mentioned, part of the reason is that the Houston Metro is one UA while DFW is three separate UAs not defined by county-Dallas Fort Worth, Denton-Lewisville, and McKinney. The last two are a good chunk of Denton and Collin counties where population growth is concentrated.
I'd be surprised if the three remain separated after the UAs are redefined.
Houston is not one UA. It is multiple UAs. Conroe/Woodlands, Texas City, Lake Jackson/Angleton, Victoria for example are all UAs in the Houston MSA. DFW is not unique in this regard. Just about every MSA is made up multiple UAs that are growing together too. The only difference is DFW is growing all over the place across the metro while Houston is growing from the center outwards.
Press ACS Profiles on the right. Then open the drop box on the next page and select "2017" which is the latest available year. Then a second drop box appears, select "Urban Areas 2010", meaning you're selecting the 2010 definition of the United States Urban Area metric. Then a third drop box appears, select up to four urban areas of your choice and then press "generate report".
If conducted correctly, results should appear in the following format:
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