During 2005, the company employed nearly 18,500 people in the five-county metropolitan area, with wages of more than $1.16 billion generating $58 million in local and state income taxes.

According to one editorial, "The overwhelming approval startled those interested in forming a junior college in the five-county area of northwestern Colorado."

As of the 2000 census, the five-county area had a population of 222,368.

In addition, CHA is home to the only neurosurgeon in a five-county area, whose practice draws surgical patients from around the state of Montana.

International Speedway was looking for a large site somewhere in the five-county metropolitan area.

The Eastern Complex team has 488 firefighters and four helicopters dropping water on the fires in a five-county area.

CMH is the largest employer in the five-county area with 1,550 employees.

And yet, this tiny, pious village is a leading trouble spot in his five-county area.

A large cork bulletin board was covered with a map of Minnesota and one of the five-county area.

This month the Atlanta Foreclosure Report for the five-county area surrounding the city listed 959 properties posted for foreclosure.