List of United States metropolitan statistical areas by population

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This page lists United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas in order of population.

Note: This table includes MSAs for the United States and Puerto Rico.

All populations based on the 2000 census rather than 2005 estimates.

Rank	Metropolitan Area	States/Territories	Population
1	New York—Northern New Jersey—Long Island	NY—NJ—PA—CT	18,323,002
2	Los Angeles—Long Beach—Santa Ana	CA	12,365,627
3	Chicago—Naperville—Joliet	IL—IN—WI	9,098,316
4	Philadelphia—Camden—Wilmington	PA—NJ—DE—MD	5,687,147
5	Dallas—Fort Worth—Arlington	TX	5,161,544
6	Miami—Fort Lauderdale—Miami Beach	FL	5,007,564
7	Washington—Arlington—Alexandria	DC—VA—MD—WV	4,796,183
8	Houston—Sugar Land—Baytown	TX	4,715,407
9	Detroit—Warren—Livonia	MI	4,452,557
10	Boston—Cambridge—Quincy	MA—NH	4,391,344
11	Atlanta—Sandy Springs—Marietta	GA	4,247,981
12	San Francisco—Oakland—Fremont	CA	4,123,740
13	Riverside—San Bernardino—Ontario	CA	3,254,821
14	Phoenix—Mesa—Scottsdale	AZ	3,251,876
15	Seattle—Tacoma—Bellevue	WA	3,043,878
16	Minneapolis—St. Paul—Bloomington	MN—WI	2,968,806
17	San Diego—Carlsbad—San Marcos	CA	2,813,833
18	St. Louis	MO—IL	2,698,687
19	Baltimore—Towson	MD	2,552,994
20	San Juan—Caguas—Guaynabo	PR	2,509,007
21	Pittsburgh	PA	2,431,087
22	Tampa—St. Petersburg—Clearwater	FL	2,395,997
23	Denver—Aurora	CO	2,179,240
24	Cleveland—Elyria—Mentor	OH	2,148,143
25	Cincinnati—Middletown	OH—KY—IN	2,009,632
26	Portland, Oregon—Vancouver—Beaverton	OR—WA	1,927,881
27	Kansas City	MO—KS	1,836,038
28	Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville	CA	1,796,857
29	San Jose—Sunnyvale—Santa Clara	CA	1,735,819
30	San Antonio	TX	1,711,703
31	Orlando	FL	1,644,561
32	Columbus	OH	1,612,694
33	Providence—New Bedford—Fall River	RI—MA	1,582,997
34	Virginia Beach—Norfolk—Newport News	VA—NC	1,576,370
35	Indianapolis	IN	1,525,104
36	Milwaukee—Waukesha—West Allis	WI	1,500,741
37	Las Vegas—Paradise	NV	1,375,765
38	Charlotte—Gastonia—Concord	NC—SC	1,330,448
39	New Orleans—Metairie—Kenner	LA	1,316,510
40	Nashville—Davidson—Murfreesboro	TN	1,311,789
41	Austin—Round Rock	TX	1,249,763
42	Memphis	TN—MS—AR	1,205,204
43	Buffalo—Niagara Falls	NY	1,170,111
44	Louisville	KY—IN	1,161,975
45	Hartford—West Hartford—East Hartford	CT	1,148,616
46	Jacksonville	FL	1,122,750
47	Richmond—Petersburg	VA	1,096,957
48	Oklahoma City	OK	1,095,421
49	Birmingham—Hoover	AL	1,052,238
50	Rochester	NY	1,037,831
51	Salt Lake City	UT	968,858
52	Bridgeport—Stamford—Norwalk	CT	882,567
53	Honolulu	HI	876,156
54	Tulsa	OK	859,532
55	Dayton	OH	848,153
56	Tucson	AZ	843,746
57	Albany—Schenectady—Troy	NY	825,875
58	New Haven—Milford	CT	824,008
59	Fresno	CA	799,407
60	Raleigh—Cary	NC	797,071
61	Omaha—Council Bluffs	NE—IA	767,041
62	Oxnard—Thousand Oaks—Ventura	CA	753,197
63	Worcester	MA	750,963
64	Grand Rapids—Wyoming	MI	740,482
65	Allentown—Bethlehem—Easton	PA—NJ	740,395
66	Albuquerque	NM	729,649
67	Baton Rouge	LA	705,973
68	Akron	OH	694,960
69	Springfield	MA	680,014
70	El Paso	TX	679,622
71	Bakersfield	CA	661,645
72	Toledo	OH	659,188
73	Syracuse	NY	650,154
74	Columbia	SC	647,158
75	Greensboro—High Point	NC	643,430
76	Poughkeepsie—Newburgh—Middletown	NY	621,517
77	Knoxville	TN	616,079
78	Little Rock—North Little Rock	AR	610,518
79	Youngstown—Warren—Boardman	OH—PA	602,964
80	Sarasota—Bradenton—Venice	FL	589,959
81	Wichita	KS	571,166
82	McAllen—Edinburg—Pharr	TX	569,463
83	Stockton	CA	563,598
84	Scranton—Wilkes-Barre	PA	560,625
85	Greenville	SC	559,940
86	Charleston—North Charleston	SC	549,033
87	Colorado Springs	CO	537,484
88	Harrisburg—Carlisle	PA	509,074
89	Madison	WI	501,774
90	Augusta—Richmond County	GA—SC	499,684
91	Jackson	MS	497,197
92	Portland—South Portland—Biddeford	ME	487,568
93	Lakeland	FL	483,924
94	Des Moines	IA	481,394
95	Chattanooga	TN—GA	476,531
96	Palm Bay—Melbourne—Titusville	FL	476,320
97	Lancaster	PA	470,658
98	Boise City—Nampa	ID	464,840
99	Santa Rosa—Petaluma	CA	458,614
100	Lansing—East Lansing	MI	458,614
101	Modesto	CA	446,997
102	Deltona—Daytona Beach—Ormond Beach	FL	443,343
103	Ogden—Clearfield	UT	442,656
104	Cape Coral—Fort Myers	FL	440,888
105	Flint	MI	436,141
106	Durham	NC	434,493
107	Winston-Salem	NC	421,961
108	Spokane	WA	417,939
109	Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent	FL	412,153
110	Lexington—Fayette	KY	408,326
111	Canton—Massillon	OH	406,934
112	Corpus Christi	TX	403,280
113	Salinas	CA	401,762
114	Mobile	AL	399,843
115	Santa Barbara—Santa Maria—Goleta	CA	399,347
116	Vallejo—Fairfield	CA	394,542
117	Fort Wayne	IN	390,156
118	Beaumont—Port Arthur	TX	385,090
119	York—Hanover	PA	381,751
120	Manchester—Nashua	NH	380,841
121	Provo—Orem	UT	376,774
122	Davenport—Moline—Rock Island	IA—IL	376,019
123	Shreveport—Bossier City	LA	375,965
124	Reading	PA	373,638
125	Asheville	NC	369,171
126	Springfield	MO	368,374
127	Visalia—Porterville	CA	368,021
128	Peoria	IL	366,899
129	Trenton—Ewing	NJ	350,761
130	Salem	OR	347,214
131	Fayetteville—Springdale—Rogers	AR—MO	347,045
132	Montgomery	AL	346,528
133	Reno—Sparks	NV	342,885
134	Evansville	IN—KY	342,815
135	Huntsville	AL	342,376
136	Hickory—Lenoir—Morganton	NC	341,851
137	Fayetteville	NC	336,609
138	Brownsville—Harlingen	TX	335,227
139	Killeen—Temple—Fort Hood	TX	330,714
140	Eugene—Springfield	OR	322,959
141	Ann Arbor	MI	322,895
142	Tallahassee	FL	320,304
143	Rockford	IL	320,204
144	Anchorage	AK	319,605
145	Port St. Lucie—Fort Pierce	FL	319,426
146	South Bend—Mishawaka	IN—MI	316,663
147	Kalamazoo—Portage	MI	314,866
148	Charleston	WV	309,635
149	Aguadilla—Isabela—San Sebastián	PR	308,345
150	Utica—Rome	NY	299,896
151	Kingsport—Bristol—Bristol	TN—VA	298,484
152	Savannah	GA	293,000
153	Boulder	CO	291,288
154	Huntington—Ashland	WV—KY—OH	288,649
155	Roanoke	VA	288,309
156	Green Bay	WI	282,599
157	Columbus	GA—AL	281,768
158	Erie	PA	280,843
159	Duluth	MN—WI	275,486
160	Wilmington	NC	274,532
161	Fort Smith	AR—OK	273,170
162	Ponce	PR	270,814
163	Lincoln	NE	266,787
164	Norwich—New London	CT	259,088
165	Ocala	FL	258,916
166	Santa Cruz—Watsonville	CA	255,602
167	Spartanburg	SC	253,791
168	Atlantic City	NJ	252,552
169	Binghamton	NY	252,320
170	Fort Collins—Loveland	CO	251,494
171	Naples—Marco Island	FL	251,377
172	Lubbock	TX	249,700
173	San Luis Obispo—Paso Robles	CA	246,681
174	Gulfport—Biloxi	MS	246,190
175	Holland—Grand Haven	MI	238,314
176	Cedar Rapids	IA	237,230
177	Gainesville	FL	232,392
178	Clarksville	TN—KY	232,000
179	Bremerton—Silverdale	WA	231,969
180	Amarillo	TX	226,522
181	Topeka	KS	224,551
182	Lynchburg	VA	223,216
183	Hagerston—Martinsburg	MD—WV	222,771
184	Yakima	WA	222,581
185	Macon	GA	222,368
186	Barnstable Town	MA	222,230
187	Waco	TX	213,517
188	Champaign—Urbana	IL	211,294
189	Merced	CA	210,554
190	Saginaw—Saginaw Township North	MI	210,039
191	Olympia	WA	207,355
192	Chico	CA	203,171
193	Appleton	WI	201,602
194	Springfield	IL	201,437
195	Burlington—South Burlington	VT	198,889
196	Myrtle Beach—Conway—North Myrtle Beach	SC	196,629
197	Houma—Bayou Cane—Thibodaux	LA	194,477
198	Longview	TX	194,042
199	Lake Charles	LA	193,568
200	Florence	SC	193,155
201	Laredo	TX	193,117
202	Tuscaloosa	AL	192,034
203	Kennewick—Richland—Pasco	WA	191,822
204	Racine	WI	188,831
205	Sioux Falls	SD	187,093
206	College Station—Bryan	TX	184,885
207	Elkhart—Goshen	IN	182,791
208	Johnson City	TN	181,607
209	Medford	OR	181,269
210	Greeley	CO	180,936
211	Lafayette	IN	178,541
212	Kingston	NY	177,749
213	Bloomington	IN	175,506
214	Tyler	TX	174,706
215	Las Cruces	NM	174,682
216	Fargo	ND—MN	174,367
217	Charlottesville	VA	174,021
218	Terre Haute	IN	170,943
219	Fort Walton Beach—Crestview—Destin	FL	170,498
220	Muskegon—Norton Shores	MI	170,200
221	Monroe	LA	170,053
222	Prescott	AZ	167,517
223	St. Cloud	MN	167,392
224	Bellingham	WA	166,814
225	Athens—Clarke County	GA	166,079
226	Anderson	SC	165,740
227	Parkersburg—Marietta	WV—OH	164,624
228	Waterloo—Cedar Falls	IA	163,706
229	Rochester	MN	163,618
230	Redding	CA	163,256
231	Niles—Benton Harbor	MI	162,453
232	Abilene	TX	160,245
233	Yuma	AZ	160,026
234	Jackson	MI	158,422
235	Albany	GA	157,833
236	Joplin	MO	157,322
237	Oshkosh—Neenah	WI	156,763
238	Wheeling	WV—OH	153,172
239	Greenville	NC	152,772
240	Johnstown	PA	152,598
241	Janesville	WI	152,307
242	Wichita Falls	TX	151,524
243	Blacksburg—Christiansburg—Radford	VA	151,272
244	Pascagoula	MS	150,564
245	Bloomington—Normal	IL	150,433
246	Jacksonville	NC	150,355
247	Eau Claire	WI	148,337
248	Panama City—Lynn Haven	FL	148,217
249	Vineland—Millville—Bridgeton	NJ	146,438
250	Monroe	MI	145,945
251	Decatur	AL	145,867
252	Columbia	MO	145,666
253	Alexandria	LA	145,035
254	Bangor	ME	144,919
255	Springfield	OH	144,742
256	Sioux City	IA—NE—SD	143,053
257	Rocky Mount	NC	143,026
258	Florence—Muscle Shoals	AL	142,950
259	El Centro	CA	142,361
260	Punta Gorda	FL	141,627
261	Pueblo	CO	141,472
262	San Germán—Cabo Rojo	PR	140,896
263	Jefferson City	MO	140,052
264	Gainesville	GA	139,277
265	Yuba City	CA	139,149
266	Billings	MT	138,904
267	Battle Creek	MI	137,985
268	State College	PA	135,758
269	Pittsfield	MA	134,953
270	Anderson	IN	133,358
271	Weirton—Steubenville	WV—OH	132,008
272	Iowa City	IA	131,676
273	Dothan	AL	130,861
274	Burlington	NC	130,800
275	Texarkana—Texarkana	TX—AR	129,749
276	Hanford—Corcoran	CA	129,461
277	Santa Fe	NM	129,292
278	Altoona	PA	129,144
279	Mansfield	OH	128,852
280	La Crosse	WI—MN	126,838
281	Dover	DE	126,697
282	Wausau	WI	125,834
283	Glens Falls	NY	124,345
284	Napa	CA	124,279
285	Hattiesburg	MS	123,812
286	Madera	CA	123,109
287	Morristown	TN	123,081
288	Yauco	PR	122,656
289	Saint Joseph	MO—KS	122,336
290	Odessa	TX	121,123
291	Lebanon	PA	120,327
292	Williamsport	PA	120,044
293	Dalton	GA	120,031
294	Valdosta	GA	119,560
295	Muncie	IN	118,769
296	Mayagüez	PR	117,533
297	Flagstaff	AZ	116,320
298	Grand Junction	CO	116,255
299	Midland	TX	116,009
300	Bend	OR	115,367
301	Auburn—Opelika	AL	115,092
302	Lawton	OK	114,996
303	Decatur	IL	114,706
304	Farmington	NM	113,801
305	Goldsboro	NC	113,329
306	Vero Beach	FL	112,947
307	Rapid City	SD	112,818
308	Sheboygan	WI	112,646
309	Anniston—Oxford	AL	112,249
310	Victoria	TX	111,663
311	Morgantown	WV	111,200
312	Warner Robins	GA	110,765
313	Sherman—Denison	TX	110,595
314	Bay City	MI	110,157
315	Danville	VA	110,156
316	Michigan City—La Porte	IN	110,106
317	Owensboro	KY	109,875
318	Salisbury	MD	109,391
319	Coeur d'Alene	ID	108,685
320	Lima	OH	108,473
321	Harrisonburg	VA	108,193
322	Jonesboro	AR	107,762
323	Elizabethtown	KY	107,547
324	Jackson	TN	107,377
325	Pine Bluff	AR	107,341
326	San Angelo	TX	105,781
327	Sumter	SC	104,646
328	Bowling Green	KY	104,166
329	Cleveland	TN	104,015
330	Kankakee—Bradley	IL	103,833
331	Lewiston—Auburn	ME	103,793
332	Gadsden	AL	103,459
333	Winchester	VA—WV	102,997
334	Mount Vernon—Anacortes	WA	102,979
335	Logan	UT—ID	102,720
336	Ocean City	NJ	102,326
337	Cumberland	MD—WV	102,008
338	Idaho Falls	ID	101,677
339	Kokomo	IN	101,541
340	Lawrence	KS	99,962
341	Wenatchee	WA	99,219
342	Grand Forks	ND—MN	97,478
343	Fond du Lac	WI	97,296
344	Ithaca	NY	96,501
345	Missoula	MT	95,802
346	Bismarck	ND	94,719
347	Brunswick	GA	93,044
348	Elmira	NY	91,070
349	Rome	GA	90,565
350	St. George	UT	90,354
351	Dubuque	IA	89,143
352	Hot Springs	AR	88,068
353	Guayama	PR	86,123
354	Danville	IL	83,919
355	Pocatello	ID	83,103
356	Fairbanks	AK	82,840
357	Cheyenne	WY	81,607
358	Great Falls	MT	80,357
359	Ames	IA	79,981
360	Sandusky	OH	79,551
361	Corvallis	OR	78,153
362	Fajardo	PR	76,428
363	Hinesville—Fort Stewart	GA	71,914
364	Columbus	IN	71,435
365	Casper	WY	66,533
366	Lewiston	ID—WA	57,961
367	Carson City	NV	52,457

See also

• Core Based Statistical Area
• Combined Statistical Area
• Demographics of the United States
• List of metropolitan areas by population
• List of regions of the United States
• United States micropolitan area
• List of the largest urban areas of the European Union by population
• Largest metropolitan areas in the Americas
• Megacity

External links

• U.S. Census 2000 Metropolitan Area Rankings; ranked by population
• U.S. Census 2000 Metropolitan Area Rankings
• definitions of all Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Divisions
• U.S. Census Metropolitan Area Estimates (1990s)
• U.S. Census Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Definitions