Top Metropolitan Areas

Updated: April 2011
Rank Metro Area Population
2010 		Population
2000 		Numerical
Change 		Percentage
Change
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 18,897,109 18,323,002 574,107 3.10%
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 12,828,837 12,365,627 463,210 3.70%
3 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 9,461,105 9,098,316 362,789 4.00%
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 6,371,773 5,161,544 1,210,229 23.40%
5 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5,965,343 5,687,147 278,196 4.90%
6 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 5,946,800 4,715,407 1,231,393 26.10%
7 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 5,582,170 4,796,183 785,987 16.40%
8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 5,564,635 5,007,564 557,071 11.10%
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 5,268,860 4,247,981 1,020,879 24.00%
10 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,552,402 4,391,344 161,058 3.70%
11 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,335,391 4,123,740 211,651 5.10%
12 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 4,296,250 4,452,557 -156,307 -3.50%
13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 4,224,851 3,254,821 970,030 29.80%
14 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 4,192,887 3,251,876 941,011 28.90%
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3,439,809 3,043,878 395,931 13.00%
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3,279,833 2,968,806 311,027 10.50%
17 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 3,095,313 2,813,833 281,480 10.00%
18 St. Louis, MO-IL 2,812,896 2,698,687 114,209 4.20%
19 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,783,243 2,395,997 387,246 16.20%
20 Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,710,489 2,552,994 157,495 6.20%
21 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 2,543,482 2,179,240 364,242 16.70%
22 Pittsburgh, PA 2,356,285 2,431,087 -74,802 -3.10%
23 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 2,226,009 1,927,881 298,128 15.50%
24 Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA 2,149,127 1,796,857 352,270 19.60%
25 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 2,142,508 1,711,703 430,805 25.20%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Census (April 2011)