Top Metropolitan Areas

Updated: March 2010
Rank Metro Area Population
2009 		Population
2008 		Numerical
Change
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 19,069,796 18,968,501 101,295
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 12,874,797 12,768,395 106,402
3 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 9,580,567 9,515,636 64,931
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 6,447,615 6,301,085 146,530
5 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5,968,252 5,940,496 27,756
6 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 5,867,489 5,726,705 140,784
7 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 5,547,051 5,501,752 45,299
8 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 5,476,241 5,377,936 98,305
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 5,475,213 5,385,586 89,627
10 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,588,680 4,544,705 43,975
11 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 4,364,094 4,287,323 76,771
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,317,853 4,260,236 57,617
13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 4,143,113 4,092,831 50,282
14 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3,407,848 3,356,637 51,211
15 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3,269,814 3,237,612 32,202
16 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 3,053,793 3,019,274 34,519
17 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO /1 2,552,195 2,500,384 51,811
18 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 2,241,841 2,203,745 38,096
19 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 2,127,355 2,101,138 26,217
20 San Antonio, TX 2,072,128 2,030,691 41,437
21 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,902,834 1,879,093 23,741
22 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,839,700 1,810,646 29,054
23 Columbus, OH 1,801,848 1,779,822 22,026
24 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,745,524 1,706,469 39,055
25 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,743,658 1,720,796 22,862

Source: U.S. Bureau of Census (March 2010)