Top Ten Largest Metropolitan Areas in the US

1New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area 19,949,50219,567,410+1.95%

2Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area 13,131,43112,828,837+2.36%

3Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area 9,537,2899,461,105+0.81%

4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 6,810,9136,426,214+5.99%

5Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 6,313,1585,920,416+6.63%

6Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area 6,034,6785,965,343+1.16%

7Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,949,8595,636,232+5.56%

8Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,828,1915,564,635+4.74%

9Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,522,9425,286,728+4.47%

10Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area 4,684,2994,552,402+2.90%

Source United States Census Bureau