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New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is the largest metro area in the U.S., with 20,112,448 residents in 2025 (Census PEP). Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (12,844,441) and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (9,434,123) come next.
Data as of 2025 · updated November 5, 2026
Top 100 U.S. metro areas by population U.S. metro areas ranked by population Rank Metro area Residents 2025 Change 2020–25 1 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 20,112,448 +0.6% 2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 12,844,441 −2.6% 3 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 9,434,123 −0.0% 4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 8,477,157 +10.6% 5 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 7,904,627 +10.3% 6 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 6,482,182 +5.9% 7 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 6,465,724 +3.3% 8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 6,391,072 +4.2% 9 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 6,329,118 +1.4% 10 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 5,228,938 +7.3% 11 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 5,034,221 +2.3% 12 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 4,769,007 +3.5% 13 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,630,041 −2.4% 14 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 4,390,913 +0.1% 15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 4,161,883 +3.3% 16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3,790,295 +2.6% 17 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 3,418,895 +7.2% 18 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 3,092,037 +4.1% 19 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 2,957,672 +10.3% 20 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 2,938,830 +10.1% 21 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 2,857,781 +0.4% 22 St. Louis, MO-IL 2,814,421 −0.2% 23 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 2,813,140 +9.5% 24 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 2,620,945 +13.9% 25 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 2,542,282 +1.0% 26 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 2,477,274 +3.1% 27 Pittsburgh, PA 2,421,992 −1.4% 28 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 2,312,858 +2.7% 29 Kansas City, MO-KS 2,270,682 +3.4% 30 Columbus, OH 2,242,028 +4.7% 31 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN 2,205,695 +5.4% 32 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 2,197,416 +8.7% 33 Cleveland, OH 2,165,775 −0.8% 34 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,984,473 −0.6% 35 Jacksonville, FL 1,785,500 +10.7% 36 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 1,708,161 +2.1% 37 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1,595,720 +12.6% 38 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 1,575,010 +0.0% 39 Oklahoma City, OK 1,512,813 +5.8% 40 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,402,509 +2.9% 41 Richmond, VA 1,389,338 +5.5% 42 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,341,412 −0.4% 43 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT 1,308,377 +3.8% 44 Fresno, CA 1,203,383 +3.2% 45 Birmingham, AL 1,197,766 +1.4% 46 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI 1,183,645 +2.8% 47 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,171,426 +3.0% 48 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 1,155,653 −0.8% 49 Tulsa, OK 1,069,273 +5.1% 50 Rochester, NY 1,056,149 −0.7% 51 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC 1,014,101 +9.0% 52 Omaha, NE-IA 1,009,836 +4.2% 53 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT 978,179 +3.7% 54 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 970,849 −3.4% 55 Knoxville, TN 968,137 +6.8% 56 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 948,158 +13.2% 57 Albuquerque, NM 925,279 +0.8% 58 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 915,835 +1.9% 59 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 889,263 +10.7% 60 Baton Rouge, LA 888,699 +2.1% 61 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 887,615 +3.0% 62 El Paso, TX 881,291 +1.3% 63 Columbia, SC 879,918 +6.0% 64 Boise City, ID 864,243 +12.2% 65 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH 826,554 +1.5% 66 Greensboro-High Point, NC 805,945 +4.1% 67 Colorado Springs, CO 781,796 +3.1% 68 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 777,607 +3.8% 69 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT 773,426 +14.5% 70 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 758,539 +6.7% 71 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 746,933 +11.2% 72 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY 718,377 +3.0% 73 Winston-Salem, NC 712,206 +5.3% 74 Madison, WI 709,685 +4.1% 75 Akron, OH 701,780 +0.0% 76 Ogden, UT 672,784 +5.3% 77 Wichita, KS 663,809 +2.4% 78 Syracuse, NY 652,273 −1.3% 79 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 625,485 +7.5% 80 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 622,177 +13.1% 81 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 617,427 +4.2% 82 Jackson, MS 609,847 −1.5% 83 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 608,012 +3.5% 84 Toledo, OH 599,376 −1.0% 85 Chattanooga, TN-GA 594,530 +5.3% 86 Reno, NV 578,734 +5.0% 87 Portland-South Portland, ME 577,635 +4.5% 88 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 574,418 +1.4% 89 Port St. Lucie, FL 568,721 +16.0% 90 Huntsville, AL 556,444 +12.5% 91 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 544,949 +6.5% 92 Lexington-Fayette, KY 535,174 +3.4% 93 Killeen-Temple, TX 511,497 +7.2% 94 Springfield, MO 500,694 +5.1% 95 Wilmington, NC 492,772 +15.9% 96 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 479,722 +1.3% 97 Fort Wayne, IN 466,258 +3.9% 98 Corpus Christi, TX 451,191 +1.1% 99 Salem, OR 445,814 +2.7% 100 Savannah, GA 438,314 +8.1%
How this is ranked The Census Bureau's July 1 resident population estimates for 2025, largest first, with the change since 2020. Only metropolitan statistical areas of two or more counties are ranked (OMB Bulletin 23-01): a one-county area's figures are its county's, and micro areas are left out. Areas without an estimate for the same year as the others are not ranked.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2025) . Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built .
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Questions What is the largest metro area in the U.S.? New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is the largest metro area in the U.S., with 20,112,448 residents in 2025 (Census PEP). Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (12,844,441) and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (9,434,123) come next.
How is this ranking calculated? The Census Bureau's July 1 resident population estimates for 2025, largest first, with the change since 2020. Only metropolitan statistical areas of two or more counties are ranked (OMB Bulletin 23-01): a one-county area's figures are its county's, and micro areas are left out. Areas without an estimate for the same year as the others are not ranked.
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