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List of North American metropolitan areas by population

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This is a list of the fifty most populous metropolitan areas in North America. Where available, it uses official definitions of metropolitan areas based on the concept of a single urban core and its immediate surroundings, as opposed to polycentric conurbations. These definitions vary from country to country. For example, for U.S. cities, the list uses Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined by the United States Census Bureau, and for Canadian cities the list uses Census Metropolitan Areas as defined by Statistics Canada. Havana has no official definition of its metropolitan area; the population within its city limits is given instead.

Metropolitan
area 		Country Population
 Year Notes
Mexico City  Mexico 21,804,515 2020 [1]
New York  United States 19,563,798 2022 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area [2]
Los Angeles  United States 12,870,137 2022 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area[2]
Chicago  United States 9,279,427 2022 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area[2]
Dallas–Fort Worth  United States 7,947,439 2022 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area[2]. Dallas-Fort Worth leads all U.S. metro areas in absolute population growth in 2023
Houston  United States 7,370,464 2022 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area[2]
Toronto  Canada 6,583,259 2022 Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario[3]
Washington, D.C.  United States 6,265,891 2022 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area[2]
Philadelphia  United States 6,242,746 2022 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area[2]
Atlanta  United States 6,238,676 2022 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area[2]
Miami  United States 6,139,812 2022 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area[2]
San Diego-Tijuana  United States
 Mexico 		5,453,151 2020 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area (2020): 3,295,298.[2] Tijuana Metropolitan Area (2020): 2,157,853.[1][4]
Monterrey  Mexico 5,341,171 2020 [1]
Guadalajara  Mexico 5,286,642 2020 [1]
Phoenix  United States 5,020,870 2022 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area[2]
Boston  United States 4,903,026 2022 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area[2]
Detroit-Windsor  United States
 Canada 		4,800,844 2022 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 4,348,636.[2] Windsor Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario: 452,208.[3]
Inland Empire  United States 4,669,149 2022 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area[2]
San Francisco  United States 4,578,135 2022 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area[2]
Montréal  Canada 4,372,913 2022 Montréal Census Metropolitan Area, Québec[3]
Santo Domingo  Dominican Republic 4,274,651 2022 [5]
Seattle  United States 4,032,242 2022 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area[2]
Minneapolis–St. Paul  United States 3,691,666 2022 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area[2]
Tampa Bay Area  United States 3,291,341 2022 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area[2]
Puebla  Mexico 3,199,530 2020 [1]
San Jose  Costa Rica 3,160,000 2021 [6]
Guatemala City  Guatemala 3,160,000 2024 In 2005, Guatemala City's metropolitan area was defined by its government as consisting of the municipalities of Amatitlán, Chinautla, Guatemala City proper, Mixco, San Miguel Petapa, Santa Catarina Pinula, Villa Canales and Villa Nueva.[7]
Denver  United States 2,986,190 2022 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area[2]
Vancouver  Canada 2,852,203 2022 Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area, British Columbia[3] Does not include Whatcom County.
Baltimore  United States 2,834,813 2022 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area[2]
St. Louis  United States 2,800,245 2022 St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area.[2]
Orlando  United States 2,763,017 2022 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area[2]
Charlotte  United States 2,754,657 2022 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area[2]
San Antonio  United States 2,655,928 2022 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area[2]
Port-au-Prince  Haiti 2,618,894 2015 [8]
Portland  United States 2,508,928 2022 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area[2]
Pittsburgh  United States 2,432,532 2022 Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area[2]
Austin  United States 2,423,170 2022 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area[2]
Sacramento  United States 2,417,259 2022 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area[2]
San Salvador  El Salvador 2,404,097 2022 [9]
El Paso–Juárez  Mexico
 United States 		2,384,645 2020 Combined Juárez and El Paso metropolitan areas.[1][2]
Toluca  Mexico 2,353,924 2020 [1]
Las Vegas  United States 2,322,535 2022 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area[2]
Cincinnati  United States 2,258,625 2022 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area[2]
Kansas City  United States 2,208,782 2022 Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area[2]
Columbus  United States 2,162,066 2022 Columbus, OH Metro Area[2]
Cleveland  United States 2,160,701 2022 Cleveland, OH Metro Area[2]
Havana  Cuba 2,137,847 2012 [10]
Indianapolis  United States 2,120,661 2022 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area[2]
Nashville  United States 2,071,019 2022 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area[2]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. September 20, 2024. Archived from the original on June 29, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2021 boundaries".
  4. ^ "Mexico: Metropolitan Areas". Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "Informe básico XCPV". Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ^ "X Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Vivienda 2011: Resultados Generales" [10th National Population Census and 6th Housing Census 2011: General Results] (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  7. ^ Macrotrends Metro Area Estimate 2024
  8. ^ "Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 Ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes En 2015" (PDF). Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  9. ^ Demographia World Urban Areas 17th Annual Edition: 202106
  10. ^ "Población total por color de la piel según provincias y municipios" (PDF). 2012 Official Census. Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 10, 2013.
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