25 Largest U.S. Cities and Metropolitan Areas

Rank

City

State

2005 Population Estimate

Source: U.S. Census

Rank

Metropolitan Area*

State(s)

2004 Population Estimates

1	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	NY-NJ-PA	18,709,802
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana	CA	12,925,330
3	New York-White Plains-Wayne	NY-NJ	11,450,384
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale	CA	9,937,739
5	Chicago-Naperville-Joliet	IL-IN-WI	9,391,515
6	Chicago-Naperville-Joliet	IL	7,848,335
7	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington	PA-NJ-DE-MD	5,800,614
8	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington	TX	5,700,256
9	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach	FL	5,361,723
10	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown	TX	5,180,443
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria	DC-VA-MD-WV	5,139,549
12	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta	GA	4,708,297
13	Detroit-Warren-Livonia	MI	4,493,165
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy	MA-NH	4,424,649
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont	CA	4,153,870
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria	DC-VA-MD-WV	4,000,206
17	Philadelphia	PA	3,882,573
18	Dallas-Plano-Irving	TX	3,812,875
19	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario	CA	3,793,081
20	Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale	AZ	3,715,360
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue	WA	3,166,828
22	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington	MN-WI	3,116,206
23	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine	CA	2,987,591
24	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos	CA	2,931,714
25	Nassau-Suffolk	NY	2,815,129
*A metropolitan area consists of a primary population center, such as a major city, and all the adjacent communities that have a high degree of economic and social integration with that population center. Some metropolitan areas are defined around two or more major cities within one state or more.

Source: U.S. Census

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