| Rank |
Metropolitan statistical area |
2017 Estimate |
| 1 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA MSA |
20,320,876 |
| 2 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA MSA |
13,353,907 |
| 3 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI MSA |
9,533,040 |
| 4 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA |
7,399,662 |
| 5 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX MSA |
6,892,427 |
| 6 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA |
6,216,589 |
| 7 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL MSA |
6,158,824 |
| 8 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA |
6,096,120 |
| 9 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA |
5,884,736 |
| 10 |
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA |
4,836,531 |
| 11 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA |
4,737,270 |
| 12 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA MSA |
4,727,357 |
| 13 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA |
4,580,670 |
| 14 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI MSA |
4,313,002 |
| 15 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA |
3,867,046 |
| 16 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA |
3,600,618 |
| 17 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA MSA |
3,337,685 |
| 18 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA |
3,091,399 |
| 19 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA |
2,888,227 |
| 20 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA |
2,808,175 |
| 21 |
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA |
2,807,338 |
| 22 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA |
2,525,305 |
| 23 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA |
2,509,831 |
| 24 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA |
2,473,974 |
| 25 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA |
2,453,168 |
| 26 |
Pittsburgh, PA MSA |
2,333,367 |
| 27 |
Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA MSA |
2,324,884 |
| 28 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV MSA |
2,204,079 |
| 29 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA |
2,179,082 |
| 30 |
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA |
2,128,912 |
| 31 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA |
2,115,827 |
| 32 |
Columbus, OH MSA |
2,078,725 |
| 33 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH MSA |
2,058,844 |
| 34 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN MSA |
2,028,614 |
| 35 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA |
1,998,463 |
| 36 |
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN MSA |
1,903,045 |
| 37 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA |
1,725,246 |
| 38 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA |
1,621,122 |
| 39 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA |
1,576,236 |
| 40 |
Jacksonville, FL MSA |
1,504,980 |
| 41 |
Oklahoma City, OK MSA |
1,383,737 |
| 42 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA |
1,348,260 |
| 43 |
Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA |
1,335,079 |
| 44 |
Richmond, VA MSA |
1,294,204 |
| 45 |
Louisville–Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA |
1,293,953 |
| 46 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA |
1,275,762 |
| 47 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA |
1,210,259 |
| 48 |
Salt Lake City, UT MSA |
1,203,105 |
| 49 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA |
1,149,807 |
| 50 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY MSA |
1,136,856 |
| 51 |
Rochester, NY MSA |
1,077,948 |
| 52 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA |
1,059,113 |
| 53 |
Tucson, AZ MSA |
1,022,769 |
| 54 |
Tulsa, OK MSA |
990,706 |
| 55 |
Fresno, CA MSA |
989,255 |
| 56 |
Urban Honolulu, HI MSA |
988,650 |
| 57 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT MSA |
949,921 |
| 58 |
Worcester, MA-CT MSA |
942,475 |
| 59 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA |
933,316 |
| 60 |
Albuquerque, NM MSA |
913,113 |
| 61 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC MSA |
895,923 |
| 62 |
Bakersfield, CA MSA |
893,119 |
| 63 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA |
886,188 |
| 64 |
Knoxville, TN MSA |
877,104 |
| 65 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA |
860,661 |
| 66 |
New Haven-Milford, CT MSA |
860,435 |
| 67 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA |
854,223 |
| 68 |
El Paso, TX MSA |
844,818 |
| 69 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA |
840,550 |
| 70 |
Baton Rouge, LA MSA |
834,159 |
| 71 |
Columbia, SC MSA |
825,033 |
| 72 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA |
804,690 |
| 73 |
Dayton, OH MSA |
803,416 |
| 74 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA |
775,831 |
| 75 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA |
761,184 |