| name |
population 2000-04-01 census |
population 2005-07-01 estimate |
population 2008-07-01 estimate |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island |
18,323,002 |
18,812,037 |
19,006,798 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana |
12,365,627 |
12,815,345 |
12,872,808 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet |
9,098,316 |
9,390,691 |
9,569,624 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington |
5,161,544 |
5,817,696 |
6,300,006 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington |
5,687,147 |
5,786,636 |
5,838,471 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown |
4,715,407 |
5,302,908 |
5,728,143 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach |
5,007,564 |
5,375,410 |
5,414,772 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta |
4,247,981 |
4,945,773 |
5,376,285 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria |
4,796,183 |
5,221,894 |
5,358,130 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy |
4,391,344 |
4,454,959 |
4,522,858 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia |
4,452,557 |
4,496,480 |
4,425,110 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale |
3,251,876 |
3,873,404 |
4,281,899 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont |
4,123,740 |
4,157,603 |
4,274,531 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario |
3,254,821 |
3,871,591 |
4,115,871 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue |
3,043,878 |
3,197,370 |
3,344,813 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington |
2,968,806 |
3,131,632 |
3,229,878 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos |
2,813,833 |
2,931,689 |
3,001,072 |
| St. Louis |
2,698,687 |
2,773,156 |
2,816,710 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
2,395,997 |
2,637,036 |
2,733,761 |
| Baltimore-Towson |
2,552,994 |
2,646,991 |
2,667,117 |
| Denver-Aurora |
2,179,240 |
2,358,271 |
2,506,626 |
| Pittsburgh |
2,431,087 |
2,372,356 |
2,351,192 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton |
1,927,881 |
2,087,066 |
2,207,462 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown |
2,009,632 |
2,101,215 |
2,155,137 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville |
1,796,857 |
2,032,386 |
2,109,832 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor |
2,148,143 |
2,116,304 |
2,088,291 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee |
1,644,561 |
1,935,502 |
2,054,574 |
| San Antonio |
1,711,703 |
1,879,129 |
2,031,445 |
| Kansas City |
1,836,038 |
1,937,398 |
2,002,047 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise |
1,375,765 |
1,702,957 |
1,865,746 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara |
1,735,819 |
1,742,883 |
1,819,198 |
| Columbus |
1,612,694 |
1,712,248 |
1,773,120 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel |
1,525,104 |
1,643,072 |
1,715,459 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord |
1,330,448 |
1,518,488 |
1,701,799 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News |
1,576,370 |
1,649,404 |
1,658,292 |
| Austin-Round Rock |
1,249,763 |
1,464,563 |
1,652,602 |
| Providence-New Bedford-Fall River |
1,582,997 |
1,609,938 |
1,596,611 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin |
1,311,789 |
1,449,403 |
1,550,733 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis |
1,500,741 |
1,534,162 |
1,549,308 |
| Jacksonville |
1,122,750 |
1,247,794 |
1,313,228 |
| Memphis |
1,205,204 |
1,252,785 |
1,285,732 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County |
1,161,975 |
1,207,215 |
1,244,696 |
| Richmond |
1,096,957 |
1,173,091 |
1,225,626 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,095,421 |
1,154,487 |
1,206,142 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford |
1,148,618 |
1,178,810 |
1,190,512 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner |
1,316,510 |
1,312,400 |
1,134,029 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls |
1,170,111 |
1,140,309 |
1,124,309 |
| Birmingham-Hoover |
1,052,238 |
1,088,303 |
1,117,608 |
| Salt Lake City |
968,858 |
1,045,905 |
1,115,692 |
| Raleigh-Cary |
797,071 |
953,093 |
1,088,765 |
| Rochester |
1,037,831 |
1,034,772 |
1,034,090 |
| Tucson |
843,746 |
947,533 |
1,012,018 |
| Tulsa |
859,532 |
880,999 |
916,079 |
| Fresno |
799,407 |
870,620 |
909,153 |
| Honolulu |
876,156 |
899,673 |
905,034 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk |
882,567 |
891,838 |
895,030 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy |
825,875 |
846,361 |
853,919 |
| New Haven-Milford |
824,008 |
840,117 |
846,101 |
| Albuquerque |
729,649 |
797,146 |
845,913 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs |
767,041 |
810,155 |
837,925 |
| Dayton |
848,153 |
843,079 |
836,544 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton |
740,395 |
784,814 |
808,210 |
| Bakersfield |
661,645 |
748,766 |
800,458 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura |
753,197 |
788,565 |
797,740 |
| Worcester |
750,963 |
777,629 |
783,806 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming |
740,482 |
767,883 |
776,833 |
| Baton Rouge |
705,973 |
729,366 |
774,327 |
| El Paso |
679,622 |
709,992 |
742,062 |
| Columbia |
647,158 |
690,717 |
728,063 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission |
569,463 |
667,154 |
726,604 |
| Greensboro-High Point |
643,430 |
673,268 |
705,684 |
| Akron |
694,960 |
700,403 |
698,553 |
| Knoxville |
616,079 |
657,525 |
691,152 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice |
589,959 |
667,574 |
687,823 |
| Springfield |
680,014 |
685,931 |
687,558 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway |
610,518 |
645,263 |
675,069 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown |
621,517 |
662,140 |
672,525 |
| Stockton |
563,598 |
655,866 |
672,388 |
| Toledo |
659,188 |
654,360 |
649,104 |
| Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville |
549,033 |
601,162 |
644,506 |
| Syracuse |
650,154 |
646,452 |
643,794 |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley |
559,940 |
588,714 |
624,715 |
| Colorado Springs |
537,484 |
588,718 |
617,714 |
| Wichita |
571,166 |
583,791 |
603,716 |
| Boise City-Nampa |
464,840 |
543,918 |
599,753 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers |
440,888 |
541,159 |
593,136 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven |
483,924 |
537,863 |
580,594 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman |
602,964 |
580,874 |
565,947 |
| Madison |
501,774 |
539,865 |
561,505 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines |
481,394 |
523,604 |
556,230 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre |
560,625 |
548,256 |
549,150 |
| Provo-Orem |
376,774 |
463,733 |
540,820 |
| Jackson |
497,197 |
521,330 |
537,285 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville |
476,230 |
526,080 |
536,521 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
499,684 |
517,079 |
534,218 |
| Ogden-Clearfield |
442,656 |
491,436 |
531,488 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle |
509,074 |
519,747 |
531,108 |
| Chattanooga |
476,531 |
502,295 |
518,441 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford |
487,568 |
511,089 |
514,065 |
| Modesto |
446,997 |
499,822 |
510,694 |
| Lancaster |
470,658 |
488,884 |
502,370 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach |
443,343 |
485,716 |
498,036 |
| Durham |
426,493 |
457,943 |
489,762 |
| Winston-Salem |
421,961 |
445,761 |
468,124 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma |
458,614 |
462,299 |
466,741 |
| Spokane |
417,939 |
440,431 |
462,677 |
| Lansing-East Lansing |
447,728 |
456,330 |
454,035 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
408,326 |
432,283 |
453,424 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent |
412,153 |
444,595 |
452,992 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers |
347,045 |
407,794 |
443,976 |
| Flint |
436,141 |
439,113 |
428,790 |
| Visalia-Porterville |
368,021 |
405,142 |
426,276 |
| Springfield |
368,374 |
400,410 |
426,144 |
| York-Hanover |
381,751 |
406,121 |
424,583 |
| Corpus Christi |
403,280 |
410,509 |
415,376 |
| Reno-Sparks |
342,885 |
393,746 |
414,784 |
| Fort Wayne |
390,156 |
402,137 |
411,154 |
| Asheville |
369,171 |
390,789 |
408,436 |
| Salinas |
401,762 |
406,887 |
408,238 |
| Canton-Massillon |
406,934 |
407,555 |
407,653 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield |
394,542 |
407,269 |
407,515 |
| Mobile |
399,843 |
397,909 |
406,309 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta |
399,347 |
401,576 |
405,396 |
| Port St. Lucie |
319,426 |
375,661 |
403,768 |
| Reading |
373,638 |
393,305 |
403,595 |
| Manchester-Nashua |
380,841 |
398,193 |
402,042 |
| Huntsville |
342,376 |
369,168 |
395,645 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen |
335,227 |
371,492 |
392,736 |
| Salem |
347,214 |
371,779 |
391,680 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City |
375,965 |
381,391 |
389,533 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood |
330,714 |
354,257 |
378,935 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur |
385,090 |
380,319 |
378,255 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island |
376,019 |
373,061 |
377,626 |
| Peoria |
366,899 |
367,354 |
372,487 |
| Montgomery |
346,528 |
356,110 |
365,924 |
| Trenton-Ewing |
350,761 |
362,368 |
364,883 |
| Anchorage |
319,605 |
351,128 |
364,701 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton |
341,851 |
353,532 |
363,036 |
| Tallahassee |
320,304 |
341,548 |
357,259 |
| Fayetteville |
336,609 |
344,855 |
356,105 |
| Rockford |
320,204 |
339,194 |
354,394 |
| Evansville |
342,815 |
347,718 |
350,261 |
| Ann Arbor |
322,895 |
344,025 |
347,376 |
| Wilmington |
274,532 |
316,271 |
347,012 |
| Eugene-Springfield |
322,959 |
335,422 |
346,560 |
| Savannah |
293,000 |
314,178 |
334,353 |
| Ocala |
258,916 |
301,436 |
329,628 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage |
314,866 |
320,457 |
323,713 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka |
316,663 |
315,464 |
316,865 |
| Naples-Marco Island |
251,377 |
305,481 |
315,258 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol |
298,484 |
300,088 |
304,689 |
| Charleston |
309,635 |
304,477 |
303,944 |
| Green Bay |
282,599 |
296,384 |
302,935 |
| Roanoke |
288,309 |
291,810 |
298,108 |
| Lincoln |
266,787 |
284,600 |
295,486 |
| Utica-Rome |
299,896 |
294,908 |
293,790 |
| Boulder |
269,814 |
282,115 |
293,161 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland |
251,494 |
275,570 |
292,825 |
| Fort Smith |
273,170 |
282,291 |
290,977 |
| Columbus |
281,768 |
287,991 |
287,653 |
| Huntington-Ashland |
288,649 |
284,392 |
284,234 |
| Spartanburg |
253,791 |
265,282 |
280,738 |
| Erie |
280,843 |
278,781 |
279,175 |
| Duluth |
275,486 |
274,116 |
274,571 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton |
252,552 |
268,120 |
270,681 |
| Lubbock |
249,700 |
262,596 |
270,610 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles |
246,681 |
257,779 |
265,297 |
| Norwich-New London |
259,088 |
265,204 |
264,519 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg |
222,771 |
249,510 |
263,753 |
| Clarksville |
232,000 |
251,560 |
261,220 |
| Holland-Grand Haven |
238,314 |
254,231 |
260,364 |
| Lafayette |
239,086 |
247,214 |
259,073 |
| Gainesville |
232,392 |
247,578 |
258,555 |
| Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway |
196,629 |
228,254 |
257,380 |
| Cedar Rapids |
237,230 |
247,151 |
255,452 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville |
255,602 |
249,603 |
253,137 |
| Greeley |
180,926 |
226,354 |
249,775 |
| Merced |
210,554 |
238,034 |
246,117 |
| Lynchburg |
228,616 |
235,969 |
245,809 |
| Binghamton |
252,320 |
246,835 |
245,189 |
| Olympia |
207,355 |
227,476 |
245,181 |
| Amarillo |
226,522 |
237,644 |
243,838 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale |
231,969 |
236,024 |
239,769 |
| Laredo |
193,117 |
221,165 |
236,941 |
| Kennewick-Pasco-Richland |
191,822 |
218,357 |
235,841 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi |
246,190 |
256,539 |
234,625 |
| Yakima |
222,581 |
228,222 |
234,564 |
| Sioux Falls |
187,093 |
214,671 |
232,930 |
| Macon |
222,368 |
227,582 |
230,777 |
| Waco |
213,517 |
224,011 |
230,213 |
| Topeka |
224,551 |
227,025 |
229,619 |
| Champaign-Urbana |
210,275 |
218,494 |
224,191 |
| Barnstable Town |
222,230 |
224,913 |
221,049 |
| Chico |
203,171 |
214,873 |
220,337 |
| Appleton |
201,602 |
214,120 |
219,720 |
| Prescott |
167,517 |
197,367 |
215,503 |
| Burlington-South Burlington |
198,889 |
205,348 |
208,460 |
| College Station-Bryan |
184,885 |
196,355 |
207,425 |
| Springfield |
201,437 |
204,976 |
207,389 |
| Tuscaloosa |
192,034 |
198,135 |
206,765 |
| Longview |
194,042 |
199,377 |
204,746 |
| Las Cruces |
174,682 |
189,330 |
201,603 |
| Tyler |
174,706 |
189,929 |
201,277 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux |
194,477 |
197,514 |
201,148 |
| Medford |
181,269 |
194,268 |
201,138 |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North |
210,039 |
206,457 |
200,745 |
source: Bureau of the Census, USA.
note: all agglomerations included in the table, refer to the entity as defined as MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) by the US Bureau of the Census.
note: above are all MSA's with a population over 200,000 in 2000 or in 2006.
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