| name |
population 2000-04-01 census |
population 2005-07-01 estimate |
population 2006-07-01 estimate |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island |
18,323,002 |
18,813,723 |
18,818,536 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana |
12,365,627 |
12,933,839 |
12,950,129 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet |
9,098,316 |
9,446,565 |
9,505,748 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington |
5,161,544 |
5,823,043 |
6,003,967 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington |
5,687,147 |
5,806,092 |
5,826,742 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown |
4,715,407 |
5,352,569 |
5,539,949 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach |
5,007,564 |
5,424,697 |
5,463,857 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria |
4,796,183 |
5,251,629 |
5,290,400 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta |
4,247,981 |
4,972,219 |
5,138,223 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia |
4,452,557 |
4,479,254 |
4,468,966 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy |
4,391,344 |
4,448,884 |
4,455,217 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont |
4,123,740 |
4,158,012 |
4,180,027 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale |
3,251,876 |
3,878,525 |
4,039,182 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario |
3,254,821 |
3,909,903 |
4,026,135 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue |
3,043,878 |
3,207,892 |
3,263,497 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington |
2,968,806 |
3,141,050 |
3,175,041 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos |
2,813,833 |
2,936,609 |
2,941,454 |
| St. Louis |
2,698,687 |
2,782,411 |
2,796,368 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
2,395,997 |
2,646,540 |
2,697,731 |
| Baltimore-Towson |
2,552,994 |
2,651,069 |
2,658,405 |
| Denver-Aurora |
2,179,240 |
2,361,778 |
2,408,750 |
| Pittsburgh |
2,431,087 |
2,381,671 |
2,370,776 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton |
1,927,881 |
2,096,571 |
2,137,565 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor |
2,148,143 |
2,125,138 |
2,114,155 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown |
2,009,632 |
2,090,968 |
2,104,218 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville |
1,796,857 |
2,041,701 |
2,067,117 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee |
1,644,561 |
1,931,479 |
1,984,855 |
| Kansas City |
1,836,038 |
1,944,690 |
1,967,405 |
| San Antonio |
1,711,703 |
1,888,047 |
1,942,217 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara |
1,735,819 |
1,761,164 |
1,787,123 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise |
1,375,765 |
1,709,364 |
1,777,539 |
| Columbus |
1,612,694 |
1,706,913 |
1,725,570 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel |
1,525,104 |
1,640,029 |
1,666,032 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News |
1,576,370 |
1,641,543 |
1,649,457 |
| Providence-New Bedford-Fall River |
1,582,997 |
1,619,440 |
1,612,989 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord |
1,330,448 |
1,521,474 |
1,583,016 |
| Austin-Round Rock |
1,249,763 |
1,454,706 |
1,513,565 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis |
1,500,741 |
1,509,388 |
1,509,981 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro |
1,311,789 |
1,421,124 |
1,455,097 |
| Jacksonville |
1,122,750 |
1,247,828 |
1,277,997 |
| Memphis |
1,205,204 |
1,256,631 |
1,274,704 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County |
1,161,975 |
1,210,182 |
1,222,216 |
| Richmond |
1,096,957 |
1,173,410 |
1,194,008 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford |
1,148,618 |
1,185,700 |
1,188,841 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,095,421 |
1,154,991 |
1,172,339 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls |
1,170,111 |
1,144,796 |
1,137,520 |
| Birmingham-Hoover |
1,052,238 |
1,088,218 |
1,100,019 |
| Salt Lake City |
968,858 |
1,046,685 |
1,067,722 |
| Rochester |
1,037,831 |
1,036,890 |
1,035,435 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner |
1,316,510 |
1,313,787 |
1,024,678 |
| Raleigh-Cary |
797,071 |
951,809 |
994,551 |
| Tucson |
843,746 |
925,000 |
946,362 |
| Honolulu |
876,156 |
904,645 |
909,863 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk |
882,567 |
901,086 |
900,440 |
| Tulsa |
859,532 |
885,778 |
897,752 |
| Fresno |
799,407 |
878,089 |
891,756 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy |
825,875 |
847,421 |
850,957 |
| New Haven-Milford |
824,008 |
844,510 |
845,244 |
| Dayton |
848,153 |
841,240 |
838,940 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs |
767,041 |
812,830 |
822,549 |
| Albuquerque |
729,649 |
797,517 |
816,811 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton |
740,395 |
789,695 |
800,336 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura |
753,197 |
796,348 |
799,720 |
| Worcester |
750,963 |
781,704 |
784,992 |
| Bakersfield |
661,645 |
756,981 |
780,117 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming |
740,482 |
770,171 |
774,084 |
| Baton Rouge |
705,973 |
731,322 |
766,514 |
| El Paso |
679,622 |
721,183 |
736,310 |
| Columbia |
647,158 |
690,959 |
703,771 |
| Akron |
694,960 |
701,435 |
700,943 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission |
569,463 |
678,652 |
700,634 |
| Springfield |
680,014 |
686,491 |
686,174 |
| Greensboro-High Point |
643,430 |
674,219 |
685,378 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice |
589,959 |
671,371 |
682,833 |
| Stockton |
563,598 |
664,796 |
673,170 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown |
621,517 |
667,259 |
671,538 |
| Knoxville |
616,079 |
655,905 |
667,384 |
| Toledo |
659,188 |
655,617 |
653,695 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock |
610,518 |
642,630 |
652,834 |
| Syracuse |
650,154 |
650,434 |
650,051 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
549,033 |
591,792 |
603,178 |
| Greenville |
559,940 |
590,622 |
601,986 |
| Colorado Springs |
537,484 |
586,719 |
599,127 |
| Wichita |
571,166 |
586,933 |
592,126 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman |
602,964 |
590,968 |
586,939 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers |
440,888 |
544,196 |
571,344 |
| Boise City-Nampa |
464,840 |
545,141 |
567,640 |
| Lakeland |
483,924 |
541,910 |
561,606 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre |
560,625 |
550,539 |
550,841 |
| Madison |
501,774 |
536,990 |
543,022 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville |
476,230 |
528,640 |
534,359 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines |
481,394 |
523,366 |
534,230 |
| Jackson |
497,197 |
520,680 |
529,456 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle |
509,074 |
520,690 |
525,380 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
499,684 |
517,855 |
523,249 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford |
487,568 |
512,992 |
513,667 |
| Modesto |
446,997 |
505,492 |
512,138 |
| Ogden-Clearfield |
442,656 |
486,428 |
497,640 |
| Chattanooga |
476,531 |
491,758 |
496,704 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach |
443,343 |
487,875 |
496,575 |
| Lancaster |
470,658 |
489,936 |
494,486 |
| Provo-Orem |
376,774 |
461,020 |
474,180 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma |
458,614 |
466,970 |
466,891 |
| Durham |
426,493 |
456,180 |
464,389 |
| Winston-Salem |
421,961 |
448,220 |
456,614 |
| Lansing-East Lansing |
447,728 |
454,668 |
454,044 |
| Spokane |
417,939 |
440,434 |
446,706 |
| Flint |
436,141 |
442,732 |
441,966 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent |
412,153 |
438,066 |
439,987 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
408,326 |
429,679 |
436,684 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers |
347,045 |
406,521 |
420,876 |
| Visalia-Porterville |
368,021 |
411,131 |
419,909 |
| York-Hanover |
381,751 |
408,182 |
416,322 |
| Corpus Christi |
403,280 |
413,107 |
415,810 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield |
394,542 |
410,786 |
411,680 |
| Salinas |
401,762 |
412,340 |
410,206 |
| Canton-Massillon |
406,934 |
409,527 |
409,764 |
| Fort Wayne |
390,156 |
404,182 |
408,071 |
| Springfield |
368,374 |
397,869 |
407,092 |
| Mobile |
399,843 |
399,851 |
404,157 |
| Manchester-Nashua |
380,841 |
400,516 |
402,789 |
| Reading |
373,638 |
396,236 |
401,149 |
| Reno-Sparks |
342,885 |
393,820 |
400,560 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria |
399,347 |
400,908 |
400,335 |
| Asheville |
369,171 |
391,850 |
398,009 |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce |
319,426 |
379,252 |
392,117 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen |
335,227 |
378,905 |
387,717 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City |
375,965 |
382,048 |
386,778 |
| Salem |
347,214 |
376,268 |
384,600 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur |
385,090 |
383,140 |
379,640 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island |
376,019 |
375,972 |
377,291 |
| Huntsville |
342,376 |
368,641 |
376,753 |
| Peoria |
366,899 |
368,364 |
370,194 |
| Trenton-Ewing |
350,761 |
366,070 |
367,605 |
| Montgomery |
346,528 |
355,932 |
361,748 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton |
341,851 |
355,966 |
359,856 |
| Anchorage |
319,605 |
351,586 |
359,180 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood |
330,714 |
349,664 |
351,322 |
| Evansville |
342,815 |
349,087 |
350,356 |
| Rockford |
320,204 |
342,058 |
348,252 |
| Ann Arbor |
322,895 |
342,124 |
344,047 |
| Fayetteville |
336,609 |
339,702 |
341,363 |
| Eugene-Springfield |
322,959 |
334,486 |
337,870 |
| Tallahassee |
320,304 |
333,112 |
336,502 |
| Wilmington |
274,532 |
314,608 |
326,166 |
| Savannah |
293,000 |
313,456 |
320,013 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage |
314,866 |
318,836 |
319,738 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka |
316,663 |
317,572 |
318,007 |
| Ocala |
258,916 |
303,448 |
316,183 |
| Naples-Marco Island |
251,377 |
307,864 |
314,649 |
| Charleston |
309,635 |
306,179 |
305,526 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol |
298,484 |
300,946 |
302,451 |
| Green Bay |
282,599 |
297,083 |
299,003 |
| Utica-Rome |
299,896 |
297,566 |
297,286 |
| Roanoke |
288,309 |
292,490 |
295,050 |
| Columbus |
281,768 |
282,495 |
288,847 |
| Fort Smith |
273,170 |
284,404 |
288,818 |
| Huntington-Ashland |
288,649 |
285,458 |
285,475 |
| Lincoln |
266,787 |
281,440 |
283,970 |
| Boulder |
269,814 |
279,508 |
282,304 |
| Erie |
280,843 |
280,184 |
279,811 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland |
251,494 |
271,842 |
276,253 |
| Duluth |
275,486 |
274,991 |
274,244 |
| Atlantic City |
252,552 |
270,318 |
271,620 |
| Spartanburg |
253,791 |
266,764 |
271,087 |
| Norwich-New London |
259,088 |
264,265 |
263,293 |
| Lubbock |
249,700 |
258,974 |
261,411 |
| Holland-Grand Haven |
238,314 |
255,187 |
257,671 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg |
222,771 |
250,836 |
257,619 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles |
246,681 |
255,538 |
257,005 |
| Lafayette |
239,086 |
246,855 |
254,432 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville |
255,602 |
249,420 |
249,705 |
| Cedar Rapids |
237,230 |
246,992 |
249,320 |
| Binghamton |
252,320 |
247,896 |
247,554 |
| Merced |
210,554 |
242,249 |
245,658 |
| Gainesville |
232,392 |
240,189 |
243,985 |
| Amarillo |
226,522 |
238,807 |
241,515 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale |
231,969 |
241,525 |
240,604 |
| Clarksville |
232,000 |
242,884 |
240,500 |
| Lynchburg |
228,616 |
236,015 |
239,510 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach |
196,629 |
227,520 |
238,493 |
| Greeley |
180,926 |
228,158 |
236,857 |
| Olympia |
207,355 |
228,881 |
234,670 |
| Yakima |
222,581 |
230,937 |
233,105 |
| Laredo |
193,117 |
224,874 |
231,470 |
| Macon |
222,368 |
227,969 |
229,326 |
| Topeka |
224,551 |
228,253 |
228,894 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi |
246,190 |
254,616 |
227,904 |
| Waco |
213,517 |
224,365 |
226,189 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco |
191,822 |
220,892 |
226,033 |
| Barnstable Town |
222,230 |
226,161 |
224,816 |
| Appleton |
201,602 |
215,150 |
217,313 |
| Champaign-Urbana |
210,275 |
215,469 |
216,581 |
| Chico |
203,171 |
214,153 |
215,881 |
| Sioux Falls |
187,093 |
207,882 |
212,911 |
| Prescott |
167,517 |
198,841 |
208,014 |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North |
210,039 |
207,846 |
206,300 |
| Springfield |
201,437 |
205,276 |
206,112 |
| Burlington-South Burlington |
198,889 |
205,222 |
206,007 |
| Longview |
194,042 |
201,112 |
203,367 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux |
194,477 |
199,004 |
202,902 |
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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