Largest U.S. metro areas by population: updated 2026.
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is the largest in the U.S. at 20,112,448 residents as of July 1, 2025. This ranking covers all 387 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas using the official full-CBSA Census Vintage 2025 estimate, released March 2026. Switch to all 925 metropolitan and micropolitan areas, compare growth and cost of living, expand 13,579 mapped member cities, and export any view.
Latest Census metro estimates released March 2026 · Population as of July 1, 2025 · Next metro estimates scheduled for March 2027. Release schedule
SourceCensus CBSA PEP + OMB + BEA RPP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
DelineationOMB 2023 CBSA
Coverage387 metro · 538 micro · 13,579 cities
Last build2026-09-23
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tbl_metros · vV2025 · 387 metro / 925 total
Rank
Metro area
Type
Population 2025
2024–25
Member cities
Anchor city
RPP
1
Metro
20,112,448
+0.2%
377
New YorkNY
112.6
2
Metro
12,844,441
-0.5%
122
Los AngelesCA
113.6
3
Metro
9,434,123
+0.2%
341
ChicagoIL
103.6
4
Metro
8,477,157
+1.5%
202
DallasTX
103.1
5
Metro
7,904,627
+1.6%
128
HoustonTX
98.6
6
Metro
6,482,182
+1.0%
146
AtlantaGA
100.1
7
Metro
6,465,724
+0.8%
94
WashingtonDC
108.9
8
Metro
6,391,072
-0.1%
104
MiamiFL
114.2
9
Metro
6,329,118
+0.3%
164
PhiladelphiaPA
102.6
10
Metro
5,228,938
+1.1%
33
PhoenixAZ
103.3
11
Metro
5,034,221
+0.2%
38
BostonMA
108.3
12
Metro
4,769,007
+0.4%
52
RiversideCA
106.4
13
Metro
4,630,041
+0.1%
65
San FranciscoCA
115.6
14
Metro
4,390,913
+0.3%
109
DetroitMI
100.3
15
Metro
4,161,883
+1.0%
78
SeattleWA
111.1
16
Metro
3,790,295
+0.8%
214
MinneapolisMN
104.8
17
Metro
3,418,895
+0.4%
34
TampaFL
100.9
18
Metro
3,282,248
-0.2%
18
San DiegoCA
111.9
19
Metro
3,092,037
+0.4%
45
DenverCO
105.8
20
Metro
2,957,672
+1.3%
36
OrlandoFL
101.4
21
Metro
2,938,830
+1.9%
78
CharlotteNC
97.3
22
Metro
2,857,781
+0.1%
21
BaltimoreMD
104.5
23
Metro
2,814,421
+0.1%
269
St. LouisMO
95.1
24
Metro
2,813,140
+1.4%
54
San AntonioTX
94.7
25
Metro
2,620,945
+2.1%
49
AustinTX
98.1
26
Metro
2,542,282
+0.4%
58
PortlandOR
105.4
27
Metro
2,477,274
+0.7%
19
SacramentoCA
106.7
28
Metro
2,421,992
-0.1%
267
PittsburghPA
94.7
29
Metro
2,407,226
+0.9%
5
Las VegasNV
100.2
30
Metro
2,312,858
+0.6%
139
CincinnatiOH
95.4
31
Metro
2,270,682
+0.8%
163
Kansas CityMO
92.5
32
Metro
2,242,028
+1.0%
99
ColumbusOH
95.5
33
Metro
2,205,695
+1.0%
87
IndianapolisIN
95.7
34
Metro
2,197,416
+1.6%
55
NashvilleTN
96.3
35
Metro
2,165,775
+0.1%
115
ClevelandOH
93.9
36
Metro
1,984,473
+0.4%
17
San JoseCA
110.4
37
Metro
1,797,213
+0.2%
15
Virginia BeachVA
97.9
38
Metro
1,785,500
+1.5%
16
JacksonvilleFL
99.5
39
Metro
1,708,161
+0.4%
13
ProvidenceRI
101.8
40
Metro
1,595,720
+2.4%
27
RaleighNC
98.2
41
Metro
1,575,010
+0.2%
64
MilwaukeeWI
96.9
42
Metro
1,512,813
+0.9%
77
Oklahoma CityOK
90.4
43
Metro
1,402,509
+0.5%
137
LouisvilleKY
93.1
44
Metro
1,389,338
+1.1%
10
RichmondVA
97.9
45
Metro
1,341,412
-0.3%
51
MemphisTN
92.2
46
Metro
1,308,377
+0.5%
31
Salt Lake CityUT
100.9
47
Metro
1,203,383
+0.3%
17
FresnoCA
102.2
48
Metro
1,197,766
+0.3%
88
BirminghamAL
91.6
49
Metro
1,183,645
+0.7%
44
Grand RapidsMI
95.5
50
Metro
1,171,426
+0.4%
4
HartfordCT
102.7
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Methodology · how metros are defined
CBSA delineation, anchors, and the RPP grain.
A metro area here is a Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) as delineated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in its July 2023 bulletin: a county-based grouping with an urban core of 50,000 or more (metropolitan) or 10,000 to 49,999 (micropolitan). Population is the Census Bureau’s official full-CBSA resident estimate for July 1, 2025, including incorporated places, census-designated places, and unincorporated territory. Member cities are mapped separately through the Census Place→County crosswalk; the anchor is the most-populous incorporated member city.
The cost-of-living column shows the BEA Regional Price Parities all-items index (2024), where 100 is the national average. BEA publishes RPP for metropolitan areas only, so micropolitan areas show —; the figure is a metro-grain index, not a single-city composite, and we do not synthesize an “affordability” score. Both growth options use values from the single Census Vintage 2025 series; this site does not publish cross-vintage metro growth.
