UNITED STATES METROPOLITAN AREAS

Based on Census 2000
Only Metropolitan Areas with populations greater than 1,000,000 are listed.

Rank	Metropolitan Areas	Population
1	New York City, NY	21,199,865
2	Los Angeles, CA	16,373,645
3	Chicago, IL	9,157,540
4	Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA	7,608,070
5	San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA	7,039,362
6	Philadelphia, PA	6,188,463
7	Boston, MA	5,819,100
8	Detroit, MI	5,456,428
9	Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	5,221,801
10	Houston, TX	4,669,571
11	Atlanta, GA	4,112,198
12	Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL	3,876,380
13	Seattle-Tacoma, WA	3,554,760
14	Phoenix, AZ	3,251,876
15	Minneapolis-St Paul, MN	2,968,806
16	Cleveland, OH	2,945,831
17	San Diego, CA	2,813,833
18	St. Louis, MO	2,603,607
19	Denver, CO	2,581,506
20	San Juan, PR	2,450,292
21	Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL	2,395,997
22	Pittsburgh, PA	2,358,695
23	Portland-Salem, OR	2,265,223
24	Cincinnati, OH	1,979,202
25	Sacramento, CA	1,796,857
26	Kansas City, MO	1,776,062
27	Milwaukee, WI	1,689,572
28	Orlando, FL	1,644,561
29	Indianapolis, IN	1,607,486
30	San Antonio, TX	1,592,383
31	Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News, VA	1,569,541
32	Las Vegas, NV	1,563,282
33	Columbus, OH	1,540,157
34	Charlotte, NC	1,499,293
35	New Orleans, LA	1,337,726
36	Salt Lake City, UT	1,333,914
37	Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC	1,251,509
38	Austin, TX	1,249,763
39	Nashville, TN	1,231,311
40	Providence, RI	1,188,613
41	Raleigh-Durham, NC	1,187,941
42	Hartford, CT	1,183,110
43	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	1,170,111
44	Memphis, TN	1,135,614
45	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL	1,131,184
46	Jacksonville, FL	1,100,491
47	Rochester, NY	1,098,201
48	Grand Rapids, MI	1,088,514
49	Oklahoma City, OK	1,083,346
50	Louisville, KY	1,025,598

50 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Area & Population by State, Census 2000

State	Capital	Area (sq. mi)	Rank	Population	Rank
Alabama	Montgomery	52,423	30	4,447,100	23
Alaska	Juneau	656,425	1	626,932	48
Arizona	Phoenix	114,006	6	5,130,632	20
Arkansas	Little Rock	53,182	29	2,673,400	33
California	Sacramento	163,707	3	33,871,648	1
Colorado	Denver	104,100	8	4,301,261	24
Connecticut	Hartford	5,544	48	3,405,565	29
Delaware	Dover	2,489	49	783,600	45
Florida	Tallahassee	65,758	22	15,982,378	4
Georgia	Atlanta	59,441	24	8,186,453	10
Hawaii	Honolulu	10,932	43	1,211,537	42
Idaho	Boise	83,574	14	1,293,953	39
Illinois	Springfield	57,918	25	12,419,293	5
Indiana	Indianapolis	36,420	38	6,080,485	14
Iowa	Des Moines	56,276	26	2,926,324	30
Kansas	Topeka	82,282	15	2,688,418	32
Kentucky	Frankfort	40,411	37	4,041,769	25
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	51,843	31	4,468,976	22
Maine	Augusta	35,387	39	1,274,923	40
Maryland	Annapolis	12,407	42	5,296,486	19
Massachusetts	Boston	10,555	44	6,349,097	13
Michigan	Lansing	96,810	11	9,938,444	8
Minnesota	Saint Paul	86,943	12	4,919,479	21
Mississippi	Jackson	48,434	32	2,844,658	31
Missouri	Jefferson City	69,709	21	5,595,211	17
Montana	Helena	147,046	4	902,195	44
Nebraska	Lincoln	77,358	16	1,711,263	38
Nevada	Carson City	110,567	7	1,998,257	35
New Hampshire	Concord	9,351	46	1,235,786	41
New Jersey	Trenton	8,722	47	8,414,350	9
New Mexico	Santa Fe	121,593	5	1,819,046	36
New York	Albany	54,475	27	18,976,457	3
North Carolina	Raleigh	53,821	28	8,049,313	11
North Dakota	Bismarck	70,704	19	642,200	47
Ohio	Columbus	44,828	34	11,353,140	7
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	69,903	20	3,450,654	27
Oregon	Salem	98,386	9	3,421,399	28
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	46,058	33	12,281,054	6
Rhode Island	Providence	1,545	50	1,048,319	43
South Carolina	Columbia	32,007	40	4,012,012	26
South Dakota	Pierre	77,121	17	754,844	46
Tennessee	Nashville	42,146	36	5,689,283	16
Texas	Austin	268,601	2	20,851,820	2
Utah	Salt Lake City	84,904	13	2,233,169	34
Vermont	Montpelier	9,615	45	608,827	49
Virginia	Richmond	42,769	35	7,078,515	12
Washington	Olympia	71,303	18	5,894,121	15
West Virginia	Charleston	24,231	41	1,808,344	37
Wisconsin	Madison	65,503	23	5,363,675	18
Wyoming	Cheyenne	97,818	10	493,782	50

District of Columbia	Washington, DC	68		572,059
United States	Washington, DC	3,615,292	4th	281,421,906	3rd

50 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Population by State, Decennial Census 1920-2000 (in 000's)

State	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
CA	3,426	5,677	6,907	10,586	15,717	19,971	23,667	29,760	33,871
TX	4,663	5,824	6,414	7,711	9,579	11,198	14,225	16,986	20,851
NY	10,385	12,588	13,479	14,830	16,782	18,241	17,558	17,990	18,976
FL	968	1,468	1,897	2,771	4,951	6,791	9,746	12,937	15,982
IL	6,485	7,630	7,897	8,712	10,081	11,110	11,427	11,430	12,419
PA	8,720	9,631	9,900	10,498	11,319	11,800	11,864	11,881	12,281
OH	5,759	6,646	6,907	7,946	9,706	10,657	10,797	10,847	11,353
MI	3,668	4,842	5,256	6,371	7,823	8,881	9,262	9,295	9,938
NJ	3,155	4,041	4,160	4,835	6,066	7,171	7,365	7,730	8,414
GA	2,895	2,908	3,123	3,444	3,943	4,587	5,462	6,478	8,186
NC	2,559	3,170	3,571	4,061	4,556	5,084	5,880	6,628	8,049
VA	2,309	2,421	2,677	3,318	3,965	4,651	5,346	6,187	7,078
MA	3,852	4,249	4,316	4,690	5,148	5,689	5,737	6,016	6,349
IN	2,930	3,238	3,427	3,934	4,662	5,195	5,490	5,544	6,080
WA	1,356	1,563	1,736	2,378	2,853	3,413	4,132	4,866	5,894
TN	2,337	2,616	2,915	3,291	3,567	3,926	4,591	4,877	5,689
MO	3,404	3,629	3,784	3,954	4,319	4,677	4,916	5,117	5,595
WI	2,632	2,939	3,137	3,434	3,951	4,417	4,705	4,891	5,363
MD	1,499	1,631	1,821	2,343	3,100	3,923	4,216	4,781	5,296
AZ	334	435	499	749	1,302	1,775	2,716	3,665	5,130
MN	2,387	2,563	2,792	2,982	3,413	3,806	4,075	4,375	4,919
LA	1,798	2,101	2,363	2,683	3,257	3,644	4,206	4,219	4,468
AL	2,348	2,646	2,832	3,061	3,266	3,444	3,894	4,040	4,447
CO	939	1,035	1,123	1,325	1,753	2,209	2,889	3,294	4,301
KY	2,416	2,614	2,845	2,944	3,038	3,220	3,660	3,685	4,041
SC	1,683	1,738	1,899	2,117	2,382	2,590	3,120	3,486	4,012
OK	2,028	2,396	2,336	2,233	2,328	2,559	3,025	3,145	3,450
OR	783	953	1,089	1,521	1,768	2,091	2,633	2,842	3,421
CT	1,380	1,606	1,709	2,007	2,535	3,032	3,107	3,287	3,405
IA	2,404	2,470	2,538	2,621	2,757	2,825	2,913	2,776	2,926
MS	1,790	2,009	2,183	2,178	2,178	2,216	2,520	2,573	2,844
KS	1,769	1,880	1,801	1,905	2,178	2,249	2,364	2,477	2,688
AR	1,752	1,854	1,949	1,909	1,786	1,923	2,286	2,350	2,673
UT	449	507	550	688	890	1,059	1,461	1,722	2,233
NV	77	91	110	160	285	488	800	1,201	1,998
NM	360	423	531	681	951	1,017	1,303	1,515	1,819
WV	1,463	1,729	1,901	2,005	1,860	1,744	1,950	1,793	1,808
NE	1,296	1,377	1,315	1,325	1,411	1,485	1,569	1,578	1,711
ID	431	445	524	588	667	713	944	1,006	1,293
ME	768	797	847	913	969	993	1125	1,227	1,274
NH	443	465	491	533	606	737	920	1,109	1,235
HI	225	368	422	499	632	769	964	1,108	1,211
RI	604	687	713	791	859	949	947	1,003	1,048
MT	548	537	559	591	674	694	786	799	902
DE	223	230	266	318	446	548	594	666	783
SD	636	692	642	652	680	666	690	696	754
ND	646	680	641	619	632	617	652	638	642
AK	55	59	72	128	226	302	401	550	626
VT	352	359	359	377	389	444	511	562	608
DC	437	486	663	802	763	756	638	606	572
WY	194	225	250	290	330	332	469	453	493
U.S.A.	106,021	123,202	132,164	151,325	179,323	203,302	226,542	248,709	281,421