From SEDSWiki
The following is a list (by population) of the top 50 metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the United States Census Bureau. Coincindentally, the top 50 is also all that have populations >1M. From [1]
Population estimates are current as of July 1, 2006. Metropolitan statistical area names are current as of December 1, 2005.
Several of these areas extend into Canada or Mexico but are not recognized by the US Census Bureau; US Census population figures do not include sections of cross-border metropolitan areas outside of the United States.
| Rank
| Metropolitan Statistical Area
| State(s)
and/or
Territory
| July 1, 2006
Population Estimate
| 2007
Yuri's
Night
|
| 1
| New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island
| NY–NJ–PA
| 18,818,536
| yes
|
| 2
| Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana
| CA
| 12,950,129
| yes, 2
|
| 3
| Chicago–Naperville–Joliet
| IL–IN–WI
| 9,505,748
| yes, ish
|
| 4
| Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington
| TX
| 6,003,967
| yes, ish
|
| 5
| Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington
| PA–NJ–DE–MD
| 5,826,742
| yes
|
| 6
| Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown
| TX
| 5,539,949
| yes
|
| 7
| Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach
| FL
| 5,463,857
| no
|
| 8
| Washington–Arlington–Alexandria
| DC–VA–MD–WV
| 5,290,400
| yes
|
| 9
| Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta
| GA
| 5,138,223
| yes
|
| 10
| Detroit–Warren–Livonia
| MI
| 4,468,966
| no
|
| 11
| Boston–Cambridge–Quincy
| MA–NH
| 4,455,217
| yes, 2
|
| 12
| San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont
| CA
| 4,180,027
| yes, 2
|
| 13
| Phoenix–Mesa–Scottsdale
| AZ
| 4,039,182
| no
|
| 14
| Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario
| CA
| 4,026,135
| no
|
| 15
| Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue
| WA
| 3,263,497
| yes
|
| 16
| Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington
| MN
| 3,175,041
| yes
|
| 17
| San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos
| CA
| 2,941,454
| no
|
| 18
| St. Louis
| MO–IL
| 2,796,368
| no
|
| 19
| Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater
| FL
| 2,697,731
| no
|
| 20
| Baltimore–Towson
| MD
| 2,658,405
| no
|
| *
| San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo
| PR
| 2,509,007*
| ?
|
| 21
| Denver–Aurora
| CO
| 2,408,750
| no
|
| 22
| Pittsburgh
| PA
| 2,370,776
| yes
|
| 23
| Portland–Vancouver–Beaverton
| OR–WA
| 2,137,565
| yes
|
| 24
| Cleveland–Elyria–Mentor
| OH
| 2,114,155
| no
|
| 25
| Cincinnati–Middletown
| OH–KY–IN
| 2,104,218
| no
|
| 26
| Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville
| CA
| 2,067,117
| no
|
| 27
| Orlando–Kissimmee
| FL
| 1,984,855
| yes
|
| 28
| Kansas City
| MO–KS
| 1,967,405
| no
|
| 29
| San Antonio
| TX
| 1,942,217
| yes, 2
|
| 30
| San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara
| CA
| 1,787,123
| no
|
| 31
| Las Vegas–Paradise
| NV
| 1,777,539
| yes
|
| 32
| Columbus
| OH
| 1,725,570
| no
|
| 33
| Indianapolis–Carmel
| IN
| 1,666,032
| no
|
| 34
| Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News
| VA–NC
| 1,649,457
| no
|
| 35
| Providence–New Bedford–Fall River
| RI–MA
| 1,612,989
| yes
|
| 36
| Charlotte–Gastonia–Concord
| NC–SC
| 1,583,016
| no
|
| 37
| Austin–Round Rock
| TX
| 1,513,615
| yes, 2
|
| 38
| Milwaukee–Waukesha–West Allis
| WI
| 1,509,981
| no
|
| 39
| Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin
| TN
| 1,455,097
| no
|
| 40
| Jacksonville
| FL
| 1,277,997
| no
|
| 41
| Memphis
| TN–MS–AR
| 1,274,704
| no
|
| 42
| Louisville–Jefferson County
| KY–IN
| 1,222,216
| no
|
| 43
| Richmond
| VA
| 1,194,008
| yes
|
| 44
| Hartford–West Hartford–East Hartford
| CT
| 1,188,841
| no
|
| 45
| Oklahoma City
| OK
| 1,172,339
| yes
|
| 46
| Buffalo–Niagara Falls
| NY
| 1,137,520
| yes
|
| 47
| Birmingham–Hoover
| AL
| 1,110,019
| no
|
| 48
| Salt Lake City
| UT
| 1,067,722
| no
|
| 49
| Rochester
| NY
| 1,035,435
| no
|
| 50
| New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner
| LA
| 1,024,678
| yes
|
| 51
| Raleigh–Cary
| NC
| 994,551
| yes
|
| 52
| Tucson
| AZ
| 946,362
| yes
|
| 66
| Grand Rapids–Wyoming
| MI
| 774,084
| yes
|
| 69
| Columbia
| SC
| 703,771
| yes
|
| 79
| Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway
| AR
| 652,834
| yes
|
| 80
| Syracuse
| NY
| 650,051
| yes
|
| 83
| Colorado Springs
| CO
| 599,127
| yes
|
| 90
| Madison
| WI
| 543,022
| yes
|
| 92
| Des Moines–West Des Moines
| IA
| 534,230
| yes
|
| 100
| Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach
| FL
| 496,575
| yes
|
| 120
| Mobile
| AL
| 404,157
| yes
|
| 123
| Reno–Sparks
| NV
| 400,560
| yes, 2
|
| 132
| Huntsville
| AL
| 376,753
| yes
|
| 160
| Boulder
| CO
| 282,304
| yes
|
| 244
| Columbia
| MO
| 155,997
| yes
|
| 273
| Dothan
| AL
| 138,234
| yes
|
Note (aka "ish"): the Dallas/Fort Worth party is in Denton. The only party in the Chicago area is in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Parties outside metropolitan areas:
- Flanders, New Jersey, pop 12217 @ 2000
- Warren, New Jersey, pop 14259 @ 2000
- Athens, Ohio, 21342
- Benton, Kentucky, 4197
- Cocoa Beach, Florida, 12482
- Concord, New Hampshire, 40687
- Havre, Montana, 9621
- Mandan, North Dakota, 16718
- MDRS in Hanksville, Utah, pop 197, incorporated 1999, first had electricity in 1960. FTW.
