Demographia

US Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 in 1998:
1990 Central City and
Suburban Population

1998 Population Rank Metropolitan Area Population Central City(s) Suburban Central City % Suburban %
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Is -NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 19,567,211 8,849,417 10,717,794 45.2% 54.8%
2 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 14,531,529 5,437,405 9,094,124 37.4% 62.6%
3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 8,239,820 3,439,421 4,800,399 41.7% 58.3%
4 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 6,726,395 1,641,525 5,084,870 24.4% 75.6%
5 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 6,277,525 2,840,403 3,437,122 45.2% 54.8%
6 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 5,893,019 1,908,761 3,984,258 32.4% 67.6%
7 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 5,455,403 1,684,927 3,770,476 30.9% 69.1%
8 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 5,187,171 1,472,623 3,714,548 28.4% 71.6%
9 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 4,037,282 1,938,261 2,099,021 48.0% 52.0%
10 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 3,731,029 1,845,755 1,885,274 49.5% 50.5%
11 Atlanta, GA MSA 2,959,500 393,929 2,565,571 13.3% 86.7%
12 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 3,192,725 600,525 2,592,200 18.8% 81.2%
13 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA 2,970,300 930,944 2,039,356 31.3% 68.7%
14 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 2,238,498 1,549,306 689,192 69.2% 30.8%
15 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 2,859,644 885,461 1,974,183 31.0% 69.0%
16 Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI MSA 2,538,776 640,618 1,898,158 25.2% 74.8%
17 San Diego, CA MSA 2,498,016 1,245,811 1,252,205 49.9% 50.1%
18 St Louis, MO-IL MSA 2,492,348 596,895 1,895,453 23.9% 76.1%
19 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA 1,980,140 665,167 1,314,973 33.6% 66.4%
20 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 2,394,811 369,879 2,024,932 15.4% 84.6%
21 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 2,067,959 619,002 1,448,957 29.9% 70.1%
22 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 1,793,476 655,833 1,137,643 36.6% 63.4%
23 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA 1,817,569 472,310 1,345,259 26.0% 74.0%
24 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 1,582,874 688,247 894,627 43.5% 56.5%
25 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 1,481,220 455,917 1,025,303 30.8% 69.2%
26 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 1,607,183 769,280 837,903 47.9% 52.1%
27 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 1,444,710 1,115,642 329,068 77.2% 22.8%
28 San Antonio, TX MSA 1,324,749 1,003,848 320,901 75.8% 24.2%
29 Indianapolis, IN MSA 1,380,491 790,796 589,695 57.3% 42.7%
30 Orlando, FL MSA 1,224,844 164,674 1,060,170 13.4% 86.6%
31 Columbus, OH MSA 1,345,450 711,848 633,602 52.9% 47.1%
32 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 1,162,140 577,578 584,562 49.7% 50.3%
33 Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA 852,646 258,877 593,769 30.4% 69.6%
34 New Orleans, LA MSA 1,285,262 521,062 764,200 40.5% 59.5%
35 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 1,072,227 245,306 826,921 22.9% 77.1%
36 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 1,050,304 456,343 593,961 43.4% 56.6%
37 Nashville, TN MSA 985,026 533,288 451,738 54.1% 45.9%
38 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 1,189,340 390,015 799,325 32.8% 67.2%
39 Hartford, CT MSA 1,157,585 182,501 975,084 15.8% 84.2%
40 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 1,134,350 493,762 640,588 43.5% 56.5%
41 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 846,227 500,758 345,469 59.2% 40.8%
42 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 1,007,306 646,911 360,395 64.2% 35.8%
43 Rochester, NY MSA 1,062,470 230,356 832,114 21.7% 78.3%
44 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA 858,485 396,464 462,021 46.2% 53.8%
45 Jacksonville, FL MSA 906,727 635,230 271,497 70.1% 29.9%
46 Oklahoma City, OK MSA 958,839 550,812 408,027 57.4% 42.6%
47 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA 937,891 259,680 678,211 27.7% 72.3%
48 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 863,503 129,250 734,253 15.0% 85.0%
  Total 140,171,995 53,392,623 86,779,372 38.1% 61.9%

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