Demographia

US Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 in 1998:
1998 Central City and
Suburban 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 20,126,150 8,933,599 11,192,551 44.4% 55.6%
2 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 15,781,273 5,736,435 10,044,838 36.3% 63.7%
3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 8,809,846 3,500,463 5,309,383 39.7% 60.3%
4 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 7,285,206 1,482,836 5,802,370 20.4% 79.6%
5 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 6,816,047 3,016,321 3,799,726 44.3% 55.7%
6 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 5,988,348 1,757,513 4,230,835 29.3% 70.7%
7 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 5,633,060 1,662,796 3,970,264 29.5% 70.5%
8 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 5,457,583 1,404,694 4,052,889 25.7% 74.3%
9 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 4,802,463 2,129,378 2,673,085 44.3% 55.7%
10 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 4,407,579 1,992,687 2,414,892 45.2% 54.8%
11 Atlanta, GA MSA 3,746,059 403,819 3,342,240 10.8% 89.2%
12 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 3,655,844 619,405 3,036,439 16.9% 83.1%
13 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA 3,424,361 988,197 2,436,164 28.9% 71.1%
14 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 2,931,004 1,921,156 1,009,848 65.5% 34.5%
15 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 2,911,683 863,497 2,048,186 29.7% 70.3%
16 Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI MSA 2,831,234 609,015 2,222,219 21.5% 78.5%
17 San Diego, CA MSA 2,780,592 1,367,159 1,413,433 49.2% 50.8%
18 St Louis, MO-IL MSA 2,563,801 538,141 2,025,660 21.0% 79.0%
19 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA 2,365,345 722,110 1,643,235 30.5% 69.5%
20 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 2,346,153 340,520 2,005,633 14.5% 85.5%
21 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 2,256,559 626,659 1,629,900 27.8% 72.2%
22 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 2,149,056 704,119 1,444,937 32.8% 67.2%
23 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA 1,948,264 446,798 1,501,466 22.9% 77.1%
24 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 1,737,025 707,133 1,029,892 40.7% 59.3%
25 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 1,685,812 502,173 1,183,639 29.8% 70.2%
26 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 1,645,924 721,448 924,476 43.8% 56.2%
27 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 1,542,143 1,124,817 417,326 72.9% 27.1%
28 San Antonio, TX MSA 1,538,338 1,150,656 387,682 74.8% 25.2%
29 Indianapolis, IN MSA 1,519,194 799,832 719,362 52.6% 47.4%
30 Orlando, FL MSA 1,504,569 181,175 1,323,394 12.0% 88.0%
31 Columbus, OH MSA 1,469,604 756,180 713,424 51.5% 48.5%
32 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 1,383,080 679,424 703,656 49.1% 50.9%
33 Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA 1,321,546 404,288 917,258 30.6% 69.4%
34 New Orleans, LA MSA 1,309,445 491,661 817,784 37.5% 62.5%
35 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 1,267,745 266,732 1,001,013 21.0% 79.0%
36 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 1,167,629 478,874 688,755 41.0% 59.0%
37 Nashville, TN MSA 1,156,225 568,704 587,521 49.2% 50.8%
38 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 1,152,541 357,485 795,056 31.0% 69.0%
39 Hartford, CT MSA 1,143,859 175,163 968,696 15.3% 84.7%
40 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 1,122,974 474,398 648,576 42.2% 57.8%
41 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 1,105,909 591,925 513,984 53.5% 46.5%
42 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 1,093,427 630,088 463,339 57.6% 42.4%
43 Rochester, NY MSA 1,081,883 216,887 864,996 20.0% 80.0%
44 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA 1,079,873 455,801 624,072 42.2% 57.8%
45 Jacksonville, FL MSA 1,044,684 693,630 351,054 66.4% 33.6%
46 Oklahoma City, OK MSA 1,038,999 592,248 446,751 57.0% 43.0%
47 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA 1,037,933 257,703 780,230 24.8% 75.2%
48 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 1,032,625 148,069 884,556 14.3% 85.7%
  Total 153,200,496 55,193,811 98,006,685 36.0% 64.0%

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