Table 1-1c,e,,
Top 25 U.S. Population Centers: 1996,,,
(Thousands),,,
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Metropolitan area ,1996,Metropolitan area ,1996
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"  New York, NY-NJ-CT-PA (CMSA) ","19,938","  Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI (MSA) ","2,765"
"  Los Angeles, CA (CMSA) ","15,495","  Phoenix-Mesa, AZ (MSA) ","2,747"
"  Chicago, IL-IN-WI (CMSA) ","8,600","  San Diego, CA (MSA) ","2,655"
"  Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (CMSA) ","7,165","  St. Louis, MO-IL (MSA) ","2,548"
"  San Francisco-Oakland, CA (CMSA) ","6,605","  Pittsburgh, PA (MSA) ","2,747"
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"  Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD (CMSA) ","5,973","  Denver, CO (CMSA) ","2,277"
"  Boston, MA-NH-ME-CT (CMSA) ","5,563","  Tampa, FL (MSA) ","2,199"
"  Detroit, MI (CMSA) ","5,284","  Portland, OR-WA (CMSA) ","2,078"
"  Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX (CMSA) ","4,575","  Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (CMSA) ","1,921"
"  Houston, TX (CMSA) ","4,253","  Kansas City, MO-KS (MSA) ","1,690"
,,"  Milwaukee, WI (CMSA) ","1,643"
"  Atlanta, GA (MSA) ","3,541",,
"  Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL (CMSA) ","3,514",  Total of top 25 ,"122,010"
"  Seattle-Tacoma, WA (CMSA) ","3,321",,
"  Cleveland-Akron, OH (CMSA) ","2,913",      Percent of total U.S. population ,45.9
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"NOTE: For definitions and explanations of MSA (metropolitan statistical area) and CMSA (consolidated metropolitan statistical area),",,,
see Appendix B.,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Census Bureau. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1998. (Washington, DC:",,,
1998).,,,