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