Metropolitan areas in the USA exceeding 1 million in 1990 including extensive census statistical areas METROPOLITAN CORE CITY PORTION PORTION CITY POPULATION RANK POPULATION RANK DIFF in CORE of USA New York 18,087,251* 1 7,322,564* 1 0 40.48% 7.2724% Los Angeles/Long Beach 14,531,529 2 3,485,348 2 0 23.98% 5.8428% Chicago 8,065,633 3 2,783,726 3 0 34.51% 3.2430% San Francisco/Oakland 6,253,311 4 723,959 13 9 11.58% 2.5143% Philadelphia 5,899,345 5 1,585,577 5 0 26.88% 2.3720% Detroit 4,668,236 6 1,027,974 7 1 22.02% 1.8770% Boston 4,171,643 7 574,283 17 10 13.77% 1.6773% Washington 3,923,574 8 606,900 16 8 15.47% 1.5776% Dallas/Fort Worth 3,885,415 9 1,006,877 8 -1 25.91% 1.5622% Houston 3,711,043 10 1,630,553 4 -6 43.94% 1.4921% Miami 3,192,582 11 358,548 30 19 11.23% 1.2837% Atlanta 2,833,511 12 394,017 26 14 13.91% 1.1393% Cleveland/Akron 2,759,823 13 505,616 19 6 18.32% 1.1097% Seattle/Tacoma 2,559,164 14 516,259 18 4 20.17% 1.0290% San Diego 2,498,016 15 1,110,549 6 -9 44.46% 1.0044% Minneapolis/St. Paul 2,464,124 16 368,383 28 12 14.95% 0.9908% St. Louis 2,444,099 17 396,685 24 7 16.23% 0.9827% Baltimore 2,382,172 18 736,014 12 -6 30.90% 0.9578% Pittsburgh 2,242,798 19 369,879 27 8 16.49% 0.9018% Phoenix 2,122,101 20 983,403 9 -11 46.34% 0.8532% Tampa/St. Petersburg 2,067,959 21 280,015 55 34 13.54% 0.8315% Denver/Boulder 1,848,319 22 467,610 21 -1 25.30% 0.7432% Cincinnati 1,744,124 23 364,040 29 6 20.87% 0.7013% Milwaukee 1,607,183 24 628,088 15 -9 39.08% 0.6462% Kansas City 1,566,280 25 435,146 23 -2 27.78% 0.6298% Sacramento 1,481,102 26 369,365 41 15 24.94% 0.5955% Portland 1,477,895 27 437,319 22 -5 29.59% 0.5942% Norfolk/Virgina Beach 1,396,107 28 261,229 62 34 18.71% 0.5613% Columbus 1,377,419 29 632,910 14 -15 45.95% 0.5538% San Antonio 1,302,099 30 935,933 10 -20 71.88% 0.5235% Indianapolis 1,249,822 31 744,952 11 -20 59.60% 0.5025% New Orleans 1,238,816 32 496,938 20 -12 40.11% 0.4981% Buffalo 1,189,288 33 328,123 31 -2 27.59% 0.4782% Charoltte 1,162,093 34 395,934 25 -9 34.07% 0.4672% Providence 1,141,510 35 160,728 108 73 14.08% 0.4590% Hartford 1,085,837 36 139,739 129 93 12.87% 0.4366% Orlando 1,072,748 37 164,693 105 68 15.35% 0.4313% Salt Lake City 1,072,227 38 159,936 109 71 14.92% 0.4311% Rochester 1,002,410 39 231,636 66 27 23.11% 0.4030% *disputed SOURCE: 1992 Information Please Almanac