List of metropolitan areas in the Americas
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This is a list of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in America. Official definitions of metropolitan area based on the concept of a single urban core and its immediate surroundings are used where available. For cities in countries that do not have official metropolitan area definitions, the urban agglomeration concept is used instead. For the 50 largest cities in the Americas, see Largest cities in the Americas.
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| Rank | Metropolitan area | Population | Year |
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| 1 |  Mexico City[nb 1][1] |
21,404,435[2][3] | 2010 |
| 2 |  São Paulo |
19,889,559[4] | 2009 |
| 3 |  New York |
19,069,796[5] | 2009 |
| 4 |  Buenos Aires |
13,074,000[6][7] | 2010 |
| 5 | Los Angeles |
12,874,797[5] | 2009 |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro |
11,529,194[4] | 2007 |
| 7 | Chicago |
9,580,567[5] | 2009 |
| 8 |  Lima |
9,367,587[8] | 2007 |
| 9 |  Bogotá |
8,493,675[9] | 2009 |
| 10 |  Toronto |
6,574,140[10] | 2011 |
| 11 | Dallas/Fort Worth |
6,447,615[5] | 2009 |
| 12 | Philadelphia |
5,968,252[5] | 2009 |
| 13 |  Santiago |
5,952,000[6][11] | 2010 |
| 14 | Houston |
5,867,489[5] | 2009 |
| 15 | Miami |
5,547,051[5] | 2009 |
| 16 | Washington D.C. |
5,476,241[5] | 2009 |
| 17 | Atlanta |
5,475,213[5] | 2009 |
| 18 | Belo Horizonte |
5,403,050[4][12] | 2007 |
| 19 | Boston |
4,588,680[5] | 2009 |
| 20 | Guadalajara |
4,434,252[2][13] | 2010 |
| 21 | Detroit |
4,403,437[5] | 2009 |
| 22 | Phoenix |
4,364,094[5] | 2009 |
| 23 |  Caracas |
4,325,000[14] | 2010 |
| 24 | San Francisco |
4,317,853[5] | 2009 |
| 25 | Riverside-San Bernardino |
4,143,113[5] | 2009 |
| 26 | Monterrey |
4,080,329[2][13] | 2010 |
| 27 | Porto Alegre |
3,975,545[4][15] | 2007 |
| 28 | Montreal |
3,814,738[16] | 2009 |
| 29 | Recife |
3,661,119[4] | 2007 |
| 30 | Salvador |
3,599,538[4] | 2007 |
| 31 | Brasília |
3,558,166[4] | 2007 |
| 32 | Medellín |
3,496,757[9] | 2009 |
| 33 | Seattle |
3,407,848[5] | 2009 |
| 34 | Fortaleza |
3,376,883[4] | 2007 |
| 35 |  Santo Domingo |
3,294,385[14] | 2010 |
| 36 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul |
3,279,833[5] | 2010 |
| 37 | Curitiba |
3,139,389[4] | 2007 |
| 38 | San Diego |
3,095,313 [5] | 2009 |
| 39 |  Guatemala City |
2,925,000[14] | 2010 |
| 40 | St. Louis |
2,828,990[5] | 2009 |
| 41 | Tampa Bay |
2,747,272[5] | 2009 |
| 42 | Cali |
2,719,204[9] | 2009 |
| 43 | Baltimore |
2,690,886[5] | 2009 |
| 44 |  Guayaquil |
2,690,000[6][17] | 2010 |
| 45 | Puebla |
2,668,347[2][13] | 2010 |
| 46 |  San Juan |
2,617,089[18] | 2009 |
| 47 | Denver |
2,552,195[5] | 2009 |
| 48 | Campinas |
2,484,555[4] | 2007 |
| 49 | Pittsburgh |
2,354,957[5] | 2009 |
| 50 | Vancouver |
2,328,007[16] | 2009 |
| Rank | International Metropolitan area | Population | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | - Detroit–Windsor |
5,760,344[19] | 2010 |
| 19 | - San Diego–Tijuana |
5,105,769 [20] | 2010 |
| 48 | - Juárez–El Paso |
2,525,583 [19] | 2010 |
| 85 | - McAllen–Reynosa |
1,700,000[21][22] | 2010 |
| 110 | - Matamoros–Brownsville |
1,136,995[23] | 2010 |
| 157 | - Laredo–Nuevo Laredo |
775,481[24] | 2010 |
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- ^ According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the governments of the Federal District, the State of Mexico and the state of Hidalgo, the Mexico City Metropolitan Area is constituted by the Federal District (8,873,017, itself composed of 16 boroughs), 59 adjacent municipalities of the State of Mexico (11,166,673) and 29 municipalities of the state of Hidalgo (1,364,744). The current federal government (SEDESOL/CONAPO/INEGI) definition dates from 2005; on the basis of this definition the 2010 population is 20,137,152.
[edit] References
- ^ (Spanish) State Population Council. "Mexico City Metropolitan Area". Government of the State of Mexico. http://www.edomex.gob.mx/poblacion/docs/2009/PDF/ZMVM.pdf. Retrieved 9 December 2009..
- ^ a b c d "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010, Resultados Preliminares" (in Spanish). INEGI. http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/TabuladosBasicos/preliminares2010.aspx. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ "Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México" (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de México. http://www.edomex.gob.mx/poblacion/docs/2009/PDF/ZMVM.pdf. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Constituent municipalities as listed by Obervatorio das Metropoles. Population figures from the sum of the municipalities' population: IBGE
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v U.S. Census Bureau -- Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (2009)
- ^ a b c United Nations World Urbanization Prospects (2009 revision)
- ^ Data for Buenos Aires refer to Gran Buenos Aires.
- ^ INEI -- Lima Metropolitana region as defined in the 2007 census
- ^ a b c Metropolitan areas as defined by DANE in the 2005 census. The figures are from DANE official estimates.
- ^ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". - ^ Referring to Gran Santiago which includes the Province of Santiago plus cities within the Provinces of Puente Alto and San Bernardo.
- ^ Total population of the microregião of Sete Lagoas, Pará de Minas, Belo Horizonte, and Itaguara.
- ^ a b c INEGI Delimitación de las zonas metropolitanas de México 2005
- ^ a b c Thomas Brinkoff -- The Principal Agglomerations of the World
- ^ Total population of the microregião of Montenegro, São Jerônimo, and Porto Alegre.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada -- Population of census metropolitan areas
- ^ Includes the population of the locality of Eloy Alfaro.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau -- Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in Puerto Rico (2008)
- ^ a b America: metropolitan areas "America: metropolitan areas". World Gazetteer. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=adhoq&msz=1500&va=&pt=a America: metropolitan areas. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ^ World Gazetteer – San Diego-Tijuana
- ^ "McAllen Overview". McAllen Chamber of Commerce. http://www.mcallen.org/Business-Community/McAllen-Overview. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "America: metropolitan areas (McAllen-Reynosa)". World Gazetteer. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=a&va=x. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Matamoros-Brownsville". World Gazetteer. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=adhoq&msz=1500&pt=a&va=x&geo=-1049423. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ "Laredo-Nuevo Laredo". World Gazetteer. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-2&srt=pnan&col=adhoq&msz=1500&pt=a&va=x&geo=-1049423. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
