Rank Metropolitan Area April 1, 2000 April 1, 1990 Change Percent
1 New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--CT--PA CMSA 21,199,865 19,549,649 1,650,216 8.4%
2 Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA CMSA 16,373,645 14,531,529 1,842,116 12.7%
3 Chicago--Gary--Kenosha, IL--IN--WI CMSA 9,157,540 8,239,820 917,720 11.1%
4 Washington--Baltimore, DC--MD--VA--WV CMSA 7,608,070 6,727,050 881,020 13.1%
5 San Francisco--Oakland--San Jose, CA CMSA 7,039,362 6,253,311 786,051 12.6%
6 Philadelphia--Wilmington--Atlantic City, PA--NJ--DE--MD CMSA 6,188,463 5,892,937 295,526 5.0%
7 Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA 5,819,100 5,455,403 363,697 6.7%
8 Detroit--Ann Arbor--Flint, MI CMSA 5,456,428 5,187,171 269,257 5.2%
9 Dallas--Fort Worth, TX CMSA 5,221,801 4,037,282 1,184,519 29.3%
11 Atlanta, GA MSA 4,112,198 2,959,950 1,152,248 38.9%
12 Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 3,876,380 3,192,582 683,798 21.4%
14 Phoenix--Mesa, AZ MSA 3,251,876 2,238,480 1,013,396 45.3%
15 Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI MSA 2,968,806 2,538,834 429,972 16.9%
16 Cleveland--Akron, OH CMSA 2,945,831 2,859,644 86,187 3.0%
18 St. Louis, MO--IL MSA 2,603,607 2,492,525 111,082 4.5%
19 Denver--Boulder--Greeley, CO CMSA 2,581,506 1,980,140 601,366 30.4%
20 Tampa--St. Petersburg--Clearwater, FL MSA 2,395,997 2,067,959 328,038 15.9%
21 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 2,358,695 2,394,811 (36,116) -1.5%
23 Cincinnati--Hamilton, OH--KY--IN CMSA 1,979,202 1,817,571 161,631 8.9%
26 Milwaukee--Racine, WI CMSA 1,689,572 1,607,183 82,389 5.1%
32 Columbus, OH MSA 1,540,157 1,345,450 194,707 14.5%
38 Nashville, TN MSA 1,231,311 985,026 246,285 25.0%
40 Raleigh--Durham--Chapel Hill, NC MSA 1,187,941 855,545 332,396 38.9%
42 Buffalo--Niagara Falls, NY MSA 1,170,111 1,189,288 (19,177) -1.6%
97 Madison, WI MSA 426,526 367,085 59,441 16.2%