| Rank | Metropolitan Statistical Area | 2010 Pop | 10 Years Change |
|---|
| 001 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA | 18,897,109 | +3.13% |
| 002 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA | 12,828,837 | +3.75% |
| 003 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA | 9,461,105 | +3.99% |
| 004 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA | 6,371,773 | +23.45% |
| 005 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA | 5,965,343 | +4.89% |
| 006 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA | 5,946,800 | +26.11% |
| 007 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA | 5,582,170 | +16.39% |
| 008 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA | 5,564,635 | +11.12% |
| 009 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA | 5,268,860 | +24.03% |
| 010 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA | 4,552,402 | +3.67% |
| 011 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA | 4,335,391 | +5.13% |
| 012 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA | 4,296,250 | −3.51% |
| 013 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA | 4,224,851 | +29.80% |
| 014 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ MSA | 4,192,887 | +28.94% |
| 015 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA | 3,439,809 | +13.01% |
| 016 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA | 3,279,833 | +10.48% |
| 017 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MSA | 3,095,313 | +10.00% |
| 018 | St. Louis, MO-IL MSA | 2,812,896 | +4.23% |
| 019 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA | 2,783,243 | +16.16% |
| 020 | Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA | 2,710,489 | +6.17% |
| 021 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO MSA | 2,543,482 | +16.71% |
| 022 | Pittsburgh, PA MSA | 2,356,285 | −3.08% |
| 023 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA | 2,226,009 | +15.46% |
| 024 | Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA MSA | 2,149,127 | +19.60% |
| 025 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA | 2,142,508 | +25.17% |
| 026 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA | 2,134,411 | +29.79% |
| 027 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA | 2,130,151 | +6.00% |
| 028 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA | 2,077,240 | −3.30% |
| 029 | Kansas City, MO-KS MSA | 2,035,334 | +10.85% |
| 030 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA | 1,951,269 | +41.83% |
| 031 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA | 1,836,911 | +5.82% |
| 032 | Columbus, OH MSA | 1,836,536 | +13.88% |
| 033 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA | 1,758,038 | +32.14% |
| 034 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN MSA | 1,756,241 | +15.16% |
| 035 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA | 1,716,289 | +37.33% |
| 036 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA | 1,671,683 | +6.05% |
| 037 | Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA | 1,600,852 | +1.13% |
| 038 | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN MSA | 1,589,934 | +21.20% |
| 039 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA | 1,555,908 | +3.68% |
| 040 | Jacksonville, FL MSA | 1,345,596 | +19.85% |
| 041 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA | 1,316,100 | +9.20% |
| 042 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA | 1,307,647 | +12.54% |
| 043 | Richmond, VA MSA | 1,258,251 | +14.70% |
| 044 | Oklahoma City, OK MSA | 1,252,987 | +14.38% |
| 045 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA | 1,212,381 | +5.55% |
| 046 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA | 1,167,764 | −11.30% |
| 047 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA | 1,135,509 | −2.96% |
| 048 | Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA | 1,130,490 | +41.83% |
| 049 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA | 1,128,047 | +7.20% |
| 050 | Salt Lake City, UT MSA | 1,124,197 | +16.03% |
| 051 | Rochester, NY MSA | 1,054,323 | +1.59% |
| !000052 | Tucson, AZ MSA | 980,263 | +16.18% |
| !000053 | Honolulu, HI MSA | 953,207 | +8.79% |
| !000054 | Tulsa, OK MSA | 937,478 | +9.07% |
| !000055 | Fresno, CA MSA | 930,450 | +16.39% |
| !000056 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT MSA | 916,829 | +3.88% |
| !000057 | Albuquerque, NM MSA | 907,755 | +24.41% |
| !000058 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA | 870,716 | +5.43% |
| !000059 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA | 865,350 | +12.82% |
| !000060 | New Haven-Milford, CT MSA | 862,477 | +4.67% |
| !000061 | Dayton, OH MSA | 841,502 | −0.78% |
| !000062 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA MSA | 839,631 | +26.90% |
| !000063 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA | 823,318 | +9.31% |
| !000064 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA | 821,173 | +10.91% |
| !000065 | Baton Rouge, LA MSA | 802,484 | +13.67% |
| !000066 | El Paso, TX MSA | 800,647 | +17.81% |
| !000067 | Worcester, MA MSA | 798,552 | +6.34% |
| !000068 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA | 774,769 | +36.05% |
| !000069 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA | 774,160 | +4.55% |
| !000070 | Columbia, SC MSA | 767,598 | +18.61% |
| !000071 | Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA | 723,801 | +12.49% |
| !000072 | Akron, OH MSA | 703,200 | +1.19% |
| !000073 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL MSA | 702,281 | +19.04% |
| !000074 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA | 699,757 | +14.62% |
| !000075 | Knoxville, TN MSA | 698,030 | +13.30% |
| !000076 | Springfield, MA MSA | 692,942 | +1.90% |
| !000077 | Stockton, CA MSA | 685,306 | +21.59% |
| !000078 | Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA | 670,301 | +7.85% |
| !000079 | Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC MSA | 664,607 | +21.05% |
| !000080 | Syracuse, NY MSA | 662,577 | +1.91% |
| !000081 | Toledo, OH MSA | 651,429 | −1.18% |
| !000082 | Colorado Springs, CO MSA | 645,613 | +20.12% |
| !000083 | Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC MSA | 636,986 | +13.76% |
| !000084 | Wichita, KS MSA | 623,061 | +9.09% |
| !000085 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA | 618,754 | +40.34% |
| !000086 | Boise City-Nampa, ID MSA | 616,561 | +32.64% |
| !000087 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA | 602,095 | +24.42% |
| !000088 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA MSA | 569,633 | +18.33% |
| !000089 | Madison, WI MSA | 568,593 | +13.32% |
| !000090 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA MSA | 565,773 | −6.17% |
| !000091 | Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA | 563,631 | +0.54% |
| !000092 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA | 556,877 | +11.45% |
| !000093 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA | 549,475 | +7.94% |
| !000094 | Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA | 547,184 | +23.61% |
| !000095 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA | 543,376 | +14.10% |
| !000096 | Jackson, MS MSA | 539,057 | +8.42% |
| !000097 | Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA | 528,143 | +10.83% |
| !000098 | Provo-Orem, UT MSA | 526,810 | +39.82% |
| !000099 | Lancaster, PA MSA | 519,445 | +10.37% |
| !000100 | Modesto, CA MSA | 514,453 | +15.09% |
| !000101 | Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME MSA | 514,098 | +5.44% |
| !000102 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA | 504,357 | +18.26% |
| !000103 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL MSA | 494,593 | +11.56% |
| !000104 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA | 483,878 | +5.51% |
| !000105 | Winston-Salem, NC MSA | 477,717 | +13.21% |
| !000106 | Lexington-Fayette, KY MSA | 472,099 | +15.62% |
| !000107 | Spokane, WA MSA | 471,221 | +12.75% |
| !000108 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA | 464,036 | |
| !000109 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO MSA | 463,204 | |
| !000110 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL MSA | 448,991 | |
| !000111 | Visalia-Porterville, CA MSA | 442,179 | |
| !000112 | Springfield, MO MSA | 436,712 | |
| !000113 | York-Hanover, PA MSA | 434,972 | |
| !000114 | Corpus Christi, TX MSA | 428,185 | |
| !000115 | Flint, MI MSA | 425,790 | |
| !000116 | Reno-Sparks, NV MSA | 425,417 | |
| !000117 | Asheville, NC MSA | 424,858 | |
| !000118 | Port St. Lucie, FL MSA | 424,107 | |
| !000119 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA MSA | 423,895 | |
| !000120 | Huntsville, AL MSA | 417,593 | |
| !000121 | Fort Wayne, IN MSA | 416,257 | |
| !000122 | Salinas, CA MSA | 415,057 | |
| !000123 | Vallejo-Fairfield, CA MSA | 413,344 | |
| !000124 | Mobile, AL MSA | 412,992 | |
| !000125 | Reading, PA MSA | 411,442 | |
| !000126 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA | 406,220 | |
| !000127 | Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX MSA | 405,300 | |
| !000128 | Canton-Massillon, OH MSA | 404,422 | |
| !000129 | Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA | 400,721 | |
| !000130 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA | 398,604 | |
| !000131 | Salem, OR MSA | 390,738 | |
| !000132 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA | 388,745 | |
| !000133 | Anchorage, AK MSA | 380,821 | |
| !000134 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA | 379,690 | |
| !000135 | Peoria, IL MSA | 379,186 | |
| !000136 | Montgomery, AL MSA | 374,536 | |
| !000137 | Tallahassee, FL MSA | 367,413 | |
| !000138 | Trenton-Ewing, NJ MSA | 366,513 | |
| !000139 | Fayetteville, NC MSA | 366,383 | |
| !000140 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA | 365,497 | |
| !000141 | Wilmington, NC MSA | 362,315 | |
| !000142 | Evansville, IN-KY MSA | 358,676 | |
| !000143 | Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA | 351,715 | |
| !000144 | Rockford, IL MSA | 349,431 | |
| !000145 | Savannah, GA MSA | 347,611 | |
| !000146 | Ann Arbor, MI MSA | 344,791 | |
| !000147 | Ocala, FL MSA | 331,298 | |
| !000148 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI MSA | 326,589 | |
| !000149 | Naples-Marco Island, FL MSA | 321,520 | |
| !000150 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI MSA | 319,224 | |
| !000151 | Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA | 309,544 | |
| !000152 | Roanoke, VA MSA | 308,707 | |
| !000153 | Green Bay, WI MSA | 306,241 | |
| !000154 | Charleston, WV MSA | 304,284 | |
| !000155 | Lincoln, NE MSA | 302,157 | |
| !000156 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA | 299,630 | |
| !000157 | Utica-Rome, NY MSA | 299,397 | |
| !000158 | Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA | 298,592 | |
| !000159 | Columbus, GA-AL MSA | 294,865 | |
| !000160 | Boulder, CO MSA | 294,567 | |
| !000151 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA | 287,702 | |
| !000162 | Lubbock, TX MSA | 284,890 | |
| !000163 | Spartanburg, SC MSA | 284,307 | |
| !000164 | Erie, PA MSA | 280,566 | |
| !000165 | Duluth, MN-WI MSA | 279,771 | |
| !000166 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ MSA | 274,549 | |
| !000167 | Norwich-New London, CT MSA | 274,055 | |
| !000168 | Clarksville, TN-KY MSA | 273,949 | |
| !000169 | Lafayette, LA MSA | 273,738 | |
| !000170 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA MSA | 269,637 |
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