List of North American metropolitan areas by population
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This is a list of the fifty most populous metropolitan areas in North America. Where available, it uses official definitions of metropolitan areas based on the concept of a single urban core and its immediate surroundings, as opposed to polycentric conurbations. These definitions vary from country to country. For example, for U.S. cities, the list uses Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined by the United States Census Bureau, and for Canadian cities, the list uses Census Metropolitan Areas as defined by Statistics Canada. Havana has no official definition of its metropolitan area; the population within its city limits is given instead.
| Metropolitan area |
Country | Population |
Year | Official name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico City |  Mexico |
22,752,682 | 2025 | [1] |
| New York |  United States |
21,000,000 | 2025 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area[2] |
| Los Angeles | United States |
12,678,000 | 2025 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA MSA[2] |
| Chicago | United States |
9,434,123 | 2025 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MSA[2] |
| Dallas–Fort Worth | United States |
8,477,157 | 2025 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area.[2] |
| Houston | United States |
7,904,627 | 2025 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA[2] |
| Toronto |  Canada |
7,108,874 | 2025 | Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario[3] |
| Atlanta | United States |
6,482,182 | 2025 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area[2] |
| Washington, D.C. | United States |
6,465,724 | 2025 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA[2] |
| Miami | United States |
6,391,072 | 2025 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area[2] |
| Philadelphia | United States |
6,329,118 | 2025 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA[2] |
| Monterrey | Mexico |
5,341,171 | 2020 | [1] |
| Guadalajara | Mexico |
5,286,642 | 2020 | [1] |
| Phoenix | United States |
5,228,938 | 2025 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA[2] |
| Boston | United States |
5,034,221 | 2025 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA[2] |
| Inland Empire | United States |
4,669,149 | 2022 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA[2] |
| San Francisco | United States |
4,648,486 | 2024 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area[2] |
| Montreal | Canada |
4,615,154 | 2024 | Montréal Census Metropolitan Area, Québec[4] |
| Detroit | United States |
4,400,578 | 2025 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
| Santo Domingo |  Dominican Republic |
4,274,651 | 2022 | [5] |
| Seattle | United States |
4,145,494 | 2024 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA[2] |
| Minneapolis–St. Paul | United States |
3,757,952 | 2024 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA[2] |
| Tampa Bay Area | United States |
3,424,560 | 2024 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA[2] |
| San Diego | United States |
3,295,298 | 2020 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area (2020): 3,295,298.[2] |
| Puebla | Mexico |
3,199,530 | 2020 | [1] |
| San Jose |  Costa Rica |
3,160,000 | 2021 | [6] |
| Guatemala City |  Guatemala |
3,160,000 | 2024 | [8] |
| Vancouver | Canada |
3,108,941 | 2024 | Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area, British Columbia[4] Does not include Whatcom County. |
| Denver | United States |
3,052,498 | 2024 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA[2] |
| Orlando | United States |
2,940,513 | 2024 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area[2] |
| Charlotte | United States |
2,883,370 | 2024 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area[2] |
| Baltimore | United States |
2,859,024 | 2024 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA[2] |
| St. Louis | United States |
2,811,927 | 2024 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area.[2] |
| San Antonio | United States |
2,763,006 | 2024 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA[2] |
| Port-au-Prince |  Haiti |
2,618,894 | 2015 | [9] |
| Austin | United States |
2,550,637 | 2024 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area[2] |
| Portland | United States |
2,537,904 | 2024 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA[2] |
| Sacramento | United States |
2,463,127 | 2024 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area[2] |
| Pittsburgh | United States |
2,429,917 | 2024 | Pittsburgh, PA MSA[2] |
| San Salvador |  El Salvador |
2,404,097 | 2022 | [10] |
| Las Vegas | United States |
2,398,871 | 2024 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area[2] |
| Toluca | Mexico |
2,353,924 | 2020 | [1] |
| Cincinnati | United States |
2,302,815 | 2024 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA[2] |
| Kansas City | United States |
2,253,579 | 2024 | Kansas City, MO-KS MSA[2] |
| Columbus | United States |
2,225,377 | 2024 | Columbus, OH MSA[2] |
| Indianapolis | United States |
2,174,833 | 2024 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area[2] |
| Cleveland | United States |
2,171,877 | 2024 | Cleveland, OH MSA[2] |
| Tijuana | Mexico |
2,157,853 | 2020 | [11] |
| Nashville | United States |
2,150,553 | 2024 | Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin, TN Metro Area[2] |
| Havana |  Cuba |
2,137,847 | 2012 | [12] |