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Most Populous U.S. Urban Areas

How many of Americas's urban areas Above 500,000 people can you name?
Some of these urban areas are part of a greater metropolitan areas
Hyphenated names have multiple typeins
The state's postal abbreviation has been given to help.
Source: Citypopulation.de, 2020 census
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State(s)
Population
Answer
NY/NJ
19,426,449
New York-Jersey City-Newark
CA
12,237,376
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
IL/IN
8,671,746
Chicago
FL
6,077,522
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
TX
5,732,354
Houston
TX
5,696,125
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
PA/NJ/DE/MD
5,696,125
Philadelphia
DC/MD/VA
5,174,759
Washington, D.C.-Arlington
GA
4,999,259
Atlanta
MA/NH
4,382,009
Boston
AZ
3,976,313
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale
MI
3,776,890
Detroit
WA
3,544,011
Seattle-Tacoma
CA
3,269,385
San Francisco-Oakland
CA
3,070,300
San Diego
MN
2,914,866
Minneapolis-St. Paul
FL
2,783,045
Tampa-St. Petersburg
CO
2,686,147
Denver-Aurora
CA
2,276,703
Riverside-San Bernardino
MD
2,212,038
Baltimore
NV
2,196,623
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise
MO/IL
2,196,623
St. Louis
OR/WA
2,104,238
Portland
TX
1,992,689
San Antonio
CA
1,946,618
Sacramento
FL
1,853,896
Orlando
CA
1,837,446
San Jose
TX
1,809,888
Austin
PA
1,745,039
Pittsburgh
OH
1,712,178
Cleveland
IN
1,699,881
Indianapolis
OH/KY
1,686,744
Cincinnati
MO/KS
1,674,218
Kansas City
OH
1,567,254
Columbus
VA
1,451,578
Virginia Beach-Norfolk
NC/SC
1,379,783
Charlotte
WI
1,306,795
Milwaukee
RI/MA
1,285,806
Providence
FL
1,247,374
Jacksonville
UT
1,178,533
Salt Lake City
TN
1,178,533
Nashville-Davidson
NC
1,106,646
Raleigh
VA
1,059,150
Richmond
TN/MS/AR
1,056,190
Memphis
OK
982,276
Oklahoma City
CT
977,158
Hartford
KY/IN
974,397
Louisville
CT
948,864
Bridgeport-Stamford
LA
916,408
New Orleans
AZ
875,441
Tucson
TX/NM
854,584
El Paso
HI
853,252
Honolulu
NE/IA
819,508
Omaha
TX
779,553
McAllen
FL
779,075
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice
AL
774,956
Birmingham
NM
769,837
Albuquerque
OK
722,810
Tulsa
CA
717,589
Fresno
NY
704,327
Rochester
SC
684,773
Charleston
OH
674,046
Dayton
CA
646,843
Mission Viejo-Lake Forest-Laguna Niguel
CO
632,494
Colorado Springs
PA/NJ
621,703
Allentown-Bethlehem
UT
608,857
Ogden-Layton
MI
605,666
Grand Rapids
FL
599,242
Cape Coral
TN
597,257
Knoxville
NY
593,142
Albany-Schenectady
SC
590,407
Columbia
UT
588,609
Provo-Orem
CA
570,235
Bakersfield
CT
561,456
New Haven
IA
542,486
Des Moines
OH
541,879
Akron
CA
538,583
Concord-Walnut Creek
CA
528,991
Temecula-Murrieta-Menifee
FL
510,675
Palm Bay-Melbourne
TX
504,803
McKinney-Frisco
KS
500,231
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4 Comments
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Level 89
Apr 29, 2026
Man these divisions are super arbitrary. Ended up getting all but one. Also, I don’t think San Antonio is in California.
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Level 68
Apr 30, 2026
Yeah, they kinda are. Fixed San Antonio.
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Level 92
May 1, 2026
When did New Haven move to New Hampshire?
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Level 68
May 1, 2026
Fixed! Sorry, I made this at two in the morning.