Largest Metros to City Proper by Population

Can you name the 20 U.S. metropolitan areas (out of the top 100) that have the highest ratio of total metro population to city proper population?

Data from US Census Bureau, 2024 estimates

"City proper" refers to the largest city in the metro area by population, not necessarily the urban core

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Ratio	Metro Population	City Proper Population	Answer
16.23	711,730	43,863	Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY
14.65	4,744,214	323,757	Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA
13.40	996,680	74,371	Greenville–Anderson–Greer, SC
13.26	6,457,988	487,014	Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach, FL
12.33	6,411,149	520,070	Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA
12.15	615,361	50,649	Harrisburg–Carlisle, PA
10.07	934,956	92,875	North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, FL
10.05	2,811,927	279,695	St. Louis, MO-IL
9.57	1,169,048	122,129	Hartford–West Hartford–East Hartford, CT
9.17	6,436,489	702,250	Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
9.02	913,485	101,317	Albany–Schenectady–Troy, NY
8.78	2,940,513	334,854	Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, FL
8.77	3,757,952	428,579	Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN-WI
8.74	1,700,901	194,706	Providence–Warwick, RI-MA
8.26	3,424,560	414,547	Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, FL
7.90	2,429,917	307,668	Pittsburgh, PA
7.53	667,681	88,656	Ogden, UT
7.46	5,025,517	673,458	Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH
7.36	739,516	100,513	Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL
7.31	2,302,815	314,915	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

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