Five Largest Metro Areas in Each U.S. Census Division

The U.S. Census Bureau divides the country into four regions, which are further divided into nine divisions. Name the five largest metropolitan statistical areas in each division.

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New England
5,025,517	Boston
1,700,901	Providence
1,169,048	Hartford
972,679	Bridgeport
881,248	Worcester

Middle Atlantic
19,940,274	New York
6,330,422	Philadelphia
2,429,917	Pittsburgh
1,160,172	Buffalo
1,057,218	Rochester

South Atlantic
6,457,988	Miami
6,436,489	Washington
6,411,149	Atlanta
3,424,560	Tampa
2,940,513	Orlando

East South Central
2,150,553	Nashville
1,394,234	Louisville
1,339,345	Memphis
1,192,583	Birmingham
957,608	Knoxville

West South Central
8,344,032	Dallas
7,796,182	Houston
2,763,006	San Antonio
2,550,637	Austin
1,497,821	Oklahoma City

East North Central
9,408,576	Chicago
4,400,578	Detroit
2,302,815	Cincinnati
2,225,377	Columbus
2,174,833	Indianapolis

West North Central
3,757,952	Minneapolis
2,811,927	St. Louis
2,253,579	Kansas City
1,001,010	Omaha
753,913	Des Moines

Mountain
5,186,958	Phoenix
3,052,498	Denver
2,398,871	Las Vegas
1,300,762	Salt Lake City
1,080,149	Tucson

Pacific
12,927,614	Los Angeles
4,744,214	Riverside
4,648,486	San Francisco
4,145,494	Seattle
3,298,799	San Diego

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8 Comments

Level 73

Jan 23, 2019

Nice! Glad my quiz inspired you.

Level 89

Sep 30, 2020

Updated with the latest numbers. One city (Cleveland) dropped off.

Level 58

Oct 1, 2020

Please make DC work for washington

Level 89

Oct 1, 2020

Done.

Level 89

Oct 10, 2021

Updated for 2021. No significant changes.

Level 89

Aug 31, 2025

Updated again for more recent numbers. Orlando bumped Baltimore off the list. Otherwise mostly just minor shuffling. Worcester decreased dramatically but still stayed around--must be either I had a typo previously or they changed the way they defined that MSA.

Level 32

Sep 4, 2025

How is DC in the same group as florida?

Level 89

Sep 5, 2025

https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf