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100 Biggest Cities in North America on a Map

Can you name the 100 most populous urban areas that are located in North America?
Including international agglomerations (especially on the Mexican-American border)
Does not include Hawaii, which is a geographically (not politically!) part of Oceania
Source: citypopulation.de
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Population
City / Urban Area
22.8 m
Mexico City
22.4 m
New York City
17.8 m
Los Angeles
9.75 m
Chicago
8.55 m
Washington, D.C.
7.85 m
San Francisco
7.65 m
Boston
7.35 m
Philadelphia
7.35 m
Toronto
7.10 m
Dallas
6.60 m
Houston
6.35 m
Miami
5.80 m
Atlanta
5.70 m
Detroit
5.28 m
Tijuana - San Diego
5.25 m
Guadalajara
4.93 m
Monterrey
4.58 m
Phoenix
4.38 m
Seattle
4.30 m
Tampa
4.25 m
Montréal
3.90 m
Santo Domingo
3.70 m
Denver
3.38 m
Orlando
3.15 m
Guatemala City
3.15 m
Minneapolis
3.13 m
Puebla
3.13 m
Port-au-Prince
3.08 m
Cleveland
2.78 m
Cincinnati
2.75 m
Vancouver
2.50 m
El Paso - Juárez
2.43 m
Charlotte
2.43 m
Salt Lake City
Population
City / Urban Area
2.40 m
Portland
2.35 m
St. Louis
2.35 m
San José
2.28 m
Toluca
2.25 m
Las Vegas
2.23 m
Havana
2.18 m
San Antonio
2.08 m
Sacramento
2.05 m
Pittsburgh
2.03 m
San Juan
1.98 m
Kansas City
1.98 m
Indianapolis
1.92 m
Austin
1.91 m
León
1.87 m
San Salvador
1.73 m
Columbus
1.69 m
Hartford
1.63 m
Raleigh
1.61 m
Virginia Beach
1.55 m
Milwaukee
1.51 m
Calgary
1.51 m
Panama City
1.50 m
Reynosa - McAllen
1.46 m
Nashville
1.42 m
Jacksonville
1.40 m
Querétaro
1.36 m
Edmonton
1.35 m
Torreón
1.35 m
Buffalo
1.33 m
Harrisburg
1.32 m
Managua
1.25 m
Stockton
1.23 m
Ottawa
Population
City / Urban Area
1.21 m
San Luis Potosí
1.19 m
Providence
1.19 m
Melbourne
1.18 m
San Pedro Sula
1.15 m
Memphis
1.14 m
Matamoros - Brownsville
1.14 m
Tegucigalpa
1.14 m
Aguascalientes
1.14 m
Oklahoma City
1.13 m
Mérida
1.11 m
Greensboro
1.07 m
Cape Coral
1.06 m
Louisville
1.06 m
Richmond
1.04 m
Mexicali
1.04 m
Cuernavaca
1.02 m
New Orleans
0.92 m
Saltillo
0.92 m
Bridgeport
0.92 m
Chihuahua
0.92 m
Tampico
0.92 m
Veracruz
0.91 m
Morelia
0.91 m
Culiacán
0.89 m
Acapulco
0.88 m
Hermosillo
0.84 m
Tucson
0.82 m
Villahermosa
0.81 m
Tuxtla Gutiérrez
0.78 m
Laredo - Nuevo Laredo
0.77 m
Xalapa
0.76 m
Cancún
0.75 m
Birmingham
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69 Comments
Jerry928
+15
Level 76
Sep 16, 2019
Great quiz - I nominate this for a star
Quizzer4ever
+2
Level 25
Jan 28, 2021
68. I need to learn more mexican cities
APHill
+14
Level 77
Nov 8, 2019
Nice one! Apparently, I need to brush up on my Mexican cities...
Peter3
+9
Level 71
Nov 8, 2019
Great quiz! Just one question, why is there a photo of Antigua? It is not one of the answers.
Gassu
+9
Level 70
Nov 8, 2019
It's supposed to represent the variety of the North American continent
QatariFerrari
+8
Level 88
Nov 8, 2019
Please accept Fort Myers for Cape Coral.
IsleAuHaulte
+9
Level 92
Nov 8, 2019
And Norfolk for Virginia Beach. V.B. is a gigantic, sprawling afterthought to the old central harbor of Norfolk, confined to smaller borders.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Nov 9, 2019
Those will work now.
angrobper14
+7
Level 86
Nov 9, 2019
Great quiz!

Just a couple of type-in tips for the Mexican cities:

Just San Luis or, even better, SLP should do for San Luis Potosí.

Just Tuxtla should do for Tuxtla Gutiérrez.

komtvoordebakker
+2
Level 43
Jan 23, 2020
And it's weird that Guatemala, Mexico and Panama work, but for example Kansas and Oklahoma don't work, you have to use Kansas City and Oklahoma City.
tshalla
+5
Level 78
Feb 20, 2021
Nobody (who knows) calls Kansas City "Kansas" or Oklahoma City "Oklahoma."
HydratedMite
+2
Level 68
Jan 23, 2024
As someone from KC, it's KC
ElementalPixel
+4
Level 72
May 11, 2022
Neither does anyone call Mexico City "Mexico," Guatemala City "Guatemala," or Panama City "Panama." It's simply that the acceptable type-ins should be consistent as to whether or not they require the "city" at the end.
HydratedMite
+2
Level 68
Jan 23, 2024
What do you mean "nobody calls Guatemala City 'Guatemala'" some people even just call it "Guate" lol

Even Google Maps doesn't have a "City" at the end

MrMagoo
+1
Level 85
Mar 29, 2021
Can "Jalapa" also work instead of spelling it with an X?
Coucou11
+2
Level 41
Nov 12, 2019
Baltimore ?
tom88
+3
Level 77
Nov 12, 2019
I was surprised Baltimore didn't show up as well, then I looked up the population and it's only 619,000 which likely puts it just outside the top 100
Gassu
+8
Level 70
Nov 12, 2019
In our source, Baltimore forms part of the Washington metro area
kalbahamut
+4
Level 80
Nov 12, 2019
Funny that El Paso-Juarez, and Tijuana-San Diego both get counted as a single urban area though they exist on opposite sides of the US-Mexican border. Is there really that much commuting between the two?
dasubergeek
+12
Level 77
Nov 13, 2019
Hi! Frequent border crosser here. Yes, there is a TON of cross-border traffic—people have to leave at 4 or 5 a.m. in order to get to San Diego jobs by 8 a.m. even though it's only 25 km (15 miles) from downtown Tijuana to downtown San Diego. The reason is because a 2-bedroom apartment in a nice area of San Diego costs $2000 and the same apartment in a really nice part of Tijuana costs $500.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 92
Nov 21, 2019
Seems like spending the extra 6 to 8 hours round trip 20 days a month wouldn't be a factor in saving $1,500, even at minimum wage. It's another whole minimum wage job and nowhere near the savings of taking a second higher paying job. The daily time's in the toilet in traffic and wearing the car down idling. Might as well shut it off and work for money. If they live in Mexico I'm assuming they're Mexican citizens who can work in the U.S. but not live there permanently? Then the extra wage makes some sense against jobs in Mexico for someone ambitious enough.
Walacama
+3
Level 83
Nov 12, 2019
Melbourne? I kept trying Port St. Lucie and thought I was spelling it incorrectly.
Gassu
+4
Level 70
Nov 12, 2019
Try it again. Port St Lucie is accepted!
tshalla
+2
Level 78
Feb 20, 2021
But the idea that Melbourne's metro area (understood in any reasonable way) has over a million people is crazy.
UG332
+3
Level 72
Nov 12, 2019
I absolutely love this quiz Gassu!
Gassu
+2
Level 70
Nov 13, 2019
Thanks, UG!
Lilylee
+4
Level 78
Nov 12, 2019
Fascinating! Though some of the cities require "City" and some don't.
DaveM
+3
Level 76
Jan 23, 2020
You also have to add the "h" in Pittsburgh which you don't encounter much.
theo2xc
+2
Level 23
Jan 25, 2020
that's what annoyed me too
cledun2
+3
Level 94
Oct 4, 2021
I hate when these quizzes drop the last letter. Bunch of hand holding BS
Tomtrific
+2
Level 81
Nov 12, 2019
Stockton?
dasubergeek
+2
Level 77
Nov 13, 2019
I always assumed Stockton was part of Sacramento, they're only 30 minutes apart and it's basically all built up between them. But perhaps Sacramento got tired of being associated with Stockton and lobbied the source to separate from them.
MrMagoo
+1
Level 85
Mar 29, 2021
You'd have to be absolutely flying up 5 or 99 to get from Stockton to Sacramento in 30. There's virtually no way you wouldn't be stuck for a good 5-10 minutes behind some truck caravan too.
zh11
+2
Level 28
Dec 19, 2019
how is there no Newark, NJ??
TurkeyCookTime
+4
Level 85
Feb 29, 2020
Probably counted with New York's metro area
MetroidPrimeMeridian
+6
Level 50
Jan 23, 2020
I watch the Good Place-- so how on Earth did I miss Jacksonville?
StealthyNinja
+3
Level 32
Jan 23, 2020
Great quiz! Really enjoyed it. However, I have a small nitpick: in the caveats, it should either say "Which is a geographical part of Oceania," or, "Which is geographically a part of Oceania," instead of, "Which is a geographically part of Oceania."
ander217
+3
Level 74
Jan 23, 2020
Wasn't paying attention to the map and I remembered the Caribbean but totally forgot Central America.
littleman
+2
Level 56
Jan 23, 2020
yay i got 100 percent
jen990
+2
Level 68
Jan 23, 2020
Fun quiz!

I typed in many variations for Pittsburgh until it finally occurred to me to add the "h" on the end...

Wachipunk
+5
Level 60
Jan 24, 2020
Vive le Québec, vive Montréal !! 💙⚜️
sflowers
+2
Level 32
May 16, 2020
Surprised Baltimore wasn't an answer...
Codyhawk
+2
Level 60
Jul 18, 2020
It now is.
Koshyboshy
+7
Level 49
Jul 20, 2020
Winnipeg, Hamilton, and Quebec City are all larger than birmingham
SnowEagle
+2
Level 29
Jul 22, 2020
rochester new york metro area is over 1 million people how is that not on here?
sacheth9
+1
Level 64
Oct 29, 2020
This quiz uses urban area population.
CambodianQuizzer
+3
Level 75
Sep 1, 2020
Should Santiago de Queretaro be accepted for Queretaro?
HydratedMite
+1
Level 68
Jan 23, 2024
No, Querétaro should be accepted for Santiago de Querétaro!
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Jan 29, 2021
I want to KICK myself for forgetting Panama. Also Milwaukee is a city that I almost always forget (including this time).
Soccer99
+1
Level 85
Sep 19, 2021
As a Pennsylvanian, how is Harrisburg on here??
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 70
Mar 3, 2022
Missed 3 in the US. The rest were in Mexico
FNWY4life
+1
Level 73
Aug 29, 2022
STOCKTON! HARRISBURG! THIS QUIZ IF INCORRECT!
TheLonelyAlula
+1
Level 56
Sep 6, 2022
69/100 B)
wario85
+2
Level 67
Oct 3, 2022
Tuxtla is good enough for Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexican writing)
RJG
+1
Level 64
May 6, 2023
74/100 HARD!
cathlete
+1
Level 78
May 31, 2023
I think this would be a great quiz to have in the Spanish section.

Would you mind if I translated it? Or if you'd rather translate if yourself, I could always help/collaborate!

HydratedMite
+1
Level 68
Jan 23, 2024
Please accept just Tuxtla
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 94
Mar 18, 2024
Reckon this could do with an update
SomeCanadianGuy
+3
Level 53
Jun 25, 2024
Good quiz, but you're skimping on the Canadian cities. Metro Winnipeg and metro Québec City both have over 830k.
pieman
+1
Level 58
Nov 8, 2024
only forgot Stockton, San pedro sula, and a few Mexican cities
Texas123abc
+1
Level 59
Apr 14, 2025
Please understand that Dallas is a separate city from Fort Worth. They ARE NOT the same city just because they are in the same Metroplex.
megaloceros
+1
Level 71
May 28, 2025
well they are two cities of course, but they are one urban area, and they are using urban area measurement which the description of the quiz clearly clarified...
GastyX153
+1
Level 21
May 24, 2025
I got all of them except Bridgeport and Cape Coral
aparker314159
+2
Level 40
Jul 29, 2025
https://www.citypopulation.de/en/usa/ua/pennsylvania/ua37081__harrisburg/

Am I missing something? The source linked says the Harrisburg urban area is only 490k. The Harrisburg-York-Lebanon CSA has 1.33M like said, but the quiz specifically says urban areas are being used. And if CSAs were meant to be used, then there are several CSAs that aren't on here that are larger than the listed populations (eg. Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson).

blueytheorca
+1
Level 37
Aug 27, 2025
San Diego is literally carrying my city in the % of people that guessed it (Tijuana)
moneyviper
+1
Level 65
Nov 8, 2025
Jetpunk has gotta accept Tuxtla
ProbablyANerd
+1
Level 46
Nov 10, 2025
Isn't it Verarcruz? And not Veracruz?
IBRK
+1
Level 76
Dec 8, 2025
It is Veracruz
Albrik
+1
Level 65
Jan 13, 2026
Definitely Veracruz
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