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. Metropolitanarea Country Population Year Official name Mexico City 22,752,682 2025 Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México New York 21,000,000 2025 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area Los Angeles 12,678,000 2025 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA MSA Chicago 9,434,123 2025 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MSA Dallas–Fort Worth 8,477,157 2025 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area. Houston 7,904,627 2025 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA Toronto 7,108,874 2025 Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario Atlanta 6,482,182 2025 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area Washington, D.C. 6,465,724 2025 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA Miami 6,391,072 2025 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area Philadelphia 6,329,118 2025 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA Monterrey 5,341,171 2020 Guadalajara 5,286,642 2020 Phoenix 5,228,938 2025 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ MSA Boston 5,034,221 2025 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA Inland Empire 4,669,149 2022 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA San Francisco Bay Area 4,648,486 2024 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area Montreal 4,615,154 2024 Montréal Census Metropolitan Area, Québec Detroit 4,400,578 2025 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Santo Domingo 4,274,651 2022 Seattle 4,145,494 2024 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA Minneapolis–St. Paul 3,757,952 2024 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA Tampa Bay Area 3,424,560 2024 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA San Diego 3,295,298 2020 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area (2020): 3,295,298. Puebla 3,199,530 2020 San Jose 3,160,000 2021 Guatemala City 3,160,000 2024 Vancouver 3,108,941 2024 Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area, British Columbia Does not include Whatcom County. Denver 3,052,498 2024 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO MSA Orlando 2,940,513 2024 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area Charlotte 2,883,370 2024 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area Baltimore 2,859,024 2024 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA St. Louis 2,811,927 2024 St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area. San Antonio 2,763,006 2024 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA Port-au-Prince 2,618,894 2015 Austin 2,550,637 2024 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area Portland 2,537,904 2024 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA Sacramento 2,463,127 2024 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area Pittsburgh 2,429,917 2024 Pittsburgh, PA MSA San Salvador 2,404,097 2022 Las Vegas 2,398,871 2024 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area Toluca 2,353,924 2020 Cincinnati 2,302,815 2024 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA Kansas City 2,253,579 2024 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA Columbus 2,225,377 2024 Columbus, OH MSA Indianapolis 2,174,833 2024 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area Cleveland 2,171,877 2024 Cleveland, OH MSA Tijuana 2,157,853 2020 Nashville 2,150,553 2024 Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin, TN Metro Area Havana 2,137,847 2012
See also
List of metropolitan areas in the Americas
References