The following is a list of the top metropolitan areas in the United States, according to the 2000 census:
| Metropolitan Area
| States
| Type
| Population
| Other names
|
|
New York--Northern New Jersey (Jersey City, Trenton, Newark)--Long Island--Bridgeport--New Haven
| NY--NJ--CT--PA
| CMSA
| 21,199,865
| Tri-state Area, New York area, Greater New York
|
|
Los Angeles--Riverside County--San Bernardino County--Orange County
| CA
| CMSA
| 16,373,645
| The Southland, Southern California (The latter also refers to the entire southern portion of the state)
|
|
Chicago--Joliet--Naperville--Gary--Kenosha
| IL--IN--WI
| CMSA
| 9,157,540
| Chicagoland, Greater Chicago, Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana (the latter refers to the eastern part extended until South Bend, Indiana)
|
|
Washington--Baltimore
| DC--MD--VA--WV
| CMSA
| 7,608,070
| Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
|
|
San Jose--San Francisco--Oakland
| CA
| CMSA
| 7,039,362
| The Bay Area
|
|
Philadelphia--Wilmington--Atlantic City
| PA--NJ--DE--MD
| CMSA
| 6,188,463
| The Delaware Valley
|
| Boston--Worcester--Lawrence
| MA--NH--ME--CT
| CMSA
| 5,819,100
| Greater Boston
|
| Detroit--Ann Arbor--Flint
| MI
| CMSA
| 5,456,428
| Metro Detroit
|
| Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington
| TX
| CMSA
| 5,221,801
| The Metroplex
|
| Houston--Galveston--Brazoria--Baytown--Sugar Land
| TX
| CMSA
| 4,669,571
| Houston Metropolitan Area
|
| Atlanta
| GA
| MSA
| 4,112,198
| Atlanta Metropolitan Area
|
| Miami--Ft. Lauderdale
| FL
| CMSA
| 3,876,380
|
|
| Seattle--Tacoma--Bremerton
| WA
| CMSA
| 3,554,760
| Greater Puget Sound
|
| Phoenix--Mesa
| AZ
| MSA
| 3,251,876
| The Valley of the Sun
|
| Minneapolis--St. Paul
| MN, WI
| MSA
| 2,968,806
| The Twin Cities
|
| St. Louis--East St. Louis
| MO, IL
| CMSA
| 2,603,607
| Greater St. Louis
|
| Pittsburgh--New Castle
| PA
| MSA
| 2,512,302
|
| Cincinnati--Hamilton
| OH, KY, IN
| CMSA
|
| Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
|
