Rank |
Metropolitan area |
2014[3] |
2013 |
2012 |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
1 | New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island, NY–NJ–PA MSA | 1,558,518 | 1,490,952 | 1,446,659 | 1,368,438 | 1,334,008 | 1,276,750 |
2 | Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana, CA MSA | 866,745 | 833,801 | 806,415 | 779,236 | 764,958 | 753,732 |
3 | Chicago–Joliet–Naperville, IL–IN–WI MSA | 610,552 | 589,812 | 579,667 | 551,983 | 534,667 | 521,172 |
4 | Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, TX MSA | 525,397 | 515,184 | 475,043 | 441,736 | 400,106 | 373,522 |
5 | Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX MSA | 504,358 | 461,320 | 430,109 | 402,824 | 375,940 | 355,756 |
6 | Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV MSA | 471,584 | 462,187 | 453,337 | 444,708 | 432,555 | 414,340 |
7 | San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA MSA | 411,969 | 387,030 | 373,546 | 345,165 | 334,484 | 327,088 |
8 | Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington, PA–NJ–DE–MD MSA | 391,118 | 379,899 | 367,916 | 355,652 | 348,104 | 340,442 |
9 | Boston–Cambridge–Quincy, MA–NH MSA | 382,459 | 366,089 | 355,276 | 341,225 | 329,192 | 313,322 |
10 | Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta, GA MSA | 324,881 | 309,059 | 296,059 | 286,108 | 277,639 | 273,465 |
11 | Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA MSA | 300,827 | 285,501 | 273,087 | 257,729 | 248,859 | 240,144 |
12 | Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach, FL MSA | 299,161 | 283,962 | 270,538 | 255,461 | 250,813 | 247,672 |
13 | Detroit–Warren–Livonia, MI MSA | 236,500 | 226,926 | 217,418 | 206,508 | 197,789 | 186,325 |
14 | Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN–WI MSA | 235,733 | 227,962 | 218,376 | 210,569 | 200,768 | 192,594 |
15 | Phoenix–Mesa–Glendale, AZ MSA | 215,214 | 207,193 | 200,989 | 191,158 | 183,554 | 179,833 |
16 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA | 213,819 | 198,066 | 183,558 | 176,780 | 164,457 | 149,513 |
17 | San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos, CA MSA | 206,817 | 200,249 | 193,090 | 183,453 | 176,461 | 174,640 |
18 | Denver–Aurora–Broomfield, CO MSA | 187,111 | 175,635 | 167,964 | 160,492 | 155,391 | 150,035 |
19 | Baltimore–Towson, MD MSA | 173,516 | 167,871 | 167,871 | 157,416 | 152,899 | 146,909 |
20 | Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA MSA | 159,328 | 150,590 | 150,750 | 149,423 | 140,954 | 130,972 |
21 | St. Louis, MO-IL MSA | 149,951 | 145,036 | 142,033 | 137,258 | 134,290 | 131,905 |
22 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA | 143,628 | 137,680 | 129,239 | 124,937 | 116,164 | 112,075 |
23 | Pittsburgh, PA MSA | 135,662 | 129,857 | 125,133 | 121,635 | 116,554 | 110,915 |
24 | Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA MSA | 133,983 | 127,651 | 121,738 | 119,231 | 115,037 | 111,393 |
25 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA | 128,201 | 122,478 | 117,147 | 111,697 | 110,416 | 109,998 |
26 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN MSA | 125,864 | 122,508 | 116,839 | 113,463 | 110,943 | 106,578 |
27 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA | 124,609 | 121,138 | 117,595 | 114,383 | 109,190 | 105,050 |
28 | Kansas City, MO-KS MSA | 121,638 | 117,304 | 114,072 | 109,276 | 107,411 | 103,699 |
29 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA | 121,407 | 116,671 | 112,971 | 108,189 | 104,120 | 100,311 |
30 | Columbus, OH MSA | 117,824 | 113,487 | 107,992 | 101,556 | 96,482 | 93,017 |
31 | Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, FL MSA | 115,927 | 109,756 | 105,142 | 101,781 | 101,460 | 99,970 |
32 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA | 115,262 | 106,981 | 100,273 | 92,763 | 87,368 | 81,540 |
33 | Sacramento–Arden–Arcade–Roseville, CA MSA | 112,703 | 109,537 | 104,746 | 99,358 | 96,202 | 95,194 |
34 | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN MSA | 106,695 | 101,006 | 96,223 | 89,229 | 84,728 | 81,475 |
35 | San Antonio–New Braunfels, TX MSA | 104,787 | 99,398 | 93,140 | 87,276 | 81,768 | 77,169 |
36 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA | 97,307 | 94,840 | 91,862 | 89,668 | 86,779 | 84,966 |
37 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT MSA | 97,225 | 94,586 | 91,788 | 86,361 | 83,487 | 78,576 |
38 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA | 94,521 | 90,502 | 86,924 | 85,173 | 84,447 | 85,694 |
39 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA | 90,772 | 89,050 | 87,362 | 84,661 | 83,123 | 82,143 |
40 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA | 85,558 | 83,623 | 81,245 | 81,711 | 82,589 | 82,690 |
41 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA | 80,278 | 79,552 | 81,497 | 79,309 | 77,938 | 69,298 |
42 | Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA | 75,940 | 73,449 | 70,897 | 68,959 | 67,705 | 65,792 |
43 | Salt Lake City, UT MSA | 75,672 | 72,881 | 69,327 | 67,006 | 63,681 | 61,547 |
44 | Oklahoma City, OK MSA | 72,629 | 70,035 | 66,470 | 63,809 | 59,459 | 56,128 |
45 | Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA | 71,574 | 68,452 | 64,375 | 61,779 | 59,374 | 56,274 |
46 | Richmond, VA MSA | 70,491 | 68,050 | 65,474 | 63,376 | 62,614 | 61,076 |
47 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA | 69,882 | 68,276 | 66,637 | 63,414 | 62,192 | 61,565 |
48 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA | 67,329 | 64,446 | 62,774 | 59,929 | 58,015 | 55,148 |
49 | Jacksonville, FL MSA | 65,085 | 61,983 | 59,964 | 57,611 | 57,490 | 56,396 |
50 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA | 62,187 | 60,411 | 58,643 | 56,111 | 53,008 | 51,219 |