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Counties that comprise the 20 largest metro areas
(Last Updated for Collection Year 2019)

Rank

Core-Based Statistical Area

State

County

1

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

NJ

Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union

 

 

NY

Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester

 

 

PA

Pike

 

 

 

 

2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

CA

Los Angeles, Orange

 

 

 

 

3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

IL

Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Will

 

 

IN

Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter

 

 

WI

Kenosha

       

4

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

TX

Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, Wise

 

 

 

 

5

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

TX

Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Waller

 

 

 

 

6

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

DC

District of Columbia

 

 

MD

Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's

 

 

VA

Alexandria city, Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fairfax city, Fredericksburg city, Loudoun, Manassas city, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren

 

 

WV

Jefferson

       

7

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

DE

New Castle

 

 

MD

Cecil

 

 

NJ

Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem

 

 

PA

Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia

       

8

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

FL

Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach

 

 

 

 

9

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

GA

Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding, Walton

 

 

 

 

10

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

MA

Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk

 

 

NH

Rockingham, Strafford

 

 

 

 

11

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

CA

Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo

 

 

 

 

12

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

AZ

Maricopa, Pinal

 

 

 

 

13

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

CA

Riverside, San Bernardino

 

 

 

 

14

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

MI

Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, Wayne

 

 

 

 

15

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

WA

King, Pierce, Snohomish

 

 

 

 

16

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

MN

Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Washington, Wright

 

 

WI

St. Croix

 

 

 

 

17

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

CA

San Diego

 

 

 

 

18

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

FL

Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas

 

 

 

 

19

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

CO

Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson

 

 

 

 

20

St. Louis, MO-IL

IL

Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, St. Clair

 

 

MO

Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Louis city, Warren

 

Note: Statistical areas are those with a sufficient sample size to support reliable estimates with the MEPS-IC.

 

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