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.
| Metropolitan area |
Country | Population |
Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico City |  Mexico
|
21,804,515 | 2020 | |
| New York |  United States
|
19,563,798 | 2022 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area |
| Los Angeles | United States
|
12,870,137 | 2022 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area |
| Chicago | United States
|
9,279,427 | 2022 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area |
| Dallas–Fort Worth | United States
|
7,947,439 | 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area. Dallas-Fort Worth leads all U.S. metro areas in absolute population growth in 2023 |
| Houston | United States
|
7,370,464 | 2022 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area |
| Toronto |  Canada
|
6,583,259 | 2022 | Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario |
| Washington, D.C. | United States
|
6,265,891 | 2022 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area |
| Philadelphia | United States
|
6,242,746 | 2022 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area |
| Atlanta | United States
|
6,238,676 | 2022 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area |
| Miami | United States
|
6,139,812 | 2022 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area |
| San Diego-Tijuana | United States Mexico
|
5,453,151 | 2020 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area (2020): 3,295,298. Tijuana Metropolitan Area (2020): 2,157,853. |
| Monterrey | Mexico
|
5,341,171 | 2020 | |
| Guadalajara | Mexico
|
5,286,642 | 2020 | |
| Phoenix | United States
|
5,020,870 | 2022 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area |
| Boston | United States
|
4,903,026 | 2022 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area |
| Detroit-Windsor | United States Canada
|
4,800,844 | 2022 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 4,348,636. Windsor Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario: 452,208. |
| Inland Empire | United States
|
4,669,149 | 2022 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area |
| San Francisco | United States
|
4,578,135 | 2022 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area |
| Montréal | Canada
|
4,372,913 | 2022 | Montréal Census Metropolitan Area, Québec |
| Santo Domingo |  Dominican Republic
|
4,274,651 | 2022 | |
| Seattle | United States
|
4,032,242 | 2022 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area |
| Minneapolis–St. Paul | United States
|
3,691,666 | 2022 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area |
| Tampa Bay Area | United States
|
3,291,341 | 2022 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area |
| Puebla | Mexico
|
3,199,530 | 2020 | |
| San Jose |  Costa Rica
|
3,160,000 | 2021 | |
| Guatemala City |  Guatemala
|
3,160,000 | 2024 | |
| Denver | United States
|
2,986,190 | 2022 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area |
| Vancouver | Canada
|
2,852,203 | 2022 | Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area, British Columbia Does not include Whatcom County. |
| Baltimore | United States
|
2,834,813 | 2022 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area |
| St. Louis | United States
|
2,800,245 | 2022 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area. |
| Orlando | United States
|
2,763,017 | 2022 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area |
| Charlotte | United States
|
2,754,657 | 2022 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area |
| San Antonio | United States
|
2,655,928 | 2022 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area |
| Port-au-Prince |  Haiti
|
2,618,894 | 2015 | |
| Portland | United States
|
2,508,928 | 2022 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area |
| Pittsburgh | United States
|
2,432,532 | 2022 | Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area |
| Austin | United States
|
2,423,170 | 2022 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area |
| Sacramento | United States
|
2,417,259 | 2022 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area |
| San Salvador |  El Salvador
|
2,404,097 | 2022 | |
| El Paso–Juárez | Mexico United States
|
2,384,645 | 2020 | Combined Juárez and El Paso metropolitan areas. |
| Toluca | Mexico
|
2,353,924 | 2020 | |
| Las Vegas | United States
|
2,322,535 | 2022 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area |
| Cincinnati | United States
|
2,258,625 | 2022 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area |
| Kansas City | United States
|
2,208,782 | 2022 | Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area |
| Columbus | United States
|
2,162,066 | 2022 | Columbus, OH Metro Area |
| Cleveland | United States
|
2,160,701 | 2022 | Cleveland, OH Metro Area |
| Havana |  Cuba
|
2,137,847 | 2012 | |
| Indianapolis | United States
|
2,120,661 | 2022 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area |
| Nashville | United States
|
2,071,019 | 2022 | Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin, TN Metro Area |
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- Macrotrends Metro Area Estimate 2024
- In 2005, Guatemala City's metropolitan area was defined by its government as consisting of the municipalities of Amatitlán, Chinautla, Guatemala City proper, Mixco, San Miguel Petapa, Santa Catarina Pinula, Villa Canales and Villa Nueva.
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