Originally Posted by CubanMustGo
Here are the MSAs (as of 2000, but there has not been a dramatic change in SA's relative ranking since then). In a decade or so they will combine SA and the Austin-Round Rock MSAs and then things will look quite different.
United States
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (2000 Census)
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA2/ 18,323,002
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 12,365,627
3 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 9,098,316
4 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE 5,687,147
5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 5,161,544
6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 5,007,564
7 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD 4,796,183
8 Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX 4,715,407
9 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 4,452,557
10 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,391,344
11 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,247,981
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,123,740
13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 3,254,821
14 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,251,876
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3,043,878
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,968,806
17 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,813,833
18 St. Louis, MO-IL 2,698,687
19 Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,552,994
20 Pittsburgh, PA 2,431,087
21 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,395,997
22 Denver-Aurora, CO1/ 2,179,240
23 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2,148,143
24 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2,009,632
25 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,927,881
26 Kansas City, MO-KS 1,836,038
27 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,796,857
28 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,735,819
29 San Antonio, TX 1,711,703
30 Orlando, FL 1,644,561
31 Columbus, OH 1,612,694
32 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1,582,997
33 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,576,370
34 Indianapolis, IN 1,525,104
35 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,500,741
36 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,375,765
37 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,330,448
38 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,316,510
39 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,311,789
40 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,249,763
41 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,205,204
42 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY2/ 1,170,111
43 Louisville, KY-IN 1,161,975
44 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,148,618
45 Jacksonville, FL 1,122,750
46 Richmond, VA 1,096,957
47 Oklahoma City, OK 1,095,421
48 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,052,238
49 Rochester, NY 1,037,831
50 Salt Lake City, UT 968,858