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 |
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Mexico City | ![]() | 22,752,000 | 2025 | [1] |
New York | ![]() | 19,154,000 | 2025 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area [2] |
Los Angeles | ![]() | 12,678,000 | 2022 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area [2] |
Chicago | ![]() | 9,279,427 | 2022 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area [2] |
Dallas–Fort Worth | ![]() | 8,304,439 | 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area. [2] |
Houston | ![]() | 7,370,464 | 2022 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area [2] |
Toronto | ![]() | 7,106,379 | 2025 | Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario [3] |
Washington, D.C. | ![]() | 6,160,891 | 2025 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area [2] |
Philadelphia | ![]() | 5,861,831 | 2025 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area [2] |
Atlanta | ![]() | 6,238,676 | 2022 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area [2] |
Miami | ![]() | 6,139,812 | 2022 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area [2] |
San Diego-Tijuana | ![]() ![]() | 5,453,151 | 2020 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area (2020): 3,295,298. [2] Tijuana Metropolitan Area (2020): 2,157,853. [1] [4] |
Monterrey | ![]() | 5,341,171 | 2020 | [1] |
Guadalajara | ![]() | 5,286,642 | 2020 | [1] |
Phoenix | ![]() | 5,020,870 | 2022 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area [2] |
Boston | ![]() | 4,903,026 | 2022 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area [2] |
Detroit-Windsor | ![]() ![]() | 4,800,844 | 2022 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area: 4,348,636. [2] Windsor Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario: 452,208. [5] |
Inland Empire | ![]() | 4,669,149 | 2022 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area [2] |
Montréal | ![]() | 4,615,154 | 2025 | Montréal Census Metropolitan Area, Québec [5] |
San Francisco | ![]() | 4,578,135 | 2022 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area [2] |
Santo Domingo | ![]() | 4,274,651 | 2022 | [6] |
Seattle | ![]() | 4,032,242 | 2022 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area [2] |
Minneapolis–St. Paul | ![]() | 3,691,666 | 2022 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area [2] |
Tampa Bay Area | ![]() | 3,291,341 | 2022 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area [2] |
Puebla | ![]() | 3,199,530 | 2020 | [1] |
San Jose | ![]() | 3,160,000 | 2021 | [7] |
Guatemala City | ![]() | 3,160,000 | 2024 | [9] |
Vancouver | ![]() | 3,108,941 | 2025 | Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area, British Columbia [5] Does not include Whatcom County. |
Denver | ![]() | 2,986,190 | 2022 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area [2] |
Baltimore | ![]() | 2,834,813 | 2022 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area [2] |
St. Louis | ![]() | 2,800,245 | 2022 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area. [2] |
Orlando | ![]() | 2,763,017 | 2022 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area [2] |
Charlotte | ![]() | 2,754,657 | 2022 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area [2] |
San Antonio | ![]() | 2,655,928 | 2022 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area [2] |
Port-au-Prince | ![]() | 2,618,894 | 2015 | [10] |
Portland | ![]() | 2,508,928 | 2022 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area [2] |
Pittsburgh | ![]() | 2,432,532 | 2022 | Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area [2] |
Austin | ![]() | 2,423,170 | 2022 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area [2] |
Sacramento | ![]() | 2,417,259 | 2022 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area [2] |
San Salvador | ![]() | 2,404,097 | 2022 | [11] |
El Paso–Juárez | ![]() ![]() | 2,384,645 | 2020 | Combined Juárez and El Paso metropolitan areas. [1] [2] |
Toluca | ![]() | 2,353,924 | 2020 | [1] |
Las Vegas | ![]() | 2,322,535 | 2022 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area [2] |
Cincinnati | ![]() | 2,258,625 | 2022 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area [2] |
Kansas City | ![]() | 2,208,782 | 2022 | Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area [2] |
Columbus | ![]() | 2,162,066 | 2022 | Columbus, OH Metro Area [2] |
Cleveland | ![]() | 2,160,701 | 2022 | Cleveland, OH Metro Area [2] |
Havana | ![]() | 2,137,847 | 2012 | [12] |
Indianapolis | ![]() | 2,120,661 | 2022 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area [2] |
Nashville | ![]() | 2,071,019 | 2022 | Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin, TN Metro Area [2] |