List of the largest urban agglomerations in North America

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Los Angeles
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Chicago
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This is a list of the largest urban agglomerations in North America . It includes the 50 most populated urban agglomerations. [1]

RankNameCity Population estimate [1] Demographia estimate [2]
1 Mexico City, Mexico 24,900,00021,505,000
2 New York City, United States 23,100,00020,902,000
3 Los Angeles, United States17,700,00015,477,000
4 Chicago, United States9,900,0009,013,000
5 Washington–Baltimore, United States8,800,0007,583,000
7 Toronto, Canada 7,550,0007,650,000
6 San Francisco, United States7,950,0006,481,000
8 Philadelphia, United States7,550,0005,697,000
9 Dallas–Fort Worth, United States7,550,0006,960,000
10 Houston, United States7,050,0006,529,000
11 Miami, United States6,450,0006,212,000
12 Atlanta, United States6,100,0005,434,000
13 Detroit–Windsor, US and Canada5,850,0004,192,000
14 Monterrey, Mexico5,850,0005,584,000
15 Guadalajara, Mexico 5,750,0005,437,000
16 San Diego–Tijuana, US and Mexico5,500,0005,290,000
17 Boston, United States7,850,0004,941,632
18 Phoenix, United States4,825,0004,685,000
19 Seattle, United States4,625,0004,084,000
20 Tampa, United States4,750,0002,819,000
21 Montréal, Canada4,325,0003,746,000
22 Puebla, Mexico4,175,0002,551,000
23 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 4,175,0004,292,000
24 Denver, United States3,950,0002,861,000
25 Orlando, United States3,725,0002,337,000
26 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 3,525,0003,016,000
27 Guatemala City, Guatemala 3,325,0002,993,000
28 Minneapolis–St. Paul, United States3,300,0002,945,000
29 Cleveland, United States3,100,0002,770,000
30 Vancouver, Canada3,025,0003,060,000
31 Cincinnati, United States2,825,0001,700,000
32 El Paso–Juárez, US and Mexico2,650,0002,329,000
33 Toluca, Mexico2,650,0001,816,000
34 Salt Lake City, United States2,625,0002,452,000
35 Charlotte, United States2,575,0002,111,000
36 Portland, United States2,500,0002,116,000
37 San José, Costa Rica 2,425,0001,986,000
38 St. Louis, United States2,350,0002,248,000
39 Las Vegas, United States2,375,0002,551,000
40 San Antonio, United States2,325,0002,162,000
41 Havana, Cuba 2,225,0002,225,000
42 León, Mexico2,225,0001,659,000
43 Sacramento, United States2,175,0001,932,000
44 Indianapolis, United States2,100,0001,637,000
45 Pittsburgh, United States2,075,0001,689,000
46 Austin, United States2,175,0001,922,000
47 Kansas City, United States2,100,0001,734,000
48 San Juan, United States1,910,0002,058,000
49 San Salvador, El Salvador 1,930,0001,600,000
50 Columbus, United States1,840,0001,500,000


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References

  1. 1 2 Brinkhoff, Thomas. "Major Agglomerations of the World". CityPopulation. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "World Urban Areas" (PDF). Demographia. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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