POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS BY METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
US CENSUS
Nolan Zaroff | Ian Freimuth
MSA's with population below 500,000 are excluded from the sample.
Area |
Population |
Civilian Labor Force |
Private Nonfarm Businesses |
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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) |
Area (sq mi) |
Rank |
Population |
Rank |
Total |
Persons below poverty (1999) |
Number of unemployed |
Unemployment rate |
Establishments |
Employment |
Annual payroll per employee (2002) |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
1,582.7 |
87 |
678,275 |
72 |
254,431 |
35.4% |
23,207 |
9.1 |
8,782 |
122,326 |
$21,523 |
El Paso, TX |
1,014.7 |
94 |
721,598 |
68 |
290,119 |
23.4% |
22,700 |
7.8 |
12,403 |
194,012 |
$23,411 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA |
1,776.4 |
80 |
550,546 |
86 |
278,004 |
10.5% |
17,978 |
6.5 |
13,600 |
223,592 |
$26,712 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
3,162.9 |
58 |
594,899 |
81 |
290,125 |
13.6% |
15,514 |
5.3 |
14,660 |
208,693 |
$27,869 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
1,740.7 |
81 |
593,168 |
82 |
280,415 |
11.1% |
20,303 |
7.2 |
14,056 |
210,102 |
$27,985 |
Jackson, MS |
3,795.3 |
52 |
522,580 |
92 |
260,934 |
16.4% |
13,418 |
5.1 |
12,342 |
202,604 |
$28,056 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
5,581.8 |
29 |
1,156,812 |
46 |
576,297 |
13.1% |
25,560 |
4.4 |
30,202 |
437,342 |
$28,080 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
3,896.5 |
49 |
1,647,346 |
33 |
777,793 |
10.2% |
32,260 |
4.1 |
35,284 |
583,509 |
$28,234 |
Lakeland, FL |
2,010.0 |
77 |
542,912 |
89 |
248,359 |
12.6% |
12,426 |
5.0 |
9,807 |
156,908 |
$28,372 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
1,211.9 |
93 |
544,758 |
87 |
247,719 |
9.6% |
9,556 |
3.9 |
13,768 |
155,807 |
$28,422 |
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL |
1,617.9 |
85 |
673,035 |
74 |
298,354 |
8.6% |
12,087 |
4.1 |
17,999 |
207,513 |
$28,499 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
27,408.5 |
1 |
3,909,954 |
13 |
1,647,915 |
14.7% |
93,946 |
5.7 |
57,650 |
914,837 |
$29,093 |
Fresno, CA |
6,017.4 |
25 |
877,584 |
56 |
409,472 |
22.4% |
42,464 |
10.4 |
15,553 |
220,182 |
$29,157 |
San Antonio, TX |
7,384.7 |
17 |
1,889,797 |
29 |
883,166 |
14.7% |
49,835 |
5.6 |
36,897 |
640,934 |
$29,188 |
Columbia, SC |
3,833.9 |
51 |
689,878 |
70 |
349,852 |
11.8% |
20,019 |
5.7 |
16,195 |
267,755 |
$29,400 |
Tucson, AZ |
9,188.8 |
11 |
924,786 |
52 |
439,127 |
14.3% |
20,219 |
4.6 |
19,147 |
293,113 |
$29,586 |
Modesto, CA |
1,514.7 |
90 |
505,505 |
97 |
226,124 |
15.8% |
20,606 |
9.1 |
8,668 |
131,702 |
$29,587 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR |
4,198.2 |
43 |
643,272 |
80 |
324,531 |
11.8% |
16,444 |
5.1 |
16,600 |
274,540 |
$29,794 |
Albuquerque, NM |
9,297.0 |
8 |
797,940 |
61 |
391,796 |
13.7% |
20,513 |
5.2 |
18,087 |
274,426 |
$29,893 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA |
7,097.0 |
18 |
1,319,367 |
40 |
613,148 |
18.0% |
27,983 |
4.6 |
31,599 |
525,160 |
$30,339 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
4,214.6 |
42 |
733,802 |
67 |
351,569 |
16.5% |
21,321 |
6.1 |
16,308 |
278,604 |
$30,399 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY |
2,366.7 |
69 |
1,147,711 |
47 |
586,572 |
11.6% |
34,122 |
5.8 |
27,248 |
469,860 |
$30,621 |
Springfield, MA |
1,904.3 |
79 |
687,264 |
71 |
352,473 |
12.4% |
18,657 |
5.3 |
15,890 |
247,409 |
$30,681 |
Orlando-Kissimee, FL |
4,011.8 |
47 |
1,933,255 |
28 |
960,639 |
10.5% |
43,685 |
4.5 |
47,229 |
793,083 |
$30,735 |
Knoxville, TN |
1,931.7 |
78 |
655,400 |
78 |
337,030 |
11.9% |
13,850 |
4.1 |
15,988 |
280,453 |
$30,745 |
Bakersfield, CA |
8,161.4 |
14 |
756,825 |
66 |
318,655 |
19.8% |
31,210 |
9.8 |
11,268 |
154,185 |
$30,746 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
2,020.0 |
76 |
674,500 |
73 |
357,938 |
10.4% |
19,985 |
5.6 |
18,139 |
322,040 |
$30,834 |
Boise City-Nampa, ID |
11,833.1 |
3 |
544,201 |
88 |
267,602 |
9.1% |
11,626 |
4.3 |
14,431 |
198,012 |
$30,840 |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
3,324.5 |
56 |
520,332 |
95 |
246,659 |
15.0% |
13,355 |
5.4 |
10,094 |
180,422 |
$30,887 |
Stockton, CA |
1,426.3 |
92 |
664,116 |
76 |
285,200 |
17.2% |
24,244 |
8.5 |
10,831 |
161,040 |
$30,952 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV |
8,090.7 |
15 |
1,710,551 |
31 |
827,958 |
10.6% |
36,184 |
4.4 |
32,567 |
665,118 |
$31,171 |
Jacksonville, FL |
3,698.1 |
53 |
1,248,371 |
42 |
608,406 |
10.5% |
29,404 |
4.8 |
30,379 |
491,231 |
$31,220 |
Wichita, KS |
4,181.1 |
45 |
587,055 |
85 |
304,798 |
9.0% |
18,780 |
6.2 |
14,715 |
254,068 |
$31,602 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
1,664.4 |
83 |
521,812 |
94 |
279,913 |
7.9% |
12,588 |
4.5 |
12,965 |
264,726 |
$31,745 |
Honolulu, HI |
2,126.9 |
74 |
905,266 |
53 |
431,677 |
9.6% |
13,692 |
3.2 |
20,952 |
317,533 |
$31,756 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
1,557.0 |
89 |
531,250 |
91 |
249,982 |
93.0% |
11,092 |
4.4 |
11,878 |
167,108 |
$31,764 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
9,977.0 |
5 |
1,034,484 |
50 |
534,889 |
7.7% |
28,830 |
5.4 |
28,833 |
492,324 |
$31,910 |
Colorado Springs, CO |
2,688.5 |
68 |
587,500 |
84 |
296,726 |
7.7% |
16,817 |
5.7 |
14,992 |
209,821 |
$31,919 |
Tulsa, OK |
6,460.2 |
20 |
887,715 |
55 |
443,241 |
11.5% |
22,014 |
5.0 |
23,446 |
370,917 |
$31,950 |
Toledo, OH |
2,208.9 |
71 |
656,696 |
77 |
336,451 |
11.8% |
23,598 |
7.0 |
16,079 |
291,866 |
$32,000 |
Louisville, KY-IN |
4,196.3 |
44 |
1,208,452 |
43 |
602,059 |
10.7% |
30,601 |
5.1 |
29,817 |
525,004 |
$32,014 |
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA |
2,236.2 |
70 |
1,622,520 |
35 |
849,649 |
10.9% |
46,500 |
5.5 |
58,680 |
599,074 |
$32,027 |
Greenville, SC |
2,030.8 |
75 |
591,251 |
83 |
295,086 |
11.2% |
18,327 |
6.2 |
14,509 |
270,129 |
$32,068 |
Syracuse, NY |
2,779.4 |
66 |
651,763 |
79 |
328,548 |
11.8% |
17,913 |
5.5 |
15,350 |
267,078 |
$32,316 |
Dayton, OH |
1,716.1 |
82 |
843,577 |
59 |
428,304 |
9.7% |
26,693 |
6.2 |
18,969 |
358,042 |
$32,342 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY |
1,663.9 |
84 |
667,742 |
75 |
321,040 |
8.8% |
14,205 |
4.4 |
15,543 |
196,208 |
$32,502 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
4,406.2 |
39 |
813,170 |
60 |
442,019 |
8.2% |
19,056 |
4.3 |
20,848 |
382,328 |
$32,629 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
3,330.9 |
55 |
2,647,658 |
20 |
1,268,218 |
11.0% |
57,816 |
4.6 |
63,864 |
1,009,648 |
$32,704 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME |
2,858.4 |
64 |
514,227 |
96 |
286,977 |
7.9% |
10,289 |
3.6 |
16,826 |
212,531 |
$32,777 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
5,343.1 |
31 |
2,386,074 |
21 |
1,217,830 |
10.6% |
70,287 |
5.8 |
60,828 |
1,055,581 |
$32,917 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
2,878.3 |
63 |
848,879 |
57 |
452,566 |
900.0% |
19,037 |
4.2 |
19,743 |
317,209 |
$33,012 |
Akron, OH |
927.2 |
95 |
702,235 |
69 |
373,273 |
9.6% |
22,354 |
6.0 |
17,758 |
289,151 |
$33,118 |
Madison, WI |
2,802.1 |
65 |
537,039 |
90 |
332,612 |
8.6% |
11,008 |
3.3 |
14,854 |
254,924 |
$33,185 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL |
6,137.2 |
23 |
5,422,200 |
6 |
2,621,674 |
13.8% |
135,984 |
5.2 |
160,867 |
1,900,015 |
$33,228 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
14,598.4 |
2 |
3,865,077 |
14 |
1,851,316 |
11.8% |
82,196 |
4.4 |
77,539 |
1,390,433 |
$33,323 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
4,699.6 |
35 |
1,260,905 |
41 |
597,092 |
15.3% |
35,499 |
5.9 |
26,253 |
528,944 |
$33,498 |
Raleigh-Cary, NC |
2,147.6 |
73 |
949,681 |
51 |
484,107 |
8.6% |
21,059 |
4.4 |
24,698 |
378,506 |
$33,646 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
5,369.8 |
30 |
1,090,126 |
48 |
533,028 |
13.3% |
25,810 |
4.8 |
25,867 |
450,925 |
$33,683 |
Rochester, NY |
4,870.1 |
34 |
1,039,028 |
49 |
530,253 |
10.1% |
28,236 |
5.3 |
23,307 |
432,379 |
$33,722 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
2,890.7 |
62 |
771,185 |
65 |
400,969 |
8.5% |
27,876 |
7.0 |
18,668 |
359,094 |
$33,819 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
1,475.7 |
91 |
790,535 |
63 |
404,991 |
8.0% |
21,551 |
5.3 |
18,073 |
288,496 |
$33,849 |
Richmond, VA |
5,841.7 |
26 |
1,175,654 |
45 |
600,345 |
9.1% |
23,183 |
3.9 |
29,360 |
502,829 |
$34,003 |
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN |
5,762.7 |
27 |
1,422,544 |
39 |
732,403 |
10.0% |
31,375 |
4.3 |
34,926 |
637,295 |
$34,015 |
Des Moines, IA |
2,912.2 |
61 |
522,454 |
93 |
290,000 |
7.3% |
13,531 |
4.7 |
14,075 |
267,473 |
$34,027 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA |
5,309.3 |
32 |
2,042,283 |
26 |
1,003,214 |
12.5% |
53,792 |
5.4 |
42,752 |
653,250 |
$34,575 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
8,844.0 |
6 |
2,778,518 |
18 |
1,453,133 |
9.8% |
86,535 |
6.0 |
69,287 |
1,214,875 |
$34,607 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN |
4,465.9 |
38 |
2,070,441 |
25 |
1,083,362 |
9.3% |
57,394 |
5.3 |
47,748 |
916,575 |
$34,824 |
Columbus, OH |
4,013.6 |
46 |
1,708,625 |
32 |
916,311 |
9.6% |
49,559 |
5.4 |
39,642 |
785,150 |
$34,907 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
7,949.4 |
16 |
1,947,694 |
27 |
1,034,715 |
8.4% |
62,048 |
6.0 |
50,471 |
889,834 |
$35,091 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH |
3,978.9 |
48 |
2,126,318 |
23 |
1,100,716 |
10.5% |
64,815 |
5.9 |
56,335 |
970,650 |
$35,139 |
Worcester, MA |
1,579.0 |
88 |
783,262 |
64 |
400,729 |
8.9% |
21,936 |
5.5 |
18,294 |
291,262 |
$35,155 |
Indianapolis, IN |
3,887.9 |
50 |
1,640,591 |
34 |
867,103 |
8.3% |
40,419 |
4.7 |
40,999 |
765,159 |
$35,727 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
3,322.3 |
57 |
1,512,855 |
37 |
801,566 |
10.4% |
43,290 |
5.4 |
39,731 |
759,715 |
$35,998 |
Baltimore-Towson, MD |
3,104.5 |
60 |
2,655,675 |
19 |
1,346,001 |
9.5% |
61,195 |
4.5 |
63,694 |
1,049,283 |
$36,431 |
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA |
6,817.8 |
19 |
2,095,861 |
24 |
1,094,183 |
9.3% |
78,376 |
7.2 |
57,429 |
844,882 |
$36,473 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC |
3,147.2 |
59 |
1,521,278 |
36 |
778,270 |
9.2% |
43,513 |
5.6 |
39,926 |
734,833 |
$36,636 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
2,208.2 |
72 |
796,106 |
62 |
416,060 |
9.1% |
22,259 |
5.3 |
17,949 |
251,825 |
$36,690 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA |
4,525.5 |
36 |
2,933,462 |
17 |
1,490,333 |
12.0% |
70,292 |
4.7 |
71,330 |
1,083,047 |
$37,412 |
New Haven-Milford, CT |
862.0 |
96 |
846,766 |
58 |
429,670 |
9.2% |
22,384 |
5.2 |
20,705 |
333,360 |
$37,425 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
4,279.9 |
40 |
1,452,529 |
38 |
778,097 |
10.8% |
39,391 |
5.1 |
33,362 |
549,172 |
$38,111 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA |
8,480.3 |
12 |
4,917,717 |
9 |
2,454,115 |
9.3% |
112,927 |
4.6 |
119,863 |
2,066,678 |
$38,356 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA |
5,700.3 |
28 |
12,923,547 |
2 |
6,396,271 |
15.9% |
383,333 |
6.0 |
313,622 |
5,174,665 |
$38,732 |
Denver-Aurora, CO |
8,387.2 |
13 |
2,359,994 |
22 |
1,296,362 |
7.8% |
74,633 |
5.8 |
69,993 |
1,055,380 |
$39,322 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
9,284.2 |
9 |
5,819,475 |
5 |
2,965,577 |
10.6% |
174,761 |
5.9 |
130,270 |
2,501,040 |
$39,359 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
4,870.6 |
33 |
5,823,233 |
4 |
2,916,970 |
10.5% |
151,909 |
5.2 |
144,549 |
2,497,789 |
$39,379 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
6,364.1 |
21 |
3,142,779 |
16 |
1,849,010 |
6.6% |
82,331 |
4.5 |
87,843 |
1,591,041 |
$40,197 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX |
10,061.9 |
4 |
5,280,077 |
7 |
2,573,882 |
13.5% |
162,229 |
6.3 |
110,685 |
1,992,206 |
$40,435 |
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI |
9,579.2 |
7 |
9,443,356 |
3 |
4,733,077 |
10.3% |
288,055 |
6.1 |
230,115 |
4,028,005 |
$40,878 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI |
4,235.1 |
41 |
4,488,335 |
10 |
2,206,277 |
10.4% |
157,141 |
7.1 |
105,651 |
1,892,160 |
$41,443 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
1,606.7 |
86 |
1,188,241 |
44 |
607,091 |
7.9% |
30,827 |
5.1 |
29,891 |
561,896 |
$41,444 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
6,309.4 |
22 |
3,203,314 |
15 |
1,698,510 |
8.4% |
95,815 |
5.6 |
90,730 |
1,373,253 |
$43,193 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
6,028.0 |
24 |
5,214,666 |
8 |
2,801,375 |
7.2% |
103,874 |
3.7 |
129,718 |
2,216,101 |
$44,152 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH |
4,511.5 |
37 |
4,411,835 |
11 |
2,373,906 |
8.3% |
115,721 |
4.9 |
125,649 |
2,303,251 |
$45,709 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA |
3,424.4 |
54 |
4,152,688 |
12 |
2,178,653 |
9.0% |
121,318 |
5.6 |
118,782 |
1,912,175 |
$49,720 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA |
9,212.2 |
10 |
18,747,320 |
1 |
9,092,696 |
13.4% |
514,588 |
5.7 |
521,372 |
7,470,229 |
$50,172 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
837.0 |
97 |
902,775 |
54 |
454,667 |
6.8% |
19,943 |
4.4 |
28,385 |
462,542 |
$56,000 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
2,694.7 |
67 |
1,754,988 |
30 |
854,249 |
7.5% |
57,002 |
6.7 |
45,333 |
906,018 |
$62,395 |