Most Populous U.S. Metro Areas as a Percentage of the State

Guess the most populous metropolitan and micropolitan areas that make up at least 10% of the state's population.

For metro/micro areas in more than one state, only the population in the state is counted

Based on the 2022 Census estimates

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%	State	Metro Area
100.0	Rhode Island	Providence
74.3	New Jersey	New York
73.1	Nevada	Las Vegas
69.0	Hawaii	Honolulu
68.2	Arizona	Phoenix
68.0	Illinois	Chicago
64.4	New York	New York
63.7	Massachusetts	Boston
62.2	Minnesota	Minneapolis
57.0	Georgia	Atlanta
56.5	Delaware	Philadelphia
54.6	Alaska	Anchorage
51.8	Washington	Seattle
51.1	Colorado	Denver
46.7	Oregon	Portland
46.0	Maryland	Baltimore
43.5	New Mexico	Albuquerque
43.4	Nebraska	Omaha
43.3	Michigan	Detroit
41.8	Idaho	Boise
41.4	Maryland	Washington D.C.
40.5	Maine	Portland
37.5	Utah	Salt Lake City
36.3	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City
35.6	Virginia	Washington D.C.
35.2	Vermont	Burlington
34.4	Missouri	St. Louis
33.0	California	Los Angeles
32.4	New Hampshire	Boston
32.4	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia
31.9	Connecticut	Hartford
31.9	South Dakota	Sioux Falls
31.3	Indiana	Indianapolis
31.1	Kansas	Kansas City
30.6	New Hampshire	Manchester
29.0	Tennessee	Nashville
28.3	Connecticut	New Haven
27.6	Florida	Miami
27.2	Louisiana	New Orleans
26.5	Texas	Dallas
26.5	Wisconsin	Milwaukee
26.2	Connecticut	Bridgeport
25.7	Oklahoma	Tulsa
25.1	Delaware	Salisbury
24.9	Arkansas	Little Rock
24.7	North Dakota	Fargo
24.4	Texas	Houston
22.8	Iowa	Des Moines
22.4	Kentucky	Louisville
22.1	Kansas	Wichita
22.0	Alabama	Birmingham
21.7	North Carolina	Charlotte
21.2	Utah	Provo
21.1	Utah	Ogden

%	State	Metro Area
21.0	Missouri	Kansas City
20.2	Virginia	Virginia Beach
19.8	Mississippi	Jackson
19.0	Louisiana	Baton Rouge
18.9	Arkansas	Fayetteville
18.4	Delaware	Dover
18.4	Ohio	Columbus
18.2	South Carolina	Greenville
18.1	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh
17.5	Ohio	Cleveland
17.4	Nebraska	Lincoln
17.3	North Dakota	Bismarck
17.3	Wyoming	Cheyenne
16.9	Montana	Billings
16.1	South Carolina	Columbia
16.0	South Dakota	Rapid City
15.8	Nevada	Reno
15.7	South Carolina	Charleston
15.4	Virginia	Richmond
14.8	Florida	Tampa
14.7	New Jersey	Philadelphia
14.6	Ohio	Cincinnati
14.5	Tennessee	Memphis
14.3	Arizona	Tucson
14.3	Mississippi	Gulfport
14.2	West Virginia	Charleston
13.9	North Carolina	Raleigh
13.7	Wyoming	Casper
13.6	Vermont	Lebanon
13.1	Colorado	Colorado Springs
13.0	Alaska	Fairbanks
12.9	Tennessee	Knoxville
12.4	Florida	Orlando
12.4	Massachusetts	Worcester
12.0	California	Riverside
11.7	California	San Francisco
11.7	Wisconsin	Madison
11.5	Kentucky	Lexington
11.4	Hawaii	Kahului
11.2	New Hampshire	Concord
11.1	Maine	Bangor
11.1	Montana	Bozeman
10.9	Michigan	Grand Rapids
10.8	Montana	Missoula
10.6	Indiana	Chicago
10.6	New Mexico	Las Cruces
10.6	West Virginia	Huntington
10.6	Wyoming	Gillette
10.5	Louisiana	Lafayette
10.3	Oregon	Salem
10.2	Kentucky	Cincinnati

Level 70

Sep 26, 2023

Great quiz!

Level 72

Jan 4, 2024

I think it is supposed to be Lebanon, New Hampshire. There is no Lebanon, Vermont.

Level 70

Jan 4, 2024

The Lebanon micropolitan area extends into Vermont. The percentage shown is the percentage of Vermont's population that lives within the Lebanon micropolitan area.

Level 61

Jan 15, 2024

I'm pretty sure the Providence Metro Area doesn't cover Westerly, RI, so it shouldn't be 100, but rather 98 or so