Reply #24: Should do it by Metro Area

[Ravenseye]

Metro area is a more accurate gauge. Some cities (like Boston) are much smaller population than their metro area.

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y., N.J., Conn., Pa.--21,199,865
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.--16,373,645
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, Ill., Ind., Wis. --9,157,540
Washington-Baltimore, D.C., Md., Va., W.Va.--7,608,070
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif. --7,039,362
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa., N.J., Del., Md.--6,188,463
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, Mass., N.H., Maine, Conn.--5,819,100
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.--5,456,428
Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex.--5,221,801