North America - Top 100+ Urban Areas by Population

Population data courtesy of the United Nations Statistics Division and is by urban area as defined by each member country in North America (for specific city data, see our ranking by city). Data is as of 2010 estimates.

Rank Urban AreaState CountryPopulation
1. New York City New YorkUnited States 19,712,000
2. Mexico City Distrito FederalMexico 19,460,000
3. Los Angeles CaliforniaUnited States 13,829,000
4. Chicago IllinoisUnited States 8,646,000
5. Toronto-Hamilton OntarioCanada 5,671,000
6. San Francisco-San Jose CaliforniaUnited States 5,524,000
7. Philadelphia PennsylvaniaUnited States 5,149,000
8. Miami FloridaUnited States 4,919,000
9. Boston MassachusettsUnited States 4,659,000
10. Dallas-Fort Worth TexasUnited States 4,446,000
11. Guadalajara JaliscoMexico 4,400,000
12. Washington District of ColumbiaUnited States 3,934,000
13. Houston TexasUnited States 3,912,000
14. Detroit MichiganUnited States 3,903,000
15. Monterrey Nuevo LeónMexico 3,875,000
16. Atlanta GeorgiaUnited States 3,500,000
17. Montréal QuebecCanada 3,317,000
18. Phoenix-Mesa ArizonaUnited States 2,907,000
19. Seattle WashingtonUnited States 2,712,000
20. San Diego CaliforniaUnited States 2,674,000
21. Minneapolis-St. Paul MinnesotaUnited States 2,389,000
22. Puebla PueblaMexico 2,300,000
23. San Juan United States 2,217,000
24. Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 2,175,000
25. Havana Cuba 2,125,000
26. Port-au-Prince Haiti 2,100,000
27. St. Louis MissouriUnited States 2,078,000
28. Baltimore MarylandUnited States 2,076,000
29. Tampa-St. Petersburg FloridaUnited States 2,062,000
30. Denver ColoradoUnited States 1,985,000
31. Vancouver British ColumbiaCanada 1,953,000
32. Cleveland OhioUnited States 1,787,000
33. Pittsburgh PennsylvaniaUnited States 1,753,000
34. Tijuana Baja CaliforniaMexico 1,660,000
35. Portland OregonUnited States 1,583,000
36. Toluca MéxicoMexico 1,575,000
37. San Salvador El Salvador 1,570,000
38. León GuanajuatoMexico 1,550,000
39. Cincinnati OhioUnited States 1,503,000
40. San José Costa Rica 1,460,000
41. Virginia Beach VirginiaUnited States 1,394,000
42. Sacramento CaliforniaUnited States 1,393,000
43. Ciudad Juárez ChihuahuaMexico 1,390,000
44. Panamá City Panama 1,380,000
45. Kansas City MissouriUnited States 1,362,000
46. San Antonio TexasUnited States 1,328,000
47. Las Vegas NevadaUnited States 1,314,000
48. Milwaukee WisconsinUnited States 1,309,000
49. Indianapolis IndianaUnited States 1,219,000
50. Torreón CoahuilaMexico 1,175,000
51. Providence Rhode IslandUnited States 1,175,000
52. Orlando FloridaUnited States 1,157,000
53. Columbus OhioUnited States 1,133,000
54. Guatemala City Guatemala 1,100,000
55. Tegucigalpa Honduras 1,025,000
56. Querétaro QuerétaroMexico 1,025,000
57. San Luis Potosí San Luis PotosíMexico 1,025,000
58. New Orleans LouisianaUnited States 1,009,000
59. Mérida YucatánMexico 1,000,000
60. Calgary AlbertaCanada 988,000
61. Buffalo New YorkUnited States 977,000
62. Memphis TennesseeUnited States 972,000
63. Managua Nicaragua 940,000
64. Aguascalientes AguascalientesMexico 930,000
65. Mexicali Baja CaliforniaMexico 930,000
66. Austin TexasUnited States 902,000
67. Salt Lake City UtahUnited States 888,000
68. Jacksonville FloridaUnited States 882,000
69. Kingston Jamaica 875,000
70. Louisville KentuckyUnited States 864,000
71. Edmonton AlbertaCanada 863,000
72. Ottawa OntarioCanada 861,000
73. Hartford ConnecticutUnited States 852,000
74. Chihuahua ChihuahuaMexico 840,000
75. Culiacán SinaloaMexico 840,000
76. Richmond VirginiaUnited States 819,000
77. Saltillo CoahuilaMexico 800,000
78. Hermosillo SonoraMexico 780,000
79. Charlotte North CarolinaUnited States 759,000
80. Tampico TamaulipasMexico 750,000
81. Nashville TennesseeUnited States 750,000
82. Oklahoma City OklahomaUnited States 747,000
83. Tucson ArizonaUnited States 720,000
84. Honolulu HawaiiUnited States 718,000
85. Dayton OhioUnited States 703,000
86. Rochester New YorkUnited States 694,000
87. Cuernavaca MorelosMexico 675,000
88. El Paso TexasUnited States 675,000
89. Birmingham AlabamaUnited States 664,000
90. Québec City QuebecCanada 660,000
91. Morelia MichoacánMexico 650,000
92. Winnipeg ManitobaCanada 641,000
93. Omaha NebraskaUnited States 627,000
94. Villahermosa TabascoMexico 625,000
95. Acapulco GuerreroMexico 600,000
96. Veracruz VeracruzMexico 600,000
97. Albuquerque New MexicoUnited States 598,000
98. Allentown-Bethlehem PennsylvaniaUnited States 576,000
99. Springfield MassachusettsUnited States 574,000
100. Akron OhioUnited States 570,000