US Metropolitan Statistical Areas*/Mega-regions *MSA=50,000pop. > (only continental USMSAsshown) Bold – MSA Cities/Regions served directly by intercity passenger rail = 132 MSAsto be added under NARP/NASISplans = 87 MSAswithout direct intercity passenger rail († denotes nearby station) 2006 By population size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
New York- No. New Jersey-Long Island, NY Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County, CA Chicago-Gary- Kenosha, IL- IN- WI Washington- Baltimore, DC- MD- VA-WV San Francisco-Oakland- San Jose, CA Philadelphia- Wilmington- Atlantic City, PA-NJ- DE- MD Boston-Worcester- Lawrence- LowellBrockton, MA- NH Detroit- Ann Arbor- Flint, MI Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Houston- Galveston-Brazoria, TX Atlanta, GA Miami- Fort Lauderdale, FL Seattle- Tacoma- Bremerton, WA Cleveland- Akron, OH Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN- WI San Diego, CA St. Louis, MO- IL Pittsburgh, PA Denver- Boulder- Greeley, CO Tampa- St. Petersburg- Clearwater, FL Portland- Salem, OR-WA Cincinnati- Hamilton, OH- KY-IN Kansas City, MO- KS Sacramento- Yolo, CA Milwaukee- Racine, WI Norfolk- Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA San Antonio, TX Indianapolis, IN Orlando, FL Columbus, OH Charlotte- Gastonia- Rock Hill, NC-SC New Orleans, LA Las Vegas, NV-AZ Salt Lake City- Ogden, UT Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC Nashville, TN Hartford, CT Rochester, NY Memphis, TN- AR-MS Austin- San Marcos, TX
Pop. 19,876,488 15,608,886 8,642,175 7,206,517 6,700,753 5,971,860 5,827,654 5,438,756 4,683,013 4,320,041 3,627,184 3,515,358 3,367,872 2,908,439 2,839,539 2,792,137 2,722,650 2,557,806 2,361,019 2,318,355 2,227,000 2,112,802 1,934,145 1,709,273 1,655,866 1,636,572 1,544,945 1,511,386 1,503,468 1,467,045 1,460,242 1,350,243 1,307,758 1,262,099 1,247,554 1,164,721 1,152,779 1,134,524 1,105,174 1,086,082 1,083,186 1,071,023