Name, Number of Governments

Regional Population

Central City Population

% Central City

Los Angeles-Long Beach, Ca., 

N=378

8,863,164

3,485,398

39.3%

New York, NY,

 N=5

8,546,846

7,322,564

85.7%

Chicago, Il,

 N=547

6,069,974

2,783,726

45.8%

Phila., PA., N.J., N=140

4,856,881

1,585,577

32.6%

Detroit, Mi.,

 N=250

4,382,299

1,027,974

23.5%

Washington DC, MD, VA.,

 N=66

3,923,574

606,900

15.5%

Houston, TX,

 N=18

3,301,937

1,630,553

49.4%

Boston, MA,

 N=226

2,870,699

574,283

20.0%

Atlanta,

 N=76

2,833,511

394,017

13.9%

Riverside-San Bernardino, CA, N=237

2,588,793

226,505

8.7%

Dallas, TX,

 N= 64

2,553,362

1,006,877

38.8%

San Diego, CA, N=180

2,498,016

1,110,549

44.5%

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, WI, N=81

2,464,124

368,383

14.9%

St. Louis, MO-IL, N=166

2,444,099

396,685

16.2%

Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA,

 N=166

2,410,556

266,406

11.0%