Rank	Core city (cities)	Metro area population	City population
1	New York City	19,015,900	8,336,697
2	Los Angeles	12,944,801	3,857,799
3	Chicago	9,504,753	2,714,856
4	Houston	6,086,538	2,160,821
5	Philadelphia	5,992,414	1,526,006
6	Washington, D.C.	5,703,948	601,723
7	Miami	5,670,125	399,457
8	Atlanta	5,359,205	420,003
9	Boston	4,591,112	617,594