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Urban area Country Built-up land area (km 2) Population Urban population density (per km 2) Greater Los Angeles United States: 87,940 18,316,743 541.1 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (Bay Area) United States: 26,390 9,710,000 953 New York City (New York City Metropolitan Area) United States: 12,093 20,902,000 1,728 Boston–Providence United ...
A city can be defined by the inhabitants of its demographic population, as by metropolitan area, or labour market area. UNICEF defines metropolitan area as follows: A formal local government area comprising the urban area as a whole and its primary commuter areas, typically formed around a city with a large concentration of people (i.e., a ...
[12] [13] The modern metropolitan statistical area was created in 1983 amid a large increase in the number of eligible markets, which grew from 172 in 1950 to 288 in 1980; [12] [14] the core based statistical area (CBSA) was introduced in 2000 and defined in 2003 with a minimum population of 10,000 required for micropolitan areas and 50,000 for ...
Geographers had identified 25 such areas as of October 2005, [33] as compared with 19 megacities in 2004 and only nine in 1985. This increase has happened as the world's population moves towards the high (75–85%) urbanization levels of North America and Western Europe. Since the 2000s, the largest megacity has been the Greater Tokyo Area.
Here’s a look at the 10 largest metro growth areas last year, as judged by numeric population growth: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas – 152,598 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, Texas – 139,789
Metropolitan area Country GDP (local currency) GDP (billion US$) Year 1: Istanbul metropolitan area Turkey ₺ 8,060.000 billion 340.400 2023 [14] 2: Tel Aviv metropolitan area Israel: ₪ 1,040.646 billion 310.000 2022 [15] [16] 3: Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area UAE: AED 744.800 billion 202.800 2021 [17] 4: Riyadh Saudi Arabia: SAR 687. ...
Satellite image of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States and one of the largest in the world, with Long Island in the east and Manhattan at the center of the densest part of the image A metropolitan area usually includes a main city and a series of smaller satellite cities as can be seen in this map of Madrid's metropolitan area (click on the map to ...
Jacksonville: Wrapping up our top 5 ranking is metro Jacksonville, which includes four counties and is the 4th largest metropolitan area in Florida. Jacksonville makes the list thanks to its ...