The North Texas Region The 10 largest metropolitan areas in the US: Rank Metro Area Population 1New York, NY18,897,109 2Los Angeles, CA12,828,837 3Chicago, IL 9,461,105 4Dallas-Fort Worth6,526,548 5Philadelphia 5,965,343 6 Houston5,946,800 7Washington, DC 5,582,170 8Miami, FL 5,564,635 9Atlanta, GA 5,268,860 10Boston, MA-NH 4,552,402 Source: 2010 Census