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Meanwhile, here are 6 relevant metro populations, acc to Wikipedia. 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA 18,897,109 2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA 12,828,837 3 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA 9,461,105 4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA 6,371,773 5 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA 5,965,343 6 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA 5,946,800 States 1 California 37,253,956 2 Texas 25,145,561 3 New York 19,378,102