Largest U.S. metropolitan cities

According to 2008 U.S. Census, the largest American metropolitan cities are:

		New York City-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (NYC and the Mid-atlantic Region)		19,006,798
		Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana (California)		12,872,808
		Chicago-Naperville-Joliet (the Great Lakes)		9,569,624
		Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (Texas)		6,300,006
		Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington (NYC and the Mid-atlantic Region)		5,838,471
		Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown (Texas)		5,728,143
		Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach (Florida)		5,414,772
		Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta (the Southeast)		5,376,285
		Washington, D. C.-Arlington-Alexandria (Washington, D. C., and the Capital Region)		5,358,130
		Boston-Cambridge-Quincy (New England)		4,522,858

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America's Safest Cities (11.10.2010, Franceska Levy, www.forbes.com)

The Best Small Cities To Raise A Family (25.10.2010, Franceska Levy, www.forbes.com)

The 25 Cheapest Cities in the U.S.: Where a Dollar Goes Farther (07.31.2011, Venessa Wong, www.businessweek.com)

The Best Places to Raise Your Kids 2011: Family-friendly and Affordable (07.31.2011, Venessa Wong and Joel Stonington, www.businessweek.com)

America's Most Miserable Cities (02.02.2012, Kurt Badenhausen, www.forbes.com)