Major Cities Within The Sun Belt
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Largest metropolitan areas Name Population
(million)GMP
(US$ billion)Greater Los Angeles 18.88 (2009 est.) $697.9 San Francisco Bay Area 7.15 (2010) $493.0 Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex 6.8 (2009 est.) $379.9 Greater Houston 5.96 (2009 est.) $403.2 Metro Atlanta 5.83 (2009 est.) $269.8 Greater Miami 5.54 (2009 est.) $261.3 Phoenix Metro 4.36 (2009 est.) $187.4 San Diego metropolitan area 3.05 (2009 est.) $169.3 Charlotte metropolitan area 2.04 (2009 est.) $110.43 International regions San Diego–Tijuana 5.0 (2009 est.) $176 El Paso–Juárez 2.5 (2005 est.)
The four largest metropolitan areas are the Greater Los Angeles Area, San Francisco Bay Area, Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex, and Greater Houston. The Greater Los Angeles Area is by far the largest metropolitan area with almost 18.7 million inhabitants as of 2009. The nine largest metropolitan areas are found in the states of California, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Arizona. Additionally the cross-border metrolitan areas of San Diego - Tijuana and El Paso - Juárez lie partially within this belt. Seven of the ten largest cities (proper) in the United States are located in the Sun Belt: Los Angeles (2nd), Houston (4th), Phoenix (5th), San Antonio (7th), San Diego (8th), Dallas (9th), and San Jose (10th).
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Major cities State City California Bakersfield, Fresno, Long Beach,
Los Angeles, Oakland, Riverside, San Bernardino,
San Diego, San Jose, San FranciscoNevada Las Vegas Arizona Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Chandler, Glendale, Scottsdale,
Gilbert, Tempe, Peoria, Surprise, Yuma, FlagstaffNew Mexico Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe Texas Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas,
El Paso, Ft. Worth, Houston,
San AntonioLouisiana Baton Rouge, New Orleans Alabama Birmingham-Hoover, Mobile, Montgomery Mississippi Jackson Georgia Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah Tennessee Chattanooga, Clarksville, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville Florida Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami,
Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tampa, West Palm BeachNorth Carolina Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh,
Winston-Salem, Durham, Wilmington, JacksonvilleSouth Carolina Charleston, Columbia, Greenville
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