Major Metropolitan Areas
These are the largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) in the 13 Western states with population estimates as of July 1, 2011 as defined by the United States Census Bureau:
| Rank (West) |
Rank (USA) |
MSA | Population | State(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana MSA | 12,944,801 | California | |
| 2 | 11 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont MSA | 4,391,037 | California | |
| 3 | 12 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA | 4,304,997 | California | |
| 4 | 14 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale MSA | 4,263,236 | Arizona | |
| 5 | 15 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue MSA | 3,500,026 | Washington | |
| 6 | 17 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos MSA | 3,140,069 | California | |
| 7 | 21 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield MSA | 2,599,504 | Colorado | |
| 8 | 23 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro MSA | 2,262,605 | Oregon Washington |
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| 9 | 25 | Sacramento-Arden Arcade-Roseville MSA | 2,176,235 | California | |
| 10 | 30 | Las Vegas-Paradise MSA | 1,969,975 | Nevada | |
| 11 | 31 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA | 1,865,450 | California | |
| 12 | 48 | Salt Lake City MSA | 1,145,905 | Utah | |
| 13 | 52 | Tucson MSA | 989,569 | Arizona | |
| 14 | 53 | Honolulu MSA | 963,607 | Hawaii | |
| 15 | 55 | Fresno MSA | 942,904 | California | |
| 16 | 57 | Albuquerque MSA | 898,642 | New Mexico | |
| 17 | 61 | Bakersfield-Delano MSA | 851,710 | California | |
| 18 | 63 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA | 831,771 | California | |
| 19 | 76 | Stockton MSA | 696,214 | California | |
| 20 | 81 | Colorado Springs MSA | 660,319 | Colorado | |
| 21 | 85 | Boise City-Nampa MSA | 627,664 | Idaho | |
| 22 | 93 | Ogden-Clearfield MSA | 555,916 | Utah | |
| 23 | 97 | Provo-Orem MSA | 540,834 | Utah | |
| 24 | 100 | Modesto MSA | 518,522 | California | |
| 25 | 104 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA | 488,116 | California | |
| 26 | 108 | Spokane MSA | 473,761 | Washington | |
| 27 | 111 | Visalia-Porterville MSA | 449,253 | California | |
| 28 | 115 | Reno-Sparks MSA | 429,606 | Nevada | |
| 29 | 118 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta MSA | 426,878 | California | |
| 30 | 121 | Salinas MSA | 421,898 | California | |
| 31 | 123 | Vallejo-Fairfield MSA | 416,471 | California |
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