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#REDIRECT [[Metropolitan statistical area]]
According to the [[US Census Bureau]], the 10 largest [[metropolitan area|metropolitan]] areas of the [[US South|Southern United States]] (the South) are:
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!City
!State
!Metropolitan Population
|-
|1
|1 |[[Dallas/Ft. Worth metro area|Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington]]
|[[Texas|TX]]
|5,819,475
|-
|2
|1|[[South Florida|Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach]]
|[[Florida|FL]]
| 5,422,200
|-
|3
|[[Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA|Washington-Arlington-Alexandria]]
|[[District of Columbia|DC]], [[Maryland|MD]], [[Virginia|VA]]
|4,796,183
|-
|4
|[[Greater Houston|Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land]]
|[[Texas|TX]]
|5,280,077
|-
|5
|[[Atlanta metropolitan area|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]]
|4,708,297
|-
|6
|[[Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area|Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater]]
|[[Florida|FL]]
|2,589,637
|-
|7
|[[Charlotte metropolitan area|Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill]]
|[[North Carolina|NC]], [[South Carolina|SC]]
|2,120,745
|-
|8
|[[Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area|Orlando-Kissimmee]]
|[[Florida|FL]]
|1,861,707
|-
|9
|[[Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA|Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News]]
|[[North Carolina|NC]], [[Virginia|VA]]
|1,576,370
|-
|10
|[[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]]
|[[Texas|TX]]
|1,889,797
|}
==Notes==
*Figures are from the [[2000]] Census for Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
==References==
*[http://www.census.gov/const/regionmap.pdf US Census Bureau region map], retrieved 9 April 2006
*[http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t29.html US Census Bureau metropolitan area statistics], retrieved 9 April 2006 (Table 3a)
[[Category:Metropolitan areas]]
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