Rank MSA Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Division State(s) Population
1 5600 New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island NY–NJ–PA 18,747,320
Edison NJ 2,303,709
Nassau–Suffolk NY 2,808,064
Newark–Union NJ–PA 2,152,978
New York–White Plains–Wayne NY–NJ 11,482,569
2 4480 Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana CA 12,923,547
Los Angeles–Long Beach–Glendale CA 9,935,475
Santa Ana–Anaheim–Irvine CA 2,988,072
3 1600 Chicago–Naperville–Joliet IL–IN–WI 9,443,356
Chicago–Naperville–Joliet IL 7,882,729
Gary IN 697,401
Lake County–Kenosha County IL–WI 863,226
4 6160 Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington PA–NJ–DE–MD 5,823,233
Camden NJ 1,245,902
Philadelphia PA 3,890,181
Wilmington DE–NJ–MD 687,150
5 2800 Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington TX 5,819,475
Dallas–Plano–Irving TX 3,893,123
Fort Worth–Arlington TX 1,926,352
6 5000 Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Miami Beach FL 5,422,200
Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach–Deerfield Beach FL 1,777,638
Miami–Miami Beach–Kendall FL 2,376,014
West Palm Beach–Boca Raton–Boynton Beach FL 1,268,548
7 3360 Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown TX 5,280,077
8 511 Washington–Arlington–Alexandria DC–VA–MD–WV 5,214,666
Bethesda–Frederick–Gaithersburg MD 1,148,284
Washington–Arlington–Alexandria DC–MD–VA–WV 4,066,382
9 520 Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta GA 4,917,717
10 2160 Detroit–Warren–Livonia MI 4,488,335
Detroit–Livonia–Dearborn MI 1,998,217
Warren–Troy–Farmington Hills MI 2,490,118
11 1120 Boston–Cambridge–Quincy MA–NH 4,411,835
Boston–Quincy MA 1,800,432
Cambridge–Newton–Framingham MA 1,459,011
Essex County MA 738,301
Rockingham County–Strafford County NH 414,091
12 7360 San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont CA 4,152,688
Oakland–Fremont–Hayward CA 2,466,692
San Francisco–San Mateo–Redwood City CA 1,685,996
13 6780 Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario CA 3,909,954
14 6200 Phoenix–Mesa–Scottsdale AZ 3,865,077
15 4600 Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue WA 3,203,314
Seattle–Bellevue–Everett WA 2,449,527
Tacoma WA 753,787
16 5120 Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington MN-WI 3,142,779
17 7320 San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos CA 2,933,462
18 7040 St. Louis MO–IL 2,778,518
19 720 Baltimore–Towson MD 2,655,675
20 8280 Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater FL 2,647,658
21 6280 Pittsburgh PA–WV 2,386,074
22 2080 Denver–Aurora CO 2,359,994
23 1680 Cleveland–Elyria–Mentor OH 2,126,318
24 6440 Portland–Vancouver–Beaverton OR–WA 2,095,861
25 3200 Cincinnati–Middletown OH 2,070,441
Every city on this list has MLB, except Portland*
*#13 Riverside is in the LA area.... who are they trying to kid?