Ranking of Top 50 U.S. Metropolitan Areas by Vietnamese Population

(From most populated to least populated)

2000 U.S. Census

Metropolitan Population Data

 

 

Area

State

Type*

2000 U.S. Census

1

Los Angeles - Riverside - Orange County

CA

CMSA

233,573

2

San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose

CA

CMSA

146,613

3

Houston - Galveston - Brazoria

TX

CMSA

62,924

4

Dallas - Fort Worth

TX

CMSA

47,090

5

Washington D.C.

VA/MD/WV

PMSA

43,709

6

Seattle - Tacoma - Bremerton

WA

CMSA

40,001

7

San Diego

CA

MSA

33,504

8

Boston - Worcester - Lawrence

MA

CMSA

31,325

9

Philadelphia - Wilmington - Atlantic City

PA/NJ/DE/MD

CMSA

24,779

10

Atlanta

GA

MSA

23,996

11

Sacramento - Yolo

CA

MSA

18,170

12

Portland - Salem

OR

CMSA

17,799

13

Minneapolis - St. Paul

MN

MSA

15,905

14

Chicago

IL

PMSA

15,894

15

New Orleans

LA

MSA

14,868

16

Denver - Boulder - Greeley

CO

MSA

13,885

17

New York City

NY

PMSA

12,040

18

Phoenix

AZ

MSA

10,176

19

Oklahoma City

OK

MSA

9,628

20

Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater

FL

MSA

9,318

21

Austin - San Marcos

TX

MSA

8,641

22

Orlando

FL

MSA

7,621

23

Honolulu

HI

MSA

7,392

24

Wichita

KS

MSA

7,284

25

Charlotte - Gastonia - Rock Hill

NC

MSA

6,033

26

Stockton - Lodi

CA

MSA

6,032

27

Grand Rapids - Muskegon - Holland

MI

MSA

5,611

28

Saint Louis

MO-IL

MSA

5,537

29

Salt Lake City - Ogden

UT

MSA

5,531

30

Detroit - Flint - Ann Arbor

MI

CMSA

5,237

31

Kansas City

MO-KS

MSA

5,140

32

Beaumont - Port Arthur

TX

MSA

4,597

33

Biloxi - Gulfport - Pascagoula

MS

MSA

4,264

34

Miami - Fort Lauderdale

FL

CMSA

4,080

35

Gressnsboro - Winston Salem

NC

MSA

3,782

36

Lincoln

NE

MSA

3,774

              State

Area

State

Type*

2000 U.S. Census

37

Baton Rouge

LA

MSA

3,640

38

Baltimore

MD

PMSA

3,616

39

Hartford

CT

MSA

3,590

40

Las Vegas

NV

MSA

3,493

47

Harrisburg - Lebanon - Carlisle

PA

MSA

2,649

48

Jacksonville

FL

MSA

2,630

49

Cleveland - Akron

OH

CMSA

2,625

50

Rochester

NY

MSA

2,603

 

 

*Metropolitan Areas are made up of three types: MSA, PMSA and CMSA.

 

 

 

 

 

MSA - Metropolitan Statistical Area.  Contains a place with a minimum overall population of 50,000.

PMSA - Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area.  An area that has over 1 million people.

CMSA - Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.  The larger area of which PMSAs are a

                component part. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This information was organized from the research of Mark Pfeifer at http://www.vstudies.org

 

 

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