rank
| city center
| metropolitan area name
| population estimate[World Gazetteer - America: metropolitan areas, accessed March 13, 2008.]
|
| 1
| New York City, United States
| New York Metropolitan Area
| 22,981,510
|
| 2
| Mexico City, Mexico
| Greater Mexico City
| 22,968,205
|
| 3
| São Paulo, Brazil
| Greater São Paulo
| 20,218,868
|
| 4
| Los Angeles, United States
| Greater Los Angeles
| 17,863,050
|
| 5
| Buenos Aires, Argentina
| Greater Buenos Aires
| 14,197,085
|
| 6
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| Greater Rio de Janeiro
| 11,975,998
|
| 7
| Chicago, United States
| Chicago Metropolitan Area/Chicagoland
| 9,549,897
|
| 8
| Washington-Baltimore, United States
| Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
| 8,281,142
|
| 9
| Bogotá, Colombia
| Metropolitan Area of Bogotá
| 8,148,808
|
| 10
| Lima, Peru
| Lima Metropolitan Area
| 7,804,611
|
| 11
| San Francisco, United States
| San Francisco Bay Area
| 7,661,241
|
| 12
| Dallas-Fort Worth, United States
| Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
| 6,439,838
|
| 13
| Toronto-Hamilton, Canada
| Greater Toronto Area
| 6,324,456
|
| 14
| Philadelphia, United States
| Delaware Valley
| 6,293,136
|
| 15
| Boston, United States
| Greater Boston
| 6,143,886
|
| 16
|  Detroit-Windsor, United States/Canada
| Windsor-Detroit
| 5,854,397
|
| 17
| Houston, United States
| Greater Houston
| 5,620,461
|
| 18
| Belo Horizonte, Brazil
|
| 5,395,601
|
| 19
| Atlanta, United States
| Atlanta Metropolitan Area
| 5,289,322
|
| 20
| Santiago, Chile
|
| 5,090,824
|
| 21
|  San Diego-Tijuana, United States/Mexico
| San Diego-Tijuana Metropolitan Area
| 4,945,410
|
| 22
| Miami, United States
| South Florida
| 4,940,907
|
| 23
| Phoenix, United States
| Phoenix Metropolitan Area
| 4,305,157
|
| 24
| Caracas, Venezuela
|
| 4,259,737
|
| 25
| Guadalajara, Mexico
|
| 4,149,804
|
| 26
| Porto Alegre, Brazil
|
| 3,971,158
|
| 27
| Seattle, United States
| Seattle Metropolitan Area
| 3,947,414
|
| 28
| Monterrey, Mexico
|
| 3,868,493
|
| 29
| Montreal, Canada
|
| 3,763,715
|
| 30
| Recife, Brazil
|
| 3,738,978
|
| 31
| Salvador, Brazil
|
| 3,703,722
|
| 32
| Fortaleza, Brazil
|
| 3,371,858
|
| 33
| Curitiba, Brazil
|
| 3,359,490
|
| 34
| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
|
| 3,338,850
|
| 35
| Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
| 3,293,168
|
| 36
| Medellín, Colombia
|
| 3,284,894
|
| 37
| Minneapolis-Saint Paul, United States
| Minneapolis-Saint Paul
| 3,260,454
|
| 38
| Cleveland, United States
| Greater Cleveland
| 2,947,262
|
| 39
| Puebla, Mexico
|
| 2,848,282
|
| 40
| Denver, United States
| Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area
| 2,741,624
|
| 41
| Tampa, United States
| Tampa Bay Area
| 2,692,877
|
| 42
| St. Louis, United States
| Greater St. Louis
| 2,662,989
|
| 43
| Cali, Colombia
|
| 2,635,017
|
| 44
| Portland, United States
| Portland Metropolitan Area
| 2,617,282
|
| 45
| Havana, Cuba
|
| 2,599,655
|
| 46
| Maracaibo, Venezuela
|
| 2,406,719
|
| 47
| Brasília, Brazil
|
| 2,406,478
|
| 48
| Belém, Brazil
|
| 2,401,954
|
| 49
|  Ciudad Juárez-El Paso, Mexico/United States
|
| 2,397,732
|
| 50
| Pittsburgh, United States
| Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area
| 2,313,214
|