Biggest City In Each State | BRITISH COUPLE REACTS

[@christopherstephenjenksbsg4944]

FYI, New York City is more than just Manhattan. The city consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. They are all part of New York City and within the city limits. I've lived in every one of the boroughs except Staten Island. It does not include nearby cities and towns that are part of the metro area. For example, I lived in Yonkers for 22 years. It has a population of just over 200,000, and it is the fourth largest city in the state, but it is not part of New York City even though it is just north of the Bronx.

[@stopit9280]

Right. Yonkers is also near other cities in the area too like Mount Vernon, White Plains, New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, Rye, etc that also collectively form another sort of large metropolitan area right next to NYC. It can be easy to forget other cities exist in these states when only thinking about the largest city. And then upstate and downstate (outside NYC) there are other cities like Syracuse, Troy, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, and so much more, including places in Long Island.

[@Courtnec]

The City of New York has 8.8 million (counts the 5 boroughs) The New York City metropolitan area has more than 19 million. The 5 boroughs are: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island). Chicago is similar: alone 2.7 million. Throw in the metro area: 9.6 million.

[@BobungaShamunga]

Or like LA which has about 3.9 mil but a huge 12.5 mil metro

[@jdwilmoth]

And it's a total s*** hole there's probably three rats per person

[@TickleMeElmo55]

You don't know what a shithole is, son.@@jdwilmoth

[@SandyD2022]

In the 1950's Detroit homed 1,849,568 people. But over the years the lack of taking care of the homes, and property. Streets that use to have 20 homes on it now have about 1-5 house left. Most of who lived in Detroit have moved to the suburbs. They are now building back homes, condo, and apartments down town. Also brought all the sports teams back into the city.

[@DarkEnv2]

One thing to also keep in mind is that for some states they only have one or two “large” cities which attributes to why those cities have such a high population while in other states like, Florida, Texas and California, have quite a few “large” cities.

[@winterman63]

The population of NYC includes all of it's 5 boroughs, not just Manhattan. Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island, are all part of NYC.

[@boki1693]

And Brooklyn has almost a million more people than Manhattan and Queens has 750k more people than Manhattan. Brooklyn alone and Queens alone would be the 4th and 5th largest cities on this list. Both boroughs have over 2 million people each. Manhattan has about 1.5 million.

[@wiijjdog]

There are really 3 main definitions for how a city's population is measured. This list is using city proper which is just the city itself and the area that falls under the city's jurisdiction. The other metric you are familiar with is metro which is the city, the city's county, and possibly surrounding counties The third is urban area which is similar to metro area but just includes the city and its suburbs

[@JMcKey21]

True. Oklahoma City guy here. Our city limits are massive.

[@shanegraham2500]

Right. As a Non-New York example, the "Chicagoland" Urban area includes not just the City of Chicago and Cook County in Illinois, but it also includes surrounding areas like the city of Gary in the neighboring state of Indiana.

[@Deltron3031]

Right: I'm in the northeast, and the proper city boundaries tend to be small, which explains why the Boston population is only 600k but the metro area 3 million+. Whereas the south, portions of the midwest and especially mountain west has a lot more available land and the cities are better planned post colonial times to have a larger area under one municipality.

[@RealDiehl99]

The easiest way I think to see the geographical area of a city is to type the city name into Google Maps. Google Maps will display the city with an outline around it, to show its border.

[@TheLadyLuck523]

From a New Yorker, the city is not just Manhattan. There are 4 other boroughs or counties (Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island) that are in the city limits. And yes 8+ million live within the city limits. During the work day (at least before Covid times) the population of NYC would swell to about 18 million as people from the surrounding areas would commute into work.

[@jamesjones8482]

A city's population is the total of those who reside within the city limits(the official boundary of the city itself), not adding the small incorporated towns on the outskirts. ❤

[@MrPenguinLife]

Some of those incorporated towns on the outskirts are not so small, some are close to the size of the cities in question.

[@silvermonk13]

@@MrPenguinLife This holds true for Henderson and Las Vegas. Henderson has about the same population as Las Vegas

[@niel-w1g]

Like here in Seattle the city just has 600K but the but the greater Seattle area is like 4m seeing as the lakes and the sound brake it up in to parts.

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

@@MrPenguinLife Like the Greater Detroit Area region that includes Detroit, Troy, Southfield, Farmington Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham, Livonia and Rochester Hills. The population of Troy is about 86,836. All good sized area.

[@ECSDaemon]

#7's population is pretty accurate for the entire county it resides in. Due to the fact that Jacksonville's city limits are the county of Duval itself. In terms of landmass, Jacksonville owns the entirety of Duval County.

[@chouseification]

Keep in mind on some of these cities that surprised you on their low ranking, these numbers include "city proper" only, while in the USA those in surrounding suburbs would count themselves as part of it. For myself I don't live in Minneapolis, but I do live in same county (Hennepin). I would not consider myself a "Minneapolis" resident, but a "Twin Cities" one. When you look at the "statistical metropolitan areas", the rankings make much more sense based on real size and not arbitrary city boundary.

[@danielwarrenguitar]

New York City includes 5 boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and Staten Island.

[@edwarddunai7596]

Phoenix AZ itself is that large, the whole metropolitan area is massively larger

[@lilsuzq32]

I live in the "tiny" Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove. Our village population is about 43,000 -- and yes, that's considered small here in the Chicago suburbs of Illinois

[@jamesdalessandro8728]

A city is more than the commercial buildings. NYC has 5 boroughs. Manhattan, Staten Island, The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. The last 2 are actually part of Long Island, and Brooklyn used to be its own city. I imagine similar situations exist in other cities across the USA.

[@NathanMalnaa]

2:18 those two tall buildings are the biggest in the state and they're literally blocks from each other in Billings Montana lol

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

those are just the population within the city limits. Phoenix metro population jumps it up from 1.4M to nearly 5M

[@bethesalter]

NYC has five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. That number is for the city, not the metro area. The metro area has almost 19 million.

[@javierclyburn5688]

The 3 largest cities in NJ are Newark, Jersey City, and Paterson. All are in the northeast part of the state which is considered the NYC metro area.

[@lindadeters8685]

The numbers for each city is the population within the city borders. Metro area includes the city and surrounding suburbs.

[@chroniccomplainer3792]

City limits vary from state to state depending on the zoning. NYC is the 5 boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx. The metro area is anywhere within an hour drive or so from downtown. Lot of it has to do with something called zipcodes

[@MrGlenspace]

New York City is the five Burroughs. So it is manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, queens and staten island. Those five Burroughs make up NYC.

[@jariemonah]

*borough but yes, they keep getting NYC wrong. Especially when they claimed to have visited every tourist spot in NYC. Lol.😅

[@petermsiegel573]

Cities have relatively arbitrary boundaries based on history and happenstance, but precisely set. If you come to “LA”, you will see both neighborhoods within the city (Hollywood- just a neighborhood) and separate cities surrounded by the city of LA (like West Hollywood or Beverly Hills- real cities on their own). Then there are cities near LA; residents of those cities may tell you they’re from LA since they expect you’ve never heard of them (Calabasas and nearby cities, for example, where the Kardashians hang out).

[@121476]

The metro area is a more accurate representation of how big a city is. This list makes it seem like Atlanta and Miami are tiny when really they're some of the biggest cities in the U.S.

[@johncagnettajr344]

The city of New York has 5 boroughs/counties within the city limits. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. All 5 make the city of New York. The New York metro area is over 12 million. (Note if Brooklyn became its own city it would be the 3rd largest in USA)

[@dougadkins7006]

Your numbers about the NYC metro area are off. It's not 12 million, but more like 20 million.

[@johncagnettajr344]

@@dougadkins7006 I guess it’s what you consider the metro area

[@mrrajsingh]

50 airports? In 2022, there were 5,193 public airports in the U.S. Additionally, there are 14,850 private airports

[@Latinblu]

A metro area consists of the city and smaller towns and cities surrounding the city. A city is just the city itself, the mistake people make with NYC is that they think it’s only Manhattan, but it’s also the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.

[@wakeup6826]

New York is Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten island

[@greatwhiteape6945]

Phoenix, Arizona is surrounded by Mesa, Glendale, Tempe, Scottsdale, GoodYear, and others.

[@dragonmanofmars]

Hey, I live in Phoenix Arizona, so the city itself takes up a huge portion of both land and population in the Valley Metro Area. However there's about another million people in the cities that surround Phoenix.

[@hankschrader7050]

Kansas City is in both Kansas and Missouri. The same way that NYC is in both New York and New Jersey.

[@rashadwalker8218]

New york city isnt just Manhattan its all the burroughs surrounding Manhattan. Brooklyn, bronx, queens

[@mlee-w664]

and Staten Island

[@rashadwalker8218]

@@mlee-w664 yep I knew I was leaving one out 👍🏽

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

American here. Long ago, I went to a conference in Birmingham, UK and had to learn the UK way of pronouncing it. If you go to the largest city in Alabama, or the suburb of Detroit in Michigan, and possibly other US cities by that name, we distinctly pronounce both the r and the h. And although the primary syllabic stress is still on the first syllable, there is secondary stress on the third syllable, whereas in the UK, that one is barely pronounced.

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

Regarding Kansas City, there are two cities by that name on opposite sides of the Missouri River. The one on the Missouri side of the river is the larger one, and the one in Kansas is basically a suburb of it. After the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV in 2020, Donald Trump was ridiculed for congratulating them on admirably representing their State of Kansas. I was surprised that Kansas City is the largest in Missouri, and not St. Louis.

[@peterdemoose8088]

NYC is 5 boroughs - Manhatten, Brooklyn Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. The NYC metro area has a population of approximately 18.5 million.

[@robrogers93]

That photo of "Cheyenne, Wyoming" was actually a photo of Salt Lake city taken from the east of the city looking west.

[@JoshColletta]

In this context, a "city" means the actual governmental jurisdiction of the central city, not the surrounding suburbs (which are their own municipalities) or the the whole metro area (which can include further outlying municipalities and even span multiple counties). Basically, for the purposes of population counts, the hierarchy goes City (or town or village) < County < Metropolitan Area < Combined Statistical Area. For example, the population of Phoenix, the city proper, is 1,445,632, but the population of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area is 4,845,832. Interestingly, just because a city is the largest in its state, that doesn't necessarily make it the largest metropolitan area. For example, you saw that Jacksonville, Florida has a city population of 821,784, which technically makes them the biggest city in Florida. However, their metropolitan population is only 1,605,848. The largest metro area in Florida is, of course, Miami, with 6,138,333 people, even though the City of Miami itself only has a population of 442,241 people. By the way, there IS a Kansas City, Kansas. It's right across the river from Kansas City, Missouri. They are not the same city in terms of city government, since they're located in different states. You might also be surprised to learn that Kansas City, Kansas is actually the NEWER of the two Kansas Cities, and is named AFTER Kansas City, Missouri! As for New York City, that's a bit of a special case. New York City, the city proper, includes five different "boroughs" or counties: Manhattan (the entire island), The Bronx (north of Manhattan) Staten Island (to the southwest of Manhattan) and Brooklyn and Queens (both on Long Island). Each borough has its own division of the city government, but it all falls under the unified government of the City of New York. Then you have the New York metro area, which includes the rest of Long Island, most of northeastern New Jersey (including Newark), the areas to the north of The Bronx like the city of Yonkers, and portions of far southwestern Connecticut. So when we're talking about New York City, we're talking about those five core boroughs, which do in fact have a total population of over 8,000,000 people. Manhattan itself has 1,694,251 people living in it, and it's actually NOT the most populous of the five boroughs, it's just the most dense. Brooklyn actually has more people at 2,736,074.

[@gracothebull]

New York cities is 5 burro Manhattan, Bronx, Santon Island, queens, and Brooklyn.

[@jimmymapes3411]

Manhattan is just one of 5 Burroughs in New York City.

[@SGlitz]

Phoenix is a Metro area of Phoenix. Tempe, scottsdale Glendale, Peoria, Chandler, Gilbert, Apache Junction, Litchfield, Avondale,Sun city, Surprise, Queen Creek... Phoenix the city is now 1. 6 million within its city limits. Over 6 for the Metro

[@susannewberg5418]

The metro area population of Phoenix in 2022 was 4,652,000, this includes surrounding cities of Mesa, Tempe, Chandler and more.

[@FuzzyMarineVet]

Funny fact, most of the population of Little Rodey live in the city of Providence or it's suburbs. But of course the rest of the state is extremely tiny by comparison in land area. There is a Kansas city in Kansas, ironically connected to Kansas City, MO.

[@deanaltman6841]

I’ll give you an example of City vs Metro. Take Dallas/Ft.Worth metropolitan area. You have Dallas, Ft. Worth, Arlington, Plano, Irving, Garland, etc. All these cities started out separate with physical boundaries between them like open ranch land. Over time these independent cities became large enough that they all grew together essentially forming one huge city with no physical boundary between them. They still retain a “city limits” and are independent on paper but you can go from one to the next and never realize it because it’s one big city. So each city still has a boundary line, its own city government, and so on but is indistinguishable visually from its neighbors. That’s the metro area.

[@geraldga9362]

The metro area for Atlanta makes it seem bigger than it really is, as it has 6 million and is the 9th largest metro in the US. The city itself is around 500k and is only the 38th largest in the US. And for Alabama, Birmingham has the largest metro, but the city itslf got surpassed by Huntsville a few years ago.

[@gacaptain]

I would argue that the city population makes it seem smaller than it actually is. The city of Atlanta has more businesses, jobs, colleges, stores, restaurants, entertainment etc. than alot of cities that are the same or more in population because it is the seat of such a large metropolitan area.

[@draetone5602]

No, It's more so the opposite, Atlanta city limit is small for a Sunbelt city only 146 sq mi. Most Sunbelt cities Dallas, Houston, Charlotte, phoenix, Austin, los angeles, San Antonio, Jacksonville, oklahoma city, Nashville etc etc etc city limits are 300 to 600 sq mi. if Atlanta had that are it will be ranging from 1 to 1.5 million. Georgia has very Strick laws regarding annexation this made it hard for Atlanta annex like other Sunbelt cities. So the city limit population is misleading it actually makes Atlanta look smaller than it is. there a reason Atlanta has 3 skyline districts in it's city limits. A Downtown district. A Midtown district, And Buckhead district. that is super bizarrely a lot for a city of "just a half million" ............ That's more like cities Houston and Dallas that million plus over 300 sq mi. Than cities like Kansas City, Sacramento, Milwaukee etc that are in 400k to 600k. Suburbs are the urbanization of the city expanding outward, So looking All what the central city has cause to exist. for example Forsyth County GA was only 27,958 in 1980, but it's now 251,283. Without Atlanta forming in 1837, there will not be 251,283 in Forsyth County today. So it's not the 6 million the metro area for Atlanta makes it seem bigger than it really is. it's 500k ish city limit makes Atlanta seem smaller than it is. Atlanta being 500k in 146 sq mi rather than 1 to 1.5 million 300 to 600 sq mi. Other cities that got this problems some what..... Miami, Minneapolis, Greenville etc.

[@gacaptain]

Most cities in Georgia have small areas because of the historical way of incorporating urban areas that’s very old fashioned. If Atlanta had the same area as Oklahoma City it would have a population well over a million. If it had the area of Jacksonville Fla. it’s population would be close to 2 million.

[@hughfuller8416]

Denver is a metropolitan area. I live in Denver. There’s many other parts like Aurora, Lakewood, Golden, and more.

[@chrissauter7501]

11:24 there is a legal boundary of when a municipality ends and another begins. There are usually signs showing the boundaries. This video has clearly missed a city - El Paso, Texas at about 650,000 people, I can't remember the exact amount.

[@jluebs]

This list is the largest city in each state, not largest cities in the US... Houston is more populated than El Paso.

[@paulyoung6040]

Some cities have three times their city population,when accounting for surrounding areas, suburbs,etc.

[@ChasYoshi]

So, I live in Greenville, SC and our city population is only 70,000 but the metro area is around 1 million. Just like Atlanta's city population is like 600,000 but the metro is 5 million...

[@coryoden629]

I live in Fishers, Indiana and we have nearly 150k. . Indianapolis has nearly 1million alone before suburbs

[@hifijohn]

Manhattan is part of NYC.

[@Corpsman01]

#42 Charleston, SC loved it when I was stationed there. Great city, beautiful. I ld live there but my grand kids are in central Texas. I’ll keep by them.

[@ScottieRC]

6:47. As a metropolitan, Atlanta ranks #8, and yea it a a hot spot. However, Georgia statistically has the smallest average county size of any state. Over time, that has led to very de-centralized governments. It is often pointed out that Atlanta has a relatively small city population and has a massive Metro population; but it really is just the city limits are often drawn in terms of area compared to other states. - you’ll see this in cities throughout Georgia.

[@luxleather2616]

@TheBeesleys99 yes City & Metro are two completely different things....alot of people live in highrises & apartments in the two city centers....Phoenix actually has two skylines so its very easy to squeeze 1.4 million people into the city proper....Phoenix is more spread out than most big cities you're used to seeing cus we just have a lot of space out here in Arizona lol

[@TickleMeElmo55]

That 8+ million for NYC counts the five boroughs all together - Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island.

[@alundish]

Portland Oregon city limits has 600,000 and change but greater Portland metro area is 2.2 million.

[@andrewtaylor3167]

The Birmingham Alabama metro area is about the size of Birmingham borough (1.18 million in Bham vs 1.14 in Brum borough). Brum has a metro around 4.3. Cities in the USA vary from county mergers (Jacksonville, Nashville, Louisville, New Orleans, etc) to just the largest pop in a sea of nearby municipalities (like Miami, Atlanta, Milwaukee, etc). Birmingham, Alabama is one of the latter ones. Though it's a bit extreme with the number of municipalities/census designated places in the metro. It has around a hundred municipalities/cdps in its metro, when places like Los Angeles have around 200 (with a metro 12x the size of Bham's).

[@mysticvirgo9318]

the conjfusion, cansas city cansas and kansas city missouri are the same town seperated by a state line

[@mabutoo]

I'm from Virginia Beach (born and raised). I barely recognize it these days. Since 2000, the population has exploded there. Mostly people from New England who didn't want the heat of Florida or the cold of New York and Boston. When I was a kid, VA Beach was a ghost town during the winter and fall. Cities like counties in the US have borders. These numbers are only the people in the cities not including the suburbs.

[@doloreswilliams6826]

NYC is the 5 boroughs, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx and Staten Island .

[@chouseification]

good luck on Baby Beesley :D

[@christophermckinney3924]

Atlanta metro is huge. About 4 million people. The city limits are much smaller. It's sort of a conglomeration of towns over four counties. A lot like London.

[@Raptor3400]

Actually, according to the 2020 US Census, the 28 county MSA of Atlanta was 6.1 million.

[@ginny5764]

New York City consists of 5 boroughs; Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. City population is within the city limits. Metropolitan population includes surrounding suburbs.

[@loosenut9055]

The picture they showed for Wichita Ks. was actually Kansas City Mo.

[@grumblesa10]

Las Vegas NV (there's an LV New Mexico) proper is now about 800,000. In the "valley" which would include Henderson, North Las Vegas, and Green Valley ("Las Vegas" literally means "the meadows") is just over 1 million. With the population almost doubling in the last 6 years with the exodus from CA, OR and WA. The number 1 industry is tourism, HOWEVER the 2nd largest employer is Nellis Air Force Base/The Nevada Test and Training Range. Followed by construction and the new Amazon multiplex facility. Outside the Strip/Downtown, it's pretty much a typical SW city with a large influence from not only CA but also UT as well.

[@dmoney697]

Metro is city and surrounding areas. Example Minneapolis is part of the twin cities metro. By itself it’s only 380,000. But the twin cities metro is almost 3 million.

[@Mark-ko3mr]

For Las Vegas, the photo they showed is not of City of Las Vegas because The Strip is not in the city limits. Also, most of the population in the metro area lives in unincorporated parts of Clark County.

[@sarahferrell5458]

Little Rock, Arkansas hit 200k at the last census (every 10 years, ie latest was 2020), which led us to becoming a “middle-sized town”.

[@HistoryNerd808]

I want to point out to you that this is just the city itself. In our country, our cities are designed for commuters so most people who work in the city live in the suburbs and commute in. There are also some, like Dallas/Ft. Worth which is about an hour from me, or Minneapolis/St. Paul, which are 2 cities for statistical and jurisdictional purposes that function more as one city with 2 separate parts.

[@edwinwilliams1119]

If you count the greater metro area of the twin cities you have around 3.5 million.

[@edwinwilliams1119]

I live in the suburbs BTW

[@johnpearson3517]

Some cities boundaries incorporate what you might think of suburbs, due to aggressive annexation of surrounding farmland and small populated areas surrounding the city, that look and feel like suburbs but are in actuality part of the city proper.

[@johnpearson3517]

New York metro area is about 18 million

[@jamesschaefer7916]

Exactly this. Minneapolis and St. Paul are only a few miles apart from each other and combine for well over 700k. Add in the Metro area and we get close to 4 million people within a large ring. I live in the south east metro and it takes about 45 minutes to get to the northwest metro...nearly all of the land from point A to B is fully developed. Minneapolis is actually a fairly small city as far as land area. Instead the city getting more land and sprawling out, it just blurs together with the first ring of suburbs. Denver has a lot of land, but not as many suburbs built up around it. That is why it's metro is only 2.9 million people. Every state and city is developed differently. Population density is a decent indicator.

[@david-1775]

The City of Houston has 2 million people in it but as it has grown, it has bumped into and surrounded other smaller cities and towns. The Greater Houston Metro includes Greater Katy 365,000, League City 112,000, Pasadena 152,000, Pearland 126,000 and Sugar Land 111,000. It includes Conroe, Baytown, Deer Park, Friendswood, Galveston, Lake Jackson, La Porte, Missouri City, Rosenberg, Texas City, Atascocita, Channelview, Mission Bend, and Spring which are all 25,000 - 99,999 people. And also cities with 10,000 to 24,999 inhabitants - Alvin, Angleton, Bellaire, Clute, Dickinson, Freeport, Galena Park, Humble, Jacinto City, Katy, La Marque, Richmond, Santa Fe, Seabrook, South Houston, Stafford, Tomball, Webster, West and University Place. The Houston Metro area has over 7 million people.

[@pickell12]

Lived in Boise most of my life and the city of Boise itself is 200k but throw in Caldwell and Meridian and the other towns we dont mention its xlose to 750k

[@wakeup6826]

This is city. Metro is city and outlying areaKeep in mind places like Florida has Orlando, Tampa, Miami that are pretty close.

[@roscoe314]

The Atlanta Metropolitan Area generally includes the 4 counties of Cobb, Fayette, Fulton and Gwinnett and is a little over 3 Million. Atlanta proper is 420,000.

[@justinalbin7272]

City population refers to the population residing within the city's borders. Metro population refers to all people living within the urban sprawl around a city and can include other cities, even cities in other States, if the land between them is developed and populated densely enough. What all is included within any given metro area is determined by the U.S. Census Bureau.

[@tmghui888]

The metro region population is what counts and not just the city itself of a major city. Like I live in the SF Bay Area. It has over 7.5 million people. We got major cities like SF, San Jose, and Oakland.

[@robertthomas583]

In the background of Portland, Oregon, is Mr. Hood, our largest mountain and a volcano in the Pacific Ring of Fire, which includes pretty much all the mountains in the Cascade Range of Oregon and Washington. The mountain in the background of Seattle is Mt. Rainier, the largest volcano/mountain in the Cascades. I was just thinking about how many of those cities I've been too, and lived in one, Seattle. Seattle, Portland, Oregon, LA, Las Vegas, Boise, where the main office of the company I work for is, and I go through it to south of Denver where my son lives, I live in NE Oregon; Charlotte NC, Anchorage, Honolulu, Nashville, Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta; though I don't know if the last three count, since I was in and out of the airports though.

[@micahottaway8455]

Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri both exist. They are separated by the border between the two states of Kansas and Missouri, and it's the same metro area. There are more than 50 airports in the US. There are 32 NFL teams, 30 NBA teams, 30 MLB teams, and 32 NHL teams. All NFL teams are in US cities. The NBA and MLB have one team each in Canada and both of them are in Toronto whilst the rest of their respective teams are from US cities. The NHL has 7 Canadian teams and 25 US teams.

[@gotham61]

The Kansas City metro area straddles the Missouri Kansas state line. The large city center is in Missouri, but lots of the city is also in Kansas.

[@jreyman]

Kansas City is one big city split by a state line, therefore officially it's two different cities neighboring each other. 459,787 is just for the Missouri half of the population. The Kansas half is smaller, and outranked by Wichita, KS in population. I am a bit surprised that St Louis isn't the largest Missouri population.

[@johnniekight1879]

New York City consists of the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx & Staten Island.

[@eurow3808]

I love the way you said “Omaha” 😂❤ much love from Omaha, NE!

[@michaelbuhl4250]

As mentioned in comments below, there are differences between city and county areas and populations. I think one of the reasons that Nashville is so high on the list is that the city government is merged with the Davidson county government to create one large administrative area. This also means that Nashville is one of the top 20 largest cities in the country by area.

[@ejd53]

That population is only the city proper. Metro Nashville has a population of 1.3 million at last count

[@lookatpennsylvania]

New York City comprises the 5 boroughs which are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. All of these are New York City. A Metro area is the population of the city AND the county or counties that surround the city itself. These populations in this video only included the city proper. New York City has 8 million. New York Metro area is about 18 million. Kansas City, Missouri is larger than Kansas City, Kansas. Both cities border each other but are separate cities in separate states.

[@icillay]

Kansas City straddles the border between Kansas and Missouri with the latter taking up the lion's share of area and population. So it is one city (in a way) with two municipal governments and two mayors from each side. The same is true for the city of Bristol which spans across the border between Virginia and Tennessee. But if you expand from strict city borders to the larger metropolitan statistical area (MSA) then there are countless that cross state boundaries since so many cities are built along rivers and so many rivers form a border between states.

[@JPMadden]

Most of the state of Rhode Island is part of the mainland. Located between Boston and New York City, it's part of the "megalopolis," the giant city that stretches from Boston to Washington, D.C. Rhode Island has the second highest population density behind New Jersey, but it does have rural areas.

[@timwoody3835]

There is a Kansas City in Kansas and in Missouri. To go from one to the other you just have to cross the Missouri River.

[@mkoetsch6791]

Politicians draw the lines on who to count. New York normally counts the 5 boroughs into the city

[@busterandloulou]

New York City encompasses the 5 burrows (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, States Island and Queens).

[@SnowmanTF2]

Metro areas are determined by cities reaching a threshold of being interlinked. This can vary from still mostly independent towns with a long drive to the core, to major suburbs which have functionally grown either into the core city or other suburbs to the point without a map or signage, it could be difficult to identify where one starts and the other stops. Though there is still difference between cities in a metro since usually the political system, education system, emergency services, and tax base are completely separate from each other.

[@anglend]

Manhattan is one of the 5 boroughs that comprise the offical borders of New York. They are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. Each borough is also a county with different names: New York County (Manhattan), Kings County (Brooklyn), Queens County (Queens), Bronx County (The Bronx) and Richmond County (Staten Island. The entire NY Metropolitan area includes its suburbs and neighboring cities like Newark, NJ; Jersey City, NJ; and Yonkers, NY. Other cities metro areas also do that. ex: Minneapolis-St. Paul MN;and Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. Also, There is a Kansas City, KS on the other side of the Missouri River.

[@CCRider5312]

The definition of population is for people with an address of that City. Like for example if your address is in the city limits or city zoning area & your address says Beasley’s “Road Name” “House number” Charlotte NC then you’re counted in the census & considered a Charlotte NC resident. But if you live outside the city limits in for example Huntersville NC township then your census shows your not a Charlotte resident but a Huntersville NC or Matthews NC resident even though you’re adjacent to the big city. You can live just Outside the city limits boundary line and Still be 1/2 Mile to 1 Mile and still in the cities zoning ordinances and still be considered a Charlotte NC resident. But once your out of the city zoning ordinances line you’re considered in the outskirts suburban areas. The outskirts suburban areas can have a township name of a totally different town name. But yet you’re really still adjacent to the big city you’re taxes on property is way much cheaper in surrounding townships adjacent to the big cities. So the population of cities is figured up usually from residents living in the city itself and anyone 1/2 Mile to 1 Mile outside of the city limits & that determines the number. It’s always thousands of Dollars per year cheaper to live outside of city limits.

[@1wwtom]

Really you should go by the Metro Area numbers. As far as City Limits, you have to remember that those lines were drawn two hundred years ago or more when each city was founded. In many cases you could drive from the city to an adjacent county and not be able to tell the difference.

[@churchseeds]

Missouri has Kansas City on the west side toward Kansas and Saint Louis on the east side toward Illinois. Both are about the same size.

[@Zundfolge]

I don't know where they got their pictures of the cities, because I live in Wichita, KS and it looks nothing like the photo they showed for downtown Wichita. Who knows what else they got wrong.

[@jhawk96]

Was just getting ready to say that is definitely not Wichita.

[@sitosantana7476]

NYC - (QUEENS-BRONX-Staten island -Brooklyn-Manhattan! ) Got It !!! Great..

[@ronalddobis6782]

A city is a political unit so there are geographic boundaries. So everyone in a city has the same mayor and local government. A metro area consists of the city and surrounding suburbs and exurbs. This can include multiple counties and in Chicagoland's case another state in NW Indiana. The New York city municipal government includes the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.

[@Pinkfong2]

I only watched to see if my city was still fifth, Philly. Yes, tons of stuff over here with names that came from the original settlers.

[@tcar904]

I live in Jacksonville, Florida (which is ranked #7), and it definitely includes everything (suburbs, city, etc), not just the metro. We are the largest city (by land mass) in the lower 48 (not including Alaska or Hawaii). If that makes sense 😊

[@gracothebull]

Kansas city part of it is in Kansas but most of it is in Missouri. Been there meany of times. Almost got struck by lightning there. Scarry.

[@roybiggs7239]

Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. New York City consists of the five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island)

[@cherylflam3250]

I live in Phoenix area. Total metro is almost 5 million.

[@brivelazquez5769]

I'm from Phoenix, there's actually 1.6 million in the Phoenix city area and in surrounding cities make up 5 million in the Phoenix metro. Making it the 5th largest city in the country.

[@StevePaur-hf4vy]

The city of New York is the five boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Manhattan serves as the "capital" of New York City because that's where city hall is and the courts and the main jail are located there as well. Manhattan also serves as NYC's downtown are where all the entertainment, cultural sites, theaters and financial centers are. The NYC metro area is NYC, Newark, New Jersey, Long Island, Connecticut and many other smaller cities in New York. NYC is 8.5 million people whereas the NYC metro area is around 19 million people. On TV when you here New Yorker's say they are going into the city they mean they are going to Manhattan.