[dave8721]

Originally Posted by LMich

Just for some other fun stats, and to add another perspective the sizes of the top 20 most populous CSA (2006) commuter areas as of 2003 (probably haven't changed much since then), taking into account, of course, how small and how large counties are in different states and areas of the country:

• Los Angeles - 33,954 mi²

• Dallas - 12,360 mi²

• New York City - 11,842 mi²

• Houston - 10,908 mi²

• Chicago - 10,874 mi²

• Atlanta - 10,429 mi²

• Washington/Baltimore: 9,682 mi²

• Minneapolis - 9,560 mi²

• St. Louis - 9,102 mi²

• Denver - 9,085 mi²

• San Francisco/SanJose - 8,791 mi²

• Seattle/Tacoma - 8,194 mi²

• Boston - 7,227 mi²

• Sacramento - 6,784 mi²

• Charlotte - 6,493 mi²

• Detroit - 5,847 mi²

• Pittsburgh - 5,646 mi²

• Miami - 5,159 mi² (MSA)

• Philadelphia: 5,124 mi²

• Cincinnati - 4,826 mi²

• Cleveland - 3,623 mi²

I hope I didn't make any mistakes, and if I can find MSA land area numbers I'll post that, too, but it was hard enough finding the land area of the CSA. I'm not exactly sure if there is a table option, here, where I could add population with area.

Wow. Miami really is the oddball of the sunbelt with its density. Check out the extents of the 4 major metros (all with relatively equal population):

• Dallas - 12,360 mi²

• Houston - 10,908 mi²

• Atlanta - 10,429 mi²

• Miami - 5,159 mi² (MSA)