I just watched a video that said new York city had a population of 8.8 million as of the 2020 census but had a metro population of over 26 million? I don’t really understand where they got that 26 million from. Another example, LA, had a population of around 3.8 million but a metro population of over 9 million. Where do they get those metro area figures from?
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A major city is often surrounded by smaller cities, all of that combined is the metro area. Think when you drive in a city and you are unsure of where the boundary between the major city and the next city lies.
If you look at a map of Chicago you can see several cities between Chicago and O’Hare airport, that is all Chicago Metro. Also a lot of small cities to the south and West that are all built up as a densely populated area.
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