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Cincinnati-Middletown is 24th biggest metro

Business Courier
The Cincinnati-Middletown metro area is a few dozen people short of 2.2 million residents.

That’s according to estimates compiled by Business First of Buffalo, a sister publication of Cincinnati Business Courier.

The Cincinnati region’s population currently stands at 2,199,914. Out of 940 metropolitan and micropolitan areas, the Tri-State ranks 24th. The Cincinnati metro area is the largest in Ohio, beating out Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton.

Click here for the latest population estimates for all 940 metro and micro areas across the United States.

Business First has developed a computer program that projects the current populations of villages, cities, towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan and micropolitan areas across the country, based on an analysis of demographic trends since 2000. Updated results are published periodically in the newspaper and on its website.

The Cincinnati region is projected to hit the 2.2 million mark tomorrow, March 8.

New York City, with a population of 19.2 million, remains the largest metro area in America. It’s followed by Los Angeles (12.96 million), Chicago (9.67 million), Dallas-Fort Worth (6.71 million) and Houston (6.11 million).

Rounding out the national top 10 are Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami, Washington and Boston.

Twenty-nine metros have at least 2 million residents, and another 23 are currently above 1 million.

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