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| \n", " | POPESTIMATE2017 | \n", "Rank | \n", "LogRank | \n", "LogPop | \n", "
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | \n", "\n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | \n", "20320876 | \n", "1 | \n", "1.000000 | \n", "16.827159 | \n", "
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | \n", "13353907 | \n", "2 | \n", "1.693147 | \n", "16.407320 | \n", "
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | \n", "9533040 | \n", "3 | \n", "2.098612 | \n", "16.070274 | \n", "
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | \n", "7399662 | \n", "4 | \n", "2.386294 | \n", "15.816945 | \n", "
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | \n", "6892427 | \n", "5 | \n", "2.609438 | \n", "15.745934 | \n", "
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | \n", "6216589 | \n", "6 | \n", "2.791759 | \n", "15.642732 | \n", "
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | \n", "6158824 | \n", "7 | \n", "2.945910 | \n", "15.633396 | \n", "
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | \n", "6096120 | \n", "8 | \n", "3.079442 | \n", "15.623163 | \n", "
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | \n", "5884736 | \n", "9 | \n", "3.197225 | \n", "15.587872 | \n", "
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | \n", "4836531 | \n", "10 | \n", "3.302585 | \n", "15.391708 | \n", "