Question: Which Florida metropolitan statistical area in the United States is the most populous in Florida and second largest in the southeastern United States ?

text: List of metropolitan statistical areas
United States
An enlargeable map of the 929 core-based statistical areas ( CBSAs ) of the United States and Puerto Rico . The 389 MSAs are shown in medium green . The 540 micropolitan statistical areas ( μSAs ) are shown in light green . The following sortable table lists the 384 MSAs of the United States with the following information : The MSA rank by population as of July 1 , 2018 , as estimated by the United States Census Bureau [ 2 ] The MSA name as designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget [ 1 ] The MSA population as of July 1 , 2018 , as estimated by the United States Census Bureau [ 2 ] The MSA population as of April 1 , 2010 , as enumerated by the 2010 United States Census [ 2 ] The percent MSA population change from April 1 , 2010 , to July 1 , 2018 [ 2 ] The combined statistical area ( CSA ) [ 3 ] if the MSA is a component [ 1 ]
The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined 392 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for the United States and eight for Puerto Rico. The OMB defines a Metropolitan Statistical Area as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 50,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties.
Rank Metropolitan statistical area 2018 estimate 2010 Census % change Encompassing combined statistical area
1 New York-Newark-Jersey City , NY-NJ-PA MSA 19,979,477 19,567,410 +2.11% New York-Newark , NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim , CA MSA 13,291,486 12,828,837 +3.61% Los Angeles-Long Beach , CA CSA
3 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin , IL-IN-WI MSA 9,498,716 9,461,105 +0.40% Chicago-Naperville , IL-IN-WI CSA
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington , TX MSA 7,539,711 6,426,214 +17.33% Dallas-Fort Worth , TX-OK CSA
5 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land , TX MSA 6,997,384 5,920,416 +18.19% Houston-The Woodlands , TX CSA
6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria , DC-VA-MD-WV MSA 6,249,950 5,636,232 +10.89% Washington-Baltimore-Arlington , DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA
7 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach , FL MSA 6,198,782 5,564,635 +11.40% Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale , FL CSA
8 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington , PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA 6,096,372 5,965,343 +2.20% Philadelphia-Reading-Camden , PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell , GA MSA 5,949,951 5,286,728 +12.55% Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs , GA-AL CSA
10 Boston-Cambridge-Newton , MA-NH MSA 4,875,390 4,552,402 +7.09% Boston-Worcester-Providence , MA-RI-NH-CT CSA
11 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler , AZ MSA 4,857,962 4,192,887 +15.86% Phoenix-Mesa , AZ CSA
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley , CA MSA 4,729,484 4,335,391 +9.09% San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland , CA CSA
13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario , CA MSA 4,622,361 4,224,851 +9.41% Los Angeles-Long Beach , CA CSA
14 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn , MI MSA 4,326,442 4,296,250 +0.70% Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor , MI CSA
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue , WA MSA 3,939,363 3,439,809 +14.52% Seattle-Tacoma , WA CSA
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington , MN-WI MSA 3,629,190 3,348,859 +8.37% Minneapolis-St. Paul , MN-WI CSA
17 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad , CA MSA 3,343,364 3,095,313 +8.01%
18 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater , FL MSA 3,142,663 2,783,243 +12.91%
19 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood , CO MSA 2,932,415 2,543,482 +15.29% Denver-Aurora , CO CSA
20 St. Louis , MO-IL MSA 2,805,465 2,787,701 +0.64% St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington , MO-IL CSA