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San Francisco is part of a CSA, which means that its MSA has combined with surrounding MSAs to create a larger entity.
2008 Population, US Census Bureau American Factfinder Community Survey
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 2,733,761
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA 7,354,444
Tampa Metro= 4mil SF metro is roughly 4mil
Philly Metro is roughly 6mil
SD Metro=3mil
No you said "urban areas".
The San Francisco Bay Area - look it up - including SF, SJ and Oakland is 7.4 million people.
The Tampa Bay Area - look it up - including Tampa, Saint Petersburg and Sarasota is 3.8 million people. (I should clarify that a CSA doesn't exist for Tampa, so this combines the Tampa and Sarasota MSAs. I'm being generous.)
The San Francisco Bay Area - look it up - including SF, SJ and Oakland is 7.4 million people.
The Tampa Bay Area - look it up - including Tampa, Saint Petersburg and Sarasota is 3.8 million people. (I should clarify that a CSA doesn't exist for Tampa, so this combines the Tampa and Sarasota MSAs. I'm being generous.)
Don't bring Philly into this.
According to wiki SF's urban area=3.2 mil and metro= about 4mil
Enjoy reading, remember to wear your reading glasses for it, I know, it's MSA in comparison can seem a bit small compared to Bay Area, but just a little bit.
I guess you are completly ignoring wiki, since its unbiased facts
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