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Old 01-16-2013, 08:07 PM
 
Location: Georgia native in McKinney, TX
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El Paso, TX may very well top the list for percentage of the central city in the overall MSA number: 81%. The 2011 estimate for the city is 665, 568 ranking it as the 19th largest city in the US while the MSA has a population of 820,790 which ranks as the 65th largest MSA in the US.
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Old 01-16-2013, 08:23 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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El Paso, TX may very well top the list for percentage of the central city in the overall MSA number: 81%. The 2011 estimate for the city is 665, 568 ranking it as the 19th largest city in the US while the MSA has a population of 820,790 which ranks as the 65th largest MSA in the US.
Same with Corpus Christi. It is 66% of its metro population. The city has 307,953 while the metro population is only 463,577.
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Old 01-16-2013, 09:44 PM
 
Location: Umbrosa Regio
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I just happen to have a table of data for a combination of the 100 largest cities and the principal cities in the 50 largest metro areas in the country. Looks like the winner is Laredo, TX.

City................. MSA Pop Rank City Pop Rnk %
Laredo TX............ 250,304 184.. 236,091 .81 94.32%
Lincoln NE........... 302,157 155.. 258,379 .72 85.51%
El Paso TX........... 800,647 .66.. 649,121 .19 81.07%
Lubbock TX........... 284,890 162.. 229,573 .84 80.58%
Anchorage AK......... 380,821 133.. 291,826 .64 76.63%
Corpus Christi TX.... 428,185 114.. 305,215 .60 71.28%
Colorado Springs CO.. 645,613 .82.. 416,427 .41 64.50%
Lexington KY......... 472,099 106.. 295,803 .63 62.66%
San Antonio TX..... 2,142,508 .25 1,327,407 ..7 61.96%
Albuquerque NM....... 887,077 .57.. 545,852 .32 61.53%
Wichita KS........... 623,061 .84.. 382,368 .49 61.37%
Jacksonville FL.... 1,345,596 .40.. 821,784 .11 61.07%
Fort Wayne IN........ 416,257 121.. 253,691 .74 60.95%
Fresno CA............ 930,450 .55.. 494,665 .34 53.16%
Tucson AZ............ 980,263 .52.. 520,116 .33 53.06%
Reno NV.............. 425,417 116.. 225,221 .89 52.94%
San Jose CA........ 1,836,911 .31.. 945,942 .10 51.50%
Memphis TN......... 1,316,100 .41.. 646,889 .20 49.15%
Winston-Salem NC..... 477,717 105.. 229,617 .83 48.07%
Omaha NE............. 865,350 .59.. 408,958 .42 47.26%
Indianapolis IN.... 1,756,241 .34.. 820,445 .12 46.72%
Louisville KY...... 1,283,566 .42.. 597,337 .27 46.54%
Oklahoma City OK... 1,252,987 .44.. 579,999 .31 46.29%
Austin TX.......... 1,716,289 .35.. 790,390 .14 46.05%
Spokane WA........... 471,221 107.. 208,916 100 44.34%
Toledo OH............ 651,429 .81.. 287,208 .66 44.09%
New York NY....... 18,897,109 ..1 8,175,133 ..1 43.26%
Columbus OH........ 1,836,536 .32.. 787,033 .15 42.85%
Stockton CA.......... 685,306 .77.. 291,707 .65 42.57%
San Diego CA....... 3,095,313 .17 1,307,402 ..8 42.24%
Tulsa OK............. 937,478 .54.. 391,906 .46 41.80%
Charlotte NC....... 1,758,038 .33.. 731,424 .17 41.60%
Bakersfield CA....... 839,631 .62.. 347,483 .51 41.39%
Madison WI........... 568,593 .89.. 233,209 .82 41.02%
Milwaukee WI....... 1,555,908 .39.. 594,833 .28 38.23%
Nashville TN....... 1,589,934 .38.. 601,222 .25 37.81%
Greensboro NC........ 723,801 .71.. 269,666 .69 37.26%
Raleigh NC......... 1,130,490 .48.. 403,892 .43 35.73%
Honolulu HI.......... 953,207 .53.. 337,256 .53 35.38%
Houston TX......... 5,946,800 ..6 2,099,451 ..4 35.30%
Phoenix AZ......... 4,192,887 .14 1,445,632 ..6 34.48%
Las Vegas NV....... 1,951,269 .30.. 583,756 .30 29.92%
Los Angeles CA.... 12,828,837 ..2 3,792,621 ..2 29.56%
New Orleans LA..... 1,167,764 .46.. 343,829 .52 29.44%
Baton Rouge LA....... 802,484 .65.. 229,493 .85 28.60%
Chicago IL......... 9,461,105 ..3 2,695,598 ..3 28.49%
Portland OR........ 2,226,009 .23.. 583,776 .29 26.23%
Virginia Beach VA.. 1,671,683 .36.. 437,994 .39 26.20%
Philadelphia PA.... 5,965,343 ..5 1,526,006 ..5 25.58%
Denver CO.......... 2,543,482 .21.. 600,158 .26 23.60%
Buffalo NY......... 1,135,509 .47.. 261,310 .70 23.01%
Baltimore MD....... 2,710,489 .20.. 620,961 .21 22.91%
Kansas City MO..... 2,035,334 .29.. 459,787 .37 22.59%
Sacramento CA...... 2,149,127 .24.. 466,488 .35 21.71%
Rochester NY....... 1,054,323 .51.. 210,565 .98 19.97%
Cleveland OH....... 2,077,240 .28.. 396,815 .45 19.10%
Birmingham AL...... 1,128,047 .49.. 212,237 .97 18.81%
Dallas TX.......... 6,371,773 ..4 1,197,816 ..9 18.80%
San Francisco CA... 4,335,391 .11.. 805,235 .13 18.57%
Seattle WA......... 3,439,809 .15.. 608,660 .23 17.69%
Detroit MI......... 4,296,250 .12.. 713,777 .18 16.61%
Salt Lake City UT.. 1,124,197 .50.. 186,440 124 16.58%
Richmond VA........ 1,258,251 .43.. 204,214 104 16.23%
Cincinnati OH...... 2,130,151 .27.. 296,943 .62 13.94%
Boston MA.......... 4,552,402 .10.. 617,594 .22 13.57%
Pittsburgh PA...... 2,356,285 .22.. 305,704 .59 12.97%
Tampa FL........... 2,783,243 .19.. 335,709 .55 12.06%
Minneapolis MN..... 3,279,833 .16.. 382,578 .48 11.66%
St. Louis MO....... 2,812,896 .18.. 319,294 .58 11.35%
Orlando FL......... 2,134,411 .26.. 238,300 .79 11.16%
Providence RI...... 1,600,852 .37.. 178,042 130 11.12%
Washington DC...... 5,582,170 ..7.. 601,723 .24 10.78%
Hartford CT........ 1,212,381 .45.. 124,775 199 10.29%
Atlanta GA......... 5,268,860 ..9.. 420,003 .40 07.97%
Riverside CA....... 4,224,851 .13.. 303,871 .61 07.19%
Miami FL........... 5,564,635 ..8.. 399,457 .44 07.18%
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