Which states have metro areas with more than one of their 5 largest cities?

[SonnyDaze]

Washington

1) Seattle
2) Spokane
3) Tacoma
4) Vancouver
5) Bellevue

[TacoSoup]

Michigan without a doubt. If you use the CSA you can include Ann Arbor too.

1 Detroit 673,104
2 Grand Rapids 198,829
3 Warren 135,022
4 Sterling Heights 132,631
*5 Ann Arbor 121,477

You can also put #7,9, & 10 in Detroit’s MSA as well

6 Lansing 116,986
7 Clinton Township 100,712
8 Flint 96,448
9 Dearborn 94,491
10 Livonia 94,105

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan

[kidphilly]

PA actually has decent distribution


by Towns
Philly 1.6M
Pittsburgh 300K
Allentown 120K (NYC CSA)
Erie 96K
Reading 87K (Philly CSA)
Scranton 78K
Lancaster 59K
Harrisburg 48K
York 44K


If you add townships quite a few pop in the Philly area but these are cities (but towns in the area have really small borders so no huge population by single municipality


Like these in the Philly area
Upper Darby 87K
Bensalem 62K
Lower Merion 58K
Abington 56K
Bristol 55K
Haverford 49K

[jjbradleynyc]

Arizona is a prime example--9 of the top 10 cities in the state are in metro Phoenix:

1. Phoenix 1.7 million
2. Tucson 525k
3. Mesa 500k
4. Chandler 255k
5. Glendale 250k
6. Scottsdale 250k
7. Gilbert 245k
8. Tempe 185k
9. Peoria 165k
10. Surprise 135k


In Tennessee, not as dramatic as an example as Arizona, but interesting, nonetheless:

1. Nashville 670k
2. Memphis 655k
3. Knoxville 190k
4. Chattanooga 180k
5. Clarksville 150k
6. Murfreesboro (Nashville metro) 135k
7. Franklin (Nashville metro) 80k
8. Jackson 68k
9. Johnson City 67k
10. Bartlett (Memphis metro) 60k

[michgc]

Not what you asked, but

Philadelphia contains the largest city of another state (Wilmington, DE) in its metropolitan area.

New York City does too with New Jersey's largest city of Newark.