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*{{Cnote|a| [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]] và [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] là [[quận-thành phố thống nhất|các quận-thành phố thống nhất]]; dân số được ghi nhận là tính chung toàn thành phố trừ đi những nơi hợp nhất khác nằm trong địa giới của quận.}}
==Largest metropolitan areas==
{{Unreferenced section|date=February 2009}}
[http://www.mi.vt.edu/uploads/megacensusreport.pdf Beyond Megalopolis] by [[Virginia Tech]]'s Metropolitan Institute, an attempt to update [[Jean Gottmann]]'s work with current trends, defines two "[[megapolitan area]]s" contained within the Southeast, out of a total of ten such areas in the [[United States]]:
*"Piedmont" centered on Atlanta and extending from North Carolina to Alabama
*"Peninsula" covering [[South Florida]] and [[Central Florida]]
Two others tie some areas on the margins of the Southeast to urban centers in other regions:
*"Gulf Coast" extending as far east as the western tip of Florida
*"Northeast" including much of eastern Virginia
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-left:60px"
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! Rank !! align=center |Metropolitan Area !! Anchor City!! Population !! State(s)
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| 1 ||align=left | [[Atlanta metropolitan area|Atlanta Metropolitan Area]] || [[Atlanta]] || '''5,729,304'''|| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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| 2||align=left | [[South Florida metropolitan area|South Florida]] || [[Miami]] || '''5,422,200 ''' || [[Florida]]
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| 3 ||align=left | [[Washington Metropolitan Area]] || [[District of Columbia]] || '''5,306,565''' || [[Virginia]] / [[District of Columbia]] / [[Maryland]] / [[West Virginia]]
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| 4 ||align=left | [[Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area|Tampa Bay Area]] || [[Tampa]] || '''4,076,099''' || [[Florida]]
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| 5 ||align=left | [[Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area|Greater Orlando]] || [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] || '''2,693,552''' || [[Florida]]
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| 6 ||align=left | [[Hampton Roads]] || [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] || '''1,700,000''' || [[Virginia]] / [[North Carolina]]
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| 7 ||align=left | [[Charlotte metropolitan area|Greater Charlotte]] || [[Charlotte]] || '''1,651,650''' || [[North Carolina]] / [[South Carolina]]
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| 8 ||align=left | [[Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA|Central Alabama]] || [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] || '''1,620,692''' || [[Alabama]]
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| 9 ||align=left | [[The Triad (North Carolina)|The Triad]] || [[Greensboro]] || '''1,535,926''' || [[North Carolina]]
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| 10 ||align=left | [[Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area|Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro]] || [[Nashville]]|| '''1,498,836''' || [[Tennessee]]
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| 11 ||align=left | [[The Triangle (North Carolina)|The Triangle]] || [[Raleigh]] || '''1,467,434''' || [[North Carolina]]
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| 12 ||align=left | [[Jacksonville, FL MSA|Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan]] || [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] || '''1,348,381''' || [[Florida]]
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| 13 ||align=left | [[Upstate South Carolina|The Upstate]] || [[Greenville]] || '''1,315,597''' || [[South Carolina]]
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| 14 ||align=left | [[Memphis Metropolitan Area]] || [[Memphis]] || '''1,260,905''' || [[Tennessee]]/[[Mississippi]]/[[Arkansas]]
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| 15 ||align=left | [[Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area|Louisville-Jefferson County]] || [[Louisville]] || '''1,245,920''' || [[Kentucky]]
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==Tham khảo==
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