Editing Southern United States (section)

===Major metropolitan areas===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! valign=bottom | Rank
! valign=bottom | Metropolitan Statistical Area
! valign=bottom | State(s)
! valign=bottom | Population<br />(2018 est.)<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html |title = Table 4. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical (CBSA-EST2012-01) |work = March 2018 United States Census |publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division. |access-date = May 24, 2019 |archive-date = June 16, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200616024757/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-total-metro-and-micro-statistical-areas.html |url-status = live }}</ref>
! valign=bottom | National Rank
|-
| align=center | 1
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington]]
| [[Texas|TX]]
| align=right | 7,573,136
| align=center | 4
|-
| align=center | 2
| [[Greater Houston|Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land]]
| [[Texas|TX]]
| align=right | 6,997,384
| align=center | 5
|-
|align=center | 3
| [[Washington metropolitan area|Washington-Arlington-Alexandria]]
| [[Virginia|VA]]-[[Maryland|MD]]-[[West Virginia|WV]]-[[Washington, D.C.|DC]]
| align=right | 6,280,487
| align=center | 6
|-
| align=center | 4
| [[Miami metropolitan area|Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach]]
| [[Florida|FL]]
| align=right | 6,166,488
| align=center | 7
|-
| align=center | 5
| [[Metro Atlanta|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]]
| align=right | 6,020,364
| align=center | 9
|-
| align=center | 6
| [[Tampa Bay area|Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater]]
| [[Florida|FL]]
| align=right | 3,194,831
| align=center | 18
|-
| align=center | 7
| [[Baltimore metropolitan area|Baltimore-Columbia-Towson]]
| [[Maryland|MD]]
| align=right | 2,800,053
| align=center | 21
|-
| align=center | 8
| [[Charlotte metropolitan area|Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia]]
| [[North Carolina|NC]]-[[South Carolina|SC]]
| align=right | 2,636,883
| align=center | 22
|-
| align=center | 9
| [[Greater Orlando|Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford]]
| [[Florida|FL]]
| align=right | 2,608,147
| align=center | 23
|-
| align=center | 10
| [[Greater San Antonio|San Antonio-New Braunfels]]
| [[Texas|TX]]
| align=right | 2,518,036
| align=center | 24
|-
| align=center | 11
| [[Cincinnati metropolitan area|Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky]]*<ref>The 2012 Census population estimate for the part within the South (Kentucky) is 431,997.</ref>
| [[Ohio|OH]]-[[Indiana|IN]]-[[Kentucky|KY]]
| align=right | 2,190,209
| align=center | 29
|-
| align=center | 12
| [[Greater Austin|Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos]]
| [[Texas|TX]]
| align=right | 2,168,316
| align=center | 30
|-
| align=center | —
| [[San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area|San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo]]*
| [[Puerto Rico|PR]]
| align=right |2,020,000<ref>[https://datausa.io/profile/geo/san-juan-caguas-guaynabo-pr-metro-area/ San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040955/https://datausa.io/profile/geo/san-juan-caguas-guaynabo-pr-metro-area/|date=April 17, 2020}}. Datausa.io. Retrieved June 30, 2020.</ref>
| align=center | —
|-
| align=center | 13
| [[Nashville metropolitan area|Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin]]
| [[Tennessee|TN]]
| align=right | 1,930,961
| align=center | 36
|-
| align=center | 14
| [[Hampton Roads|Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News]]
| [[Virginia|VA]]-[[North Carolina|NC]]
| align=right | 1,676,822
| align=center | 37
|-
| align=center | 15
| [[Jacksonville metropolitan area|Jacksonville]]
| [[Florida|FL]]
| align=right | 1,559,514
| align=center | 40
|-
| align=center | 16
| [[Oklahoma City metropolitan area|Oklahoma City-Norman]]
| [[Oklahoma City|OK]]
| align=right | 1,396,445
| align=center | 41
|-
| align=center | 17
| [[Research Triangle|Raleigh-Cary]]
| [[North Carolina|NC]]
| align=right | 1,362,540
| align=center | 42
|-
| align=center | 18
| [[Memphis metropolitan area|Memphis-Forrest City]]
| [[Tennessee|TN]]-[[Mississippi|MS]]-[[Arkansas|AR]]
| align=right | 1,350,620
| align=center | 43
|-
| align=center | 19
| [[Richmond-Petersburg]]
| [[Virginia|VA]]
| align=right | 1,291,900
| align=center | 44
|-
| align=center | 20
| [[Louisville metropolitan area|Louisville]]
| [[Kentucky|KY]]-[[Indiana|IN]]
| align=right | 1,297,310
| align=center | 45
|-
|align=center | 21
|[[New Orleans metropolitan area|New Orleans-Metairie]]
|[[Louisiana|LA]]
| align=right | 1,261,726
|align=center | 47
|-
|align=center | 22
|[[Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama|Birmingham-Hoover]]
|[[Alabama|AL]]
| align=right | 1,114,262
|align=center | 50
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Asterisk indicates part of the metropolitan area is outside the states classified as Southern by the U.S. Census Bureau.