Editing Southern United States (section)

===Major combined statistical areas===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! valign=bottom | Rank
! valign=bottom | Combined Statistical Area
! valign=bottom | State(s)
! valign=bottom | Population (2017 est.)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2017/GCTPEPANNR.US41PR |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017 – United States – Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=March 2018 |access-date=March 31, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 1
| [[Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area|Washington-Baltimore-Arlington]]
| [[District of Columbia|DC]]-[[Maryland|MD]]-[[Virginia|VA]]-[[West Virginia|WV]]-[[Pennsylvania|PA]]
| align=right| 9,764,315
|-
| align=center | 2
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth]]
| [[Texas|TX]]
| align=right| 7,846,293
|-
| align=center | 3
| [[Greater Houston|Houston-The Woodlands-Baytown]]
| [[Texas|TX]]
| align=right | 7,093,190
|-
| align=center | 4
| [[Miami metropolitan area#Miami-Port Saint Lucie-Fort Lauderdale Combined Statistical Area|Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie]]
| [[Florida|FL]]
| align=right| 6,828,241
|-
| align=center | 5
| [[Metro Atlanta|Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]]
| align=right | 6,555,956
|-
| align=center | 6
| [[Greater Orlando|Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach]]
| [[Florida|FL]]
| align=right | 3,284,198
|-
| align=center | 7
| [[Charlotte metropolitan area|Charlotte-Concord]]
| [[North Carolina|NC]]-[[South Carolina|SC]]
| align=right | 2,684,121
|-
| align=center | 8
| [[Cincinnati metropolitan area|Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville]]
| [[Ohio|OH]]-[[Kentucky|KY]]-[[Indiana|IN]]
| align=right | 2,238,265
|-
| align=center | 9
| [[Research Triangle|Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill]]
| [[North Carolina|NC]]
| align=right | 2,199,459
|-
| align=center | 10
| [[Nashville metropolitan area|Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro]]
| [[Tennessee|TN]]
| align=right | 2,027,489
|-
| align=center | 11
| [[Hampton Roads|Virginia Beach-Norfolk]]
| [[Virginia|VA]]-[[North Carolina|NC]]
| align=right | 1,829,195
|-
| align=center | 12
| [[Piedmont Triad|Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point]]
| [[North Carolina|NC]]
| align=right | 1,663,532
|-
| align=center | 13
| [[Jacksonville metropolitan area|Jacksonville-St. Marys-Palatka]]
| [[Florida|FL]]-[[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]]
| align=right | 1,631,488
|-
| align=center | 14
| [[Louisville metropolitan area|Louisville/Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Madison]]
| [[Kentucky|KY]]-[[Indiana|IN]]
| align=right | 1,522,112
|-
| align=center | 15
| [[New Orleans-Metairie-Hammond combined statistical area|New Orleans-Metairie-Hammond]]
| [[Louisiana|LA]]-[[Mississippi|MS]]
| align=right | 1,510,162
|-
| align=center | 16
| [[Oklahoma City metropolitan area|Oklahoma City-Shawnee]]
| [[Oklahoma|OK]]
| align=right | 1,455,935
|-
| align=center | 17
| [[Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area|Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson]]
| [[South Carolina|SC]]
| align=right | 1,460,036
|-
| align=center | 18
| [[Memphis metropolitan area|Memphis-Forrest City]]
| [[Tennessee|TN]]-[[Mississippi|MS]]-[[Arkansas|AR]]
| align=right | 1,374,190
|-
| align=center | 19
| [[Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL Combined Statistical Area|Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega]]
| [[Alabama|AL]]
| align=right | 1,364,062
|-
| align=center | 20
| [[Tulsa-Muskogee-Bartlesville, OK Combined Statistical Area|Tulsa-Muskogee-Bartlesville]]
| [[Oklahoma|OK]]
| align=right | 1,160,612
|-
|}