Megapolitan Area

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A Megapolitan Area is a clustered network of American cities whose population exceeds or will exceed 10 million by the year 2040. There are currently 10 megapolitans identified in the United States. The criteria and terms were introduced in a July 2005 report^[1] by Robert E. Lang and Dawn Dhavale of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. A later 2007 article by Lang and Nelson uses 20 megapolitan areas grouped into 10 megaregions. ^[2] The America 2050 Project by the Regional Plan Association defines 10 similar megaregions. ^[3]

The concept draws on the earlier idea of Megalopolis (city type).

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The following table ranks the Lang/Dhavale megapolitan areas by current population (in millions):

Name	Pop	Major cities	Related articles
Northeast	89.2	Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Providence, Richmond	Northeast, BosWash, Northeast Corridor
Midwest	39.5	Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Grand Rapids	Midwest, ChiPitts, Rust Belt, Great Lakes region
Southland	21	Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Riverside/San Bernardino	Southern California, California
Piedmont	18.4	Atlanta, Charlotte, Birmingham, Raleigh, Greenville, Columbia, Greensboro	Southeast, Piedmont, New South, South Atlantic States
I-35 Corridor	13.5	Dallas, San Antonio, Kansas City, Austin, Oklahoma City	I-35, TTC-35, International Mid-Continent Trade Corridor
Peninsula	12.8	Miami, Tampa, Orlando	Florida, South Florida, Central Florida
NorCal	11.6	San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Reno	Northern California, The Northern California megaregion, SanSan
Gulf Coast	11.5	Houston, New Orleans, Mobile	Gulf Coast
Cascadia	7.1	Seattle, Portland	Pacific Northwest, Cascadia, Ecotopia
Sun Corridor^[4]^[5]	5.0	Phoenix, Tucson	Arizona, Valley of the Sun