| Metro area name | Population estimate 2011 | Numeric population change 2010-2011 | Natural increase 2010-2011 | International migration 2010-2011 | Domestic migration 2010-2011 | Residual |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 19,015,900 | 96,251 | 112,336 | 83,322 | -98,975 | -432 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 12,944,801 | 100,430 | 96,150 | 54,725 | -50,549 | 104 |
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI | 9,504,753 | 32,169 | 61,483 | 24,422 | -53,908 | 172 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 6,526,548 | 126,037 | 63,504 | 23,291 | 39,021 | 221 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 6,086,538 | 110,068 | 64,363 | 24,105 | 21,580 | 20 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 5,992,414 | 20,825 | 22,769 | 11,413 | -13,133 | -224 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 5,703,948 | 94,798 | 48,235 | 24,872 | 21,517 | 174 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 5,670,125 | 92,045 | 20,440 | 35,215 | 36,191 | 199 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 5,359,205 | 72,909 | 42,908 | 17,370 | 12,419 | 212 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 4,591,112 | 31,740 | 18,143 | 15,494 | -1,627 | -270 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 4,391,037 | 47,656 | 23,939 | 17,996 | 5,880 | -159 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 4,304,997 | 59,992 | 35,826 | 9,065 | 15,131 | -30 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 4,285,832 | -4,890 | 11,734 | 7,468 | -24,170 | 78 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ | 4,263,236 | 54,166 | 32,847 | 15,866 | 5,585 | -132 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 3,500,026 | 52,140 | 22,280 | 12,228 | 17,598 | 34 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 3,318,486 | 32,573 | 24,296 | 7,832 | 536 | -91 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 3,140,069 | 34,954 | 24,703 | 9,591 | 816 | -156 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 2,824,724 | 36,573 | 2,318 | 6,857 | 27,157 | 241 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 2,817,355 | 2,633 | 10,256 | 2,671 | -10,260 | -34 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 2,729,110 | 14,564 | 10,941 | 5,004 | -1,341 | -40 |
| Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO | 2,599,504 | 44,935 | 19,997 | 5,204 | 19,565 | 169 |
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