Great Lakes megalopolis

Great Lakes megalopolis
Major cities of the Great Lakes megaregion (from top to bottom): Chicago, Toronto, Detroit, Columbus
Map
Interactive Map of the Great Lakes Megaregion
Countries
  • United States
  • Canada
States
Provinces
Largest cityToronto (2,794,356)[1]
Largest metropolitan areaChicago metropolitan area (9,812,676)
Population
59,100,000[2]

The Great Lakes megalopolis consists of a bi-national group of metropolitan areas in North America largely in the Great Lakes region. It extends from the Midwestern United States in the south and west to western Pennsylvania and Western New York in the east and northward through Southern Ontario into southwestern Quebec in Canada. It is the most populated and largest megalopolis in North America.

At its most inclusive, in the United States the region cuts a wide swath from the twin cities of Minneapolis–Saint Paul in Minnesota in the west, south to St. Louis and Louisville, Kentucky, and east to Rochester, New York; in Canada, it continues northeasterly to Quebec City. This broader region had an estimated population of 59,144,461 as of 2011 and is projected to reach a population of about 65 million by 2025. Within this broad region, there is a core area of more continual urban development that includes Chicago, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, South Bend, Detroit–Windsor, Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and the metropolitan areas between these.

  1. ^ "Census Data 2021". Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  2. ^ "What is the Great Lakes Megalopolis?". Retrieved 2024-03-23.