Population of the South (Region)
Map of Population by State in the South
Population by Place in the South
There are 9,692 places in the South. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 188,973.Population by Metro Area in the South
There are 381 metro areas that are fully or partially contained within the South (371 fully and 10 partially). This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other. The least populous of the compared metro areas has a population of 445,227.Population by State in the South
There are 17 states in the South. This section compares all 17 of those to each other.Population by County in the South
There are 1,422 counties in the South. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 443,630.Population by Region in the United States
There are 5 regions in the United States. This section compares the South to all of the regions in the United States.Definitions
This page reports on the population distribution in the South, both in terms of raw head counts, and in terms of population density per square mile.
- Population: count of all residents of the given entity at the time of the survey, excluding visitors
- Population Density: population divided by the total land area of the entity (i.e., excluding water areas contained in the entity)
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Major Metro Areas:
Amarillo Area, Asheville Area, Athens Area, Atlanta Area, Augusta Area, Austin Area, Baltimore Area, Baton Rouge Area, Beaumont Area, Birmingham Area, Brownsville Area, Cape Coral Area, Charleston Area, Charleston Area, Charlotte Area, Charlottesville Area, Chattanooga Area, Cincinnati Area, Clarksville Area, College Station Area, Columbia Area, Columbus Area, Corpus Christi Area, Crestview Area, Dallas Area, Daphne Area, Deltona Area, Durham Area, El Paso Area, Evansville Area, Fayetteville Area, Fayetteville Area, Florence Area, Fort Smith Area, Gainesville Area, Gainesville Area, Greensboro Area, Greenville Area, Gulfport Area, Hagerstown Area, Hickory Area, Hilton Head Island Area, Houma Area, Houston Area, Huntington Area, Huntsville Area, Jackson Area, Jacksonville Area, Johnson City Area, Killeen Area, Kingsport Area, Knoxville Area, Lafayette Area, Lake Charles Area, Lakeland Area, Laredo Area, Lexington Area, Little Rock Area, Longview Area, Louisville Area, Lubbock Area, Lynchburg Area, Macon Area, McAllen Area, Memphis Area, Miami Area, Mobile Area, Montgomery Area, Myrtle Beach Area, Naples Area, Nashville Area, New Orleans Area, North Port Area, Ocala Area, Oklahoma City Area, Orlando Area, Palm Bay Area, Panama City Area, Pensacola Area, Philadelphia Area, Port St. Lucie Area, Raleigh Area, Richmond Area, Roanoke Area, Salisbury Area, San Antonio Area, Savannah Area, Shreveport Area, Spartanburg Area, Tallahassee Area, Tampa Area, Tulsa Area, Tuscaloosa Area, Tyler Area, Virginia Beach Area, Waco Area, Warner Robins Area, Washington Area, Wilmington Area, Winston Area
Major Counties:
Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Bexar, Brevard, Broward, Cobb, Collin, Dallas, Davidson, DeKalb, Denton, District of Columbia, Duval, El Paso, Fairfax, Fort Bend, Fulton, Greenville, Guilford, Gwinnett, Harris, Hidalgo, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Jefferson, Knox, Lee, Mecklenburg, Miami-Dade, Montgomery, Montgomery, New Castle, Oklahoma, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Prince George's, Prince William, Shelby, Tarrant, Travis, Tulsa, Volusia, Wake, Williamson
Major Cities:
Amarillo, Arlington, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Birmingham, Charlotte, Chesapeake, Columbus, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Durham, El Paso, Fayetteville, Fort Worth, Garland, Greensboro, Hialeah, Houston, Huntsville, Irving, Jacksonville, Laredo, Little Rock, Lubbock, Memphis, Miami, Mobile, Montgomery, New Orleans, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Plano, Raleigh, Richmond, San Antonio, Shreveport, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Tulsa, Virginia Beach, Washington, Winston-Salem
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