What is the primary metro area of every state?

[Tekken_Guy]

What is the primary metro area of every state?

[Roll Roons]

Alabama: Birmingham
Alaska: Anchorage
Arizona: Phoenix
Arkansas: Little Rock
California: LA
Colorado: Denver
Connecticut: NYC
Delaware: Wilmington
Florida: Miami/Fort Lauderdale
Georgia: Atlanta
Hawaii: Honolulu
Idaho: Boise
Illinois: Chicago
Indiana: Indy
Iowa: Des Moines
Kansas: KC
Kentucky: Louisville
Louisiana: NOLA
Maine: Portland
Maryland: DC
Massachusetts: Boston
Michigan: Detroit
Minnesota: Twin Cities
Mississippi: Jackson
Missouri: St. Louis
Montana: Billings
Nebraska: Omaha
Nevada: Vegas
New Hampshire: Manchester
New Jersey: NYC
New Mexico: Albuquerque
New York: NYC
North Carolina: Charlotte
North Dakota: Fargo
Ohio: Cleveland slightly edges the others, but will probably be eclipsed by Columbus soon
Oklahoma: OKC
Oregon: Portland
Pennsylvania: Philly
Rhode Island: Providence
South Carolina: Charleston
South Dakota: Sioux Falls
Tennessee: Nashville
Texas: Houston slightly edges DFW
Utah: SLC
Vermont: Burlington
Virginia: DC
Washington: Seattle
West Virginia: Charleston
Wisconsin: Milwaukee
Wyoming: Cheyenne

[Kuumo]

Some states have co-equal primary metro areas. Some of the cities that are suburbs of larger cities in other states could also be listed as part of the larger city's metro area.

AL: Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile
AK: Anchorage
AZ: Phoenix
AR: Little Rock
CA: Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area
CO: Denver
CT: Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford
DE: Wilmington
FL: Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando
GA: Atlanta
HI: Honolulu
ID: Boise
IL: Chicago
IN: Indianapolis
IA: Des Moines
KS: Kansas City
KY: Louisville
LA: New Orleans
ME: Portland
MD: Baltimore, DC Area
MA: Boston
MI: Detroit
MN: Minneapolis-St. Paul
MS: Jackson
MO: St. Louis, Kansas City
MT: Billings, Bozeman, Missoula, Helena
NE: Omaha
NV: Las Vegas
NH: Manchester
NJ: Newark, Camden
NM: Albuquerque
NY: New York City
NC: Charlotte, Raleigh
ND: Fargo
OH: Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati
OK: Oklahoma City
OR: Portland
PA: Philadelphia
RI: Providence
SC: Charleston, Columbia
SD: Sioux Falls
TN: Nashville, Memphis
TX: Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth
UT: Salt Lake City
VT: Burlington
VA: DC Area, Richmond, Virginia Beach
WA: Seattle
WV: Wheeling, Charleston, Huntington
WI: Milwaukee, Madison
WY: Cheyenne

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

I strongly believe South Carolina does not have one. We have three strong centers of commerce/industry in Charleston, Greenville, and Columbia, with Charlotte burbs and Myrtle Beach fast growing up to compete with them. Trying to pin point any one of these regions and the absolute supreme metro area would be disingenuous.

[Gass3268]

I'd argue Boston for New Hampshire.

[Del Tachi]

This seems like a silly exercise for states like Florida, California or Texas....and really any other one, too.  There are parts of New York where Buffalo or Rochester clearly dominates over NYC, and places in Mississippi where NOLA or Memphis are more relevant than Jackson.     

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

This seems like a silly exercise for states like Florida, California or Texas....and really any other one, too.  There are parts of New York where Buffalo or Rochester clearly dominates over NYC, and places in Mississippi where NOLA or Memphis are more relevant than Jackson.     

Very much this. Even in smaller states like Nevada there’s a huge disconnect between Reno and Las Vegas. There are some states where the answer is obvious, Boston for Mass, Seattle for Washington, Phoenix for Arizona, etc. But states like Ohio, South Carolina, Montana have no good answer