Table 3.

The 16 CBSAs with the largest estimated MSM populations, representing one-half of the US MSM population and ranked according to size of MSM population, using housing and population estimates from the American Community Survey, 2009-2013.

		Adult males	MSM	US MSM
Rank	State	N	n (%)	% of total	Cumulative % of MSM
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City	7,239,158	397,399 (5.5%)	8.8%	8.8%
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim	4,800,633	313,711 (6.5%)	7.0%	15.8%
3	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin	3,443,489	175,118 (5.1%)	3.9%	19.7%
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward	1,700,219	145,972 (8.6%)	3.2%	22.9%
5	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach	2,131,593	141,088 (6.6%)	3.1%	26.1%
6	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington	2,320,338	133,944 (5.8%)	3.0%	29.0%
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria	2,113,258	122,895 (5.8%)	2.7%	31.8%
8	Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land	2,159,519	103,722 (4.8%)	2.3%	34.1%
9	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell	1,899,899	102,642 (5.4%)	2.3%	36.3%
10	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington	2,189,761	100,293 (4.6%)	2.2%	38.6%
11	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario	1,516,806	94,863 (6.3%)	2.1%	40.7%
12	Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale	1,557,094	92,825 (6.0%)	2.1%	42.7%
13	Boston-Cambridge-Newton	1,729,903	92,527 (5.3%)	2.1%	44.8%
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue	1,342,052	82,002 (6.1%)	1.8%	46.6%
15	San Diego-Carlsbad	1,204,728	80,968 (6.7%)	1.8%	48.4%
16	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington	1,247,688	71,099 (5.7%)	1.6%	50.0%