States & Provinces

Every state, province, and region by population, metros, and a population-weighted Metro Power score, with its country. Filterable by continent and country.

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California

#1 · United States · North America · 39.4M · 22 metrosGavin Newsom Democratic

327.7

Texas

#2 · United States · North America · 31.3M · 48 metrosGreg Abbott Republican

208.8

Florida

#3 · United States · North America · 23.4M · 18 metrosRon DeSantis Republican

171.8

JiangsuProvince

#4 · China · Asia · 84.7M · 11 metrosXin Changxing Chinese Communist Party

170.5

New York

#5 · United States · North America · 19.9M · 17 metrosKathy Hochul Democratic

162.6

GuangdongProvince

#6 · China · Asia · 126.0M · 9 metrosHuang Kunming Chinese Communist Party

152.4

Île-de-FranceRegion

#7 · France · Europe · 12.4M · 1 metrosValérie Pécresse Les Républicains

138.3

ShandongProvince

#8 · China · Asia · 101.5M · 15 metrosLin Wu Chinese Communist Party

122.0

OntarioProvince

#9 · Canada · North America · 16.1M · 28 metrosDoug Ford Progressive Conservative

111.7

BeijingCity

#10 · China · Asia · 21.9M · 1 metrosYin Yong Chinese Communist Party

110.7

Illinois

#11 · United States · North America · 12.7M · 21 metrosJB Pritzker Democratic

104.5

ZhejiangProvince

#12 · China · Asia · 64.6M · 7 metrosWang Hao Chinese Communist Party

99.6


California	1	United States	North America	Gavin Newsom Democratic	39.4M	22	327.7
Texas	2	United States	North America	Greg Abbott Republican	31.3M	48	208.8
Florida	3	United States	North America	Ron DeSantis Republican	23.4M	18	171.8
JiangsuProvince	4	China	Asia	Xin Changxing Chinese Communist Party	84.7M	11	170.5
New York	5	United States	North America	Kathy Hochul Democratic	19.9M	17	162.6
GuangdongProvince	6	China	Asia	Huang Kunming Chinese Communist Party	126.0M	9	152.4
Île-de-FranceRegion	7	France	Europe	Valérie Pécresse Les Républicains	12.4M	1	138.3
ShandongProvince	8	China	Asia	Lin Wu Chinese Communist Party	101.5M	15	122.0
OntarioProvince	9	Canada	North America	Doug Ford Progressive Conservative	16.1M	28	111.7
BeijingCity	10	China	Asia	Yin Yong Chinese Communist Party	21.9M	1	110.7
Illinois	11	United States	North America	JB Pritzker Democratic	12.7M	21	104.5
ZhejiangProvince	12	China	Asia	Wang Hao Chinese Communist Party	64.6M	7	99.6
Greater LondonAdministrative Area	13	United Kingdom	Europe	Sadiq Khan Labour	8.9M	1	97.5
Pennsylvania	14	United States	North America	Josh Shapiro Democratic	13.1M	24	95.0
DCDistrict	15	United States	North America	James Comer RepublicanMuriel Bowser (Mayor of DC)	702K	1	94.1*
São Paulo	16	Brazil	South America	Tarcísio de Freitas Republicanos	46.1M	29	91.9
Massachusetts	17	United States	North America	Maura Healey Democratic	7.1M	6	86.2
New South Wales	18	Australia	Asia	Chris Minns Labor	8.5M	11	84.1
Ohio	19	United States	North America	Mike DeWine Republican	11.9M	17	83.4
North Carolina	20	United States	North America	Josh Stein Democratic	11.0M	19	83.3
Bavaria	21	Germany	Europe	Markus Söder CSU	13.2M	18	79.9
North Rhine-Westphalia	22	Germany	Europe	Hendrik Wüst CDU	18.0M	12	78.1
New Jersey	23	United States	North America	Mikie Sherrill Democratic	9.5M	3	77.3
HenanProvince	24	China	Asia	Liu Ning Chinese Communist Party	99.4M	16	77.1
Washington	25	United States	North America	Bob Ferguson Democratic	8.0M	13	76.0
LombardyRegion	26	Italy	Europe	Attilio Fontana Lega	10.1M	4	74.4
Maharashtra	27	India	Asia	Devendra Fadnavis Bharatiya Janata Party	126.4M	5	71.7
Virginia	28	United States	North America	Abigail Spanberger Democratic	8.8M	15	69.2
Georgia	29	United States	North America	Brian Kemp Republican	11.2M	22	69.0
FujianProvince	30	China	Asia	Zhou Zuyi Chinese Communist Party	41.5M	7	68.4
Victoria	31	Australia	Asia	Jacinta Allan Labor	7.0M	4	65.6
MadridAutonomous Community	32	Spain	Europe	Isabel Díaz Ayuso People's Party (PP)	6.8M	1	65.4
LiaoningProvince	33	China	Asia	Xu Kunlin Chinese Communist Party	42.6M	8	64.9
GuangxiAutonomous Region	34	China	Asia	Chen Gang Chinese Communist Party	50.1M	11	63.5
SichuanProvince	35	China	Asia	Wang Xiaohui Chinese Communist Party	83.7M	9	63.5
İstanbulProvince	36	Turkey	Europe	Nuri Aslan Republican People's Party (CHP)Ekrem İmamoğlu (Elected Mayor (imprisoned))	15.5M	1	62.5
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesRegion	37	France	Europe	Fabrice Pannekoucke The Republicans (LR)	8.2M	17	62.0
CataloniaAutonomous Community	38	Spain	Europe	Salvador Illa Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)	7.8M	7	61.8
HubeiProvince	39	China	Asia	Guan Zhiyou Chinese Communist Party	57.8M	6	60.9
Baden-Württemberg	40	Germany	Europe	Cem Özdemir Greens	11.2M	9	60.5
Colorado	41	United States	North America	Jared Polis Democratic	6.0M	14	59.5
Michigan	42	United States	North America	Gretchen Whitmer Democratic	10.1M	19	57.6
GyeonggiProvince	43	South Korea	Asia	Choo Mi-ae Democratic Party	13.4M	1	57.6
QuebecProvince	44	Canada	North America	Christine Fréchette Coalition Avenir Québec	9.1M	15	56.7
Indiana	45	United States	North America	Mike Braun Republican	6.9M	20	56.6
Tennessee	46	United States	North America	Bill Lee Republican	7.2M	15	56.0
ShanghaiCity	47	China	Asia	Gong Zheng Chinese Communist Party	24.9M	1	55.9
Maryland	48	United States	North America	Wes Moore Democratic	6.3M	5	54.9
AnhuiProvince	49	China	Asia	Liang Yanshun Chinese Communist Party	61.0M	9	54.6
LazioRegion	50	Italy	Europe	Francesco Rocca Independent (centre-right coalition)	5.7M	5	53.2
Missouri	51	United States	North America	Mike Kehoe Republican	6.2M	21	51.9
British ColumbiaProvince	52	Canada	North America	David Eby British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP)	5.7M	13	51.5
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurRegion	53	France	Europe	Renaud Muselier Renaissance	5.2M	6	51.1
Bangkok MetropolitanPlanning Region	54	Thailand	Asia	Chadchart Sittipunt Independent	16.3M	1	51.0
HebeiProvince	55	China	Asia	Ni Yuefeng Chinese Communist Party	74.6M	9	51.0
Arizona	56	United States	North America	Katie Hobbs Democratic	7.6M	10	50.2
Buenos AiresProvince	57	Argentina	South America	Axel Kicillof Frente de Todos (Peronist / Justicialist Party)	17.2M	10	50.1
HunanProvince	58	China	Asia	Shen Xiaoming Chinese Communist Party	66.4M	6	48.6
Louisiana	59	United States	North America	Jeff Landry Republican	4.6M	11	48.6
Queensland	60	Australia	Asia	David Crisafulli Liberal National Party	5.6M	10	47.2
Nevada	61	United States	North America	Joe Lombardo Republican	3.3M	5	46.9
TokyoPrefecture	62	Japan	Asia	Yuriko Koike Independent (Tomin First no Kai-aligned)	14.0M	1	46.7
GautengProvince	63	South Africa	Africa	Panyaza Lesufi African National Congress	15.1M	1	44.8
Hesse	64	Germany	Europe	Boris Rhein Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	6.3M	4	44.1
North HollandProvince	65	Netherlands	Europe	Arthur van Dijk People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)	3.0M	4	43.5
StockholmCounty	66	Sweden	Europe	Cecilia Skingsley Independent / Non-partisan	2.4M	1	43.5
MoscowFederal City	67	Russia	Europe	Sergei Sobyanin United Russia	13.0M	1	43.3
South HollandProvince	68	Netherlands	Europe	Wouter Kolff People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)	3.9M	3	41.9
Minnesota	69	United States	North America	Tim Walz Democratic	5.8M	19	41.7
Wisconsin	70	United States	North America	Tony Evers Democratic	6.0M	16	41.0
VenetoRegion	71	Italy	Europe	Alberto Stefani Liga Veneta - Lega	4.9M	4	40.9
SeoulMetropolitan City	72	South Korea	Asia	Oh Se-hoon People Power Party	9.8M	1	40.9
AndalusiaAutonomous Community	73	Spain	Europe	Juanma Moreno People's Party (PP)	8.5M	16	40.7
Rio de Janeiro	74	Brazil	South America	Ricardo Couto de Castro Independent (Judiciary; non-partisan acting officeholder)	17.2M	13	40.6
Berlin	75	Germany	Europe	Kai Wegner Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	3.9M	1	40.5
México	76	Mexico	North America	Delfina Gomez Alvarez National Regeneration Movement (MORENA)	17.0M	1	40.5
AlbertaProvince	77	Canada	North America	Danielle Smith United Conservative Party	4.9M	8	40.2
RiyadhRegion	78	Saudi Arabia	Asia	Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud	8.2M	3	39.3
OccitanieRegion	79	France	Europe	Carole Delga Socialist Party (PS)	6.1M	13	39.1
ValenciaAutonomous Community	80	Spain	Europe	Juanfran Pérez Llorca People's Party (PP)	5.1M	10	38.8
South Carolina	81	United States	North America	Henry McMaster Republican	5.5M	10	38.3
PunjabProvince	82	Pakistan	Asia	Maryam Nawaz Pakistan Muslim League (N)	127.7M	9	38.1
Abu DhabiEmirate	83	United Arab Emirates	Asia	Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	3.8M	3	38.1
Uttar Pradesh	84	India	Asia	Yogi Adityanath Bharatiya Janata Party	235.7M	11	37.8
Selangor	85	Malaysia	Asia	Amirudin Shari People's Justice Party (PKR)	6.6M	1	37.4
ShaanxiProvince	86	China	Asia	Zhao Yide Chinese Communist Party	39.5M	2	37.2
ChongqingCity	87	China	Asia	Chen Xinwu Chinese Communist Party	32.1M	2	37.1
DubaiEmirate	88	United Arab Emirates	Asia	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	3.7M	2	37.1
New TerritoriesDistrict	89	China	Asia		4.0M	1	36.9
OsakaPrefecture	90	Japan	Asia	Hirofumi Yoshimura Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin)	8.8M	1	36.7
Vienna	91	Austria	Europe	Michael Ludwig Social Democratic Party (SPÖ)	2.0M	1	35.5
MeccaRegion	92	Saudi Arabia	Asia	Khalid Al-Faisal	8.6M	4	35.4
Lower Saxony	93	Germany	Europe	Olaf Lies Social Democratic Party (SPD)	8.0M	7	35.4
Oregon	94	United States	North America	Tina Kotek Democratic	4.3M	15	35.4
Basque CountryAutonomous Community	95	Spain	Europe	Imanol Pradales Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV)	2.2M	5	34.2
MasovianProvince	96	Poland	Europe	Adam Struzik Polish People's Party (PSL)	5.5M	4	34.0
West JavaProvince	97	Indonesia	Asia	Dedi Mulyadi Gerindra	48.8M	5	33.4
West Bengal	98	India	Asia	Suvendu Adhikari Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	99.1M	4	33.1
AtticaPeriphery	99	Greece	Europe	Nikos Hardalias New Democracy (backed)	3.8M	1	33.0
LeinsterProvince	100	Ireland	Europe		2.9M	7	32.9

Score is the population-weighted sum of each state’s metro scores; cross-state metros are split by the share of their population in the state. * marks states using the full-credit sum where municipality/county population was unavailable.