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Most to Least Gender Gap in Large Cities - Going Solo in the USA

Most to Least Gender Gap in Large Cities

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Rank Metro Gender gap
1 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 28.5% more women
2 El Paso, TX 27.3% more women
3 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 17.5% more women
4 Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD 16.9% more women
5 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 16.7% more men
6 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 16.3% more women
7 New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ 15.9% more women
8 Baltimore-Towson, MD 15.7% more women
9 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 15.6% more women
10 Columbia, SC 15.5% more women
11 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 15.1% more women
12 Richmond, VA 14.7% more women
13 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI 14.5% more women
14 Philadelphia, PA 14.1% more women
15 San Antonio, TX 13.7% more women
16 Baton Rouge, LA 13.2% more women
17 Newark-Union, NJ-PA 13.2% more women
18 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 13.1% more men
19 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA 12.3% more men
20 Springfield, MA 11.6% more women
21 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 11.6% more women
22 New Haven-Milford, CT 11.5% more women
23 Camden, NJ 11.5% more women
24 Essex County, MA 11.4% more women
25 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 11.3% more women
26 St. Louis, MO-IL 10.9% more women
27 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 10.8% more women
28 Dayton, OH 10.8% more women
29 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 10.4% more women
30 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ 10.4% more women
31 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 10.2% more women
32 Honolulu, HI 10.1% more men
33 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL 9.6% more women
34 Austin-Round Rock, TX 9.6% more men
35 Greensboro-High Point, NC 9.1% more women
36 Gary, IN 9.1% more women
37 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 8.9% more women
38 Pittsburgh, PA 8.7% more women
39 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 8.7% more women
40 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL 8.7% more women
41 Stockton, CA 8.6% more women
42 Boston-Quincy, MA 8.6% more women
43 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 8.6% more women
44 Syracuse, NY 8.5% more women
45 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 8.5% more women
46 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 8.1% more women
47 Knoxville, TN 8.1% more women
48 Rochester, NY 8.1% more women
49 Tulsa, OK 8.0% more women
50 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 7.9% more women
51 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 7.9% more women
52 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 7.9% more women
53 Jacksonville, FL 7.8% more women
54 Akron, OH 7.7% more women
55 Toledo, OH 7.6% more women
56 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 7.6% more women
57 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA 7.4% more women
58 Edison, NJ 7.3% more women
59 Nassau-Suffolk, NY 7.2% more women
60 Kansas City, MO-KS 7.1% more women
61 Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL 7.0% more women
62 Albuquerque, NM 6.8% more women
63 Oklahoma City, OK 6.5% more women
64 Greenville, SC 6.4% more women
65 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 6.4% more women
66 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA 6.4% more men
67 Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA 6.3% more women
68 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 6.2% more women
69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 6.1% more women
70 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 5.9% more men
71 Salt Lake City, UT 5.5% more men
72 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 5.1% more women
73 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 5.0% more women
74 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 4.9% more women
75 Columbus, OH 4.9% more women
76 Fresno, CA 4.6% more women
77 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX 4.2% more women
78 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 4.2% more men
79 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL 4.1% more women
80 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3.9% more men
81 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 3.7% more women
82 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 3.4% more men
83 Denver-Aurora, CO 3.3% more men
84 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield , FL 3.2% more women
85 Tucson, AZ 3.1% more women
86 Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI 3.0% more women
87 Worcester, MA 2.7% more women
88 Bakersfield, CA 2.7% more women
89 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2.5% more women
90 Wichita, KS 2.5% more men
91 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA 2.5% more men
92 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2.5% more women
93 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 2.4% more women
94 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA 2.1% more women
95 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1.1% more men
96 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0.8% more men
97 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 0.4% more men
98 Tacoma, WA 0.4% more men
99 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0.3% more women
100 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI 0.1% more men