User:Halvorsen brian/List of Major League Baseball teams by metropolitan population

The following is a list of Major League Baseball teams by population. There are currently 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises. Twenty nine of those franchisees are located in the United States, while the remaining franchise is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Statistics used in the table are from the United States Census Bureau's 2009 Metropolitan Statistical Area estimates and the Canada 2006 Census' 2009 projection. The New York metropolitan area, which is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States, houses two MLB franchises; the New York Mets and the New York Yankees. The least populous metropolitan area in the majors is the Milwaukee metropolitan area, which is the home of the Milwaukee Brewers. According to the 2000 United States Census, the American League's total market size is 6,871,440 while the National League's is 6,094,087. The average market size of the entire MLB is 5,293,083, larger that the average of the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and the National Football League. There are currently four metropolitan areas in North America that have another major league sports franchise and are larger than the smallest market in MLB, but do not have an MLB franchise. Those metro areas are the Montreal Metro, the Portland metropolitan area, Metro Vancouver and the Sacramento metropolitan area. While population determines market size, The New York Times and the Cincinnati Business Courier commented that it is not directly related to fan support or team contention.

Current franchises
The following sortable table lists and ranks the population of metropolitan areas that have MLB franchises with the following data:
 * 1) The United States metropolitan population and rankings are based off of a July 1, 2009 estimate by the United States Census Bureau
 * 2) The Canadian metropolitan population and rankings are based off of the Canada 2006 Census projections for the year of 2009

Defunct franchises

 * 1) All of the following teams are defunct or were
 * 2) The population numbers are based on the date the team was disestablished or re-located
 * 3) The populations are city size, not metropolitan