here are all of the US urban areas (2020) and Canadian CMAs (2021) with over 50,000 people that are located on the great lakes.
the only stipulation here is that the UA or CMA must contain some shoreline area directly on one of the five great lakes or their interconnecting waterways (st. mary's river, st. clair river/lake st. clair/detroit river, niagara river), so toledo and rochester count, whereas grand rapids and syracuse do not.
i know that UAs and CMAs don't line-up for a perfect apples to apples comaprison, but they're way closer than the MSA/CSA county mash-up game that includes absurd amounts of land area.
in the case of places located on one of the interconnecting waterways, i've assigned them to the lake they are closer/more oriented to.
Lake Michigan:
Chicago: 8,671,746
Milwaukee: 1,306,795
Green Bay: 224,156
Muskegon: 166,414
Racine: 134,877
Kenosha: 125,865
Holland: 107,034
Sheboygan: 74,369
Michigan City: 71,367
Benton Harbor: 61,888
Traverse City: 56,890
Lake Erie:
Detroit: 3,776,890
Cleveland: 1,712,178
Buffalo: 948,864
Toledo: 497,952
Windsor: 422,630
Lorain: 199,067
Erie: 187,820
Sandusky: 61,743
Monroe: 57,260
Lake Ontario:
Toronto: 6,202,225
Hamilton: 785,184
Rochester: 704,327
St. Catharines–Niagara: 433,604
Oshawa: 415,311
Kingston: 172,546
Lake Superior:
Thunder Bay: 123,258
Duluth: 119,411
Sault Ste. Mare: 76,731
Lake Huron:
Sarnia: 97,592
Port Huron: 82,226
Bay City: 68,472
kind of wild that Lakes Superior and Huron, for as VAST as they are, have so little in the way of actual cities along their shores.
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Last edited by Steely Dan; Jan 3, 2023 at 5:16 AM.
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