U.S. metros

Each row links to a full metro page. The reactor count is the number of AP1000-class large reactors (1,117 MW · 93% capacity factor) it would take to cover that metro's annual electricity demand.

Metro	Population	Demand (TWh/yr)	AP1000 reactors
New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY-NJ	20,112,448	144.8	16
Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA	12,844,441	79.4	9
Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL-IN	9,434,123	101.1	12
Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX	8,477,157	86.3	10
Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands, TX	7,904,627	80.4	9
Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA	6,482,182	70.9	8
Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	6,465,724	102.0	12
Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach, FL	6,391,072	59.2	7
Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	6,329,118	68.0	8
Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler, AZ	5,228,938	44.0	5
Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH	5,034,221	39.1	5
Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA	4,769,007	29.5	4
San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA	4,630,041	28.6	4
Detroit–Warren–Dearborn, MI	4,390,913	47.2	6
Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA	4,161,883	40.6	5
Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN-WI	3,790,295	41.0	5
Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, FL	3,418,895	31.7	4
San Diego–Chula Vista–Carlsbad, CA	3,282,248	20.3	3
Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO	3,092,037	23.9	3
Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, FL	2,957,672	27.4	4
Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia, NC-SC	2,938,830	31.8	4
Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD	2,857,781	32.5	4
St. Louis, MO-IL	2,814,421	33.3	4
San Antonio–New Braunfels, TX	2,813,140	28.6	4
Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos, TX	2,620,945	26.7	3

Methodology v2: state per-capita weighted from EIA retail sales × Census Vintage 2025 populations. See methodology for full assumptions.