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Montréal Capitale Universitaire Nord Américaine
Tableau 1 : Les trente plus grosses régions métropolitaines en Amérique du Nord
Les données proviennent de :
1) US Census bureau - Estimation des populations américaines 1996
2) Statistique Canada - Profil statistique 1996 (plus récent)
3) US Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 1996
4) Statistics Canada- Inscription universitaire 1996
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| Région métropolitaine |  | Population | | Étudiants univ. | | Pourcentage |
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| Montréal | | 3 326 510 | | 145 798 | |  4.38 |
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| Boston - Worcester - Lawrence | | 5 563 475 | | 243 035 | | 4.37 |
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| Denver - Boulder - Greeley | | 2 277 401 | | 93 272 | | 4.10 |
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| Minneapolis - St. Paul | | 2 765 116 | | 89 687 | | 3.24 |
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| Norfolk - Virginia Beach - Newport News | | 1 540 252 | | 47 593 | | 3.09 |
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| Milwaukee - Racine | | 1 642 658 | | 49 075 | | 2.99 |
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| San Diego | | 2 655 463 | | 75 825 | | 2.86 |
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| Washington - Baltimore | | 7 164 519 | | 199 429 | | 2.78 |
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| Vancouver | | 1 831 665 | | 50 841 | | 2.78 |
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| Toronto | | 4 263 757 | | 111 274 | | 2.61 |
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| St. Louis | | 2 548 238 | | 65 914 | | 2.59 |
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| Pittsburgh | | 2 379 411 | | 51 273 | | 2.15 |
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| Cincinnati - Hamilton | | 1 920 931 | | 41 243 | | 2.15 |
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| New York - Nord du New Jersey - Long Island | | 19 938 492 | | 400 551 | | 2.01 |
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| Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater | | 2 199 231 | | 43 975 | | 2.00 |
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| Chicago - Gary - Kenosha | | 8 599 774 | | 168 402 | | 1.96 |
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| Cleveland - Akron | | 2 913 430 | | 55 313 | | 1.90 |
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| Atlanta | | 3 541 230 | | 66 307 | | 1.87 |
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| Philadelphie - Wilmington - Atlantic City | | 5 973 463 | | 109 736 | | 1.84 |
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| Detroit - Ann Arbor - Flint | | 5 284 171 | | 96 096 | | 1.82 |
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| San Francisco - Oakland - San José | | 6 605 428 | | 120 002 | | 1.82 |
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| Seattle - Tacoma - Bremerton | | 3 320 829 | | 56 904 | | 1.71 |
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| Houston - Galveston - Brazoria | | 4 253 428 | | 71 867 | | 1.69 |
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| Miami - Fort Lauderdale | | 3 514 403 | | 58 795 | | 1.67 |
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| Portland - Salem | | 2 078 357 | | 33 950 | | 1.63 |
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| Sacramento - Yolo | | 1 632 133 | | 24 951 | | 1.53 |
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| Dallas - Fort Worth | | 4 574 561 | | 67 276 | | 1.47 |
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| Kansas City | | 1 690 343 | | 20 735 | | 1.23 |
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| Los Angeles - Riverside - Orange County | | 15 495 155 | | 133 557 | | 0.86 |
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| Phoenix - Mesa | | 2 746 703 | | 22 136 | | 0.81 |
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