North America
North America: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
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North America at a glance
Rolled up from the 2,053 regions inside North America on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population369,220,290
census, summed from provinces/states
Places inside1,960
1,147 with a full /local page
Businesses on file7,296,551
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered16,786
in the company directory
Who represents them636
places with a /politics page
Property & employers424 · 122
/property and /employers records
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Who leads the provinces and territories inside
From each one's researched profile.
- California — Gavin Newsom Governor (40th Governor of California), Democratic ↗
- Texas — Greg Abbott Governor, Republican ↗
- Florida — Ron DeSantis Governor of Florida, Republican ↗
- New York State — Kathy Hochul Governor of New York, Democratic ↗
- Ontario — Doug Ford Premier of Ontario, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ↗
- Pennsylvania — Josh Shapiro Governor (48th Governor of the Commonwealth), Democratic ↗
- Illinois — JB Pritzker Governor, Democratic ↗
- Ohio — Mike DeWine Governor, Republican ↗
- Georgia — Brian P. Kemp Governor of Georgia (83rd), Republican ↗
- North Carolina — Josh Stein Governor of North Carolina (76th), Democratic ↗
- Michigan — Gretchen Whitmer Governor, Democratic ↗
- New Jersey — Mikie Sherrill Governor (57th), Democratic ↗
- Virginia — Abigail D. Spanberger Governor of Virginia (75th), Democratic ↗
- Québec — Paul St-Pierre Plamondon Premier of Québec, Parti Québécois ↗
- Washington State — Bob Ferguson Governor of Washington, Democratic ↗
- Arizona — Katie Hobbs Governor of Arizona, Democratic ↗
- Massachusetts — Maura Healey Governor of Massachusetts, Democratic ↗
- Tennessee — Bill Lee Governor of Tennessee, Republican ↗
- Indiana — Mike Braun Governor of Indiana (52nd), Republican ↗
- Maryland — Wes Moore Governor of Maryland (63rd), Democratic ↗
- Missouri — Mike Kehoe Governor of Missouri (58th), Republican ↗
- Wisconsin — Tony Evers Governor, Democratic ↗
- Colorado — Jared Polis Governor of Colorado, Democratic ↗
- South Carolina — Henry McMaster Governor, Republican ↗
- Alabama — Kay Ivey Governor of Alabama, Republican ↗
- British Columbia — David Eby Premier (caretaker after the 2026-10-24 election loss; still listed as Premier on official pages), BC New Democratic Party ↗
- Louisiana — Jeff Landry Governor, Republican ↗
- Kentucky — Andy Beshear Governor (63rd Governor of Kentucky), Democratic ↗
- Alberta — Danielle Smith Premier, United Conservative Party ↗
- Oregon — Tina Kotek Governor of Oregon (39th), Democratic ↗
- Oklahoma — J. Kevin Stitt Governor (28th), Republican ↗
- Connecticut — Ned Lamont Governor, Democratic ↗
- Utah — Spencer J. Cox Governor, Republican ↗
- Iowa — Kim Reynolds Governor of Iowa (43rd), Republican ↗
- Nevada — Joe Lombardo Governor of Nevada, Republican ↗
- Arkansas — Sarah Huckabee Sanders Governor (47th), Republican ↗
- Mississippi — Tate Reeves Governor of Mississippi, Republican ↗
- Kansas — Laura Kelly Governor of Kansas, Democratic ↗
- New Mexico — Michelle Lujan Grisham Governor, Democratic ↗
- Nebraska — Jim Pillen Governor, Republican ↗
- Idaho — Brad Little Governor, Republican ↗
- West Virginia — Patrick Morrisey Governor (37th), Republican ↗
- Hawaii — Josh Green Governor of Hawaii (9th); re-elected Nov 3, 2026, Democratic ↗
- New Hampshire — Kelly Ayotte Governor, Republican ↗
- Maine — Janet Mills Governor of Maine, Democratic ↗
- Manitoba — Wab Kinew Premier of Manitoba, Manitoba New Democratic Party (NDP) ↗
- Saskatchewan — Scott Moe Premier of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Party ↗
- Montana — Greg Gianforte Governor of Montana, Republican ↗
- Rhode Island — Dan McKee Governor, Democratic ↗
- Delaware — Matt Meyer Governor, Democratic ↗
- Nova Scotia — Tim Houston Premier of Nova Scotia, Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia ↗
- South Dakota — Larry Rhoden Governor (34th), Republican ↗
- North Dakota — Kelly Armstrong Governor, Republican ↗
- New Brunswick — Susan Holt Premier, Liberal ↗
- Alaska — Mike Dunleavy Governor of Alaska, Republican ↗
- District of Columbia — Muriel Bowser Mayor of the District of Columbia, Democratic ↗
- Vermont — Phil Scott Governor of Vermont, Republican ↗
- Wyoming — Mark Gordon Governor, Republican ↗
- Newfoundland and Labrador — Tony Wakeham Premier, Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador ↗
- Northwest Territories — R.J. Simpson Premier ↗
- Yukon — Currie Dixon Premier of Yukon, Yukon Party ↗
- Nunavut — John Main Premier (chosen by MLAs under consensus government; no political parties) ↗
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Census
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population — summed from the province/state summaries; income, rent and rates are population-weighted means of their medians, not national medians.
Median household income$80,721
Median rent$1,359/mo
Immigrants14.8%
Renters34.9%
Aged 65+17.1%
Unemployment5.7%
Low income12.3%
Speak a non-official language at home19.9%
Non-official languages spoken most often at home
- Spanish42,366,713 · 11.5%
- Other Indo-European languages6,162,992 · 1.7%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)3,468,641 · 0.9%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages3,219,547 · 0.9%
- Other and unspecified languages2,427,041 · 0.7%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages2,143,044 · 0.6%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun2,090,249 · 0.6%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)1,704,298 · 0.5%
- Arabic1,619,726 · 0.4%
- Vietnamese1,576,809 · 0.4%
- German or other West Germanic languages1,437,592 · 0.4%
- Korean1,093,516 · 0.3%
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Provinces and territories
One row per census summary, largest first.
| Name | Population | Median household income | Median rent | Immigrants | Unemployment | Businesses on file |
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| California | 39,242,785 | $96,334 | $1,956 | 26.7% | 6.4% | 1,103,914 |
| Texas | 29,640,343 | $76,292 | $1,339 | 17.2% | 5.1% | 808,377 |
| Florida | 21,928,881 | $71,711 | $1,564 | 21.4% | 4.8% | 628,614 |
| New York | 19,872,319 | $84,578 | $1,576 | 22.6% | 6.2% | 411,310 |
| Ontario | 14,223,710 | $93,408 | $1,363 | 30.1% | 12.3% | 378,350 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,986,518 | $76,081 | $1,162 | 7.4% | 5.2% | 162,406 |
| Illinois | 12,692,653 | $81,702 | $1,227 | 14.4% | 5.8% | 220,121 |
| Ohio | 11,780,046 | $69,680 | $988 | 5% | 4.8% | 291,727 |
| Georgia | 10,822,590 | $74,664 | $1,306 | 10.8% | 5.1% | 266,102 |
| North Carolina | 10,584,340 | $69,904 | $1,162 | 8.7% | 4.7% | 220,559 |
| Michigan | 10,051,595 | $71,149 | $1,084 | 7% | 5.8% | 167,646 |
| New Jersey | 9,267,014 | $101,050 | $1,653 | 23.5% | 6.1% | 45,214 |
| Virginia | 8,657,499 | $90,974 | $1,514 | 12.9% | 4.2% | 212,378 |
| Quebec | 8,501,490 | $74,931 | $811 | 14.6% | 7.6% | 165,971 |
| Washington | 7,740,984 | $94,952 | $1,682 | 15.1% | 4.9% | 238,464 |
| Arizona | 7,268,175 | $76,872 | $1,431 | 12.9% | 5.1% | 209,200 |
| Massachusetts | 6,992,395 | $101,341 | $1,687 | 17.7% | 5.1% | 82,767 |
| Tennessee | 6,986,082 | $67,097 | $1,122 | 5.9% | 4.7% | 162,828 |
| Indiana | 6,811,752 | $70,051 | $1,020 | 5.9% | 4.3% | 105,158 |
| Maryland | 6,170,738 | $101,652 | $1,662 | 16.3% | 4.9% | 76,156 |
| Missouri | 6,168,181 | $68,920 | $996 | 4.4% | 4.1% | 153,605 |
| Wisconsin | 5,892,023 | $75,670 | $1,045 | 5.1% | 3.3% | 110,051 |
| Colorado | 5,810,774 | $92,470 | $1,693 | 9.6% | 4.4% | 176,532 |
| Minnesota | 5,713,716 | $87,556 | $1,235 | 8.6% | 3.9% | 173,557 |
| South Carolina | 5,212,774 | $66,818 | $1,126 | 5.6% | 4.9% | 58,301 |
| Alabama | 5,054,253 | $62,027 | $963 | 3.8% | 4.8% | 105,990 |
| British Columbia | 4,999,235 | $87,842 | $1,357 | 29.3% | 8.4% | 154,066 |
| Louisiana | 4,621,025 | $60,023 | $1,038 | 4.7% | 6.3% | 98,532 |
| Kentucky | 4,510,725 | $62,417 | $933 | 4.4% | 4.8% | 60,261 |
| Alberta | 4,262,210 | $97,330 | $1,281 | 23.5% | 11.5% | 110,836 |
| Oregon | 4,238,714 | $80,426 | $1,450 | 9.7% | 5.4% | 144,487 |
| Oklahoma | 3,995,260 | $63,603 | $980 | 6.3% | 4.8% | 87,686 |
| Connecticut | 3,598,348 | $93,760 | $1,431 | 15.4% | 5.6% | 37,506 |
| Utah | 3,331,187 | $91,750 | $1,405 | 8.6% | 3.4% | 57,726 |
| Iowa | 3,195,937 | $73,147 | $949 | 5.7% | 3.6% | 56,487 |
| Nevada | 3,141,000 | $75,561 | $1,489 | 19% | 6.8% | 103,960 |
| Arkansas | 3,032,651 | $58,773 | $914 | 5.2% | 5.1% | 75,006 |
| Mississippi | 2,951,438 | $54,915 | $923 | 2.4% | 5.9% | 64,941 |
| Kansas | 2,937,569 | $72,639 | $1,029 | 7.2% | 3.9% | 53,319 |
| New Mexico | 2,114,768 | $62,125 | $1,021 | 9.2% | 5.9% | 76,343 |
| Nebraska | 1,965,926 | $74,985 | $1,035 | 7.7% | 3% | 71,847 |
| Idaho | 1,893,296 | $74,636 | $1,150 | 5.7% | 3.7% | 38,215 |
| West Virginia | 1,784,462 | $57,917 | $850 | 1.7% | 5.7% | 17,465 |
| Hawaii | 1,445,635 | $98,317 | $1,938 | 18.1% | 4.7% | — |
| New Hampshire | 1,387,834 | $95,628 | $1,423 | 6.2% | 3.4% | 23,663 |
| Maine | 1,377,400 | $71,773 | $1,084 | 3.9% | 3.9% | 23,992 |
| Manitoba | 1,341,995 | $80,677 | $1,032 | 20.7% | 8.5% | 28,880 |
| Saskatchewan | 1,131,135 | $84,088 | $1,053 | 13.1% | 8.7% | 24,237 |
| Montana | 1,105,072 | $69,922 | $1,031 | 2.3% | 3.7% | 33,013 |
| Rhode Island | 1,095,371 | $86,372 | $1,273 | 14.8% | 5.7% | 17,666 |
| Delaware | 1,005,872 | $82,855 | $1,341 | 10.4% | 5% | 24,216 |
| Nova Scotia | 969,220 | $72,197 | $972 | 7.5% | 12.9% | 21,473 |
| South Dakota | 899,194 | $72,421 | $912 | 3.9% | 3% | 18,657 |
| North Dakota | 779,361 | $75,949 | $934 | 4.5% | 2.8% | 23,881 |
| New Brunswick | 775,505 | $71,487 | $797 | 5.8% | 10.5% | 15,767 |
| Alaska | 733,971 | $89,336 | $1,388 | 7.8% | 5.4% | — |
| District of Columbia | 672,079 | $106,287 | $1,900 | 13.3% | 6.4% | 35,992 |
| Vermont | 645,254 | $78,024 | $1,193 | 4.3% | 3.6% | 10,295 |
| Wyoming | 579,761 | $74,815 | $968 | 3.5% | 3.7% | 23,448 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 510,355 | $75,958 | $867 | 2.8% | 15.9% | 6,876 |
| Northwest Territories | 40,960 | $129,076 | $1,382 | 10.4% | 9.3% | 949 |
| Yukon | 40,090 | $103,484 | $1,248 | 13.6% | 7% | 1,407 |
| Nunavut | 36,845 | $114,101 | $519 | 3.1% | 18.4% | 1 |
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Largest employers headquartered in North America
Worldwide head offices from the /employers research, ranked by people employed as each company reports it.
- 1.Loblaw Companies Limited Brampton, ON · Retail — food and pharmacy (corporate head office) ↗190,000 worldwide, 2026
- 2.Alberta Health Services Edmonton, AB · Health care — hospitals and public health ↗111,100 worldwide, 2024
- 3.TD Bank Group (The Toronto-Dominion Bank) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗102,218 worldwide, 2025
- 4.Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗100,000 worldwide, 2025
- 5.Scotiabank (The Bank of Nova Scotia) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗86,431 worldwide, 2025
- 6.Canada Post Corporation Ottawa, ON · Postal and parcel delivery — Crown corporation ↗60,400 worldwide
- 7.BMO Financial Group (Bank of Montreal) Toronto, ON · Banking ↗53,000 worldwide, 2025
- 8.Dollarama inc. Montréal, QC · Discount retail ↗41,000 worldwide, 2026
- 9.Stantec Edmonton, AB · Professional services — engineering, architecture and environmental consulting ↗34,000 worldwide, 2025
- 10.Great-West Lifeco Winnipeg, MB · Finance — life insurance and wealth holding company ↗33,430 worldwide
- 11.Sun Life Financial Toronto, ON · Insurance — life and wealth ↗32,151 worldwide, 2025
- 12.Celestica Toronto, ON · Electronics manufacturing services ↗29,591 worldwide, 2025
- 13.Barrick Mining Corporation Toronto, ON · Gold and copper mining ↗27,000 worldwide, 2025
- 14.Nutrien Ltd. Saskatoon, SK · Mining and chemicals — potash and fertilizer; agricultural retail ↗26,000 worldwide
- 15.J.D. Irving, Limited Saint John, NB · Conglomerate — forestry, shipbuilding, transportation, retail, food ↗20,000 worldwide
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Largest places in North America
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.New York (Manhattan), NY full8,516,202
- 2.Los Angeles, California full3,870,000
- 3.Toronto, Ontario full2,794,356
- 4.Chicago, Illinois full2,740,000
- 5.Brooklyn, NY full2,646,306
- 6.Houston, Texas full2,300,000
- 7.Montréal, QC full1,762,950
- 8.Phoenix, Arizona full1,608,139
- 9.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania full1,600,000
- 10.San Antonio, Texas full1,430,000
- 11.San Diego, California full1,400,000
- 12.Calgary, Alberta full1,306,784
- 13.Dallas, Texas full1,304,379
- 14.Ottawa, Canada full1,017,449
- 15.Oahu, Hawaii1,016,508
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Inside North America
4 regions have North America as their parent.
- Alaska region
- Canada country
- Hawaii state
- United States country
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Companies based in North America
9 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 16,786 across North America and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| 5N Plus | 2000 | |
| ABFI | Food | |
| Alert Rental Software | 1976 | |
| Escrow London | ||
| Pepper* | ||
| PGP International | Food | 1983 |
| SOSV | 1995 | |
| TopHat | Education | |
| Williams Foods |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of North America are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.