North America belongs to the most urbanized parts of the world. This is mainly due to mega metropolises such as New York City, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Toronto. With more than 313,085,000 citizens in 50 states, the US is the third most populous country on Earth. Throughout North America, BASF Corporation operates more than 100 production and research and development sites as well as Verbund sites in Geismar, Louisiana and Freeport, Texas.