CREATE TABLE table_28243 ("Metropolitan ring" TEXT, "Localities" FLOAT, "Total" FLOAT, "Jews and others 1" FLOAT, "Thereof: Jews" FLOAT, "Arabs" FLOAT, "Population density  ( per km\\u00b2 ) " TEXT, "Annual Population growth rate" TEXT)

What is the highest localities?
SELECT MAX("Localities") FROM table_28243
SELECT MAX("Localities") FROM "table_28243"