List of United States cities by population

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The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes a variety of designations, including city, town, village, and borough. In this list of the largest incorporated places, the majority are incorporated as cities. Consolidated city-counties represent a distinct type of government in that other incorporated places exist within the consolidated city. This list presents only that portion (or "balance") of the consolidated cities that are not a part of another incorporated place.

These figures are lower than the populations of metropolitan areas or urban areas, the primary meaning of "city" in some parts of the world. In some cases two or more of the cities listed are in the same metropolitan area (such as San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland), and other cities may consist of a small, shrinking inner city surrounded by several rings of suburbs (like St. Louis or Boston).

See also List of United States cities by area, List of United States metropolitan areas, and List of United States urban areas

Contents 1 Incorporated places over 100,000 population 2 Notes 3 States with multiple cities over 100,000 4 Other cities 5 See also 6 References 7 Other sources

Incorporated places over 100,000 population

The United States has dozens of major cities, including 11 of the 55 global cities of all types—with three "alpha" global cities: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago. The figures expressed below are for populations within city limits. A different ranking is evident when considering U.S. metro area populations, although the top three would be unchanged.

The following sortable table lists the 254 incorporated places in the United States with a population of more than 100,000 as of 2005-07-01 as estimated by the United States Census Bureau:^[1]

U.S. Incorporated Places over 100,000 Population

Rank	City	State	Population
1	New York City**	New York	8,213,839
2	Los Angeles	California	3,845,541
3	Chicago	Illinois	2,842,518
4	Houston**	Texas	2,076,189
5	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,463,281
6	Phoenix	Arizona	1,461,575
7	San Diego	California	1,263,756
8	San Antonio	Texas	1,236,249
9	Dallas	Texas	1,213,825
10	San Jose	California	912,332
11	Detroit	Michigan	886,671
12	Indianapolis (balance)*	Indiana	784,118
13	Jacksonville	Florida	782,623
14	San Francisco	California	739,426
15	Columbus	Ohio	730,657
16	Austin	Texas	690,252
17	Memphis	Tennessee	672,277
18	Baltimore**	Maryland	640,064
19	Fort Worth	Texas	624,067
20	Charlotte	North Carolina	610,949
21	El Paso	Texas	598,590
22	Boston**	Massachusetts	596,638
23	Washington**	District of Columbia	582,049
24	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	578,887
25	Seattle	Washington	573,911
26	Denver	Colorado	557,917
27	Louisville-Jefferson County (balance)*	Kentucky	556,429
28	Nashville-Davidson (balance)*	Tennessee	549,110
29	Las Vegas	Nevada	545,147
30	Portland	Oregon	533,427
31	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	531,324
32	Tucson	Arizona	515,526
33	Albuquerque	New Mexico	494,236
34	Atlanta**	Georgia	483,108
35	Long Beach	California	474,014
36	Fresno	California	461,116
37	Sacramento	California	456,441
38	New Orleans***	Louisiana	454,863
39	Cleveland	Ohio	452,208
40	Kansas City	Missouri	444,965
41	Mesa	Arizona	442,780
42	Virginia Beach	Virginia	438,415
43	Omaha	Nebraska	414,521
44	Oakland	California	395,274
45	Miami	Florida	386,417
46	Tulsa	Oklahoma	382,457
47	Honolulu****	Hawaii	377,379
48	Minneapolis	Minnesota	372,811
49	Colorado Springs	Colorado	369,815
50	Arlington	Texas	362,805
51	Wichita	Kansas	354,865
52	St. Louis**	Missouri	352,572
53	Raleigh	North Carolina	341,530
54	Santa Ana	California	340,368
55	Anaheim	California	331,804
56	Cincinnati**	Ohio	331,310
57	Tampa	Florida	325,989
58	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	316,718
59	Toledo	Ohio	301,285
60	Aurora	Colorado	297,235
61	Bakersfield	California	295,536
62	Riverside	California	294,059
63	Stockton	California	286,926
64	Corpus Christi	Texas	283,474
65	Newark	New Jersey	280,666
66	Buffalo	New York	279,745
67	St. Paul	Minnesota	275,150
68	Anchorage	Alaska	275,043
69	Lexington	Kentucky	268,080
70	Plano	Texas	250,096
71	St. Petersburg	Florida	249,079
72	Jersey City	New Jersey	239,614
73	Glendale	Arizona	239,435
74	Lincoln	Nebraska	239,213
75	Chandler	Arizona	234,939
76	Henderson	Nevada	232,146
77	Greensboro	North Carolina	231,962
78	Norfolk	Virginia	231,954
79	Birmingham	Alabama	231,483
80	Scottsdale	Arizona	226,013
81	Fort Wayne	Indiana	223,341
82	Baton Rouge******	Louisiana	222,064
83	Madison	Wisconsin	221,551
84	Hialeah	Florida	220,485
85	Chesapeake	Virginia	218,968
86	Garland	Texas	216,346
87	Orlando	Florida	213,223
88	Rochester	New York	211,091
89	Akron	Ohio	210,795
90	Chula Vista	California	210,497
91	Fremont	California	210,158
92	Lubbock	Texas	209,737
93	Laredo	Texas	208,754
94	Modesto	California	207,011
95	Durham	North Carolina	204,845
96	Reno	Nevada	203,550
97	Montgomery	Alabama	200,127
98	Glendale	California	200,065
99	Arlington*****	Virginia	199,761**
100	Shreveport	Louisiana	198,874
101	San Bernardino	California	198,550
102	Spokane	Washington	196,818
103	Yonkers	New York	196,425
104	Tacoma	Washington	195,898
105	Huntington Beach	California	194,457
106	Des Moines	Iowa	194,163
107	Grand Rapids	Michigan	193,780
108	Richmond	Virginia	193,777
109	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	193,755
110	Irving	Texas	193,649
111	Boise City	Idaho	193,161
112	Mobile	Alabama	191,544
113	Augusta-Richmond County (balance)*	Georgia	190,782
114	Irvine	California	186,852
115	Columbus	Georgia	185,271
116	Little Rock	Arkansas	184,564
117	Oxnard	California	183,628
118	Amarillo	Texas	183,021
119	Knoxville	Tennessee	180,130
120	Newport News	Virginia	179,899
121	Moreno Valley	California	178,367
122	Salt Lake City	Utah	178,097
123	Jackson	Mississippi	177,977
124	Providence	Rhode Island	176,862
125	North Las Vegas	Nevada	176,635
126	Gilbert	Arizona	173,989
127	Ontario	California	172,679
128	Worcester	Massachusetts	172,648
129	Rancho Cucamonga	California	169,353
130	Santa Clarita	California	168,253
131	Aurora	Illinois	168,181
132	Brownsville	Texas	167,493
133	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	167,380
134	Huntsville	Alabama	166,313
135	Oceanside	California	166,108
136	Garden Grove	California	166,075
137	Overland Park	Kansas	164,811
138	Fontana	California	163,860
139	Tempe	Arizona	161,143
140	Dayton	Ohio	158,873
141	Tallahassee	Florida	158,500
142	Vancouver	Washington	157,493
143	Chattanooga	Tennessee	154,762
144	Pomona	California	153,787
145	Santa Rosa	California	153,158
146	Rockford	Illinois	152,916
147	Springfield	Massachusetts	152,082
148	Pembroke Pines	Florida	150,380
149	Springfield	Missouri	150,298
150	Paterson	New Jersey	149,843
151	Corona	California	149,387
152	Salem	Oregon	148,751
153	Salinas	California	146,431
154	Hollywood	Florida	145,629
155	Hampton	Virginia	145,579
156	Eugene	Oregon	144,515
157	Grand Prairie	Texas	144,337
158	Kansas City	Kansas	144,210
159	Pasadena	Texas	143,852
160	Pasadena	California	143,731
161	Torrance	California	142,384
162	Syracuse	New York	141,683
163	Naperville	Illinois	141,579
164	Lakewood	Colorado	140,671
165	Hayward	California	140,293
166	Cape Coral	Florida	140,010
167	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	139,517
168	Bridgeport	Connecticut	139,008
169	Peoria	Arizona	138,200
170	Alexandria**	Virginia	137,602
171	Joliet	Illinois	136,208
172	Warren	Michigan	135,311
173	Orange	California	134,950
174	Palmdale	California	134,570
175	Escondido	California	134,085
176	Lancaster	California	134,032
177	Fullerton	California	132,787
178	Port St. Lucie	Florida	131,692
179	Fayetteville	North Carolina	129,928
180	Mesquite	Texas	129,902
181	Sunnyvale	California	128,902
182	Coral Springs	Florida	128,804
183	Savannah	Georgia	128,453
184	Sterling Heights	Michigan	128,034
185	Fort Collins	Colorado	128,026
186	Elizabeth	New Jersey	125,809
187	New Haven	Connecticut	124,791
188	Hartford	Connecticut	124,397
189	Thousand Oaks	California	124,359
190	McAllen	Texas	123,622
191	Concord	California	123,252
192	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	123,119
193	El Monte	California	122,513
194	Topeka	Kansas	121,946
195	Waco	Texas	120,465
196	Stamford	Connecticut	120,045
197	West Valley City**	Utah	118,917
198	Carrollton	Texas	118,870
199	Simi Valley	California	118,687
200	Flint	Michigan	118,551
201	Vallejo	California	117,483
202	Bellevue	Washington	117,137
203	Columbia	South Carolina	117,088
204	Evansville	Indiana	115,918
205	Springfield	Illinois	115,668
206	Lansing	Michigan	115,518
207	Provo**	Utah	115,135
208	Abilene	Texas	114,757
209	Inglewood	California	114,467
210	Ann Arbor	Michigan	113,271
211	Clarksville	Tennessee	112,878
212	Peoria	Illinois	112,685
213	Elk Grove	California	112,338
214	Lafayette	Louisiana	112,030
215	Beaumont	Texas	111,799
216	Olathe	Kansas	111,334
217	Independence	Missouri	110,208
218	Costa Mesa	California	109,830
219	Downey	California	109,718
220	Manchester	New Hampshire	109,691
221	Clearwater	Florida	108,687
222	Visalia	California	108,669
223	West Covina	California	108,185
224	Gainesville	Florida	108,184
225	Waterbury	Connecticut	107,902
226	Allentown	Pennsylvania	106,992
227	Charleston	South Carolina	106,712
228	Miramar	Florida	106,623
229	Cary	North Carolina	106,439
230	Roseville	California	105,940
231	Norwalk	California	105,834
232	Santa Clara	California	105,402
233	South Bend	Indiana	105,262
234	Thornton	Colorado	105,182
235	Lowell	Massachusetts	105,167
236	Westminster	Colorado	105,084
237	Fairfield	California	104,476
238	Pompano Beach	Florida	104,179
239	Denton	Texas	104,153
240	Burbank	California	104,108
241	San Buenaventura	California	104,017
242	Arvada	Colorado	103,966
243	Pueblo	Colorado	103,495
244	Athens	Georgia	103,238
245	Erie	Pennsylvania	102,612
246	Richmond	California	102,186
247	Norman	Oklahoma	101,719
248	Cambridge	Massachusetts	101,355
249	Green Bay	Wisconsin	101,203
250	Berkeley	California	100,744
251	Antioch	California	100,631
252	Daly City	California	100,339
253	Killeen	Texas	100,233
254	Portsmouth	Virginia	100,169

Notes

* Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, and Augusta are consolidated city-counties; the population given is for the entire city excluding other incorporated places lying within the city limits.

** Due to accepted challenges to the 2005 population estimates, the populations of these cities were revised from the original 2005 estimates. The revised figures are listed above.^[2]

*** The population estimate given for New Orleans does not reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina. Population estimates as of June 2006 ranged from 192,000^[3] to 230,000.^[4]

**** Hawaii has no incorporated municipalities other than the City & County of Honolulu, which actually includes the entire island of Oahu. In accordance with Hawaiian law, the U.S. Census Bureau defines the state's "cities" and "towns" as Census-designated Places (CDPs). The Census defines Honolulu CDP. as the portion of the City and County that is coextensive with the Judicial District of Honolulu. Honolulu CDP is what is generally thought of as the "city" of Honolulu, and its population is used here and in other population comparisons.

*****Arlington CDP, Virginia is coincidental with Arlington County. Virginian law forbids the creation of cities in counties with over 1,000 people per square mile, which Arlington County exceeds. Thus, the entire county is considered by the Census Bureau as one CDP.

****** The population estimate given for Baton Rouge does not reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina. Currently, there is some debate over the numbers, with the general estimated range being from 500,000 within the city as of 2006-08-30^[5] to over 800,000 for the greater Baton Rouge metro area as of January 2006.^[6]

States with multiple cities over 100,000

More than 10 California (62) Texas (25) Florida (17) 9 Arizona Colorado Virginia 7 Illinois Michigan North Carolina

6 Ohio 5 Connecticut Georgia Kansas Massachusetts New York Tennessee Washington

4 Alabama Indiana Louisiana Missouri Nevada New Jersey Pennsylvania

3 Oklahoma Oregon Utah Wisconsin 2 Iowa Kentucky Minnesota Nebraska South Carolina

Other cities

Population	Number of municipal governments[7]
300,000+	59
200,000-299,999	39
100,000-199,999	156
50,000-99,999	364
25,000-49,999	643
10,000-24,999	1,436
5,000-9,999	1,637
2,500-4,999	2,070
1,000-2,499	3,677
Under 1000	9,361
Total	19,429

See also

• Table of United States primary census statistical areas
• Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas
• Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• Table of United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas
• List of cities in the United States
• List of United States urban areas

References

http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/2000s/vintage_2005/05s_challenges.html

Other sources

• Census Bureau list of cities over 100,000 people with 2005 estimates