Cities with the Highest Population

Top 100 Results Sorted from Highest to Lowest by City

Rank	City	Population
1	New York, New York	8,008,278
2	Los Angeles, California	3,694,820
3	Chicago, Illinois	2,896,016
4	Houston, Texas	1,953,631
5	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1,517,550
6	Phoenix, Arizona	1,321,045
7	San Diego, California	1,223,400
8	Dallas, Texas	1,188,580
9	San Antonio, Texas	1,144,646
10	Detroit, Michigan	951,270
11	San Jose, California	894,943
12	Indianapolis, Indiana	781,870
13	San Francisco, California	776,733
14	Jacksonville, Florida	735,617
15	Columbus, Ohio	711,470
16	Austin, Texas	656,562
17	Baltimore, Maryland	651,154
18	Memphis, Tennessee	650,100
19	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	596,974
20	Boston, Massachusetts	589,141
21	Washington, District of Columbia	572,059
22	El Paso, Texas	563,662
23	Seattle, Washington	563,374
24	Denver, Colorado	554,636
25	Nashville, Tennessee	545,524
26	Charlotte, North Carolina	540,828
27	Fort Worth, Texas	534,694
28	Portland, Oregon	529,121
29	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	506,132
30	Tucson, Arizona	486,699
31	New Orleans, Louisiana	484,674
32	Las Vegas, Nevada	478,434
33	Cleveland, Ohio	478,403
34	Long Beach, California	461,522
35	Albuquerque, New Mexico	448,607
36	Kansas City, Missouri	441,545
37	Fresno, California	427,652
38	Virginia Beach, Virginia	425,257
39	Atlanta, Georgia	416,474
40	Sacramento, California	407,018
41	Oakland, California	399,484
42	Mesa, Arizona	396,375
43	Tulsa, Oklahoma	393,049
44	Omaha, Nebraska	390,007
45	Minneapolis, Minnesota	382,618
46	Honolulu, Hawaii	371,657
47	Miami, Florida	362,470
48	Colorado Springs, Colorado	360,890
49	St. Louis, Missouri	348,189
50	Wichita, Kansas	344,284
51	Santa Ana, California	337,977
52	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	334,563
53	Arlington, Texas	332,969
54	Cincinnati, Ohio	331,285
55	Anaheim, California	328,014
56	Toledo, Ohio	313,619
57	Tampa, Florida	303,447
58	Buffalo, New York	292,648
59	St. Paul, Minnesota	287,151
60	Corpus Christi, Texas	277,454
61	Aurora, Colorado	276,393
62	Raleigh, North Carolina	276,093
63	Newark, New Jersey	273,546
64	Lexington, Kentucky	260,512
65	Anchorage, Alaska	260,283
66	Louisville, Kentucky	256,231
67	Riverside, California	255,166
68	St. Petersburg, Florida	248,232
69	Bakersfield, California	247,057
70	Stockton, California	243,771
71	Birmingham, Alabama	242,820
72	Jersey City, New Jersey	240,055
73	Norfolk, Virginia	234,403
74	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	227,818
75	Hialeah, Florida	226,419
76	Lincoln, Nebraska	225,581
77	Greensboro, North Carolina	223,891
78	Plano, Texas	222,030
79	Rochester, New York	219,773
80	Glendale, Arizona	218,812
81	Akron, Ohio	217,074
82	Garland, Texas	215,768
83	Madison, Wisconsin	208,054
84	Fort Wayne, Indiana	205,727
85	Fremont, California	203,413
86	Scottsdale, Arizona	202,705
87	Montgomery, Alabama	201,568
88	Shreveport, Louisiana	200,145
89	Lubbock, Texas	199,564
90	Chesapeake, Virginia	199,184
91	Mobile, Alabama	198,915
92	Des Moines, Iowa	198,682
93	Grand Rapids, Michigan	197,800
94	Richmond, Virginia	197,790
95	Yonkers, New York	196,086
96	Spokane, Washington	195,629
97	Augusta, Georgia	195,182
98	Glendale, California	194,973
99	Tacoma, Washington	193,556
100	Irving, Texas	191,615

Source(s): 2000 U.S. Census, American Fact Finder