Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population and Rank

	7/1/2005 population estimate	4/1/2000 census population	Size rank 2000	Size rank 2005
New York, N.Y.	8,143,197	8,008,278	1	1
Los Angeles, Calif.	3,844,829	3,694,820	2	2
Chicago, Ill.	2,842,518	2,896,016	3	3
Houston, Tex.	2,016,582	1,953,631	4	4
Philadelphia, Pa.	1,463,281	1,517,550	5	5
Phoenix, Ariz.	1,461,575	1,321,045	6	6
San Antonio, Tex.	1,256,509	1,144,646	9	7
San Diego, Calif.	1,255,540	1,223,400	7	8
Dallas, Tex.	1,213,825	1,188,580	8	9
San Jose, Calif.	912,332	894,943	11	10
Detroit, Mich.	886,671	951,270	10	11
Indianapolis, Ind.	784,118	781,870	12	12
Jacksonville, Fla.	782,623	735,617	14	13
San Francisco, Calif.	739,426	776,733	13	14
Columbus, Ohio	730,657	711,470	15	15
Austin, Tex.	690,252	656,562	16	16
Memphis, Tenn.	672,277	650,100	18	17
Baltimore, Md.	635,815	651,154	17	18
Fort Worth, Tex.	624,067	534,694	27	19
Charlotte, N.C.	610,949	540,828	26	20
El Paso, Tex.	598,590	563,662	23	21
Milwaukee, Wis.	578,887	596,974	19	22
Seattle, Wash.	573,911	563,374	24	23
Boston, Mass.	559,034	589,141	20	24
Denver, Colo.	557,917	554,636	25	25
Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.¹	556,429	256,231	67	26
Washington, DC	550,521	572,059	21	27
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.²	549,110	545,524	22	28
Las Vegas, Nev.	545,147	478,434	32	29
Portland, Ore.	533,427	529,121	28	30
Oklahoma City, Okla.	531,324	506,132	29	31
Tucson, Ariz.	515,526	486,699	30	32
Albuquerque, N.M.	494,236	448,607	35	33
Long Beach, Calif.	474,014	461,522	34	34
Atlanta, Ga.	470,688	416,474	39	35
Fresno, Calif.	461,116	427,652	37	36
Sacramento, Calif.	456,441	407,018	40	37
New Orleans, La.	454,863	484,674	31	38
Cleveland, Ohio	452,208	478,403	33	39
Kansas City, Mo.	444,965	441,545	36	40
Mesa, Ariz.	442,780	396,375	42	41
Virginia Beach, Va.	438,415	425,257	38	42
Omaha, Nebr.	414,521	390,007	44	43
Oakland, Calif.	395,274	399,484	41	44
Miami, Fla.	386,417	362,470	47	45
Tulsa, Okla.	382,457	393,049	43	46
Honolulu CDP,³ Hawaii	377,379	371,657	46	47
Minneapolis, Minn.	372,811	382,618	45	48
Colorado Springs, Colo.	369,815	360,890	48	49
Arlington, Tex.	362,805	332,969	54	50

1. Louisville and Jefferson County merged in Jan. 2003. Figures prior to 2003 are for Louisville city only.

2. Nashville-Davidson city is consolidated with Davidson County.

3. Honolulu Census Designated Place; by agreement with the State of Hawaii, the Census Bureau does not show data separately for the city of Honolulu, which is coextensive with Honolulu County.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Web: www.census.gov . For 1900–2005 population estimates, see Population of the 20 Largest U.S. Cities, 1900–2005.

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