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

The table below lists the largest 50 cities in the United States based on population and rank for the years 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2012.

	7/1/2012 population estimate	4/1/2010 census population	7/1/2005 population estimate	4/1/2000 census population	4/1/1990 census population	Numeric population change 1990–2000	Percent population change 1990–2000	Size rank 1990	Size rank 2000	Size rank 2010	Size rank 2012
New York, N.Y.	8,336,697	8,175,133	8,143,197	8,008,278	7,322,564	685,714	9.4	1	1	1	1
Los Angeles, Calif.	3,857,799	3,792,621	3,844,829	3,694,820	3,485,398	209,422	6.0	2	2	2	2
Chicago, Ill.	2,714,856	2,695,598	2,842,518	2,896,016	2,783,726	112,290	4.0	3	3	3	3
Houston, Tex.	2,160,821	2,100,263	2,016,582	1,953,631	1,630,553	323,078	19.8	4	4	4	4
Philadelphia, Pa.	1,547,607	1,526,006	1,463,281	1,517,550	1,585,577	–68,027	–4.3	5	5	5	5
Phoenix, Ariz.	1,488,750	1,445,632	1,461,575	1,321,045	983,403	337,642	34.3	10	6	6	6
San Antonio, Tex.	1,382,951	1,327,407	1,256,509	1,144,646	935,933	208,713	22.3	9	9	7	7
San Diego, Calif.	1,338,348	1,307,402	1,255,540	1,223,400	1,110,549	112,851	10.2	6	7	8	8
Dallas, Tex.	1,241,162	1,197,816	1,213,825	1,188,580	1,006,877	181,703	18.0	8	8	9	9
San Jose, Calif.	982,765	945,942	912,332	894,943	782,248	112,695	14.4	11	11	10	10
Austin, Tex.	842,592	790,390	690,252	656,562	465,622	190,940	41.0	25	16	14	11
Jacksonville, Fla.	836,507	821,784	782,623	735,617	635,230	100,387	15.8	15	14	11	12
Indianapolis, Ind.	834,852	820,445	784,118	781,870	741,952	49,974	6.7	13	12	12	13
San Francisco, Calif.	825,863	805,235	739,426	776,733	723,959	52,774	7.3	14	13	13	14
Columbus, Ohio	809,798	787,033	730,657	711,470	632,910	78,560	12.4	16	15	15	15
Fort Worth, Tex.	777,992	741,206	624,067	534,694	447,619	87,075	19.5	29	27	16	16
Charlotte, N.C.	775,202	731,424	610,949	540,828	395,934	144,894	36.6	33	26	17	17
Detroit, Mich.	701,475	713,777	886,671	951,270	1,027,974	–76,704	–7.5	7	10	18	18
El Paso, Tex.	672,538	649,121	598,590	563,662	515,342	48,320	9.4	22	23	19	19
Memphis, Tenn.	655,155	646,889	672,277	650,100	610,337	39,763	6.5	18	18	20	20
Boston, Mass.	636,479	617,594	559,034	589,141	574,283	14,858	2.6	20	20	22	21
Seattle, Wash.	634,535	608,660	573,911	563,374	516,259	47,115	9.1	21	24	23	22
Denver, Colo.	634,265	600,158	557,917	554,636	467,610	87,026	18.6	28	25	26	23
Washington, DC	632,323	601,723	550,521	572,059	606,900	–34,841	–5.7	19	21	24	24
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.¹	624,496	601,222	549,110	545,524	510,784	59,107	11.6	26	22	25	25
Baltimore, Md.	621,342	620,961	635,815	651,154	736,014	–84,860	–11.5	12	17	21	26
Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.²	605,110	597,337	556,429	256,231	269,063	12,832	–4.8	58	67	27	27
Portland, Ore.	603,106	583,776	533,427	529,121	437,319	91,802	21.0	27	28	29	28
Oklahoma City, Okla.	599,199	579,999	531,324	506,132	444,719	61,413	13.8	30	29	31	29
Milwaukee, Wis.	598,916	594,833	578,887	596,974	628,088	–31,114	–5.0	17	19	28	30
Las Vegas, Nev.	596,424	583,756	545,147	478,434	258,295	220,139	85.2	63	32	30	31
Albuquerque, N.M.	555,417	545,852	494,236	448,607	384,736	63,871	16.6	40	35	32	32
Tucson, Ariz.	524,295	520,116	515,526	486,699	405,390	81,309	20.1	34	32	33	33
Fresno, Calif.	505,882	494,665	461,116	427,652	354,202	73,450	20.7	48	37	34	34
Sacramento, Calif.	475,516	466,488	456,441	407,018	369,365	37,653	10.2	37	40	35	35
Long Beach, Calif.	467,892	462,257	474,014	461,522	429,433	32,089	7.5	32	34	36	36
Kansas City, Mo.	464,310	459,787	444,965	441,545	435,146	6,399	1.5	31	36	37	37
Mesa, Ariz.	452,084	439,041	442,780	396,375	288,091	108,284	37.6	53	42	38	38
Virginia Beach, Va.	447,021	437,994	438,415	425,257	393,069	32,188	8.2	39	38	39	39
Atlanta, Ga.	443,775	420,003	470,688	416,474	394,017	22,457	5.7	38	39	40	40
Colorado Springs, Colo.	431,834	416,427	369,815	360,890	281,140	79,750	28.4	54	48	41	41
Raleigh, N.C.	423,179	403,892	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	43	42
Omaha, Nebr.	421,570	408,958	414,521	390,007	335,795	54,212	16.1	47	44	42	43
Miami, Fla.	413,892	399,457	386,417	362,470	358,548	3,922	1.1	46	47	44	44
Oakland, Calif.	400,740	390,724	395,274	399,484	372,242	27,242	7.3	35	41	47	45
Tulsa, Okla.	393,987	391,906	382,457	393,049	367,302	25,747	7.0	44	43	46	46
Minneapolis, Minn.	392,880	382,578	372,811	382,618	368,383	14,235	3.9	43	45	48	47
Cleveland, Ohio	390,928	396,815	452,208	478,403	505,616	–27,213	–5.4	23	33	45	48
Wichita, Kans.	385,577	382,368	353,823	344,284	–	–	–	–	50	49	49
Arlington, Tex.	375,600	365,438	362,805	332,969	261,721	71,248	27.2	62	54	50	50

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

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Web: www.census.gov . For 1900–2005 population estimates, see Population of the 20 Largest U.S. Cities, 1900–2010.

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