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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, 2009, and 2010.

	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 2005	Size rank 2010
New York, N.Y.	8,175,133	8,143,197	8,008,278	7,322,564	685,714	9.4	1	1	1	1
Los Angeles, Calif.	3,792,621	3,844,829	3,694,820	3,485,398	209,422	6.0	2	2	2	2
Chicago, Ill.	2,695,598	2,842,518	2,896,016	2,783,726	112,290	4.0	3	3	3	3
Houston, Tex.	2,099,451	2,016,582	1,953,631	1,630,553	323,078	19.8	4	4	4	4
Philadelphia, Pa.	1,526,006	1,463,281	1,517,550	1,585,577	–68,027	–4.3	5	5	5	5
Phoenix, Ariz.	1,445,632	1,461,575	1,321,045	983,403	337,642	34.3	10	6	6	6
San Antonio, Tex.	1,327,407	1,256,509	1,144,646	935,933	208,713	22.3	9	9	7	7
San Diego, Calif.	1,307,402	1,255,540	1,223,400	1,110,549	112,851	10.2	6	7	8	8
Dallas, Tex.	1,197,816	1,213,825	1,188,580	1,006,877	181,703	18.0	8	8	9	9
San Jose, Calif.	945,942	912,332	894,943	782,248	112,695	14.4	11	11	10	10
Jacksonville, Fla.	821,784	782,623	735,617	635,230	100,387	15.8	15	14	13	11
Indianapolis, Ind.	820,445	784,118	781,870	741,952	49,974	6.7	13	12	12	12
San Francisco, Calif.	805,235	739,426	776,733	723,959	52,774	7.3	14	13	14	13
Austin, Tex.	790,390	690,252	656,562	465,622	190,940	41.0	25	16	16	14
Columbus, Ohio	787,033	730,657	711,470	632,910	78,560	12.4	16	15	15	15
Fort Worth, Tex.	741,206	624,067	534,694	447,619	87,075	19.5	29	27	19	16
Charlotte, N.C.	731,424	610,949	540,828	395,934	144,894	36.6	33	26	20	17
Detroit, Mich.	713,777	886,671	951,270	1,027,974	–76,704	–7.5	7	10	11	18
El Paso, Tex.	649,121	598,590	563,662	515,342	48,320	9.4	22	23	21	19
Memphis, Tenn.	646,889	672,277	650,100	610,337	39,763	6.5	18	18	17	20
Baltimore, Md.	620,961	635,815	651,154	736,014	–84,860	–11.5	12	17	18	21
Boston, Mass.	617,594	559,034	589,141	574,283	14,858	2.6	20	20	24	22
Seattle, Wash.	608,660	573,911	563,374	516,259	47,115	9.1	21	24	23	23
Washington, DC	601,723	550,521	572,059	606,900	–34,841	–5.7	19	21	27	24
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.¹	601,222	549,110	545,524	510,784	59,107	11.6	26	22	28	25
Denver, Colo.	600,158	557,917	554,636	467,610	87,026	18.6	28	25	25	26
Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.²	597,337	556,429	256,231	269,063	12,832	–4.8	58	67	26	27
Milwaukee, Wis.	594,833	578,887	596,974	628,088	–31,114	–5.0	17	19	22	28
Portland, Ore.	583,776	533,427	529,121	437,319	91,802	21.0	27	28	30	29
Las Vegas, Nev.	583,756	545,147	478,434	258,295	220,139	85.2	63	32	29	30
Oklahoma City, Okla.	579,999	531,324	506,132	444,719	61,413	13.8	30	29	31	31
Albuquerque, N.M.	545,852	494,236	448,607	384,736	63,871	16.6	40	35	33	32
Tucson, Ariz.	520,116	515,526	486,699	405,390	81,309	20.1	34	30	32	33
Fresno, Calif.	494,665	461,116	427,652	354,202	73,450	20.7	48	37	36	34
Sacramento, Calif.	466,488	456,441	407,018	369,365	37,653	10.2	37	40	37	35
Long Beach, Calif.	462,257	474,014	461,522	429,433	32,089	7.5	32	34	34	36
Kansas City, Mo.	459,787	444,965	441,545	435,146	6,399	1.5	31	36	40	37
Mesa, Ariz.	439,041	442,780	396,375	288,091	108,284	37.6	53	42	41	38
Virginia Beach, Va.	437,994	438,415	425,257	393,069	32,188	8.2	39	38	42	39
Atlanta, Ga.	420,003	470,688	416,474	394,017	22,457	5.7	38	39	35	40
Colorado Springs, Colo.	416,427	369,815	360,890	281,140	79,750	28.4	54	48	49	41
Omaha, Nebr.	408,958	414,521	390,007	335,795	54,212	16.1	47	44	43	42
Raleigh, N.C.	403,892	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	43
Miami, Fla.	399,457	386,417	362,470	358,548	3,922	1.1	46	47	45	44
Cleveland, Ohio	396,815	452,208	478,403	505,616	–27,213	–5.4	23	33	39	45
Tulsa, Okla.	391,906	382,457	393,049	367,302	25,747	7.0	44	43	46	46
Oakland, Calif.	390,724	395,274	399,484	372,242	27,242	7.3	35	41	44	47
Minneapolis, Minn.	382,578	372,811	382,618	368,383	14,235	3.9	43	45	48	48
Wichita, Kans.	382,368	353,823	344,284	–	–	–	–	50	51	49
Arlington, Tex.	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, 1900–2005.

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