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Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population, 2006

The table below lists the largest 50 U.S. cities based on population, as of 2006.

Rank	City	State	Population
1.	New York	New York	8,214,426
2.	Los Angeles	California	3,849,378
3.	Chicago	Illinois	2,833,321
4.	Houston	Texas	2,144,491
5.	Phoenix	Arizona	1,512,986
6.	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,448,394
7.	San Antonio	Texas	1,296,682
8.	San Diego	California	1,256,951
9.	Dallas	Texas	1,232,940
10.	San Jose City	California	929,936
11.	Detroit	Michigan	871,121
12.	Jacksonville	Florida	794,555
13.	Indianapolis	Indiana	785,597
14.	San Francisco	California	744,041
15.	Columbus	Ohio	733,203
16.	Austin	Texas	709,893
17.	Memphis	Tennessee	670,902
18.	Fort Worth	Texas	653,320
19.	Baltimore	Maryland	631,366
20.	Charlotte	North Carolina	630,478
21.	El Paso	Texas	609,415
22.	Boston	Massachusetts	590,763
23.	Seattle	Washington	582,454
24.	Washington	D.C.	581,530
25.	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	573,358
26.	Denver	Colorado	566,974
27.	Louisville/Jefferson County	Kentucky	554,496
28.	Las Vegas	Nevada	552,539
29.	Nashville—Davidson	Tennessee	552,120
30.	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	537,734
31.	Portland	Oregon	537,081
32.	Tucson	Arizona	518,956
33.	Albuquerque	New Mexico	504,949
34.	Atlanta	Georgia	486,411
35.	Long Beach	California	472,494
36.	Fresno	California	466,714
37.	Sacramento	California	453,781
38.	Mesa	Arizona	447,541
39.	Kansas City	Missouri	447,306
40.	Cleveland	Ohio	444,313
41.	Virginia Beach	Virginia	435,619
42.	Omaha	Nebraska	419,545
43.	Miami	Florida	404,048
44.	Oakland	California	397,067
45.	Tulsa	Oklahoma	382,872
46.	Honolulu	Hawaii	377,357
47.	Minneapolis	Minnesota	372,833
48.	Colorado Springs	Colorado	372,437
49.	Arlington	Texas	367,197
50.	Wichita	Kansas	357,698