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🌆 Largest US Cities by Population

The 100 most populous incorporated cities in the United States.

📅 2025📏 people100 entries🇺🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 66,010,880 (100 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank. The smallest 60 are merged into one grey tile.
1
New York, NY
8,584,629
2
Los Angeles, CA
3,869,089
3
Chicago, IL
2,731,585
4
Houston, TX
2,397,315
5
Phoenix, AZ
1,665,481
6
Philadelphia, PA
1,574,281
7
San Antonio, TX
1,548,422
8
San Diego, CA
1,406,106
9
Dallas, TX
1,329,491
10
Fort Worth, TX
1,028,117
11
Jacksonville, FL
1,017,689
12
Austin, TX
1,002,632
13
San Jose, CA
989,814
14
Charlotte, NC
964,784
15
Columbus, OH
938,396
16
Indianapolis, IN
901,116
17
San Francisco, CA
826,079
18
Seattle, WA
784,777
19
Denver, CO
740,613
20
Nashville, TN
721,074
21
Oklahoma City, OK
719,849
22
Washington, DC
693,645
23
El Paso, TX
683,012
24
Las Vegas, NV
679,817
25
Boston, MA
672,973
26
Detroit, MI
649,095
27
Louisville, KY
641,962
28
Portland, OR
635,109
29
Memphis, TN
609,647
30
Baltimore, MD
569,997
31
Milwaukee, WI
562,407
32
Albuquerque, NM
556,588
33
Fresno, CA
555,549
34
Tucson, AZ
548,371
35
Sacramento, CA
536,449
36
Atlanta, GA
529,110
37
Kansas City, MO
521,220
38
Mesa, AZ
513,656
39
Raleigh, NC
506,306
40
Colorado Springs, CO
494,743
41
Miami, FL
489,812
42
Omaha, NE
488,797
43
Virginia Beach, VA
453,737
44
Long Beach, CA
450,469
45
Oakland, CA
440,838
46
Minneapolis, MN
430,324
47
Bakersfield, CA
422,165
48
Tulsa, OK
416,209
49
Tampa, FL
413,554
50
Aurora, CO
410,053
51
Arlington, TX
402,134
52
Wichita, KS
400,987
53
Cleveland, OH
363,608
54
New Orleans, LA
362,154
55
Henderson, NV
353,289
56
Honolulu, HI
341,868
57
Anaheim, CA
341,008
58
Orlando, FL
333,888
59
Lexington, KY
329,751
60
Stockton, CA
324,597
61
Newark, NJ
323,808
62
Riverside, CA
323,057
63
Irvine, CA
318,764
64
Corpus Christi, TX
317,247
65
Santa Ana, CA
315,586
66
Cincinnati, OH
314,367
67
Greensboro, NC
308,667
68
Pittsburgh, PA
307,632
69
St. Paul, MN
306,684
70
Durham, NC
305,561
71
Jersey City, NJ
302,013
72
Lincoln, NE
301,522
73
North Las Vegas, NV
296,653
74
Plano, TX
293,028
75
Gilbert, AZ
287,285
76
Anchorage, AK
287,155
77
Madison, WI
286,233
78
Reno, NV
283,621
79
Chandler, AZ
278,748
80
St. Louis, MO
278,144
81
Chula Vista, CA
275,533
82
Fort Wayne, IN
275,203
83
Buffalo, NY
274,613
84
Lubbock, TX
273,071
85
Laredo, TX
269,515
86
Port St. Lucie, FL
268,062
87
St. Petersburg, FL
264,033
88
Toledo, OH
263,423
89
Glendale, AZ
260,572
90
Winston-Salem, NC
257,271
91
Irving, TX
257,076
92
Chesapeake, VA
255,332
93
Garland, TX
249,625
94
Scottsdale, AZ
243,006
95
Boise, ID
238,429
96
Richmond, VA
237,257
97
Frisco, TX
236,955
98
Cape Coral, FL
236,264
99
McKinney, TX
236,001
100
Huntsville, AL
233,627

Highlights

Within United States, New York, NY ranks first in 2025 with 8,584,629, followed by Los Angeles, CA (3,869,089) and Chicago, IL (2,731,585).

New York, NY is 2.2 times higher than Los Angeles, CA, the runner-up.

Across 100 entries, values run from 8,584,629 (New York, NY) to 233,627 (Huntsville, AL), with a median of 406,094.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 city population estimates (via Wikipedia), 2025. Unit: people.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 city population estimates (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited agency · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — The 100 largest incorporated places.