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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 1990–2014.

Size rank 2014	City	7/1/2014 population estimate	7/1/2013 population estimate	4/1/2010 census population	7/1/2005 population estimate	4/1/2000 census population	4/1/1990 census population	Size rank 1990	Size rank 2000	Size rank 2010	Size rank 2013
1	New York, N.Y.	8,491,079	8,405,837	8,175,133	8,143,197	8,008,278	7,322,564	1	1	1	1
2	Los Angeles, Calif.	3,928,864	3,884,307	3,792,621	3,844,829	3,694,820	3,485,398	2	2	2	2
3	Chicago, Ill.	2,722,389	2,718,782	2,695,598	2,842,518	2,896,016	2,783,726	3	3	3	3
4	Houston, Tex.	2,239,558	2,195,914	2,100,263	2,016,582	1,953,631	1,630,553	4	4	4	4
5	Philadelphia, Pa.	1,560,297	1,553,165	1,526,006	1,463,281	1,517,550	1,585,577	5	5	5	5
6	Phoenix, Ariz.	1,537,058	1,513,367	1,445,632	1,461,575	1,321,045	983,403	10	6	6	6
7	San Antonio, Tex.	1,436,697	1,409,019	1,327,407	1,256,509	1,144,646	935,933	9	9	7	7
8	San Diego, Calif.	1,381,069	1,355,896	1,307,402	1,255,540	1,223,400	1,110,549	6	7	8	8
9	Dallas, Tex.	1,281,047	1,257,676	1,197,816	1,213,825	1,188,580	1,006,877	8	8	9	9
10	San Jose, Calif.	1,015,785	998,537	945,942	912,332	894,943	782,248	11	11	10	10
11	Austin, Tex.	912,791	885,400	790,390	690,252	656,562	465,622	25	16	14	11
12	Jacksonville,Fla.	853,382	842,583	821,784	782,623	735,617	635,230	15	14	11	13
13	San Francisco , Calif.	852,469	837,442	805,235	739,426	776,733	723,959	14	13	13	14
14	Indianapolis, Ind.	848,788	843,393	820,445	784,118	781,870	741,952	13	12	12	12
15	Columbus, Ohio	835,957	822,553	787,033	730,657	711,470	632,910	16	15	15	15
16	Fort Worth , Tex.	812,238	792,727	741,206	624,067	534,694	447,619	29	27	16	17
17	Charlotte, N.C.	809,958	792,862	731,424	610,949	540,828	395,934	33	26	17	16
18	Detroit, Mich.	680,250	688,701	713,777	886,671	951,270	1,027,974	7	10	18	18
19	El Paso, Tex.	679,036	674,443	649,121	598,590	563,662	515,342	22	23	19	19
20	Seattle , Wash.	668,342	652,405	608,660	573,911	563,374	516,259	21	24	23	21
21	Denver , Colo.	663,862	649,495	600,158	557,917	554,636	467,610	28	25	26	22
22	Washington, DC	658,893	646,449	601,723	550,521	572,059	606,900	19	21	24	23
23	Memphis, Tenn.	656,86	653,450	646,889	672,277	650,100	610,337	18	18	20	20
24	Boston, Mass.	655,884	645,966	617,594	559,034	589,141	574,283	20	20	22	24
25	Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.1	644,014	634,464	601,222	549,110	545,524	510,784	26	22	25	25
26	Baltimore, Md.	622,793	622,104	620,961	635,815	651,154	736,014	12	17	21	26
27	Oklahoma City, Okla.	620,602	610,613	579,999	531,324	506,132	444,719	30	29	31	27
28	Portland , Ore.	619,360	609,456	583,776	533,427	529,121	437,319	27	28	29	29
29	Las Vegas , Nev.	613,599	603,488	583,756	545,147	478,434	258,295	63	32	30	30
30	Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.2	612,780	609,893	597,337	556,429	256,231	269,063	58	67	27	28
31	Milwaukee, Wis.	599,642	599,164	594,833	578,887	596,974	628,088	17	19	28	31
32	Albuquerque, N.M.	557,169	556,495	545,852	494,236	448,607	384,736	40	35	32	32
33	Tucson, Ariz.	527,972	526,116	520,116	515,526	486,699	405,390	34	32	33	33
34	Fresno, Calif.	515,986	509,924	494,665	461,116	427,652	354,202	48	37	34	34
35	Sacramento, Calif.	485,199	479,686	466,488	456,441	407,018	369,365	37	40	35	35
36	Long Beach, Calif.	473,577	469,428	462,257	474,014	461,522	429,433	32	34	36	36
37	Kansas City, Mo.	470,800	467,007	459,787	444,965	441,545	435,146	31	36	37	37
38	Mesa, Ariz.	464,704	457,587	439,041	442,780	396,375	288,091	53	42	38	38
39	Atlanta , Ga.	456,002	447,841	420,003	470,688	416,474	394,017	38	39	40	40
40	Virginia Beach, Va.	450,980	448,479	437,994	438,415	425,257	393,069	39	38	39	39
41	Omaha , Nebr.	446,599	434,353	408,958	414,521	390,007	335,795	47	44	42	42
41	Colorado Springs, Colo.	445,830	439,886	416,427	369,815	360,890	281,140	54	48	41	41
43	Raleigh, N.C.	439,896	431,746	403,892	–	–	–	–	–	43	43
44	Miami, Fla.	430,332	417,650	399,457	386,417	362,470	358,548	46	47	44	44
45	Oakland, Calif.	413,775	406,253	390,724	395,274	399,484	372,242	35	41	47	45
46	Minneapolis, Minn.	407,207	400,070	382,578	372,811	382,618	368,383	43	45	48	46
47	Tulsa, Okla.	399,682	398,121	391,906	382,457	393,049	367,302	44	43	46	47
48	Cleveland, Ohio	389,521	390,113	396,815	452,208	478,403	505,616	23	33	45	48
49	Wichita, Kans.	388,413	386,552	382,368	353,823	344,284	–	–	50	49	49
50	New Orleans, La.	384,320	378,715	343,829	455,188	484,674	495,080	24	38	51	51
51	Arlington, Tex.	383,204	379,577	365,438	362,805	332,969	261,721	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.