List of United States cities by population


This is a list of the most populous municipal corporations of the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and municipalities. A few exceptional census-designated places are also included in the Census Bureau's listing of incorporated places. Consolidated city-counties represent a distinct type of government that includes the entire population of a county, or county equivalent. Some consolidated city-counties, however, include multiple incorporated places. This list presents only the portion of such consolidated city-counties that are not a part of another incorporated place.
This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits; the populations of other municipalities considered suburbs of a central city are listed separately, and unincorporated areas within urban agglomerations are not included. Therefore, a different ranking is evident when considering U.S. urban areas or metropolitan areas.

50 states and Washington, D.C.

This table lists the 346 incorporated places in the United States, excluding the U.S. territories, with a population of at least 100,000 as of July 1, 2024, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau. Five states have no cities with populations exceeding 100,000: Delaware, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
The table displays:
  1. The municipality rank by population as of July 1, 2024, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau
  2. The municipality name
  3. The name of the state in which the municipality lies
  4. The municipality population as of July 1, 2024, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau
  5. The municipality population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census
  6. The municipality percent population change from April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2024
  7. The municipality land area as of January 1, 2020
  8. The municipality population density as of April 1, 2020
  9. The municipality latitude and longitude coordinates
State capital
State's largest municipality
State capital and largest municipality
Federal capital

Distribution

The total 2020 enumerated population of all incorporated municipalities over 100,000 is 96,598,047, representing 29.14% of the United States population and covering a total land area of. The mean municipality population is 301,765, and the mean density is.
PopulationNumber of municipal governments
1,000,000+11
900,000–999,9994
800,000–899,9992
700,000–799,9995
600,000–699,9997
500,000–599,9999
400,000–499,99914
300,000–399,99920
200,000–299,99956
100,000–199,999218
Total346

StateNumber of listed municipalities
California76
Texas44
Florida27
Arizona13
Colorado12
North Carolina, Washington10
Massachusetts9
Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Virginia8
New Jersey7
Indiana, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee6
Alabama, Connecticut, Kansas, Nevada, Utah5
Louisiana, Oklahoma4
Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Wisconsin3
Arkansas, Kentucky, Nebraska2
Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota1
Delaware, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming0

Puerto Rico

The following table lists the five municipalities of Puerto Rico with a population greater than 100,000 on July 1, 2024, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. If Puerto Rican cities were included among the broader U.S. list, San Juan would rank as the 58th largest city in the country.
The table below contains the following information:
  1. The municipality rank by population as of July 1, 2024, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau
  2. The municipality
  3. The municipality population as of July 1, 2024, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau
  4. The municipality population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census
  5. The municipality percent population change from April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2024
  6. The municipality land area as of January 1, 2020
  7. The municipality population density as of April 1, 2020
  8. The municipality latitude and longitude coordinates

    Other U.S. territories

The other U.S. territories — American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands — have no cities with at least 100,000 people.

Census-designated places

The following table lists U.S. census-designated places with populations of at least 100,000 according to the 2020 census. A CDP is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages. CDPs are populated areas that lack separate municipal government, but which otherwise physically resemble incorporated places. Unlike the incorporated cities in the main list, the US Census Bureau does not release annual population estimates for CDPs.
The table below contains the following information:
  1. The census-designated place
  2. The state
  3. The census-designated place population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census
  4. The census-designated place population as of April 1, 2010, as enumerated by the 2010 United States census
  5. The census-designated place percent population change from April 1, 2010, to April 1, 2020
  6. The census-designated place land area as of January 1, 2020
  7. The census-designated place population density as of April 1, 2020
  8. The census-designated place latitude and longitude coordinates

    Cities formerly over 100,000 people

The following table lists U.S. cities that, in past censuses, have had populations of at least 100,000 but have since decreased beneath this threshold or have been consolidated with or annexed into a neighboring city.
City2024
estimate		Peak
population		%
decline
from peak		Peak
year
AlleghenyPANA129,896NA1907
BrooklynNYNA806,343NA1898
CamdenNJ1950--
CantonOH1950--
Citrus HeightsCA1990--
DuluthMN1960--
EriePA1960--
Fall RiverMA1920--
FlintMI1960--
GaryIN1960--
HammondIN1960--
LivoniaMI1970--
Niagara FallsNY1960--
NorwalkCA2010--
ParmaOH1970--
PortsmouthVA1960--
ReadingPA1930--
RoanokeVA1980--
ScrantonPA1930--
SomervilleMA1930--
St. JosephMO1900--
TrentonNJ1950--
UticaNY1930--
WilmingtonDE1940--
YoungstownOH1930---

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