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Top 10 Cities In USA By Population : largest cities in united states by population

New York City

7,936,530

Los Angeles

3,770,958

Chicago

2,611,867

Houston

2,324,082

Phoenix

1,675,144

Top 10 Largest Cities In US By Population

what is the top 10 largest cities in the united states

Rank	State	2025 Pop.↓	City	2020 Pop.	Area (mi²)
1	New York	7,936,530	New York City	8,740,292	300.46
2	California	3,770,958	Los Angeles	3,895,848	470.52
3	Illinois	2,611,867	Chicago	2,743,329	227.75
4	Texas	2,324,082	Houston	2,299,269	640.61
5	Arizona	1,675,144	Phoenix	1,612,459	518.33
6	Texas	1,532,653	San Antonio	1,439,257	498.92
7	Pennsylvania	1,517,114	Philadelphia	1,600,684	134.36
8	California	1,389,672	San Diego	1,386,292	326.09
9	Texas	1,302,638	Dallas	1,303,212	339.68
10	Texas	1,015,045	Fort Worth	923,602	350.27
11	Florida	1,008,485	Jacksonville	951,880	747.26
12	Texas	989,252	Austin	965,827	326.37
13	California	943,212	San Jose	1,009,319	177.94
14	North Carolina	935,017	Charlotte	875,752	310.76
15	Ohio	917,679	Columbus	906,418	220.72
16	Indiana	874,037	Indianapolis	887,177	361.02
17	California	767,968	San Francisco	870,518	46.7
18	Washington	764,753	Seattle	740,565	84
19	Oklahoma	715,893	Oklahoma City	683,078	606.48
20	Colorado	715,891	Denver	717,606	153.07
21	Tennessee	686,513	Nashville	689,700	475.57
22	District of Columbia	684,394	Washington	670,839	61.13
23	Texas	678,760	El Paso	679,255	258.79
24	Nevada	670,352	Las Vegas	646,794	141.86
25	Massachusetts	639,411	Boston	675,466	48.34
26	Michigan	629,830	Detroit	638,300	138.74
27	Kentucky	617,027	Louisville	631,912	263.06
28	Oregon	615,267	Portland	653,344	133.49
29	Tennessee	607,581	Memphis	635,225	296.2
30	New Mexico	557,198	Albuquerque	564,888	187.27
31	Maryland	553,293	Baltimore	583,157	80.95
32	Wisconsin	550,837	Milwaukee	577,207	96.17
33	Arizona	550,306	Tucson	542,638	242.19
34	California	547,720	Fresno	542,710	115.82
35	California	526,954	Sacramento	525,528	98.65
36	Georgia	518,107	Atlanta	499,896	135.25
37	Arizona	515,486	Mesa	505,890	141.38
38	Missouri	512,360	Kansas City	508,220	314.68
39	Colorado	494,219	Colorado Springs	480,331	201.87
40	North Carolina	493,589	Raleigh	465,354	149.45
41	Nebraska	477,053	Omaha	492,758	142.98
42	Florida	464,655	Miami	442,827	36
43	Virginia	449,625	Virginia Beach	459,684	244.72
44	California	438,723	Long Beach	465,585	50.67
45	California	433,544	Oakland	440,943	55.96
46	Minnesota	421,385	Minneapolis	430,710	54
47	California	418,781	Bakersfield	405,280	150.27
48	Florida	413,657	Tampa	387,924	113.64
49	Oklahoma	410,722	Tulsa	413,651	197.76
50	Texas	401,219	Arlington	394,248	95.84
51	Colorado	400,571	Aurora	386,773	163.01
52	Kansas	394,849	Wichita	398,024	162.94
53	Ohio	356,556	Cleveland	371,806	77.73
54	Louisiana	351,399	New Orleans	383,241	169.5
55	Nevada	349,460	Henderson	319,072	120.52
56	Hawaii	337,338	Honolulu	348,438	60.62
57	California	336,414	Anaheim	346,658	50.28
58	Florida	329,347	Orlando	307,834	111.24
59	California	321,385	Riverside	315,067	81.15
60	California	318,761	Irvine	308,411	65.61
61	California	318,587	Stockton	320,976	63.09
62	Kentucky	318,505	Lexington	322,627	283.86
63	Texas	315,615	Corpus Christi	318,065	162.28
64	Ohio	312,094	Cincinnati	309,601	77.91
65	California	310,069	Santa Ana	311,244	27.38
66	North Carolina	306,263	Greensboro	296,345	133.86
67	North Carolina	304,014	Durham	284,444	116.75
68	Pennsylvania	303,572	Pittsburgh	302,779	55.38
69	New Jersey	301,170	Newark	310,645	24.14
70	Nevada	300,475	North Las Vegas	261,214	105.32
71	Minnesota	298,940	St. Paul	311,140	51.97
72	Nebraska	296,839	Lincoln	291,633	99.97
73	Texas	292,711	Plano	286,408	71.7
74	New Jersey	291,462	Jersey City	291,949	14.75
75	Wisconsin	283,705	Madison	275,204	83.09
76	Alaska	282,863	Anchorage	290,893	1,707
77	Arizona	282,048	Chandler	277,345	65.64
78	Nevada	281,537	Reno	264,981	108.99
79	Arizona	279,569	Gilbert	269,173	68.66
80	Indiana	273,736	Fort Wayne	264,380	110.63
81	California	273,349	Chula Vista	275,809	49.64
82	Texas	272,788	Lubbock	258,013	141.96
83	New York	272,762	Buffalo	277,551	40.38
84	Florida	270,491	Port St. Lucie	206,815	119.22
85	Missouri	269,259	St. Louis	300,496	61.72
86	Florida	266,411	St. Petersburg	259,266	61.8
87	Ohio	261,989	Toledo	270,276	80.49
88	Texas	259,010	Laredo	255,489	106.82
89	Arizona	257,125	Glendale	248,949	67.13
90	Virginia	256,622	Chesapeake	249,781	338.46
91	North Carolina	255,089	Winston-Salem	249,804	133.58
92	Nevada	254,706	Enterprise	214,591	66
93	Texas	252,750	Irving	256,807	66.98
94	Arizona	246,068	Scottsdale	241,883	184
95	Florida	243,810	Cape Coral	195,422	106.12
96	Virginia	242,900	Arlington	236,434	26
97	Texas	241,576	Garland	246,311	56.86
98	Texas	239,842	Frisco	202,754	68.59
99	Idaho	235,012	Boise City	236,034	84.55
100	Alabama	231,668	Huntsville	216,407	223.63
101	Virginia	230,787	Richmond	226,936	59.92
102	Nevada	230,544	Spring Valley	218,697	35.51
103	Washington	229,608	Spokane	229,205	68.76
104	Virginia	226,357	Norfolk	237,789	53.27
105	Washington	225,030	Tacoma	219,719	49.71
106	California	224,820	San Bernardino	222,090	62.1
107	Texas	224,183	McKinney	197,497	66.96
108	California	223,393	Fremont	230,430	78.1
109	Florida	220,561	Hialeah	222,408	21.58
110	California	219,657	Fontana	209,177	43.28
111	California	219,064	Modesto	218,691	43.36
112	California	218,442	Santa Clarita	232,406	73.61
113	Utah	215,548	Salt Lake City	200,660	110.89
114	Louisiana	215,112	Baton Rouge	226,264	86.94
115	South Dakota	215,058	Sioux Falls	193,437	82.67
116	California	214,741	Moreno Valley	208,868	51.31
117	North Carolina	210,135	Fayetteville	209,170	148.27
118	Massachusetts	209,331	Worcester	205,056	37.36
119	Iowa	208,084	Des Moines	213,826	88.16
120	Texas	206,053	Grand Prairie	196,255	72.51
121	New York	205,432	Yonkers	210,994	18.01
122	Florida	205,079	Tallahassee	197,933	102.43
123	New York	204,882	Rochester	210,862	35.76
124	Arkansas	204,647	Little Rock	202,634	120.28
125	Texas	203,662	Amarillo	200,526	103.61
126	Arizona	203,252	Peoria	191,997	176.7
127	Tennessee	202,639	Knoxville	191,446	98.73
128	Nevada	200,563	Sunrise Manor	198,187	33.71
129	Georgia	200,140	Augusta	201,999	302.28
130	Washington	199,884	Vancouver	191,278	48.75
131	Georgia	198,457	Columbus	207,006	216.5
132	Kansas	196,659	Overland Park	197,734	75.22
133	California	196,206	Oxnard	201,911	26.55
134	Michigan	195,208	Grand Rapids	198,707	44.78
135	Alabama	194,156	Birmingham	200,375	147.07
136	Arizona	192,838	Tempe	185,328	39.98
137	Texas	192,260	Brownsville	187,004	131.8
138	Alabama	192,117	Montgomery	200,041	159.86
139	Rhode Island	190,823	Providence	190,745	18.41
140	Tennessee	190,671	Chattanooga	181,568	142.35
141	Tennessee	189,520	Clarksville	167,509	99.75
142	California	187,945	Huntington Beach	198,405	26.98
143	Ohio	187,737	Akron	190,146	61.93
144	California	186,953	Ontario	175,712	49.98
145	Florida	185,163	Fort Lauderdale	182,892	34.58
146	North Carolina	183,498	Cary	174,778	60.13
147	Nevada	181,375	Paradise	193,150	42.4
148	Virginia	181,165	Newport News	186,047	69
149	California	181,127	Glendale	195,934	30.48
150	Alabama	179,911	Mobile	186,621	139.48
151	California	179,694	Elk Grove	176,569	42.6
152	Oregon	178,425	Salem	175,942	48.93
153	Oregon	178,213	Eugene	177,428	44.45
154	Illinois	175,795	Aurora	180,215	45.05
155	California	174,435	Santa Rosa	177,959	42.54
156	California	174,219	Rancho Cucamonga	174,683	46.51
157	Tennessee	173,212	Murfreesboro	153,757	64.28
158	Louisiana	172,033	Shreveport	186,848	108.14
159	Florida	171,149	Pembroke Pines	171,073	32.68
160	Missouri	170,862	Springfield	169,177	83.21
161	Colorado	170,638	Fort Collins	169,982	57.23
162	Texas	169,843	Denton	141,107	96.92
163	Arizona	167,537	Surprise	144,407	110.5
164	California	167,390	Oceanside	173,965	41.27
165	California	166,214	Roseville	148,516	44.09
166	California	165,814	Garden Grove	171,863	17.95
167	Texas	163,581	Killeen	153,735	54.63
168	California	162,084	Corona	157,468	39.89
169	California	161,664	Lancaster	173,094	94.28
170	South Carolina	158,367	Charleston	150,872	115.05
171	California	156,916	Salinas	163,391	23.52
172	California	156,410	Palmdale	168,895	106.06
173	Georgia	156,163	Macon-Bibb County	157,035	249.38
174	Colorado	155,770	Lakewood	156,247	43.46
175	Florida	154,563	Hollywood	152,802	27.25
176	New Jersey	154,538	Paterson	159,323	8.41
177	Virginia	152,624	Alexandria	159,139	14.94
178	Massachusetts	152,600	Springfield	155,280	31.87
179	Washington	151,436	Bellevue	151,780	33.47
180	Kansas	151,377	Olathe	141,586	62.45
181	California	151,014	Hayward	162,666	45.82
182	Illinois	150,795	Naperville	149,419	39.16
183	Kansas	150,689	Kansas City	156,298	124.74
184	Illinois	150,647	Joliet	150,251	66.12
185	California	149,778	Sunnyvale	155,250	22.06
186	Texas	149,385	McAllen	142,404	62.33
187	Connecticut	148,235	Bridgeport	147,717	16.06
188	Florida	148,190	Gainesville	142,245	63.99
189	Georgia	147,942	Savannah	147,456	108.89
190	Texas	147,666	Waco	140,541	91
191	California	147,149	Visalia	141,771	38.17
192	Colorado	146,746	Thornton	142,185	36.5
193	South Carolina	146,563	Columbia	136,195	138.26
194	California	146,194	Escondido	151,014	37.35
195	Florida	145,834	Palm Bay	120,163	86.68
196	Texas	145,777	Mesquite	149,627	49.1
197	Idaho	145,039	Meridian	119,443	36.86
198	New York	144,782	Syracuse	146,726	25.06
199	Illinois	144,420	Rockford	148,670	65.08
200	Texas	143,614	Pasadena	151,368	43.69
201	Texas	142,068	Midland	132,890	75.98
202	California	141,847	Pomona	150,984	22.98
203	California	141,689	Victorville	134,638	73.71
204	Florida	140,854	Miramar	134,516	28.85
205	Louisiana	140,437	Metairie	138,511	23.16
206	Connecticut	139,027	New Haven	129,757	18.69
207	Texas	138,307	Lewisville	126,422	40.66
208	North Dakota	137,989	Fargo	125,986	50.83
209	California	137,594	Orange	139,451	25.67
210	Mississippi	137,517	Jackson	152,997	111.69
211	Texas	136,977	Round Rock	120,549	37.92
212	Virginia	136,976	Hampton	137,280	51.46
213	Connecticut	136,735	Stamford	135,462	37.63
214	California	136,572	Fullerton	143,267	22.42
215	Florida	135,398	Coral Springs	134,168	22.86
216	New Jersey	135,263	Elizabeth	136,677	12.32
217	Michigan	135,010	Warren	139,122	34.38
218	Iowa	134,758	Cedar Rapids	137,758	74.16
219	California	134,412	Torrance	146,442	20.52
220	Ohio	134,189	Dayton	137,496	55.81
221	Florida	133,854	Lehigh Acres	124,523	92.69
222	Michigan	132,804	Sterling Heights	134,059	36.45
223	California	132,711	Santa Clara	128,588	18.28
224	Texas	132,495	Carrollton	133,552	36.65
225	Texas	131,460	Abilene	125,417	106.67
226	Missouri	131,345	Columbia	126,307	67.31
227	Oklahoma	131,302	Norman	128,161	178.65
228	Washington	131,235	Kent	136,592	33.83
229	Utah	130,801	West Valley City	139,973	35.83
230	California	130,292	Pasadena	138,462	22.96
231	Georgia	129,550	Athens	127,245	116.44
232	California	129,196	Clovis	120,770	25.85
233	Texas	128,896	Pearland	125,996	48.72
234	Florida	128,545	West Palm Beach	117,507	53.87
235	Texas	128,139	College Station	120,771	51.16
236	Florida	127,848	Lakeland	113,888	66.56
237	North Carolina	127,316	Wilmington	115,770	51.41
238	South Carolina	125,414	North Charleston	115,551	77.63
239	Kansas	124,833	Topeka	126,437	61.66
240	Texas	124,541	The Woodlands	114,532	43.27
241	Pennsylvania	124,315	Allentown	125,727	17.56
242	California	124,293	Simi Valley	126,343	41.54
243	Texas	123,834	New Braunfels	91,643	45.03
244	Montana	123,290	Billings	117,224	45.57
245	Minnesota	122,971	Rochester	121,575	56.49
246	Idaho	122,906	Nampa	101,310	34.77
247	Oklahoma	122,704	Broken Arrow	113,928	62.96
248	Louisiana	121,475	Lafayette	121,455	56.02
249	Florida	121,447	Spring Hill	113,742	59.92
250	California	121,391	Fairfield	119,833	41.59
251	California	121,222	Thousand Oaks	126,824	55.26
252	Arizona	121,116	Goodyear	97,838	191.31
253	California	120,749	Vallejo	125,894	30.43
254	California	120,334	Concord	125,286	30.57
255	California	120,236	Menifee	103,228	46.46
256	Missouri	119,604	Independence	122,899	77.99
257	Connecticut	119,583	Hartford	119,798	17.38
258	Texas	119,576	Conroe	91,255	75.8
259	Colorado	119,461	Arvada	124,343	38.97
260	Arizona	119,007	Buckeye	93,761	394.83
261	North Carolina	118,312	High Point	114,846	57.33
262	California	118,240	Antioch	115,379	29.17
263	Massachusetts	118,211	Cambridge	118,218	6.4
264	Florida	117,783	Brandon	115,909	33.13
265	Texas	117,428	League City	114,657	51.36
266	New Mexico	117,021	Las Cruces	111,698	76.93
267	Michigan	116,561	Ann Arbor	123,611	28.33
268	Florida	116,528	Clearwater	117,333	26.18
269	Texas	116,287	Odessa	114,926	51.89
270	Texas	116,192	Richardson	119,299	28.56
271	Alabama	116,085	Tuscaloosa	104,217	62.15
272	Connecticut	115,730	Waterbury	113,880	28.56
273	Texas	115,668	Allen	105,548	26.4
274	California	115,466	Berkeley	124,205	10.43
275	New Hampshire	115,451	Manchester	115,508	33.07
276	California	114,904	East Los Angeles	120,504	7.45
277	Colorado	114,833	Greeley	109,272	49.43
278	New Mexico	114,811	Rio Rancho	104,433	103.36
279	Florida	114,727	Pompano Beach	111,957	24.07
280	Texas	114,687	Georgetown	68,749	58.15
281	Indiana	113,971	Evansville	117,373	47.35
282	Colorado	113,729	Westminster	116,594	31.62
283	North Carolina	113,608	Concord	104,885	64.03
284	Massachusetts	113,518	Lowell	115,462	13.61
285	Utah	113,492	West Jordan	117,032	32.59
286	Texas	113,030	Tyler	106,272	57.79
287	Georgia	112,726	South Fulton	108,211	92.95
288	California	112,712	Richmond	116,196	30.04
289	California	112,542	Carlsbad	114,924	37.81
290	Illinois	112,438	Elgin	114,617	38.14
291	California	112,366	Murrieta	111,146	33.54
292	Utah	112,169	Provo	115,103	41.7
293	Michigan	111,814	Lansing	112,566	39.19
294	Illinois	111,374	Springfield	114,298	61.26
295	Washington	111,371	Everett	110,893	33.6
296	Washington	111,371	Spokane Valley	103,531	37.72
297	Nevada	111,279	Sparks	108,889	36.49
298	California	111,074	Temecula	110,094	37.18
299	Colorado	110,529	Pueblo	111,899	56.49
300	Texas	110,417	Beaumont	114,857	82.14
301	Florida	110,362	Palm Coast	89,739	95.67
302	Florida	110,321	Riverview	95,849	46.18
303	Utah	110,270	St. George	96,039	77.15
304	Florida	110,210	Miami Gardens	111,477	18.48
305	California	110,123	Santa Maria	109,782	22.81
306	Texas	109,191	Edinburg	100,711	44.72
307	Florida	108,978	Davie	106,030	34.89
308	Illinois	108,870	Peoria	112,845	48.13
309	California	108,631	Jurupa Valley	105,356	42.94
310	Maryland	108,346	Columbia	105,412	31.93
311	Oregon	108,223	Hillsboro	106,990	25.84
312	Oregon	108,161	Gresham	114,470	23.52
313	California	108,016	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	110,620	21.87
314	Oregon	107,812	Bend	99,674	34.8
315	Indiana	107,169	Fishers	99,481	36.05
316	Texas	106,975	Sugar Land	110,824	40.47
317	Arkansas	106,278	Fayetteville	94,783	54.76
318	Arizona	106,179	San Tan Valley	104,936	75.79
319	California	106,069	Costa Mesa	111,781	15.81
320	Colorado	106,007	Centennial	108,196	30.16
321	Missouri	105,892	Lee's Summit	101,621	63.89
322	California	105,384	Downey	113,964	12.41
323	Wisconsin	104,726	Green Bay	107,271	45.48
324	Virginia	104,598	Suffolk	94,750	399.17
325	Massachusetts	104,476	Brockton	105,511	21.33
326	Colorado	104,414	Boulder	108,123	26.89
327	Georgia	104,210	Sandy Springs	108,167	37.66
328	Florida	104,100	Fort Myers	87,279	40
329	Indiana	103,890	Carmel	99,905	49.09
330	Indiana	103,435	South Bend	103,335	41.9
331	Michigan	103,271	Dearborn	109,620	24.25
332	California	103,259	West Covina	109,153	16.04
333	Arizona	103,070	Yuma	97,540	121.04
334	Washington	103,005	Renton	106,719	23.54
335	California	102,933	Rialto	104,077	24.09
336	New York	102,925	Albany	98,682	21.4
337	Texas	102,831	Wichita Falls	102,480	72.23
338	California	102,815	Vacaville	102,092	29.87
339	Colorado	102,714	Highlands Ranch	107,017	24.27
340	Florida	101,869	Deltona	94,044	37.32
341	Massachusetts	101,673	Quincy	101,482	16.57
342	Massachusetts	101,333	Lynn	101,103	10.74
343	Florida	101,126	Boca Raton	98,246	29.18
344	California	101,065	Hesperia	99,984	72.68
345	California	100,936	Tracy	93,620	26.34
346	California	100,935	El Cajon	106,075	14.51
347	Massachusetts	100,496	New Bedford	100,993	20
348	Oklahoma	100,339	Edmond	94,748	84.44
349	California	100,331	Chico	102,755	34.52
350	California	100,265	El Monte	109,087	9.56
351	Texas	100,057	Temple	82,652	72.94
Sources	WorldPopulationReview \| US Cities by Population

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Largest Cities In US By Population

Top 10 Cities In USA By Population : largest cities in united states by population

Top 10 Largest Cities In US By Population

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