Largest cities by population

Rank US incorporated places by resident population, not land area.

U.S. Census Bureau Population EstimatesPeriod: July 1, 2024–July 1, 2025 · Vintage 2025Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:05:19+00:00

July 1 resident population estimates from a single Census vintage. Cities are ranked by population, not land area. County equivalents include independent cities and other Census county-equivalent areas.

Ranks are competition ranks computed across the full filtered set.

Rank	Name	State	Population	Growth
1	New York city	New York	8,584,629	-0.1%
2	Los Angeles city	California	3,869,089	-0.1%
3	Chicago city	Illinois	2,731,585	0.2%
4	Houston city	Texas	2,397,315	0.5%
5	Phoenix city	Arizona	1,665,481	0.2%
6	Philadelphia city	Pennsylvania	1,574,281	0.1%
7	San Antonio city	Texas	1,548,422	0.9%
8	San Diego city	California	1,406,106	0.4%
9	Dallas city	Texas	1,329,491	-0.1%
10	Fort Worth city	Texas	1,028,117	1.9%
11	Jacksonville city	Florida	1,017,689	0.8%
12	Austin city	Texas	1,002,632	0.4%
13	San Jose city	California	989,814	0.2%
14	Charlotte city	North Carolina	964,784	2.2%
15	Columbus city	Ohio	938,396	0.8%
16	Indianapolis city (balance)	Indiana	901,116	0.2%
17	San Francisco city	California	826,079	0.6%
18	Seattle city	Washington	784,777	1.5%
19	Denver city	Colorado	740,613	-0.1%
20	Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)	Tennessee	721,074	1.3%
21	Oklahoma City city	Oklahoma	719,849	0.9%
22	Washington city	District of Columbia	693,645	0.3%
23	El Paso city	Texas	683,012	-0.3%
24	Las Vegas city	Nevada	679,817	0.7%
25	Boston city	Massachusetts	672,973	-0.2%
26	Detroit city	Michigan	649,095	0.8%
27	Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)	Kentucky	641,962	0.1%
28	Portland city	Oregon	635,109	0.1%
29	Memphis city	Tennessee	609,647	-0.7%
30	Baltimore city	Maryland	569,997	0.0%
31	Milwaukee city	Wisconsin	562,407	-0.2%
32	Albuquerque city	New Mexico	556,588	-0.4%
33	Fresno city	California	555,549	0.1%
34	Tucson city	Arizona	548,371	-0.4%
35	Sacramento city	California	536,449	0.3%
36	Atlanta city	Georgia	529,110	1.6%
37	Kansas City city	Missouri	521,220	0.9%
38	Mesa city	Arizona	513,656	-0.2%
39	Raleigh city	North Carolina	506,306	1.5%
40	Colorado Springs city	Colorado	494,743	0.5%
41	Miami city	Florida	489,812	1.3%
42	Omaha city	Nebraska	488,797	-0.1%
43	Virginia Beach city	Virginia	453,737	0.0%
44	Long Beach city	California	450,469	-0.2%
45	Oakland city	California	440,838	0.2%
46	Minneapolis city	Minnesota	430,324	0.0%
47	Bakersfield city	California	422,165	0.7%
48	Tulsa city	Oklahoma	416,209	0.0%
49	Tampa city	Florida	413,554	0.1%
50	Aurora city	Colorado	410,053	0.4%

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