US Cities by Population (2026)

Comprehensive growth metrics, demographic density breakdowns, and interactive population distribution tracking.

Source: US Census Bureau (Extracted from 2024 CBSA-MET Data)

Total Tracked Cities

378

Largest Metro City

New York, NY

Combined Dataset Pop.

107,548,750

US Cities by Population (2026)

*A combined significant portion of the US population lives in these tier brackets.

Metropolis (Tier 1)

3 Million+ People

New York, NY

8,546,038

Los Angeles, CA

3,863,148

Very Large Cities (Tier 2)

1.5 to 3 Million People

Chicago, IL

2,727,758

Houston, TX

2,419,191

Phoenix, AZ

1,677,947

San Antonio, TX

1,572,360

Philadelphia, PA

1,567,280

Large Cities (Tier 3)

1 to 1.5 Million People

San Diego, CA

1,410,522

Dallas, TX

1,336,440

Fort Worth, TX

1,049,355

Jacksonville, FL

1,032,061

Austin, TX

1,011,743

Medium Cities (Tier 4)

600k to 1 Million People

San Jose, CA

984,378

Charlotte, NC

982,070

Columbus, OH

944,402

Indianapolis, IN

904,128

San Francisco, CA

812,530

Hempstead, NY

796,269

Seattle, WA

792,909

Denver, CO

746,590

Oklahoma City, OK

727,550

Nashville, TN

726,586

Washington, D.C.

698,733

Las Vegas, NV

686,686

El Paso, TX

684,495

Boston, MA

671,635

Detroit, MI

650,499

Louisville, KY

644,291

Portland, OR

630,447

Memphis, TN

606,132

Small Cities (Tier 5)

Under 600k People (Top 30 shown)

Baltimore, MD

566,686

Milwaukee, WI

558,949

Fresno, CA

558,649

Albuquerque, NM

555,119

Tucson, AZ

550,374

Sacramento, CA

538,753

Atlanta, GA

534,278

Kansas City, MO

523,322

Mesa, AZ

515,855

Raleigh, NC

514,482

Miami, FL

499,943

Brookhaven, NY

497,748

Colorado Springs, CO

497,549

Omaha, NE

487,917

Virginia Beach, VA

452,271

Long Beach, CA

446,971

Oakland, CA

440,592

Minneapolis, MN

430,162

Bakersfield, CA

425,704

Tampa, FL

419,635

Tulsa, OK

416,850

Aurora, CO

415,462

Arlington, TX

404,380

Wichita, KS

401,409

Cleveland, OH

361,464

Henderson, NV

360,644

New Orleans, LA

357,183

Islip, NY

340,934

Honolulu, HI

340,353

Anaheim, CA

340,018

Full Ranked City Population Data

Scrollable interface containing direct structural calculations.

Rank	City Name	State Territory	2026 Census	2020 Census	Net Change	Density (/sq mi)	Land Area	Type
1	New York	New York	8,546,038	8,751,188	-0.4%	28,441	300 sq mi	City
2	Los Angeles	California	3,863,148	3,896,473	-0.14%	8,210	471 sq mi	City
3	Chicago	Illinois	2,727,758	2,741,640	-0.08%	11,977	228 sq mi	City
4	Houston	Texas	2,419,191	2,298,295	0.86%	3,775	641 sq mi	City
5	Phoenix	Arizona	1,677,947	1,612,458	0.67%	3,237	518 sq mi	City
6	San Antonio	Texas	1,572,360	1,438,310	1.5%	3,152	499 sq mi	City
7	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,567,280	1,600,737	-0.35%	11,668	134 sq mi	City
8	San Diego	California	1,410,522	1,382,566	0.33%	4,326	326 sq mi	City
9	Dallas	Texas	1,336,440	1,303,503	0.42%	3,934	340 sq mi	City
10	Fort Worth	Texas	1,049,355	923,653	2.15%	2,981	352 sq mi	City
11	Jacksonville	Florida	1,032,061	951,880	1.36%	1,381	747 sq mi	City
12	Austin	Texas	1,011,743	962,163	0.84%	3,113	325 sq mi	City
13	San Jose	California	984,378	1,009,573	-0.42%	5,532	178 sq mi	City
14	Charlotte	North Carolina	982,070	874,907	1.94%	3,147	312 sq mi	City
15	Columbus	Ohio	944,402	906,675	0.68%	4,255	222 sq mi	City
16	Indianapolis	Indiana	904,128	887,223	0.32%	2,504	361 sq mi	Township
17	San Francisco	California	812,530	875,139	-1.23%	17,399	47 sq mi	City
18	Hempstead	New York	796,269	790,766	0.12%	6,719	119 sq mi	Town
19	Seattle	Washington	792,909	740,675	1.14%	9,439	84 sq mi	City
20	Denver	Colorado	746,590	717,680	0.66%	4,877	153 sq mi	City
21	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	727,550	682,938	1.06%	1,199	607 sq mi	City
22	Nashville	Tennessee	726,586	689,780	0.87%	1,528	476 sq mi	Township
23	Washington	District of Columbia	698,733	670,958	0.68%	11,431	61 sq mi	City
24	Las Vegas	Nevada	686,686	647,676	0.98%	4,841	142 sq mi	City
25	El Paso	Texas	684,495	679,296	0.13%	2,645	259 sq mi	City
26	Boston	Massachusetts	671,635	669,665	0.05%	13,894	48 sq mi	City
27	Detroit	Michigan	650,499	638,419	0.31%	4,689	139 sq mi	City
28	Louisville	Kentucky	644,291	631,872	0.33%	2,451	263 sq mi	Township
29	Portland	Oregon	630,447	653,049	-0.58%	4,723	133 sq mi	City
30	Memphis	Tennessee	606,132	628,282	-0.6%	2,092	290 sq mi	City
31	Baltimore	Maryland	566,686	583,295	-0.48%	7,001	81 sq mi	City
32	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	558,949	577,151	-0.53%	5,812	96 sq mi	City
33	Fresno	California	558,649	542,675	0.48%	4,824	116 sq mi	City
34	Albuquerque	New Mexico	555,119	564,752	-0.29%	2,964	187 sq mi	City
35	Tucson	Arizona	550,374	542,621	0.24%	2,266	243 sq mi	City
36	Sacramento	California	538,753	525,615	0.41%	5,461	99 sq mi	City
37	Atlanta	Georgia	534,278	500,086	1.11%	3,950	135 sq mi	City
38	Kansas City	Missouri	523,322	508,128	0.49%	1,664	315 sq mi	City
39	Mesa	Arizona	515,855	505,990	0.32%	3,634	142 sq mi	City
40	Raleigh	North Carolina	514,482	466,310	1.65%	3,379	152 sq mi	City
41	Miami	Florida	499,943	442,895	2.04%	13,889	36 sq mi	City
42	Brookhaven	New York	497,748	484,406	0.45%	1,917	260 sq mi	Town
43	Colorado Springs	Colorado	497,549	481,230	0.56%	2,460	202 sq mi	City
44	Omaha	Nebraska	487,917	492,766	-0.17%	3,412	143 sq mi	City
45	Virginia Beach	Virginia	452,271	459,626	-0.27%	1,848	245 sq mi	City
46	Long Beach	California	446,971	465,566	-0.68%	8,821	51 sq mi	City
47	Oakland	California	440,592	441,157	-0.02%	7,873	56 sq mi	City
48	Minneapolis	Minnesota	430,162	430,772	-0.02%	7,966	54 sq mi	City
49	Bakersfield	California	425,704	405,185	0.83%	2,830	150 sq mi	City
50	Tampa	Florida	419,635	388,655	1.29%	3,665	114 sq mi	City
51	Tulsa	Oklahoma	416,850	413,617	0.13%	2,108	198 sq mi	City
52	Aurora	Colorado	415,462	386,688	1.2%	2,531	164 sq mi	City
53	Arlington	Texas	404,380	394,361	0.42%	4,219	96 sq mi	City
54	Wichita	Kansas	401,409	398,072	0.14%	2,432	165 sq mi	City
55	Cleveland	Ohio	361,464	371,909	-0.47%	4,650	78 sq mi	City
56	Henderson	Nevada	360,644	318,489	2.09%	2,981	121 sq mi	City
57	New Orleans	Louisiana	357,183	383,361	-1.17%	2,107	170 sq mi	City
58	Islip	New York	340,934	339,081	0.09%	3,304	103 sq mi	Town
59	Honolulu	Hawaii	340,353	348,449	-0.39%	5,614	61 sq mi	CDP
60	Anaheim	California	340,018	346,645	-0.32%	6,762	50 sq mi	City
61	Orlando	Florida	340,004	308,190	1.65%	2,623	130 sq mi	City
62	Lexington	Kentucky	330,863	322,620	0.42%	1,166	284 sq mi	Urban County
63	Newark	New Jersey	327,454	310,567	0.89%	13,563	24 sq mi	City
64	Stockton	California	325,535	320,890	0.24%	5,143	63 sq mi	City
65	Riverside	California	325,034	315,470	0.5%	4,005	81 sq mi	City
66	Irvine	California	321,138	308,368	0.68%	4,894	66 sq mi	City
67	Corpus Christi	Texas	316,964	318,278	-0.07%	1,889	168 sq mi	City
68	Santa Ana	California	316,476	311,236	0.28%	11,560	27 sq mi	City
69	Cincinnati	Ohio	315,663	309,670	0.32%	4,051	78 sq mi	City
70	Greensboro	North Carolina	311,293	295,849	0.85%	2,310	135 sq mi	City
71	Durham	North Carolina	310,342	281,709	1.63%	2,587	120 sq mi	City
72	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	308,597	302,859	0.31%	5,573	55 sq mi	City
73	St. Paul	Minnesota	305,585	311,156	-0.3%	5,880	52 sq mi	City
74	North Las Vegas	Nevada	304,442	261,164	2.59%	2,891	105 sq mi	City
75	Lincoln	Nebraska	303,375	291,852	0.65%	2,959	103 sq mi	City
76	Jersey City	New Jersey	303,303	291,955	0.64%	20,566	15 sq mi	City
77	Oyster Bay	New York	301,359	300,306	0.06%	2,909	104 sq mi	Town
78	Plano	Texas	294,773	286,414	0.48%	4,111	72 sq mi	City
79	Gilbert	Arizona	291,713	269,419	1.33%	4,248	69 sq mi	Town
80	Madison	Wisconsin	288,589	274,851	0.82%	3,427	84 sq mi	City
81	Reno	Nevada	287,532	265,001	1.37%	2,631	109 sq mi	City
82	Anchorage	Alaska	286,278	290,877	-0.27%	168	1700 sq mi	Township
83	Port St. Lucie	Florida	281,097	206,788	5.25%	2,358	119 sq mi	City
84	Chandler	Arizona	279,399	277,410	0.12%	4,257	66 sq mi	City
85	Fort Wayne	Indiana	277,366	264,377	0.8%	2,482	112 sq mi	City
86	Lubbock	Texas	276,107	258,080	1.13%	1,928	143 sq mi	City
87	Chula Vista	California	275,767	275,809	0%	5,556	50 sq mi	City
88	Buffalo	New York	274,006	277,750	-0.23%	6,786	40 sq mi	City
89	St. Louis	Missouri	273,179	300,302	-1.57%	4,426	62 sq mi	City
90	Laredo	Texas	272,832	255,471	1.1%	2,501	109 sq mi	City
91	St. Petersburg	Florida	265,670	259,305	0.4%	4,299	62 sq mi	City
92	Glendale	Arizona	262,540	248,901	0.89%	3,911	67 sq mi	City
93	Toledo	Ohio	261,949	270,280	-0.52%	3,255	80 sq mi	City
94	Enterprise	Nevada	260,557	0	0%	3,948	66 sq mi	CDP
95	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	258,880	249,208	0.64%	1,938	134 sq mi	City
96	Irving	Texas	257,513	256,886	0.04%	3,845	67 sq mi	City
97	Chesapeake	Virginia	256,610	249,655	0.46%	758	338 sq mi	City
98	Garland	Texas	250,791	246,367	0.3%	4,411	57 sq mi	City
99	Cape Coral	Florida	245,680	195,442	3.89%	2,315	106 sq mi	City
100	Frisco	Texas	245,057	202,749	3.21%	3,573	69 sq mi	City
101	Scottsdale	Arizona	243,713	241,855	0.13%	1,325	184 sq mi	City
102	McKinney	Texas	243,498	197,507	3.55%	3,545	69 sq mi	City
103	Arlington	Virginia	241,887	0	0%	9,304	26 sq mi	CDP
104	North Hempstead	New York	239,359	236,843	0.18%	4,470	54 sq mi	Town
105	Richmond	Virginia	239,227	226,927	0.88%	3,992	60 sq mi	City
106	Boise City	Idaho	238,853	236,033	0.2%	2,774	86 sq mi	City
107	Huntsville	Alabama	237,140	216,292	1.55%	1,052	225 sq mi	City
108	Hialeah	Florida	233,658	222,417	0.83%	10,827	22 sq mi	City
109	Tacoma	Washington	231,747	220,182	0.86%	4,662	50 sq mi	City
110	Spokane	Washington	231,061	229,175	0.14%	3,360	69 sq mi	City
111	Spring Valley	Nevada	229,494	0	0%	6,464	36 sq mi	CDP
112	Norfolk	Virginia	229,324	237,859	-0.61%	4,305	53 sq mi	City
113	Santa Clarita	California	227,668	232,406	-0.34%	3,093	74 sq mi	City
114	Fremont	California	225,515	230,446	-0.36%	2,887	78 sq mi	City
115	Fontana	California	223,773	209,159	1.13%	5,171	43 sq mi	City
116	Salt Lake City	Utah	222,706	200,719	1.75%	2,008	111 sq mi	City
117	San Bernardino	California	222,064	222,080	0%	3,576	62 sq mi	City
118	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	221,663	226,065	-0.33%	2,566	86 sq mi	City
119	Modesto	California	220,058	218,691	0.1%	5,075	43 sq mi	City
120	Babylon	New York	219,919	217,605	0.18%	4,207	52 sq mi	Town
121	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	217,856	193,453	2%	2,577	85 sq mi	City
122	Worcester	Massachusetts	215,778	202,448	1.07%	5,776	37 sq mi	City
123	Moreno Valley	California	215,549	208,830	0.53%	4,201	51 sq mi	City
124	Yonkers	New York	212,739	211,002	0.14%	11,815	18 sq mi	City
125	Grand Prairie	Texas	212,266	196,185	1.32%	2,776	76 sq mi	City
126	Des Moines	Iowa	211,734	213,682	-0.15%	2,402	88 sq mi	City
127	Fayetteville	North Carolina	208,675	210,827	-0.17%	1,407	148 sq mi	City
128	Little Rock	Arkansas	207,276	202,616	0.38%	1,710	121 sq mi	City
129	Tallahassee	Florida	206,428	197,919	0.7%	2,015	102 sq mi	City
130	Huntington	New York	206,155	203,600	0.21%	2,192	94 sq mi	Town
131	Amarillo	Texas	205,871	200,549	0.44%	1,941	106 sq mi	City
132	Rochester	New York	204,932	210,781	-0.47%	5,731	36 sq mi	City
133	Overland Park	Kansas	204,818	197,835	0.58%	2,723	75 sq mi	City
134	Knoxville	Tennessee	203,991	191,201	1.08%	2,066	99 sq mi	City
135	Peoria	Arizona	202,571	191,975	0.9%	1,146	177 sq mi	City
136	Augusta	Georgia	201,980	202,053	-0.01%	668	302 sq mi	Township
137	Vancouver	Washington	201,530	191,267	0.88%	4,134	49 sq mi	City
138	Grand Rapids	Michigan	201,357	198,689	0.22%	4,497	45 sq mi	City
139	Sunrise Manor	Nevada	201,344	0	0%	5,972	34 sq mi	CDP
140	Columbus	Georgia	200,935	207,016	-0.5%	928	217 sq mi	City
141	Mobile	Alabama	199,605	206,485	-0.56%	1,323	151 sq mi	City
142	Oxnard	California	199,197	201,900	-0.22%	7,504	27 sq mi	City
143	Chattanooga	Tennessee	196,582	182,255	1.27%	1,381	142 sq mi	City
144	Providence	Rhode Island	196,192	190,713	0.47%	10,659	18 sq mi	City
145	Birmingham	Alabama	195,033	200,226	-0.44%	1,326	147 sq mi	City
146	Brownsville	Texas	194,415	186,582	0.69%	1,593	122 sq mi	City
147	Montgomery	Alabama	194,258	200,038	-0.49%	1,215	160 sq mi	City
148	Clarksville	Tennessee	193,395	167,547	2.42%	1,931	100 sq mi	City
149	Tempe	Arizona	191,590	185,298	0.56%	4,792	40 sq mi	City
150	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	190,168	182,726	0.67%	5,499	35 sq mi	City
151	Huntington Beach	California	189,985	198,480	-0.73%	6,962	27 sq mi	City
152	Ontario	California	189,505	175,699	1.27%	3,791	50 sq mi	City
153	Akron	Ohio	189,478	190,184	-0.06%	3,059	62 sq mi	City
154	Elk Grove	California	186,555	176,578	0.92%	4,379	43 sq mi	City
155	Cary	North Carolina	185,432	174,773	0.99%	3,035	61 sq mi	Town
156	Glendale	California	185,163	195,933	-0.94%	6,075	30 sq mi	City
157	Salem	Oregon	182,902	175,985	0.65%	3,738	49 sq mi	City
158	Newport News	Virginia	182,572	186,030	-0.31%	2,646	69 sq mi	City
159	Aurora	Illinois	181,666	180,264	0.13%	4,015	45 sq mi	City
160	Surprise	Arizona	181,107	144,390	3.85%	1,639	111 sq mi	City
161	Santa Rosa	California	179,437	177,938	0.14%	4,218	43 sq mi	City
162	Eugene	Oregon	178,675	178,542	0.01%	3,998	45 sq mi	City
163	Rancho Cucamonga	California	178,442	174,655	0.36%	3,837	47 sq mi	City
164	Pembroke Pines	Florida	178,198	171,077	0.68%	5,453	33 sq mi	City
165	Paradise	Nevada	177,642	0	0%	4,189	42 sq mi	CDP
166	Denton	Texas	175,704	141,141	3.72%	1,813	97 sq mi	City
167	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	175,165	153,801	2.19%	2,703	65 sq mi	City
168	Shreveport	Louisiana	173,439	186,809	-1.23%	1,604	108 sq mi	City
169	Fort Collins	Colorado	171,693	169,954	0.17%	3,000	57 sq mi	City
170	Roseville	California	171,058	148,517	2.38%	3,880	44 sq mi	City
171	Garden Grove	California	170,221	171,861	-0.16%	9,481	18 sq mi	City
172	Springfield	Missouri	170,117	169,153	0.1%	2,045	83 sq mi	City
173	Oceanside	California	169,666	174,064	-0.43%	4,111	41 sq mi	City
174	Lancaster	California	169,022	173,175	-0.4%	1,793	94 sq mi	City
175	Killeen	Texas	163,533	153,785	1.03%	2,994	55 sq mi	City
176	Ramapo	New York	163,287	148,724	1.57%	2,669	61 sq mi	Town
177	Corona	California	162,767	157,444	0.56%	4,080	40 sq mi	City
178	Paterson	New Jersey	161,849	159,276	0.27%	19,238	8 sq mi	City
179	Charleston	South Carolina	161,314	151,225	1.08%	1,399	115 sq mi	City
180	Alexandria	Virginia	160,717	159,147	0.16%	10,761	15 sq mi	City
181	Palmdale	California	160,243	168,896	-0.87%	1,511	106 sq mi	City
182	Salinas	California	158,235	163,390	-0.53%	6,729	24 sq mi	City
183	Hollywood	Florida	158,161	152,816	0.57%	5,804	27 sq mi	City
184	Kansas City	Kansas	158,027	156,306	0.18%	1,267	125 sq mi	City
185	Macon-Bibb County	Georgia	157,632	157,054	0.06%	632	249 sq mi	Township
186	Lakewood	Colorado	157,210	156,263	0.1%	3,618	43 sq mi	City
187	Sunnyvale	California	156,622	155,240	0.15%	7,100	22 sq mi	City
188	Hayward	California	155,727	162,692	-0.73%	3,399	46 sq mi	City
189	Springfield	Massachusetts	155,014	155,182	-0.02%	4,864	32 sq mi	City
190	Bellevue	Washington	154,486	151,783	0.29%	4,616	33 sq mi	City
191	Naperville	Illinois	153,905	149,384	0.5%	3,909	39 sq mi	City
192	Palm Bay	Florida	153,390	120,159	4.15%	1,770	87 sq mi	City
193	Bridgeport	Connecticut	153,208	147,672	0.61%	9,537	16 sq mi	City
194	Joliet	Illinois	152,625	150,368	0.25%	2,308	66 sq mi	City
195	McAllen	Texas	152,205	142,395	1.12%	2,442	62 sq mi	City
196	Olathe	Kansas	151,803	141,549	1.17%	2,347	65 sq mi	City
197	Mesquite	Texas	150,903	149,620	0.14%	3,073	49 sq mi	City
198	Midland	Texas	150,351	133,247	2.03%	1,973	76 sq mi	City
199	Savannah	Georgia	150,080	147,517	0.29%	1,371	109 sq mi	City
200	Gainesville	Florida	150,069	142,298	0.89%	2,345	64 sq mi	City
201	Waco	Texas	149,350	140,541	1.02%	1,641	91 sq mi	City
202	Thornton	Colorado	149,318	142,162	0.82%	4,090	37 sq mi	City
203	Columbia	South Carolina	149,103	135,860	1.56%	1,070	139 sq mi	City
204	Meridian	Idaho	148,009	119,506	3.63%	3,935	38 sq mi	City
205	Pasadena	Texas	148,007	151,401	-0.38%	3,388	44 sq mi	City
206	Visalia	California	147,645	141,841	0.67%	3,695	40 sq mi	City
207	Pomona	California	146,979	151,023	-0.45%	6,395	23 sq mi	City
208	Rockford	Illinois	146,961	148,789	-0.21%	2,247	65 sq mi	City
209	Escondido	California	145,251	150,974	-0.64%	3,889	37 sq mi	City
210	Lakewood	New Jersey	145,126	135,281	1.18%	5,880	25 sq mi	Township
211	Round Rock	Texas	145,048	120,556	3.13%	3,756	39 sq mi	City
212	Miramar	Florida	144,298	134,518	1.18%	5,001	29 sq mi	City
213	Syracuse	New York	144,220	148,106	-0.44%	5,755	25 sq mi	City
214	Victorville	California	142,992	134,647	1.01%	1,940	74 sq mi	City
215	Elizabeth	New Jersey	141,795	136,609	0.62%	11,510	12 sq mi	City
216	Lewisville	Texas	141,416	126,408	1.89%	3,478	41 sq mi	City
217	New Haven	Connecticut	140,916	129,319	1.44%	7,540	19 sq mi	City
218	Stamford	Connecticut	140,509	135,447	0.61%	3,734	38 sq mi	City
219	Coral Springs	Florida	139,998	134,159	0.71%	6,123	23 sq mi	City
220	Metairie	Louisiana	139,114	0	0%	6,007	23 sq mi	CDP
221	Fargo	North Dakota	138,574	125,989	1.6%	2,671	52 sq mi	City
222	Jackson	Mississippi	138,450	153,025	-1.65%	1,240	112 sq mi	City
223	Orange	California	138,080	139,463	-0.17%	5,380	26 sq mi	City
224	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	137,727	137,853	-0.01%	1,842	75 sq mi	City
225	Fullerton	California	137,712	143,464	-0.68%	6,142	22 sq mi	City
226	Hampton	Virginia	137,345	137,279	0.01%	2,669	51 sq mi	City
227	West Valley City	Utah	137,047	140,027	-0.36%	3,825	36 sq mi	City
228	Lehigh Acres	Florida	136,762	0	0%	1,475	93 sq mi	CDP
229	Torrance	California	136,656	146,426	-1.14%	6,661	21 sq mi	City
230	Warren	Michigan	136,620	139,203	-0.31%	3,974	34 sq mi	City
231	Dayton	Ohio	136,392	137,407	-0.12%	2,444	56 sq mi	City
232	Carrollton	Texas	135,107	133,598	0.19%	3,686	37 sq mi	City
233	Pasadena	California	135,063	139,360	-0.52%	5,883	23 sq mi	City
234	Kent	Washington	134,567	135,354	-0.1%	4,007	34 sq mi	City
235	Santa Clara	California	134,386	128,614	0.73%	7,353	18 sq mi	City
236	Sterling Heights	Michigan	133,851	134,106	-0.03%	3,672	36 sq mi	City
237	Abilene	Texas	132,823	125,194	0.99%	1,245	107 sq mi	City
238	North Charleston	South Carolina	131,980	115,610	2.23%	1,692	78 sq mi	City
239	Buckeye	Arizona	131,812	93,422	5.91%	333	396 sq mi	City
240	Columbia	Missouri	131,791	126,315	0.71%	1,943	68 sq mi	City
241	Norman	Oklahoma	131,616	128,171	0.44%	737	179 sq mi	City
242	Clovis	California	131,374	120,775	1.41%	5,004	26 sq mi	City
243	Pearland	Texas	130,677	127,799	0.37%	2,656	49 sq mi	City
244	Goodyear	Arizona	130,332	97,774	4.91%	681	191 sq mi	City
245	Amherst	New York	130,132	129,343	0.1%	2,446	53 sq mi	Town
246	West Palm Beach	Florida	129,656	117,493	1.65%	2,407	54 sq mi	City
247	Wilmington	North Carolina	129,181	115,947	1.82%	2,513	51 sq mi	City
248	Athens	Georgia	129,148	127,283	0.24%	1,109	116 sq mi	Township
249	College Station	Texas	129,076	120,791	1.11%	2,523	51 sq mi	City
250	New Braunfels	Texas	128,712	91,640	5.83%	2,858	45 sq mi	City
251	Lakeland	Florida	128,276	113,862	2.01%	1,927	67 sq mi	City
252	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	127,206	113,915	1.86%	2,020	63 sq mi	City
253	Allentown		126,067	125,714	0.05%	7,178	18 sq mi	City
254	Topeka	Kansas	125,607	126,427	-0.11%	2,029	62 sq mi	City
255	Conroe	Texas	125,440	91,156	5.46%	1,655	76 sq mi	City
256	Rochester	Minnesota	124,696	121,591	0.42%	2,195	57 sq mi	City
257	Simi Valley	California	124,611	126,348	-0.23%	3,000	42 sq mi	City
258	Nampa	Idaho	124,426	101,406	3.47%	3,450	36 sq mi	City
259	Odessa	Texas	124,023	114,922	1.28%	2,390	52 sq mi	City
260	Lafayette	Louisiana	123,618	121,457	0.29%	2,190	56 sq mi	City
261	Spring Hill	Florida	123,474	0	0%	2,061	60 sq mi	CDP
262	Cambridge	Massachusetts	123,339	116,202	1%	19,281	6 sq mi	City
263	Fairfield	California	123,094	119,890	0.44%	2,960	42 sq mi	City
264	Concord	California	122,839	125,282	-0.33%	4,019	31 sq mi	City
265	Vallejo	California	122,705	125,939	-0.43%	4,032	30 sq mi	City
266	Arvada	Colorado	122,391	124,350	-0.26%	3,140	39 sq mi	City
267	Hartford	Connecticut	122,321	120,479	0.25%	7,038	17 sq mi	City
268	Billings	Montana	122,295	117,218	0.71%	2,643	46 sq mi	City
269	The Woodlands	Texas	122,240	0	0%	2,825	43 sq mi	CDP
270	Menifee	California	121,943	103,211	2.82%	2,624	46 sq mi	City
271	Ann Arbor	Michigan	121,651	123,772	-0.29%	4,294	28 sq mi	City
272	High Point	North Carolina	121,475	114,722	0.96%	2,113	57 sq mi	City
273	Independence	Missouri	121,444	122,866	-0.19%	1,557	78 sq mi	City
274	Thousand Oaks	California	121,431	126,810	-0.72%	2,198	55 sq mi	City
275	Berkeley	California	121,041	124,142	-0.42%	11,603	10 sq mi	City
276	League City	Texas	120,814	114,629	0.88%	2,352	51 sq mi	City
277	Lowell	Massachusetts	119,847	115,783	0.58%	8,806	14 sq mi	City
278	Antioch	California	119,688	115,388	0.61%	4,103	29 sq mi	City
279	Brandon	Florida	119,338	0	0%	3,602	33 sq mi	CDP
280	Pompano Beach	Florida	118,441	111,984	0.94%	4,922	24 sq mi	City
281	Richardson	Texas	118,205	119,319	-0.16%	4,139	29 sq mi	City
282	Las Cruces	New Mexico	118,133	111,713	0.94%	1,536	77 sq mi	City
283	Manchester	New Hampshire	117,453	115,507	0.28%	3,552	33 sq mi	City
284	Smithtown	New York	116,900	115,915	0.14%	2,175	54 sq mi	Town
285	West Jordan	Utah	116,737	117,060	-0.05%	3,582	33 sq mi	City
286	Concord	North Carolina	116,559	104,889	1.77%	1,798	65 sq mi	City
287	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	116,477	105,564	1.65%	1,850	63 sq mi	City
288	Greeley	Colorado	116,451	109,259	1.07%	2,301	51 sq mi	City
289	Rio Rancho	New Mexico	116,418	104,451	1.82%	1,126	103 sq mi	City
290	Riverview	Florida	116,251	0	0%	2,517	46 sq mi	CDP
291	Waterbury	Connecticut	116,177	113,875	0.33%	4,068	29 sq mi	City
292	Westminster	Colorado	116,095	116,639	-0.08%	3,672	32 sq mi	City
293	Evansville	Indiana	115,808	117,377	-0.22%	2,446	47 sq mi	City
294	Temecula	California	115,617	110,074	0.82%	3,110	37 sq mi	City
295	Elgin	Illinois	115,569	114,614	0.14%	3,030	38 sq mi	City
296	Allen	Texas	115,492	105,555	1.51%	4,377	26 sq mi	City
297	Tyler	Texas	115,314	106,182	1.39%	1,995	58 sq mi	City
298	Georgetown	Texas	115,088	68,725	8.97%	1,953	59 sq mi	City
299	Murrieta	California	114,625	111,164	0.51%	3,238	35 sq mi	City
300	Richmond	California	114,604	116,108	-0.22%	3,815	30 sq mi	City
301	Provo	Utah	114,523	115,144	-0.09%	2,734	42 sq mi	City
302	Miami Gardens	Florida	114,522	111,282	0.48%	6,198	18 sq mi	City
303	Clearwater	Florida	114,067	117,250	-0.46%	4,358	26 sq mi	City
304	Palm Coast	Florida	114,046	89,713	4.08%	1,184	96 sq mi	City
305	Lansing	Michigan	114,024	112,562	0.21%	2,896	39 sq mi	City
306	Everett	Washington	113,956	110,792	0.47%	3,391	34 sq mi	City
307	South Fulton	Georgia	113,789	108,265	0.83%	1,224	93 sq mi	City
308	Edinburg	Texas	112,735	100,751	1.89%	2,389	47 sq mi	City
309	Springfield	Illinois	112,630	114,431	-0.26%	1,839	61 sq mi	City
310	Beaumont	Texas	112,524	114,791	-0.33%	1,370	82 sq mi	City
311	Sparks	Nevada	112,456	108,884	0.54%	3,082	36 sq mi	City
312	Davie	Florida	111,993	106,073	0.91%	3,210	35 sq mi	Town
313	East Los Angeles	California	111,876	0	0%	15,011	7 sq mi	CDP
314	Carlsbad	California	111,835	114,924	-0.45%	2,958	38 sq mi	City
315	Hillsboro	Oregon	111,820	107,080	0.73%	4,229	26 sq mi	City
316	Santa Maria	California	111,689	109,789	0.29%	4,896	23 sq mi	City
317	St. George	Utah	111,344	96,032	2.5%	1,438	77 sq mi	City
318	San Tan Valley	Arizona	110,749	0	0%	1,461	76 sq mi	CDP
319	Gresham	Oregon	110,747	114,481	-0.55%	4,709	24 sq mi	City
320	Peoria	Illinois	110,431	112,895	-0.37%	2,295	48 sq mi	City
321	Pueblo	Colorado	110,269	111,886	-0.24%	1,952	56 sq mi	City
322	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	California	109,698	110,621	-0.14%	5,015	22 sq mi	City
323	Spokane Valley	Washington	109,551	103,623	0.93%	2,904	38 sq mi	City
324	Centennial	Colorado	109,178	107,732	0.22%	3,620	30 sq mi	City
325	Edison	New Jersey	109,132	107,024	0.33%	3,628	30 sq mi	Township
326	Bend	Oregon	109,105	99,690	1.52%	3,099	35 sq mi	City
327	Fayetteville	Arkansas	108,857	94,779	2.33%	1,988	55 sq mi	City
328	Lee's Summit	Missouri	108,768	101,565	1.15%	1,702	64 sq mi	City
329	Costa Mesa	California	108,122	112,043	-0.59%	6,841	16 sq mi	City
330	Jurupa Valley	California	107,937	105,340	0.41%	2,514	43 sq mi	City
331	Columbia	Maryland	107,315	0	0%	3,361	32 sq mi	CDP
332	Downey	California	107,286	113,963	-1%	8,646	12 sq mi	City
333	Sugar Land	Texas	107,255	110,819	-0.54%	2,650	40 sq mi	City
334	Rialto	California	106,946	103,963	0.47%	4,439	24 sq mi	City
335	Yuma	Arizona	106,923	97,326	1.58%	883	121 sq mi	City
336	Suffolk	Virginia	106,746	94,818	1.99%	267	399 sq mi	City
337	Carmel	Indiana	106,568	99,909	1.08%	2,171	49 sq mi	City
338	Green Bay	Wisconsin	106,463	107,301	-0.13%	2,341	45 sq mi	City
339	Brockton	Massachusetts	106,078	105,481	0.09%	4,972	21 sq mi	City
340	Fishers	Indiana	105,932	99,496	1.05%	2,897	37 sq mi	City
341	Boulder	Colorado	105,220	108,431	-0.5%	3,912	27 sq mi	City
342	Chico	California	105,067	104,022	0.17%	3,044	35 sq mi	City
343	Fort Myers	Florida	104,797	87,289	3.09%	2,614	40 sq mi	City
344	Dearborn	Michigan	104,725	109,557	-0.75%	4,319	24 sq mi	City
345	Lynn	Massachusetts	104,710	101,071	0.59%	9,750	11 sq mi	City
346	West Covina	California	104,579	109,153	-0.71%	6,522	16 sq mi	City
347	Woodbridge	New Jersey	104,499	103,661	0.13%	4,493	23 sq mi	Township
348	Renton	Washington	104,437	106,729	-0.36%	4,437	24 sq mi	City
349	Vacaville	California	104,333	102,117	0.36%	3,493	30 sq mi	City
350	Sandy Springs	Georgia	104,328	108,225	-0.61%	2,770	38 sq mi	City
351	El Monte	California	104,023	109,142	-0.8%	10,884	10 sq mi	City
352	Quincy	Massachusetts	103,699	101,487	0.36%	6,257	17 sq mi	City
353	Tracy	California	103,595	93,635	1.7%	3,933	26 sq mi	City
354	South Bend	Indiana	103,218	103,341	-0.02%	2,464	42 sq mi	City
355	Hesperia	California	103,162	99,936	0.53%	1,419	73 sq mi	City
356	Avondale	Arizona	102,760	89,537	2.32%	2,148	48 sq mi	City
357	San Mateo	California	102,633	105,669	-0.48%	8,458	12 sq mi	City
358	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	102,527	0	0%	4,225	24 sq mi	CDP
359	Boca Raton	Florida	102,502	98,240	0.71%	3,513	29 sq mi	City
360	Albany	New York	102,305	98,865	0.57%	4,780	21 sq mi	City
361	Burbank	California	102,092	107,006	-0.78%	5,896	17 sq mi	City
362	New Bedford	Massachusetts	102,044	100,909	0.19%	5,102	20 sq mi	City
363	Merced	California	101,896	90,454	2%	3,912	26 sq mi	City
364	Wichita Falls	Texas	101,849	102,474	-0.1%	1,410	72 sq mi	City
365	Clinton	Michigan	101,785	100,452	0.22%	3,632	28 sq mi	Township
366	Temple	Texas	101,765	82,837	3.49%	1,372	74 sq mi	City
367	Deltona	Florida	101,760	94,039	1.32%	2,726	37 sq mi	City
368	Toms River	New Jersey	101,621	95,607	1.02%	2,506	41 sq mi	Township
369	Edmond	Oklahoma	101,571	94,732	1.17%	1,203	84 sq mi	City
370	Plantation	Florida	101,035	91,947	1.58%	4,645	22 sq mi	City
371	El Cajon	California	100,948	106,069	-0.82%	6,957	15 sq mi	City
372	North Port	Florida	100,826	75,698	4.89%	1,015	99 sq mi	City
373	San Angelo	Texas	100,702	100,059	0.11%	1,677	60 sq mi	City
374	Inglewood	California	100,488	107,378	-1.1%	11,083	9 sq mi	City
375	Atascocita	Texas	100,406	0	0%	4,203	24 sq mi	CDP
376	Daly City	California	100,332	104,806	-0.72%	13,115	8 sq mi	City
377	Longmont	Colorado	100,211	99,192	0.17%	3,423	29 sq mi	City
378	Davenport	Iowa	100,062	101,651	-0.26%	1,558	64 sq mi	City

Frequently Asked Demographics Questions

Which US city has the highest population?

New York City has the highest population. It has over 8.5 million people living there with over 28,000 residents per square mile. This is due largely to the dence metro area. It has more than double the population of the second largest city of Los Angeles with over 3.8 million.

How is the net change calculation determined?

We used data from the US Census Bureau for 2024 and used reported estimates for the 2026 data to create the population changes recorded.

Why are certain areas classified as Townships vs Cities?

Classifications vary based on localized legal charter boundaries mapped out by state administrative departments, indicating distinct municipal incorporation guidelines and local authority models.