Most Populous Cities in America

	City	Population (2005 estimate)
1	New York city	8,143,197
2	Los Angeles city	3,844,829
3	Chicago city	2,842,518
4	Houston city	2,016,582
5	Philadelphia city	1,463,281
6	Phoenix city	1,461,575
7	San Antonio city	1,256,509
8	San Diego city	1,255,540
9	Dallas city	1,213,825
10	San Jose city	912,332
11	Detroit city	886,671
12	Delaware	843,524
13	Indianapolis city	793,968
14	Jacksonville city	782,623
15	Hempstead town, Nassau County	751,276
16	San Francisco city	739,426
17	Columbus city	730,657
18	Louisville/Jefferson County	699,827
19	Austin city	690,252
20	Memphis city	672,277
21	Baltimore city	635,815
22	Fort Worth city	624,067
23	Charlotte city	610,949
24	El Paso city	598,590
25	Milwaukee city	578,887
26	Nashville-Davidson	575,261
27	Seattle city	573,911
28	Boston city	559,034
29	Denver city	557,917
30	Louisville/Jefferson County (balance)	556,429
31	District of Columbia	550,521
32	Nashville-Davidson (balance)	549,110
33	Las Vegas city	545,147
34	Portland city	533,427
35	Oklahoma City city	531,324
36	Tucson city	515,526
37	Albuquerque city	494,236
38	Long Beach city	474,014
39	Brookhaven town, Suffolk County	472,122
40	Atlanta city	470,688
41	Fresno city	461,116
42	Sacramento city	456,441
43	New Orleans city	454,863
44	Cleveland city	452,208
45	Kansas City city	444,965
46	Mesa city	442,780
47	Virginia Beach city	438,415
48	Omaha city	414,521
49	Oakland city	395,274
50	Miami city	386,417
51	Tulsa city	382,457
52	Honolulu CDP	377,379
53	Minneapolis city	372,811
54	Colorado Springs city	369,815
55	Arlington city	362,805
56	Wichita city	354,865
57	St. Louis city	344,362
58	Raleigh city	341,530
59	Santa Ana city	340,368
60	Anaheim city	331,804
61	Islip town, Suffolk County	329,580
62	Tampa city	325,989
63	Pittsburgh city	316,718
64	Cincinnati city	308,728
65	Toledo city	301,285
66	Aurora city	297,235
67	Oyster Bay town, Nassau County	296,917
68	Bakersfield city	295,536
69	Riverside city	290,086
70	Stockton city	286,926
71	Corpus Christi city	283,474
72	Newark city	280,666
73	Buffalo city	279,745
74	St. Paul city	275,150
75	Anchorage municipality	275,043
76	Lexington-Fayette	268,080
77	Plano city	250,096
78	St. Petersburg city	249,079
79	Jersey City city	239,614
80	Glendale city	239,435
81	Lincoln city	239,213
82	Chandler city	234,939
83	Henderson city	232,146
84	Greensboro city	231,962
85	Norfolk city	231,954
86	Birmingham city	231,483
87	Scottsdale city	226,013
88	Fort Wayne city	223,341
89	North Hempstead town, Nassau County	222,975
90	Baton Rouge city	222,064
91	Madison city	221,551
92	Hialeah city	220,485
93	Chesapeake city	218,968
94	Garland city	216,346
95	Babylon town, Suffolk County	216,230
96	Orlando city	213,223
97	Rochester city	211,091
98	Akron city	210,795
99	Chula Vista city	210,497
100	Lubbock city	209,737

Source: US Census Bureau

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