1 . . . . . New York, NY. . . . . . . . 3,437,202 New York, NY. . . . . . . . 5,620,048 New York

2 . . . . . Chicago, IL . . . . . . . . . 1,698,575 Chicago, IL . . . . . . . . . 2,701,705 Chicago, 

3 . . . . . Philadelphia, PA . . . . . . 1,293,697 Philadelphia, PA . . . . . . 1,823,779 Philadelp

4 . . . . . St Louis, MO ........ 575,238 Detroit, MI .......... 993,078 Detroit, M

5. . . . . Boston, MA ......... 560,892 Cleveland, OH ....... 796,841 Los Ange

6 . . . . . Baltimore, MD. . . . . . . . 508,957 St Louis, MO ........ 772,897 Clevelan

7 . . . . . Cleveland, OH ....... 381,768 Boston, MA ......... 748,060 Baltimore

8 . . . . . Buffalo, NY . . . . . . . . . 352,387 Baltimore, MD........ 733,826 St Louis, 

9 . . . . . San Francisco, CA .... 342,782 Pittsburgh, PA........ 588,343 Boston, M

10 . . . . Cincinnati, OH . . . . . . . 325,902 Los Angeles, CA ...... 576,673 Pittsburg

11 . . . . Pittsburgh, PA........ 321,616 Buffalo, NY ......... 506,775 Washing

12 . . . . New Orleans, LA...... 287,104 San Francisco, CA .... 506,676 San Fran

13 . . . . Detroit, MI . . . . . . . . . . 285,704 Milwaukee, WI ....... 457,147 Milwauke

14 . . . . Milwaukee, WI ....... 285,315 Washington, DC ...... 437,571 Buffalo, N

15 . . . . Washington, DC ...... 278,718 Newark, NJ ......... 414,524 New Orle

16 . . . . Newark, NJ ......... 246,070 Cincinnati, OH ....... 401,247 Minneap

17 . . . . Jersey City, NJ . . . . . . . 206,433 New Orleans, LA...... 387,219 Cincinna

18 . . . . Louisville, KY ........ 204,731 Minneapolis, MN ...... 380,582 Newark, 

19 . . . . Minneapolis, MN ...... 202,718 Kansas City, MO ...... 324,410 Kansas C

20 . . . . Providence, RI ....... 175,597 Seattle, WA ......... 315,312 Indianap

21 . . . . Indianapolis, IN....... 169,164 Indianapolis, IN....... 314,194 Houston, 

22 . . . . Kansas City, MO ...... 163,752 Jersey City, NJ ....... 298,103 Seattle, W

23 . . . . St Paul, MN ......... 163,065 Rochester, NY ....... 295,750 Rocheste

24 . . . . Rochester, NY ....... 162,608 Portland, OR ........ 258,288 Denver, C

25 . . . . Denver, CO ......... 133,859 Denver, CO ......... 256,491 Louisville

26 . . . . Toledo, OH.......... 131,822 Toledo, OH.......... 243,164 Columbu

27 . . . . Allegheny, PA ........ 129,896 Providence, RI ....... 237,595 Portland, 

28 . . . . Columbus, OH ....... 125,560 Columbus, OH ....... 237,031 Atlanta, G

29 . . . . Worcester, MA . . . . . . . 118,421 Louisville, KY ........ 234,891 Oakland, 

30 . . . . Syracuse, NY ........ 108,374 St Paul, MN ......... 234,698 Jersey C

31 . . . . New Haven, CT ...... 108,027 Oakland, CA......... 216,261 Dallas, T

32 . . . . Paterson, NJ ........ 105,171 Akron, OH .......... 208,435 Memphis

33 . . . . Fall River, MA. . . . . . . . 104,863 Atlanta, GA ......... 200,616 St Paul, 

34 . . . . St Joseph, MO ....... 102,979 Omaha, NE ......... 191,601 Toledo, O

35 . . . . Omaha, NE ......... 102,555 Worcester, MA ....... 179,754 Birmingh

36 . . . . Los Angeles, CA ...... 102,479 Birmingham, AL ...... 178,806 San Anto

37 . . . . Memphis, TN ........ 102,320 Syracuse, NY ........ 171,717 Providen

38 . . . . Scranton, PA . . . . . . . . 102,026 Richmond, VA........ 171,667 Akron, O

39 . . . . Lowell, MA. . . . . . . . . . 94,969 New Haven, CT ...... 162,537 Omaha, 

40 . . . . Albany, NY. . . . . . . . . . 94,151 Memphis, TN ........ 162,351 Dayton, O

41 . . . . Cambridge, MA. . . . . . . 91,886 San Antonio, TX . . . . . . 161,379 Syracuse

42 . . . . Portland, OR . . . . . . . . 90,426 Dallas, TX . . . . . . . . . . 158,976 Oklahom

43 . . . . Atlanta, GA . . . . . . . . . 89,872 Dayton, OH ......... 152,559 San Dieg

44 . . . . Grand Rapids, MI . . . . . 87,565 Bridgeport, CT ....... 143,555 Worceste

45 . . . . Dayton, OH . . . . . . . . . 85,333 Houston, TX......... 138,276 Richmon

46 . . . . Richmond, VA. . . . . . . . 85,050 Hartford, CT ......... 138,036 Fort Wor

47 . . . . Nashville, TN . . . . . . . . 80,865 Scranton, PA . . . . . . . . 137,783 Jacksonv

48 . . . . Seattle, WA . . . . . . . . . 80,671 Grand Rapids, MI ..... 137,634 Miami, F

49 . . . . Hartford, CT . . . . . . . . . 79,850 Paterson, NJ ........ 135,875 Youngsto

50 . . . . Reading, PA. . . . . . . . . 78,961 Youngstown, OH ...... 132,358 Nashville

51 . . . . Wilmington, DE. . . . . . . 76,508 Springfield, MA . . . . . . . 129,614 Hartford, 

52 . . . . Camden, NJ. . . . . . . . . 75,935 Des Moines, IA ....... 126,468 Grand R

53 . . . . Trenton, NJ . . . . . . . . . 73,307 New Bedford, MA ..... 121,217 Long Bea

54 . . . . Bridgeport, CT . . . . . . . 70,996 Fall River, MA. . . . . . . . 120,485 New Hav

55 . . . . Lynn, MA. . . . . . . . . . . 68,513 Trenton, NJ . . . . . . . . . 119,289 Des Moin

56 . . . . Oakland, CA. . . . . . . . . 66,960 Nashville, TN . . . . . . . . 118,342 Flint, MI. 

57 . . . . Lawrence, MA . . . . . . . 62,559 Salt Lake City, UT . . . . . 118,110 Salt Lake 

58 . . . . New Bedford, MA . . . . . 62,442 Camden, NJ. . . . . . . . . 116,309 Springfie

59 . . . . Des Moines, IA . . . . . . . 62,139 Norfolk, VA. . . . . . . . . . 115,777 Bridgepo

60 . . . . Springfield, MA . . . . . . . 62,059 Albany, NY. . . . . . . . . . 113,344 Norfolk, V

61 . . . . Somerville, MA . . . . . . . 61,643 Lowell, MA. . . . . . . . . . 112,759 Yonkers, 

62 . . . . Troy, NY . . . . . . . . . . . 60,651 Wilmington, DE. . . . . . . 110,168 Tulsa, O

63 . . . . Hoboken, NJ . . . . . . . . 59,364 Cambridge, MA....... 109,694 Scranton

64 . . . . Evansville, IN . . . . . . . . 59,007 Reading, PA......... 107,784 Paterson

65 . . . . Manchester, NH . . . . . . 56,987 Fort Worth, TX . . . . . . . 106,482 Albany, N

66 . . . . Utica, NY. . . . . . . . . . . 56,383 Spokane, WA ........ 104,437 Chattano

67 . . . . Peoria, IL. . . . . . . . . . . 56,100 Kansas City, KS ...... 101,177 Trenton, 

68 . . . . Charleston, SC . . . . . . . 55,807 Yonkers, NY......... 100,176 Spokane

69 . . . . Savannah, GA . . . . . . . 54,244 Lynn, MA. . . . . . . . . . . 99,148 Kansas C

70 . . . . Salt Lake City, UT . . . . . 53,531 Duluth, MN. . . . . . . . . . 98,917 Fort Way

71 . . . . San Antonio, TX . . . . . . 53,321 Tacoma, WA. . . . . . . . . 96,965 Camden

72 . . . . Duluth, MN. . . . . . . . . . 52,969 Elizabeth, NJ . . . . . . . . 95,783 Erie, PA. 

73 . . . . Erie, PA. . . . . . . . . . . . 52,733 Lawrence, MA . . . . . . . 94,270 Fall Rive

74 . . . . Elizabeth, NJ . . . . . . . . 52,130 Utica, NY. . . . . . . . . . . 94,156 Witchita, 

75 . . . . Wilkes-Barre, PA. . . . . . 51,721 Erie, PA. . . . . . . . . . . . 93,372 Wilmingt

See footnotes at the end of table.

Mini-His

U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003
1 . . . . . New York, NY. . . . . . . . 7,781,984 New York, NY. . . . . . . . 7,071,639 New York

2 . . . . . Chicago, IL . . . . . . . . . 3,550,404 Chicago, IL . . . . . . . . . 3,005,072 Los Ange

3 . . . . . Los Angeles, CA . . . . . . 2,479,015 Los Angeles, CA . . . . . . 2,966,850 Chicago, 

4 . . . . . Philadelphia, PA . . . . . . 2,002,512 Philadelphia, PA . . . . . . 1,688,210 Houston, 

5 . . . . . Detroit, MI . . . . . . . . . . 1,670,144 Houston, TX. . . . . . . . . 1,595,138 Philadelp

6 . . . . . Baltimore, MD. . . . . . . . 939,024 Detroit, MI . . . . . . . . . . 1,203,339 Phoenix, 

7. . . . . Houston, TX......... 938,219 Dallas, TX .......... 904,078 San Dieg

8 . . . . . Cleveland, OH ....... 876,050 San Diego, CA ....... 875,538 Dallas, T

9. . . . . Washington, DC ...... 763,956 Phoenix, AZ ......... 789,704 San Anto

10 . . . . St Louis, MO ........ 750,026 Baltimore, MD........ 786,775 Detroit, M

11 . . . . Milwaukee, WI ....... 741,324 San Antonio, TX ...... 785,880 San Jose

12 . . . . San Francisco, CA .... 740,316 Indianapolis (bal.), IN 1. . 700,807 Indianap

13 . . . . Boston, MA ......... 697,197 San Francisco, CA .... 678,974 San Fran

14 . . . . Dallas, TX . . . . . . . . . . 679,684 Memphis, TN ........ 646,356 Jacksonv

15 . . . . New Orleans, LA...... 627,525 Washington, DC ...... 638,333 Columbu

16 . . . . Pittsburgh, PA........ 604,332 Milwaukee, WI ....... 636,212 Austin, T

17 . . . . San Antonio, TX . . . . . . 587,718 San Jose, CA........ 629,442 Baltimore

18 . . . . San Diego, CA ....... 573,224 Cleveland, OH ....... 573,822 Memphis

19 . . . . Seattle, WA ......... 557,087 Columbus, OH ....... 564,871 Milwauke

20 . . . . Buffalo, NY . . . . . . . . . 532,759 Boston, MA ......... 562,994 Boston, M

21 . . . . Cincinnati, OH . . . . . . . 502,550 New Orleans, LA...... 557,515 Washing

22 . . . . Memphis, TN ........ 497,524 Jacksonville, FL ...... 540,920 El Paso, 

23 . . . . Denver, CO ......... 493,887 Seattle, WA ......... 493,846 Seattle, W

24 . . . . Atlanta, GA . . . . . . . . . 487,455 Denver, CO ......... 492,365 Denver, C

25 . . . . Minneapolis, MN ...... 482,872 Nashville-Davidson (bal.), TN 1 .............

455,651 Nashville

TN 1 ..

26 . . . . Indianapolis, IN....... 476,258 St Louis, MO ........ 453,085 Charlotte

27 . . . . Kansas City, MO ...... 475,539 Kansas City, MO ...... 448,159 Fort Wor

28 . . . . Columbus, OH ....... 471,316 El Paso, TX ......... 425,259 Portland, 

29 . . . . Phoenix, AZ ......... 439,170 Atlanta, GA ......... 425,022 Oklahom

30 . . . . Newark, NJ ......... 405,220 Pittsburgh, PA........ 423,938 Tucson, A

31 . . . . Louisville, KY ........ 390,639 Oklahoma City, OK .... 403,213 New Orle

32 . . . . Portland, OR ........ 372,676 Cincinnati, OH ....... 385,457 Las Vega

33 . . . . Oakland, CA......... 367,548 Fort Worth, TX ....... 385,164 Clevelan

34 . . . . Fort Worth, TX . . . . . . . 356,268 Minneapolis, MN ...... 370,951 Long Bea

35 . . . . Long Beach, CA ...... 344,168 Portland, OR ........ 366,383 Albuquer

36 . . . . Birmingham, AL ...... 340,887 Honolulu CDP, HI 2 .... 365,048 Kansas C

37 . . . . Oklahoma City, OK .... 324,253 Long Beach, CA ...... 361,334 Fresno, C

38 . . . . Rochester, NY ....... 318,611 Tulsa, OK .......... 360,919 Virginia B

39 . . . . Toledo, OH.......... 318,003 Buffalo, NY ......... 357,870 Atlanta, G

40 . . . . St Paul, MN ......... 313,411 Toledo, OH.......... 354,635 Sacrame

41 . . . . Norfolk, VA. . . . . . . . . . 305,872 Miami, FL .......... 346,865 Oakland, 

42 . . . . Omaha, NE ......... 301,598 Austin, TX .......... 345,496 Mesa, AZ

43 . . . . Honolulu CDP, HI 2 .... 294,194 Oakland, CA......... 339,337 Tulsa, O

44 . . . . Miami, FL . . . . . . . . . . 291,688 Albuquerque, NM ..... 331,767 Omaha, 

45 . . . . Akron, OH . . . . . . . . . . 290,351 Tucson, AZ ......... 330,537 Minneap

46 . . . . El Paso, TX ......... 276,687 Newark, NJ ......... 329,248 Honolulu 

47 . . . . Jersey City, NJ . . . . . . . 276,101 Charlotte, NC ........ 314,447 Miami, F

48 . . . . Tampa, FL .......... 274,970 Omaha, NE ......... 314,255 Colorado 

49 . . . . Dayton, OH ......... 262,332 Louisville, KY ........ 298,451 St Louis, 

50 . . . . Tulsa, OK . . . . . . . . . . 261,685 Birmingham, AL ...... 284,413 Wichita, 

51 . . . . Wichita, KS . . . . . . . . . 254,698 Wichita, KS ......... 279,272 Santa An

52 . . . . Richmond, VA........ 219,958 Sacramento, CA ...... 275,741 Pittsburg

53 . . . . Syracuse, NY ........ 216,038 Tampa, FL .......... 271,523 Arlington

54 . . . . Tucson, AZ ......... 212,892 St Paul, MN ......... 270,230 Cincinna

55 . . . . Des Moines, IA ....... 208,982 Norfolk, VA.......... 266,979 Anaheim

56 . . . . Providence, RI ....... 207,498 Virginia Beach, VA..... 262,199 Toledo, O

57 . . . . San Jose, CA........ 204,196 Rochester, NY ....... 241,741 Tampa, F

58 . . . . Mobile, AL . . . . . . . . . . 202,779 St Petersburg, FL ..... 238,647 Buffalo, N

59 . . . . Charlotte, NC . . . . . . . . 201,564 Akron, OH .......... 237,177 St Paul, 

60 . . . . Albuquerque, NM ..... 201,189 Corpus Christi, TX..... 231,999 Corpus C

61 . . . . Jacksonville, FL ...... 201,030 Jersey City, NJ ....... 223,532 Aurora, C

62 . . . . Flint, MI. . . . . . . . . . . . 196,940 Baton Rouge, LA ..... 219,419 Raleigh, 

63 . . . . Sacramento, CA ...... 191,667 Anaheim, CA ........ 219,311 Newark, 

64 . . . . Yonkers, NY......... 190,634 Richmond, VA........ 219,214 Lexington

65 . . . . Salt Lake City, UT ..... 189,454 Fresno, CA ......... 218,202 Anchorag

66 . . . . Worcester, MA ....... 186,587 Colorado Springs, CO . . 215,150 Louisville

67 . . . . Austin, TX . . . . . . . . . . 186,545 Shreveport, LA ....... 205,820 Riverside

68 . . . . Spokane, WA ........ 181,608 Lexington-Fayette, KY . . 204,165 St Peters

69 . . . . St Petersburg, FL ..... 181,298 Santa Ana, CA ....... 203,713 Bakersfie

70 . . . . Gary, IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 178,320 Dayton, OH ......... 203,371 Stockton

71 . . . . Grand Rapids, MI ..... 177,313 Jackson, MS ........ 202,895 Birmingh

72 . . . . Springfield, MA . . . . . . . 174,463 Mobile, AL .......... 200,452 Jersey C

73 . . . . Nashville, TN ........ 170,874 Yonkers, NY......... 195,351 Norfolk, V

74 . . . . Corpus Christi, TX. . . . . 167,690 Des Moines, IA ....... 191,003 Baton Ro

75 . . . . Youngstown, OH ...... 166,689 Grand Rapids, MI ..... 181,843 Hialeah, 

1 Represents the portion of a consolidated city that is not within one or more separately 

population shown in this table is for the Census Designated Place (CDP).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1900-1980, Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urba

1790 to 1990, Working Paper No. 27; and 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Population and 

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