List of North American cities by population explained

For the majority of cities in North America (including the Caribbean), the most recent official population census results, estimates or short-term projections date to 2020, with some dating 2022 at the latest. This list compiles figures for all North American cities with a population within city limits exceeding 500,000 that year. These figures do not reflect the population of the urban agglomeration or metropolitan area, which typically does not coincide with the administrative boundaries of the city. They refer to mid-2020 populations with the following exceptions:

  1. Mexican cities, whose figures derive from the 2015 Intercensal Survey conducted by INEGI with a reference date of March 15, 2020;[1]
  2. Edmonton, which conducted municipal censuses in April 2019 and April 2021 but has not reported an intercensal estimate of its 2020 population. The April 2021 census result is given instead.

List

Bold represents largest city in country, Italic represents capital city.

RankCityImageCountryPopulationYear
1Mexico City Mexico9,209,942[2] 2021
2New York City United States8,335,898[3] 2022
3Los Angeles United States3,822,2352022
4Toronto Canada3,025,657[4] 2021
5Chicago United States2,665,0392022
6Houston United States2,314,1572023
7Havana Cuba2,137,847[5] 2022
8Tijuana Mexico1,810,6452020
9Montreal Canada1,791,512[6] 2022
10Ecatepec de Morelos Mexico1,643,623[7] 2020
11León Mexico1,579,8032020
12Phoenix United States1,644,4092022
13Philadelphia United States1,567,2582022
14Puebla Mexico1,542,232[8] 2020
15Juárez Mexico1,501,5512020
16San Antonio United States1,472,9092022
17Calgary Canada1,413,800[9] 2022
18Guadalajara Mexico1,385,6212020
19San Diego United States1,381,1622022
20Dallas United States1,299,5442022
21Zapopan Mexico1,257,5472020
22Guatemala City Guatemala1,221,739[10] 2023
23Prince Haiti1,200,000[11] 2022
24Monterrey Mexico1,142,9522020
25Tegucigalpa Honduras1,132,000[12] 2023
26Edmonton Canada1,087,172[13] 2022
27Panama City Panama1,086,9902023
28Nezahualcóyotl Mexico1,072,6762020
29Ottawa Canada1,071,868[14] 2022
30Managua Nicaragua1,051,236[15] 2022
31Santo Domingo Dominican Republic1,029,110[16] 2022
32Austin United States974,4472022
33Jacksonville United States971,3192022
34San Jose United States971,2332022
35Fort Worth956,7092022
36Chihuahua Mexico925,7622020
37Mérida Mexico921,7712020
38Naucalpan Mexico911,1682020
39Toluca Mexico910,6082020
40Columbus United States907,9712022
41Charlotte United States897,7202022
42Cancún Mexico888,7972020
43Indianapolis United States880,6212022
44Saltillo Mexico864,4312020
45Aguascalientes Mexico863,8932020
46Hermosillo Mexico855,5632020
47Mexicali Mexico854,1862020
48San Luis Potosí Mexico845,9412020
49San Francisco United States808,4372022
50Culiacán Mexico808,4162020
51Querétaro Mexico794,7892020
52Winnipeg Canada783,096[17] 2022
53Mississauga Canada778,896[18] 2022
54Seattle United States749,2562022
55Brampton Canada745,5572022
56Santiago de los Caballeros744,890[19] 2019
57Morelia Mexico743,2752020
58Denver United States713,2522022
59Vancouver Canada706,012[20] 2022
60Chimalhuacán Mexico703,2152020
61San Pedro Sula Honduras701,2002023
62Oklahoma City United States694,8002022
63Reynosa Mexico691,5572020
64Torreón Mexico690,1932020
65Nashville United States683,6222022
66El Paso United States677,4562022
67Washington, D.C. United States671,8032022
68Tlalnepantla Mexico658,9072020
69Acapulco Mexico658,6092020
70Las Vegas United States656,2742022
71Boston United States650,7062022
72Tlaquepaque Mexico650,1232020
73Guadalupe Mexico635,8622020
74Portland United States635,0672022
75Surrey Canada633,2342022
76Louisville United States624,4442022
77Memphis United States621,0562022
78Detroit United States620,3762022
79Durango Mexico616,0682020
80Hamilton Canada597,0102022
81Kingston Jamaica597,000[21] 2023
82Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico578,8302020
83Baltimore United States569,9312022
84Tonalá Mexico569,9132020
85Milwaukee United States563,3052022
86Albuquerque United States561,0082022
87Quebec City Canada557,3902022
88Tucson United States546,5742022
89Fresno United States545,5672022
90Veracruz Mexico537,9632020
91Apodaca Mexico536,4362020
92Sacramento United States528,0012022
93Ciudad López Mateos Mexico523,0652022
94Tultitlán Mexico516,3412020
95Cuautitlán Izcalli Mexico515,3532020
96Mesa United States512,4982022
97Carrefour Haiti511,3452015
98Matamoros (Heroica Matamoros) Mexico510,7392020
99Kansas City United States509,2972022

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Encuesta Intercensal 2023: Presentación de resultados . 5 . . November 8, 2016.
  2. Web site: Población total por entidad federativa y grupo quinquenal de edad según sexo, serie de años censales de 1990 a 2020 . INEGI . November 6, 2023.
  3. Web site: City and Town Population Totals: 2023 . United States Census Bureau, Population Division . May 2023 . September 6, 2023.
  4. Web site: City of Toronto . Statistics Canada . February 9, 2022 . Profile table, Census Profile, . December 21, 2023 . www.toronto.ca .
  5. Web site: 3. Población Proyectada al 30 de junio, por edades simples y años simples. AMBOS SEXOS. Período 2015 - 2050 . Proyecciones de la Población de Cuba 2015 - 2050 . Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas . April 24, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160429211826/http://www.one.cu/publicaciones/cepde/proyeccion_2015_2050/11_tabla_3_23.pdf . April 29, 2016.
  6. Population des municipalités du Québec, décret 2016 . . December 30, 2015 . April 24, 2016.
  7. Web site: Brinkhoff . Thomas . Mexico: Administrative Division . City Population . November 8, 2016.
  8. Web site: Mexico: Main cities . GeoHive . December 15, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161028033205/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/mexico.aspx#city1 . October 28, 2016.
  9. Web site: Calgary Population - Alberta Regional Dashboard . Government of Alberta . August 21, 2023.
  10. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  11. Population totale, de 18 ans et plus menages et densites estimes en 2015 . 23 . Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI). March 2015 . May 1, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151106110552/http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf . November 6, 2015.
  12. Web site: El INE te cuenta: principales resultados del censo a nivel departamental y municipios . Instituto Nacional de Estadística Honduras . April 5, 2016.
  13. Web site: 2019 Municipal Census Results. City of Edmonton. September 11, 2019.
  14. Web site: February 10, 2016 . Table 3.5: Population and demographic factors of growth by census division, provinces and territories . April 24, 2016 . Statistics Canada.
  15. BOLETIN ANUAL DE INDICADORES ESTADISTICOS DE TRANSPORTE 2011. . 7. POBLACION TOTAL ESTIMADA POR MUNICIPIO 2011-2015 . 69 . Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura . May 2012 . November 20, 2015.
  16. Población total estimadas y proyectadas por año calendario y sexo, según región y provincia 2000 2030 . Distrito Nacional . 2014 . Oficina Nacional de Estadística . April 24, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131052513/http://www.one.gob.do/Multimedia/Download?ObjId=6299 . January 31, 2016.
  17. Web site: Population of Winnipeg . City of Winnipeg . April 2016 . May 1, 2016.
  18. Web site: Population and Housing Estimates . Peel Data Centre . May 1, 2015.
  19. Población total estimadas y proyectadas por año calendario, región, provincia y municipio según sexo y grupos quinquenales de edad, 2015-2020 . May 9, 2015 . Oficina Nacional de Estadística . June 16, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624155020/http://www.one.gob.do/Multimedia/Download?ObjId=7709 . June 24, 2016.
  20. Web site: 2015 Sub-Provincial Population Estimates: A release from the Province of British Columbia’s central statistical agency . BC Stats . January 29, 2016 . May 1, 2016.
  21. Demographic Statistics 2015 . Statistical Institute of Jamaica . 9 . Table 9. Population by Parish: 2011–2015 . April 2016 . May 19, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924182635/http://65.183.5.244:8090/ . September 24, 2015 . dead .

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