List of largest cities of U.S. states and territories by population explained

This is a list of the five most populous incorporated cities and the capital city in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited territories of the United States.

State, federal
district, or territory
State, federal district,
or territory population[1]
Most populous2nd most populous3rd most populous4th most populous5th most populousCapital (if not
otherwise listed)
Namedata-sort-type=number PopulationNamePopulationNamePopulationNamePopulationNamePopulationNamePopulation
4,887,871Huntsville215,006Montgomery200,603Birmingham197,575Mobile187,041Tuscaloosa99,600[2]
737,438Anchorage291,538Juneau32,197Fairbanks31,516Wasilla10,529Sitka8,647
American Samoa55,519[3] Tafuna7,945[4] Nuʻuuli3,955Pago Pago3,656'Ili'ili3,195Pava'ia'i2,450
7,171,646Phoenix1,660,272Tucson545,975Mesa508,958Chandler257,165Scottsdale255,310
3,013,852Little Rock202,591Fayetteville93,949Fort Smith89,142Springdale84,161Jonesboro78,576
39,557,045Los Angeles3,997,984San Diego1,425,976San Jose1,030,119San Francisco884,198Fresno530,093Sacramento (6)508,529
5,695,564Denver719,238Colorado Springs483,829Aurora374,114Fort Collins167,830Lakewood156,798
3,605,944Bridgeport148,654Stamford135,470New Haven134,023Hartford121,054Waterbury114,403
967,171Wilmington70,635Dover38,079Newark33,673Middletown22,582Smyrna11,580
702,455Washington, D.C.702,455
21,538,187Jacksonville949,611Miami467,963Tampa384,959Orlando307,573St. Petersburg258,308Tallahassee (8)196,169
10,711,908Atlanta498,715Columbus206,922Augusta202,081Macon157,346Savannah147,780
Guam159,358Dededo44,943Yigo20,539Tamuning19,685Mangilao15,191Barrigada8,875Hagåtña (18)1,051
1,420,491Honolulu1347,397East Honolulu 149,914Pearl City147,698Hilo143,263Kailua138,635
1,754,208Boise228,790Meridian106,894Nampa96,252Idaho Falls63,398Caldwell56,541
12,741,080Chicago2,705,994Aurora198,187Naperville148,304Joliet148,099Rockford146,526Springfield (6)114,694
6,691,878Indianapolis867,125Fort Wayne267,633Evansville117,963South Bend103,290Carmel99,329
3,156,145Des Moines216,853Cedar Rapids133,174Davenport102,085Sioux City82,396Iowa City76,290
2,911,505Wichita389,225Overland Park197,219Kansas City156,607Olathe139,605Topeka125,904
4,468,402Louisville620,578Lexington323,780Bowling Green68,401Owensboro59,809Covington40,366Frankfort (15)27,679
4,659,978New Orleans399,187Baton Rouge221,599Shreveport185,902Lafayette126,143Lake Charles78,001
1,338,404Portland66,417Lewiston35,944Bangor31,997South Portland25,606Auburn23,196Augusta (10)18,681
46,042,718Baltimore594,282Columbia104,156Germantown91,347Silver Spring83,267Waldorf78,904Annapolis (7)39,174
6,902,149Boston699,927Worcester185,877Springfield155,032Cambridge118,977Lowell111,670
9,995,915Detroit672,662Grand Rapids200,217Warren134,587Sterling Heights132,964Ann Arbor121,890Lansing (6)118,427
5,611,179Minneapolis427,728Saint Paul312,818Rochester117,902Duluth85,884Bloomington85,578
2,986,530Jackson164,422Gulfport71,870Southaven54,944Biloxi45,968Hattiesburg45,951
6,126,452Kansas City508,090Saint Louis302,838Springfield168,122Columbia123,180Independence116,925Jefferson City (15)42,838
1,062,305Billings116,827Missoula74,428Great Falls58,701Bozeman48,532Butte34,284Helena (6)32,315
1,929,268Omaha468,262Lincoln287,401Bellevue53,627Grand Island51,478Kearney33,761
3,034,392Las Vegas649,876Henderson317,189Reno259,746North Las Vegas246,133Paradise219,178Carson City (10)55,414
1,356,458Manchester112,525Nashua89,246Concord43,412Dover31,771Rochester31,366
8,908,520Newark282,090Jersey City265,549Paterson145,627Elizabeth128,885Edison100,008Trenton (10)83,974
2,095,428Albuquerque560,218Las Cruces102,926Rio Rancho98,023Santa Fe94,528Roswell47,635
19,542,209New York8,879,928Buffalo278,349Yonkers211,569Rochester211,328Syracuse148,620Albany (6)97,279
10,383,620Charlotte882,367Raleigh478,956Greensboro298,329Durham278,547Winston-Salem248,232
760,077Fargo124,844Bismarck73,112Grand Forks56,948Minot47,340West Fargo36,566
Northern Mariana Islands53,883Saipan248,220Tinian23,136Rota22,527Northern Islands20
11,689,442Columbus895,477Cleveland382,817Cincinnati302,605Toledo273,782Akron198,006
3,943,079Oklahoma City649,021Tulsa400,669Norman123,471Broken Arrow109,471Edmond93,127
4,190,713Portland661,189Salem173,442Eugene171,245Gresham110,158Hillsboro108,389
12,807,060Philadelphia1,587,828Pittsburgh301,048Allentown126,238Erie96,471Reading88,495Harrisburg (9)50,183
Puerto Rico3,195,153San Juan320,967Bayamón170,480Carolina147,661Ponce133,191Caguas124,434
1,057,315Providence179,335Cranston81,274Warwick80,847Pawtucket71,847East Providence47,476
5,124,712Charleston150,277Columbia136,632North Charleston114,852Mount Pleasant90,801Rock Hill74,372
882,235Sioux Falls181,883Rapid City75,443Aberdeen28,562Brookings24,509Watertown22,655Pierre (8)13,980
6,770,010Nashville681,928Memphis650,618Knoxville187,500Chattanooga180,557Clarksville163,648
28,701,845Houston2,325,502San Antonio1,532,233Dallas1,356,785Austin993,649Fort Worth902,938
3,161,105Salt Lake City200,591West Valley City136,401Provo118,178West Jordan116,046Orem97,521
626,299Burlington44,743South Burlington20,292Colchester17,524Rutland15,807Bennington15,333Montpelier (16)8,074
Virgin Islands (U.S.)106,405Charlotte Amalie318,481Sion Farm313,003Northside310,049East End35,128Southcentral33,277
8,517,685Virginia Beach450,189Norfolk244,076Chesapeake242,634Richmond228,783Arlington224,906
7,535,591Seattle754,567Spokane219,190Tacoma216,279Vancouver183,012Bellevue147,599Olympia (23)52,555
1,805,832Charleston47,215Huntington46,048Morgantown30,955Parkersburg29,675Wheeling26,771
5,813,568Milwaukee592,025Madison258,054Green Bay108,827Kenosha100,164Racine77,432
577,737Cheyenne63,957Casper57,461Laramie32,473Gillette31,903Rock Springs23,082

Census-designated places on the list

Note 1: The only incorporated place in Hawaii is the City & County of Honolulu. A portion of it, the Honolulu District, is sometimes regarded as the "city" for statistical purposes, although it has no government separate from that of the City and County as a whole. The U.S. Census Bureau defines Honolulu CDP (census-designated place) to coincide with the Honolulu District. Thus for Hawaii, the largest CDPs are ranked.

Note 2: The 4 municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands are listed. Each municipality is divided into smaller villages, but the municipalities are considered the primary subdivisions (as in how Saipan is usually listed as the capital rather than Capitol Hill, Saipan). The five largest villages are Garapan (3,983), Dandan (3,280), Koblerville (2,493), Finasisu (2,491) and Kagman III (2,402), with Capitol Hill being the 19th largest village at 1,028 people.

Note 3: The most populous sub-districts of the U.S. Virgin Islands (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau) are listed.[5] The three largest towns are Charlotte Amalie (10,354), Christiansted (2,433) and Frederiksted (859).

Note 4: Though Maryland has a number of incorporated places, many major population centers, usually suburbs in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, are census-designated places. For a list of incorporated places, see List of incorporated places in Maryland. If only incorporated places are considered, Annapolis, Maryland's capital, is the seventh-largest city of the state.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map. https://archive.today/20130730135153/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=01. dead. 2013-07-30. Staff. Website Services & Coordination. www.census.gov. EN-US. 2016-04-13.
  2. U.S. Census Bureau . Alabama – Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 . 2008-09-28 . https://archive.today/20200212034515/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_ST2&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=04000US01&-format=ST-7 . 2020-02-12 . dead .
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070612210636/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/aq.html CIA World Factbook. American Samoa. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  4. https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPAS_ASDP1&prodType=table American FactFinder. Profile of General Demographic characteristics: 2010. 2010 American Samoa demographic profile data. Geography set to "Tafuna village, American Samoa"
  5. https://www.census.gov/2010census/news/xls/cb11cn180_vi.xls Census.gov. 2010 Census - U.S. Virgin Islands Districts and Subdistricts. Retrieved September 21, 2018.