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

This is a list of the five most populous incorporated places and the capital city in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited territories of the United States, as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.^[1]

State, federal district, or territory	State, federal district, or territory population	Most populous		2nd most populous		3rd most populous		4th most populous		5th most populous		Capital (if not otherwise listed)
		Name	data-sort-type=number	Population	Name	Population	Name	Population	Name	Population	Name	Population	Name	Population
	5,108,468	Huntsville	225,564	Birmingham	196,644	Montgomery	195,287	Mobile	182,595	Tuscaloosa	111,338
	733,406	Anchorage	286,075	Fairbanks	31,856	Juneau	31,555	Wasilla	9,945	Sitka	8,282
American Samoa	49,710	Tafuna	7,945^[2]	Nuʻuuli	3,955	Pago Pago	3,656	'Ili'ili	3,195	Pava'ia'i	2,450
	7,431,344	Phoenix	1,650,070	Tucson	547,239	Mesa	511,648	Chandler	280,167	Gilbert	275,411
	3,067,732	Little Rock	203,842	Fayetteville	101,680	Fort Smith	89,770	Springdale	88,224	Jonesboro	80,650
	38,965,193	Los Angeles	3,820,914	San Diego	1,388,320	San Jose	969,655	San Francisco	808,988	Fresno	545,716	Sacramento (6)	526,384
	5,877,610	Denver	716,577	Colorado Springs	488,664	Aurora	395,052	Fort Collins	170,376	Lakewood	155,961
	3,617,176	Bridgeport	148,028	Stamford	136,226	New Haven	135,319	Hartford	119,669	Waterbury	114,990
	1,031,890	Wilmington	71,675	Dover	39,894	Newark	30,169	Middletown	25,022	Milford	13,289
	678,972	Washington, D.C.	678,972
	22,610,726	Jacksonville	985,843	Miami	455,924	Tampa	403,364	Orlando	320,742	St. Petersburg	263,553	Tallahassee (9)	202,221
	11,029,227	Atlanta	510,823	Columbus	201,877	Augusta	200,884	Macon	156,512	Savannah	147,748
Guam	153,836	Dededo	44,943	Yigo	20,539	Tamuning	19,685	Mangilao	15,191	Barrigada	8,875	Hagåtña (18)	1,051
	1,435,138	Honolulu^1	350,964	East Honolulu ^1	50,922	Pearl City^1	45,295	Hilo^1	44,186	Waipahu^1	43,485
	1,964,726	Boise	235,421	Meridian	134,801	Nampa	114,268	Caldwell	68,336	Idaho Falls	68,001
	12,549,689	Chicago	2,664,452	Aurora	177,563	Joliet	150,489	Naperville	150,245	Rockford	146,120	Springfield (7)	112,544
	6,862,199	Indianapolis	879,293	Fort Wayne	269,994	Evansville	115,332	Fishers	104,094	South Bend	103,395
	3,207,004	Des Moines	210,381	Cedar Rapids	135,958	Davenport	100,354	Sioux City	85,727	Iowa City	75,678
	2,940,546	Wichita	396,119	Overland Park	197,089	Kansas City	152,933	Olathe	147,461	Topeka	125,475
	4,526,154	Louisville	622,981	Lexington	320,154	Bowling Green	76,212	Owensboro	60,140	Covington	40,972	Frankfort (14)	28,285
	4,573,749	New Orleans	364,136	Baton Rouge	219,573	Shreveport	177,959	Lafayette	121,467	Lake Charles	79,633
	1,395,722	Portland	69,104	Lewiston	38,404	Bangor	31,628	South Portland	26,840	Auburn	24,793	Augusta (10)	19,102
	6,180,253	Baltimore	565,239	Frederick	85,793	Gaithersburg	69,563	Rockville	67,297	Bowie	57,254	Annapolis (7)	40,552
	7,001,399	Boston	653,833	Worcester	207,621	Springfield	153,672	Cambridge	118,214	Lowell	114,296
	10,037,261	Detroit	633,218	Grand Rapids	196,608	Warren	136,655	Sterling Heights	133,306	Ann Arbor	119,381	Lansing (6)	112,115
	5,737,915	Minneapolis	425,115	Saint Paul	303,820	Rochester	122,413	Duluth	87,680	Bloomington	87,398
	2,939,690	Jackson	143,709	Gulfport	72,823	Southaven	56,851	Hattiesburg	48,414	Biloxi	48,235
	6,196,156	Kansas City	510,704	Saint Louis	281,754	Springfield	170,188	Columbia	129,330	Independence	120,922	Jefferson City (16)	42,552
	1,132,812	Billings	120,864	Missoula	77,757	Great Falls	60,422	Bozeman	57,305	Butte	35,701	Helena (6)	34,464
	1,978,379	Omaha	483,335	Lincoln	294,757	Bellevue	63,922	Grand Island	52,622	Kearney	34,362
	3,194,176	Las Vegas	660,929	Henderson	337,305	North Las Vegas	284,771	Reno	274,915	Sparks	110,323	Carson City (6)	58,036
	1,402,054	Manchester	115,474	Nashua	91,003	Concord	44,629	Rochester	33,519	Dover	33,485
	9,290,841	Newark	304,960	Jersey City	291,657	Paterson	156,452	Elizabeth	135,829	Trenton	89,620
	2,114,371	Albuquerque	560,274	Las Cruces	114,892	Rio Rancho	110,660	Santa Fe	89,167	Roswell	47,109
	19,571,216	New York	8,258,035	Buffalo	274,678	Yonkers	207,657	Rochester	207,274	Syracuse	145,560	Albany (6)	101,228
	10,835,491	Charlotte	911,311	Raleigh	482,295	Greensboro	302,296	Durham	296,186	Winston-Salem	252,975
	783,926	Fargo	133,188	Bismarck	75,092	Grand Forks	58,921	Minot	47,373	West Fargo	40,400
Northern Mariana Islands	53,883	Saipan^2	48,220	Tinian^2	3,136	Rota^2	2,527	Northern Islands^2	0
	11,785,935	Columbus	913,175	Cleveland	362,656	Cincinnati	311,097	Toledo	265,304	Akron	188,701
	4,053,824	Oklahoma City	702,767	Tulsa	411,894	Norman	130,046	Broken Arrow	119,194	Edmond	98,103
	4,233,358	Portland	630,498	Eugene	177,899	Salem	177,432	Gresham	110,685	Hillsboro	107,730
	12,961,683	Philadelphia	1,550,542	Pittsburgh	303,255	Allentown	124,880	Reading	94,903	Erie	92,957	Harrisburg (9)	50,012
Puerto Rico	3,205,691	San Juan	320,967	Bayamón	170,480	Carolina	147,661	Ponce	133,191	Caguas	124,434
	1,095,962	Providence	190,792	Warwick	82,999	Cranston	82,632	Pawtucket	75,321	East Providence	46,900
	5,373,555	Charleston	155,369	Columbia	142,416	North Charleston	121,469	Mount Pleasant	95,232	Rock Hill	75,654
	919,318	Sioux Falls	206,410	Rapid City	79,404	Aberdeen	28,110	Brookings	24,312	Watertown	23,230	Pierre (9)	13,880
	7,126,489	Nashville	687,788	Memphis	618,639	Knoxville	198,162	Chattanooga	187,030	Clarksville	180,716
	30,503,301	Houston	2,314,157	San Antonio	1,495,295	Dallas	1,302,868	Austin	979,882	Fort Worth	978,468
	3,417,734	Salt Lake City	209,593	West Valley City	134,470	West Jordan	114,908	Provo	113,343	St. George	104,578
	647,464	Burlington	44,528	South Burlington	21,043	Rutland	15,630	Essex Junction	10,817	Barre	8,387	Montpelier (7)	7,991
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	87,146	Charlotte Amalie^3	18,481	Sion Farm^3	13,003	Northside^3	10,049	East End^3	5,128	Southcentral^3	3,277
	8,715,698	Virginia Beach	453,649	Chesapeake	253,886	Norfolk	230,930	Richmond	229,247	Newport News	183,118
	7,812,880	Seattle	755,078	Spokane	229,447	Tacoma	222,906	Vancouver	196,442	Bellevue	151,574	Olympia (24)	55,733
	1,770,071	Charleston	46,838	Huntington	45,325	Morgantown	30,429	Parkersburg	29,025	Wheeling	26,208
	5,910,955	Milwaukee	561,385	Madison	280,305	Green Bay	105,744	Kenosha	98,211	Racine	76,602
	584,057	Cheyenne	65,168	Casper	58,720	Gillette	33,496	Laramie	32,152	Rock Springs	22,954

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, as of the 2020 United States census.

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.^[3] The three largest towns are Charlotte Amalie (10,354), Christiansted (2,433) and Frederiksted (859).

See also

• United States of America
  • Outline of the United States
  • Index of United States-related articles

• • United States Census Bureau
    • Demographics of the United States
    • Urbanization in the United States
    • List of US states and territories by population
    • List of US cities by population
    • List of largest cities of U.S. states and territories by historical population
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  • Statistical area (United States)
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      • Micropolitan statistical area (list)
• Largest cities in the United States by population by decade
• List of cities proper by population (most populous cities in the world)
• List of lists of settlements in the United States
• List of United States cities by population density
• List of United States urban areas

Notes and References

1. Web site: City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 . 2024-09-26 . Census.gov.
2. 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"
3. 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.