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Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population and Rank

	7/1/2004 population estimate	4/1/2000 census population	Size rank 2000	Size rank 2004
New York, N.Y.	8,104,079	8,008,278	1	1
Los Angeles, Calif.	3,845,541	3,694,820	2	2
Chicago, Ill.	2,862,244	2,896,016	3	3
Houston, Tex.	2,012,626	1,953,631	4	4
Philadelphia, Pa.	1,470,151	1,517,550	5	5
Phoenix, Ariz.	1,418,041	1,321,045	6	6
San Diego, Calif.	1,263,756	1,223,400	7	7
San Antonio, Tex.	1,236,249	1,144,646	9	8
Dallas, Tex.	1,210,393	1,188,580	8	9
San Jose, Calif.	904,522	894,943	11	10
Detroit, Mich.	900,198	951,270	10	11
Indianapolis, Ind.	784,242	781,870	12	12
Jacksonville, Fla.	777,704	735,617	14	13
San Francisco, Calif.	744,230	776,733	13	14
Columbus, Ohio	730,008	711,470	15	15
Austin, Tex.	681,804	656,562	16	16
Memphis, Tenn.	671,929	650,100	18	17
Baltimore, Md.	636,251	651,154	17	18
Fort Worth, Tex.	603,337	534,694	27	19
Charlotte, N.C.	594,359	540,828	26	20
El Paso, Tex.	592,099	563,662	23	21
Milwaukee, Wis.	583,624	596,974	19	22
Seattle, Wash.	571,480	563,374	24	23
Boston, Mass.	569,165	589,141	20	24
Denver, Colo.	556,835	554,636	25	25
Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.¹	556,332	256,231	67	26
Washington, DC	553,523	572,059	21	27
Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.²	546,719	545,524	22	28
Las Vegas, Nev.	534,847	478,434	32	29
Portland, Ore.	533,492	529,121	28	30
Oklahoma City, Okla.	528,042	506,132	29	31
Tucson, Ariz.	512,023	486,699	30	32
Albuquerque, N.M.	484,246	448,607	35	33
Long Beach, Calif.	476,564	461,522	34	34
New Orleans, La.	462,269	484,674	31	35
Cleveland, Ohio	458,684	478,403	33	36
Fresno, Calif.	457,719	427,652	37	37
Sacramento, Calif.	454,330	407,018	40	38
Kansas City, Mo.	444,387	441,545	36	39
Virginia Beach, Va.	440,098	425,257	38	40
Mesa, Ariz.	437,454	396,375	42	41
Atlanta, Ga.	419,122	416,474	39	42
Omaha, Nebr.	409,416	390,007	44	43
Oakland, Calif.	397,976	399,484	41	44
Tulsa, Okla.	383,764	393,049	43	45
Miami, Fla.	379,724	362,470	47	46
Honolulu CDP,³ Hawaii	377,260	371,657	46	47
Minneapolis, Minn.	373,943	382,618	45	48
Colorado Springs, Colo.	369,363	360,890	48	49
Arlington, Tex.	359,467	332,969	54	50

1. Louisville and Jefferson County merged in Jan. 2003. Figures prior to 2003 are for Louisville city only.

2. Nashville-Davidson city is consolidated with Davidson County.

3. Honolulu Census Designated Place; by agreement with the State of Hawaii, the Census Bureau does not show data separately for the city of Honolulu, which is coextensive with Honolulu County.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Web: www.census.gov . For 2003 population estimates, see Population of the 20 Largest U.S. Cities, 1900–2003.


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