Largest Cities - US List
Monday, October 13th, 2008Largest Cities - US List
The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes a variety of designations, including a city, town, village, borough, and municipality. Some census-designated places may also be included in the Census Bureau’s listing of incorporated places.[ Consolidated city-counties represent a distinct type of government that includes the entire population of a county, or county equivalent. Some consolidated city-counties, however, include multiple incorporated places. This list presents only that portion (or "balance") of such consolidated city-counties that are not a part of another incorporated place.
Note that this list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or unincorporated suburban areas within urban agglomerations. A different ranking is evident when considering U.S. metropolitan area populations.
Rank City State Population Density (per mi2)
1 New York City New York 8,274,527 26,403.8
2 Los Angeles California 3,834,340 7,876.4
3 Chicago Illinois 2,836,658 12,752.2
4 Houston Texas 2,208,180 3,371.8
5 Phoenix Arizona 1,552,259 2,781.7
6 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,449,634 11,232.8
7 San Antonio Texas 1,328,984 2,808.3
8 San Diego California 1,266,731 3,772.4
9 Dallas Texas 1,240,499 3,470.3
10 San Jose California 939,899 5,116.9
11 Detroit Michigan 916,952 6,853.5
12 Jacksonville Florida 970.9
13 Indianapolisa Indiana 795,458 2,162.8
14 San Francisco California 764,976 16,632.4
15 Columbus Ohio 747,755 3,383.1
16 Austin Texas 743,074 2,610.6
17 Fort Worth Texas 1,828.0
18 Memphis Tennessee 674,028 2,327.6
19 Charlotte North Carolina 588,000 2,232.1
20 Baltimored[›] Maryland 637,455 8,058.8
