Population Estimates for Cities and Towns


Population Estimates for Incorporated Places over 100,000, Ranked by July 1, 2002 Population: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2002
Rank Place State July 1, 2002 Population July 1, 2001 Population July 1, 2000 Population April 1, 2000 Population Estimates Base Census 2000 Population
1 New York city New York 8,084,316 8,062,027 8,018,546 8,008,278 8,008,278
2 Los Angeles city California 3,798,981 3,751,815 3,705,510 3,694,742 3,694,820
3 Chicago city Illinois 2,886,251 2,894,581 2,896,095 2,896,047 2,896,016
4 Houston city Texas 2,009,834 1,983,065 1,959,379 1,953,633 1,953,631
5 Philadelphia city Pennsylvania 1,492,231 1,501,777 1,514,029 1,517,550 1,517,550
6 Phoenix city Arizona 1,371,960 1,347,458 1,326,124 1,321,190 1,321,045
7 San Diego city California 1,259,532 1,246,252 1,227,970 1,223,416 1,223,400
8 Dallas city Texas 1,211,467 1,205,897 1,191,272 1,188,589 1,188,580
9 San Antonio city Texas 1,194,222 1,170,820 1,155,313 1,151,268 1,144,646
10 Detroit city Michigan 925,051 935,864 948,048 951,270 951,270
11 San Jose city California 900,443 906,183 898,149 895,005 894,943
12 Indianapolis city (balance) Indiana 783,612 784,343 781,850 781,870 781,870
13 San Francisco city California 764,049 775,978 776,855 776,733 776,733
14 Jacksonville city Florida 762,461 749,201 736,534 735,617 735,617
15 Columbus city Ohio 725,228 721,139 713,778 711,548 711,470
16 Austin city Texas 671,873 672,974 660,657 656,562 656,562
17 Memphis city Tennessee 648,882 648,202 649,958 650,100 650,100
18 Baltimore city Maryland 638,614 645,305 648,756 651,154 651,154
19 Milwaukee city Wisconsin 590,895 593,093 596,125 596,974 596,974
20 Boston city Massachusetts 589,281 591,707 589,403 589,141 589,141
21 Charlotte city North Carolina 580,597 571,288 561,081 558,549 540,828
22 El Paso city Texas 577,415 570,997 565,374 563,657 563,662
23 Washington city District of Columbia 570,898 573,822 571,641 572,059 572,059
24 Seattle city Washington 570,426 569,494 564,030 563,372 563,374
25 Fort Worth city Texas 567,516 553,341 541,925 539,167 534,694
26 Denver city Colorado 560,415 563,238 556,577 554,636 554,636
27 Nashville-Davidson (balance) Tennessee 545,915 546,496 545,641 545,534 545,524
28 Portland city Oregon 539,438 535,186 529,743 529,148 529,121
29 Oklahoma City city Oklahoma 519,034 512,497 507,461 506,129 506,132
30 Las Vegas city Nevada 508,604 498,935 483,937 479,644 478,434
31 Tucson city Arizona 503,151 495,506 489,572 487,285 486,699
32 New Orleans city Louisiana 473,681 478,427 483,667 484,674 484,674
33 Long Beach city California 472,412 466,530 462,432 461,522 461,522
34 Cleveland city Ohio 467,851 472,031 476,398 477,459 478,403
35 Albuquerque city New Mexico 463,874 454,109 449,480 448,607 448,607
36 Fresno city California 445,227 436,389 430,085 428,806 427,652
37 Kansas City city Missouri 443,471 442,608 441,828 441,545 441,545
38 Sacramento city California 435,245 422,075 409,375 407,018 407,018
39 Virginia Beach city Virginia 433,934 429,223 426,674 425,257 425,257
40 Mesa city Arizona 426,841 416,953 401,479 397,763 396,375
41 Atlanta city Georgia 424,868 422,673 417,550 416,267 416,474
42 Oakland city California 402,777 404,633 400,787 399,484 399,484
43 Omaha city Nebraska 399,357 395,092 391,171 390,159 390,007
44 Tulsa city Oklahoma 391,908 392,407 392,824 393,120 393,049
45 Honolulu CDP Hawaii 378,155 374,000 371,313 371,657 371,657
46 Minneapolis city Minnesota 375,635 379,513 382,104 382,618 382,618
47 Miami city Florida 374,791 368,614 363,678 362,470 362,470
48 Colorado Springs city Colorado 371,182 371,563 361,346 360,979 360,890
49 Wichita city Kansas 355,126 352,466 351,211 351,028 344,284
50 Arlington city Texas 349,944 342,180 334,719 332,969 332,969
51 Santa Ana city California 343,413 341,360 338,684 337,977 337,977
52 St. Louis city Missouri 338,353 342,773 346,948 348,189 348,189
53 Anaheim city California 332,642 330,660 328,620 328,071 328,014
54 Pittsburgh city Pennsylvania 327,898 330,541 333,806 334,563 334,563
55 Cincinnati city Ohio 323,885 327,739 330,510 331,285 331,285
56 Tampa city Florida 315,140 308,394 304,123 303,463 303,447
57 Toledo city Ohio 309,106 311,391 313,279 313,782 313,619
58 Raleigh city North Carolina 306,944 296,538 284,724 281,915 276,093
59 Buffalo city New York 287,698 289,663 292,034 292,648 292,648
60 Aurora city Colorado 286,028 284,253 277,576 275,922 276,393
61 St. Paul city Minnesota 284,037 286,372 287,030 287,151 287,151
62 Corpus Christi city Texas 278,520 276,691 277,288 277,492 277,454
63 Newark city New Jersey 277,000 274,788 272,878 272,537 273,546
64 Riverside city California 274,226 266,642 257,258 255,175 255,166
65 Anchorage municipality Alaska 268,983 264,015 260,571 260,283 260,283
66 Lexington-Fayette Kentucky 263,618 262,478 260,975 260,512 260,512
67 Stockton city California 262,835 254,774 245,421 243,771 243,771
68 Bakersfield city California 260,969 251,690 244,516 243,072 247,057
69 Louisville city Kentucky 251,399 253,367 255,598 256,231 256,231
70 St. Petersburg city Florida 248,546 247,693 248,301 248,408 248,232
71 Jersey City city New Jersey 240,100 240,999 240,085 240,055 240,055
72 Birmingham city Alabama 239,416 240,905 242,516 242,820 242,820
73 Norfolk city Virginia 239,036 235,446 234,456 234,403 234,403
74 Plano city Texas 238,091 233,954 224,108 222,008 222,030
75 Lincoln city Nebraska 232,362 228,850 226,503 225,640 225,581
76 Glendale city Arizona 230,564 228,671 220,730 218,815 218,812
77 Greensboro city North Carolina 228,217 226,550 224,553 224,035 223,891
78 Hialeah city Florida 228,149 227,331 226,576 226,419 226,419
79 Baton Rouge city Louisiana 225,702 226,941 228,318 228,518 227,818
80 Garland city Texas 219,646 218,259 216,153 215,794 215,768
81 Rochester city New York 217,158 218,022 219,500 219,773 219,773
82 Scottsdale city Arizona 215,779 210,973 204,336 202,736 202,705
83 Madison city Wisconsin 215,211 211,448 208,856 208,126 208,054
84 Akron city Ohio 214,349 215,458 216,854 217,074 217,074
85 Fort Wayne city Indiana 210,070 210,122 210,493 210,415 205,727
86 Fremont city California 206,856 207,784 204,424 203,413 203,413
87 Chesapeake city Virginia 206,665 203,377 200,472 199,184 199,184
88 Henderson city Nevada 206,153 194,005 179,558 175,750 175,381
89 Lubbock city Texas 203,715 201,879 199,732 199,572 199,564
90 Modesto city California 203,555 196,827 190,066 188,856 188,856
91 Chandler city Arizona 202,016 191,426 179,563 176,652 176,581
92 Montgomery city Alabama 201,425 201,024 201,447 201,587 201,568
93 Glendale city California 199,430 197,399 195,424 194,973 194,973
94 Shreveport city Louisiana 199,033 199,593 200,004 200,114 200,145
95 Des Moines city Iowa 198,076 199,031 198,775 198,709 198,682
96 Tacoma city Washington 197,553 195,412 193,840 193,556 193,556
97 Richmond city Virginia 197,456 197,762 197,477 197,790 197,790
98 Yonkers city New York 197,234 197,181 196,414 196,086 196,086
99 Grand Rapids city Michigan 196,595 197,345 197,826 197,800 197,800
100 Spokane city Washington 196,305 195,308 195,493 195,629 195,629
101 Irving city Texas 196,119 194,350 192,027 191,615 191,615
102 Durham city North Carolina 195,914 192,036 188,339 187,364 187,035
103 Mobile city Alabama 194,862 196,939 198,582 198,915 198,915
104 Chula Vista city California 193,919 183,778 175,559 173,566 173,556
105 Huntington Beach city California 193,799 191,697 190,032 189,594 189,594
106 Orlando city Florida 193,722 192,102 190,235 189,752 185,951
107 Augusta-Richmond County (balance) Georgia 193,101 194,073 194,950 195,182 195,182
108 San Bernardino city California 191,631 188,769 185,866 185,260 185,401
109 Laredo city Texas 191,538 185,506 178,939 177,322 176,576
110 Reno city Nevada 190,248 186,633 181,419 180,480 180,480
111 Arlington CDP Virginia 189,927 190,092 189,445 189,453 189,453
112 Boise City city Idaho 189,847 188,190 186,331 185,898 185,787
113 Winston-Salem city North Carolina 188,934 187,586 186,053 185,779 185,776
114 Columbus city Georgia 185,948 186,263 186,488 186,291 185,781
115 Little Rock city Arkansas 184,055 183,566 183,205 183,135 183,133
116 Salt Lake City city Utah 181,266 181,509 181,758 181,767 181,743
117 Jackson city Mississippi 180,881 181,990 183,766 184,256 184,256
118 Newport News city Virginia 180,272 179,596 180,106 180,150 180,150
119 Oxnard city California 177,984 175,514 171,429 170,359 170,358
120 Amarillo city Texas 177,010 174,763 173,995 173,627 173,627
121 Providence city Rhode Island 175,901 174,785 173,800 173,618 173,618
122 Worcester city Massachusetts 174,962 174,017 173,003 172,648 172,648
123 Knoxville city Tennessee 173,661 174,047 174,448 174,501 173,890
124 Garden Grove city California 167,429 166,443 165,461 165,196 165,196
125 Oceanside city California 165,880 163,807 161,564 161,029 161,029
126 Ontario city California 165,064 161,857 158,704 158,011 158,007
127 Dayton city Ohio 162,669 163,885 165,740 166,197 166,179
128 Huntsville city Alabama 162,536 159,954 158,751 158,430 158,216
129 Irvine city California 162,122 156,229 145,706 143,072 143,072
130 Santa Clarita city California 160,554 156,828 153,088 152,192 151,088
131 Tempe city Arizona 159,508 158,856 158,634 158,625 158,625
132 Overland Park city Kansas 158,430 154,074 150,247 149,080 149,080
133 Fort Lauderdale city Florida 158,194 156,629 154,690 154,198 152,397
134 Aurora city Illinois 156,974 150,563 144,450 143,078 142,990
135 Chattanooga city Tennessee 155,404 155,266 155,620 155,704 155,554
136 Tallahassee city Florida 155,171 153,471 151,794 151,401 150,624
137 Pomona city California 153,555 151,426 149,781 149,473 149,473
138 Santa Rosa city California 153,489 151,019 148,622 147,854 147,595
139 Springfield city Massachusetts 151,915 151,466 152,062 152,082 152,082
140 Rockford city Illinois 151,068 150,170 150,376 150,323 150,115
141 Springfield city Missouri 151,010 151,457 151,650 151,720 151,580
142 Moreno Valley city California 150,773 146,436 143,129 142,379 142,381
143 Paterson city New Jersey 150,750 150,106 149,331 149,222 149,222
144 Brownsville city Texas 150,425 145,486 140,795 139,715 139,722
145 Vancouver city Washington 149,811 147,417 144,170 143,593 143,560
146 Salinas city California 148,744 146,925 144,373 143,776 151,060
147 Kansas City city Kansas 146,978 147,491 146,823 146,866 146,866
148 Pembroke Pines city Florida 146,637 142,180 138,344 137,415 137,427
149 Hampton city Virginia 145,921 145,872 146,494 146,437 146,437
150 Syracuse city New York 145,164 145,658 146,262 146,435 147,306
151 Pasadena city Texas 145,034 143,256 141,968 141,674 141,674
152 Lakewood city Colorado 143,754 143,990 144,143 144,137 144,126
153 Rancho Cucamonga city California 143,711 135,198 129,160 127,743 127,743
154 Fontana city California 143,607 137,745 130,619 128,938 128,929
155 Hollywood city Florida 143,213 141,389 139,901 139,530 139,357
156 Hayward city California 142,718 142,940 140,704 140,031 140,030
157 Torrance city California 141,615 140,062 138,345 137,946 137,946
158 Salem city Oregon 140,977 138,647 137,349 136,971 136,924
159 Eugene city Oregon 140,395 139,146 138,552 138,319 137,893
160 Bridgeport city Connecticut 140,104 139,869 139,679 139,529 139,529
161 Pasadena city California 139,712 136,987 134,521 133,936 133,936
162 Corona city California 138,326 132,810 126,696 125,251 124,966
163 Warren city Michigan 137,672 137,823 138,317 138,247 138,247
164 Escondido city California 135,908 135,299 133,958 133,643 133,559
165 North Las Vegas city Nevada 135,902 127,409 117,975 115,488 115,488
166 Naperville city Illinois 135,389 132,430 129,246 128,420 128,358
167 Grand Prairie city Texas 135,303 132,544 128,365 127,427 127,427
168 Gilbert town Arizona 135,005 122,372 112,384 109,920 109,697
169 Orange city California 131,606 130,651 129,198 128,821 128,821
170 Alexandria city Virginia 130,804 130,828 129,229 128,283 128,283
171 Sioux Falls city South Dakota 130,491 128,178 125,243 124,293 123,975
172 Sunnyvale city California 129,687 131,517 131,853 131,760 131,760
173 Fullerton city California 128,842 127,348 126,281 126,003 126,003
174 Mesquite city Texas 128,776 127,328 125,003 124,523 124,523
175 Savannah city Georgia 127,691 128,876 130,933 131,555 131,510
176 Sterling Heights city Michigan 126,146 124,923 124,606 124,471 124,471
177 Coral Springs city Florida 125,674 122,072 118,449 117,549 117,549
178 Concord city California 125,225 124,243 122,152 121,780 121,780
179 Fort Collins city Colorado 124,665 122,268 119,314 118,716 118,652
180 Lancaster city California 124,592 121,500 119,227 118,718 118,718
181 Hartford city Connecticut 124,558 124,404 124,177 124,121 121,578
182 Palmdale city California 124,346 120,726 117,584 116,829 116,670
183 Fayetteville city North Carolina 124,286 124,471 124,967 125,024 121,015
184 New Haven city Connecticut 124,176 123,788 123,600 123,626 123,626
185 Elizabeth city New Jersey 123,279 122,223 120,847 120,568 120,568
186 Peoria city Arizona 123,239 117,880 110,495 108,685 108,364
187 Thousand Oaks city California 122,700 119,533 117,538 117,005 117,005
188 Cedar Rapids city Iowa 122,514 122,235 121,547 121,296 120,758
189 Topeka city Kansas 122,103 122,576 122,698 122,685 122,377
190 Flint city Michigan 121,763 123,450 124,728 124,943 124,943
191 El Monte city California 119,918 117,853 116,322 115,965 115,965
192 Stamford city Connecticut 119,850 118,846 117,514 117,083 117,083
193 Vallejo city California 119,798 119,342 117,445 116,760 116,760
194 Evansville city Indiana 119,081 119,569 121,174 121,582 121,582
195 Lansing city Michigan 118,588 118,891 119,111 119,213 119,128
196 Joliet city Illinois 118,423 112,066 107,462 106,334 106,221
197 Columbia city South Carolina 117,394 117,110 116,349 116,278 116,278
198 Simi Valley city California 116,562 114,482 112,014 111,365 111,351
199 Waco city Texas 115,749 114,620 114,056 113,880 113,726
200 Abilene city Texas 115,225 115,012 115,841 115,930 115,930
201 Ann Arbor city Michigan 115,213 114,861 114,336 114,111 114,024
202 Carrollton city Texas 115,107 113,359 110,259 109,578 109,576
203 Inglewood city California 114,959 113,780 112,801 112,580 112,580
204 McAllen city Texas 113,877 109,388 107,041 106,419 106,414
205 Independence city Missouri 113,027 113,194 113,298 113,288 113,288
206 Cape Coral city Florida 112,899 107,743 103,221 102,286 102,286
207 Bellevue city Washington 112,894 112,748 112,595 112,638 109,569
208 Beaumont city Texas 112,871 113,047 113,694 113,866 113,866
209 Peoria city Illinois 112,670 112,493 112,901 112,970 112,936
210 Springfield city Illinois 111,834 111,665 111,482 111,486 111,454
211 Lafayette city Louisiana 111,272 110,929 110,863 111,385 110,257
212 West Valley City city Utah 111,254 110,351 109,199 108,896 108,896
213 Costa Mesa city California 110,126 109,350 108,888 108,756 108,724
214 Downey city California 109,840 108,717 107,583 107,323 107,323
215 Manchester city New Hampshire 108,398 108,186 107,203 107,006 107,006
216 Clearwater city Florida 108,313 108,698 108,773 108,789 108,787
217 Waterbury city Connecticut 107,883 107,574 107,306 107,271 107,271
218 West Covina city California 107,694 106,530 105,352 105,080 105,080
219 South Bend city Indiana 106,558 106,851 107,764 107,919 107,789
220 Allentown city Pennsylvania 106,105 106,450 106,532 106,632 106,632
221 Norwalk city California 106,084 105,140 103,643 103,298 103,298
222 Clarksville city Tennessee 105,898 104,524 103,952 103,478 103,455
223 Provo city Utah 105,170 105,495 105,117 105,168 105,166
224 Lowell city Massachusetts 104,901 105,280 105,250 105,167 105,167
225 Berkeley city California 103,640 104,155 103,085 102,743 102,743
226 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city California 103,619 101,813 101,123 100,920 100,916
227 Westminster city Colorado 103,599 102,415 101,325 100,928 100,940
228 Pueblo city Colorado 103,411 102,675 102,119 102,129 102,121
229 Wichita Falls city Texas 102,926 103,373 103,917 104,197 104,197
230 Burbank city California 102,913 101,515 100,538 100,316 100,316
231 Athens-Clarke County (balance) Georgia 102,663 101,755 100,566 100,266 100,266
232 Richmond city California 102,553 102,216 99,712 99,216 99,216
233 Arvada city Colorado 102,190 102,310 102,309 102,271 102,153
234 Erie city Pennsylvania 102,122 102,843 103,492 103,717 103,717
235 Fairfield city California 101,935 99,144 96,894 96,178 96,178
236 Daly City city California 101,901 102,990 103,654 103,621 103,621
237 Santa Clara city California 101,867 102,324 102,461 102,361 102,361
238 Cambridge city Massachusetts 101,807 102,281 101,579 101,355 101,355
239 Green Bay city Wisconsin 101,515 101,809 102,263 102,313 102,313
240 Olathe city Kansas 101,413 96,312 93,765 92,998 92,962
241 Gary city Indiana 100,945 101,738 102,522 102,746 102,746
242 Livonia city Michigan 100,341 100,570 100,564 100,545 100,545
NOTE: The April 1, 2000 Population Estimates Base reflects modifications to the Census 2000 population as documented in the Count Question Resolution program, updates from the Boundary and Annexation Survey, and geographic program revisions. Dash (-) represents zero or rounds to zero.
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Table SUB-EST2002-01 - City and Town Population Estimates: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2002
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Release Date: July 10, 2003

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