Table 21. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1980 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Density | | | Land| (average | | | area| popula- | | | (sq.| tion per Rank | Place |Population| miles)|sq. mile) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 New York city, NY *...... 7,071,639 301.5 23,455 2 Chicago city, IL......... 3,005,072 228.1 13,174 3 Los Angeles city, CA..... 2,966,850 464.7 6,384 4 Philadelphia city, PA.... 1,688,210 136.0 12,413 5 Houston city, TX......... 1,595,138 556.4 2,867 6 Detroit city, MI......... 1,203,339 135.6 8,874 7 Dallas city, TX.......... 904,078 333.0 2,715 8 San Diego city, CA *..... 875,538 320.0 2,736 9 Phoenix city, AZ......... 789,704 324.0 2,437 10 Baltimore city, MD....... 786,775 80.3 9,798 11 San Antonio city, TX..... 785,880 262.7 2,992 12 Indianapolis city, IN *.. 700,807 352.0 1,991 13 San Francisco city, CA... 678,974 46.4 14,633 14 Memphis city, TN *....... 646,356 264.1 2,447 15 Washington city, DC...... 638,333 62.7 10,181 16 Milwaukee city, WI....... 636,212 95.8 6,641 17 San Jose city, CA........ 629,442 158.0 3,984 18 Cleveland city, OH....... 573,822 79.0 7,264 19 Columbus city, OH........ 564,871 180.9 3,123 20 Boston city, MA.......... 562,994 47.2 11,928 21 New Orleans city, LA *... 557,515 199.4 2,796 22 Jacksonville city, FL *.. 540,920 759.7 712 23 Seattle city, WA......... 493,846 83.6 5,907 24 Denver city, CO.......... 492,365 110.6 4,452 25 Nashville-Davidson, TN *. 455,651 479.5 950 26 St. Louis city, MO....... 453,085 61.4 7,379 27 Kansas City city, MO *... 448,159 316.3 1,417 28 El Paso city, TX *....... 425,259 239.2 1,778 29 Atlanta city, GA......... 425,022 131.0 3,244 30 Pittsburgh city, PA...... 423,938 55.4 7,652 31 Oklahoma City city, OK *. 403,213 603.6 668 32 Cincinnati city, OH...... 385,457 78.1 4,935 33 Fort Worth city, TX...... 385,164 240.2 1,604 34 Minneapolis city, MN..... 370,951 55.1 6,732 35 Portland city, OR........ 366,383 103.3 3,547 36 Honolulu CDP, HI *....... 365,048 87.0 4,196 37 Long Beach city, CA...... 361,334 49.8 7,256 38 Tulsa city, OK........... 360,919 185.6 1,945 39 Buffalo city, NY......... 357,870 41.8 8,561 40 Toledo city, OH.......... 354,635 84.2 4,212 41 Miami city, FL........... 346,865 34.3 10,113 42 Austin city, TX.......... 345,496 116.0 2,978 43 Oakland city, CA......... 339,337 53.9 6,296 44 Albuquerque city, NM..... 331,767 95.3 3,481 45 Tucson city, AZ.......... 330,537 98.8 3,346 46 Newark city, NJ.......... 329,248 24.1 13,662 47 Charlotte city, NC....... 314,447 139.7 2,251 48 Omaha city, NE........... 314,255 90.9 3,457 49 Louisville city, KY...... 298,451 60.0 4,974 50 Birmingham city, AL...... 284,413 98.5 2,887 51 Wichita city, KS......... 279,272 101.4 2,754 52 Sacramento city, CA...... 275,741 96.1 2,869 53 Tampa city, FL........... 271,523 84.4 3,217 54 St. Paul city, MN........ 270,230 52.4 5,157 55 Norfolk city, VA......... 266,979 53.0 5,037 56 Virginia Beach city, VA * 262,199 255.9 1,025 57 Rochester city, NY....... 241,741 34.2 7,068 58 St. Petersburg city, FL.. 238,647 55.5 4,300 59 Akron city, OH........... 237,177 57.5 4,125 60 Corpus Christi city, TX.. 231,999 104.0 2,231 61 Jersey City city, NJ..... 223,532 13.2 16,934 62 Baton Rouge city, LA..... 219,419 61.6 3,562 63 Anaheim city, CA......... 219,311 41.7 5,259 64 Richmond city, VA........ 219,214 60.1 3,647 65 Fresno city, CA.......... 218,202 65.6 3,326 66 Colorado Springs city, CO 215,150 103.4 2,081 67 Shreveport city, LA...... 205,820 80.9 2,544 68 Lexington-Fayette, KY *.. 204,165 284.7 717 69 Santa Ana city, CA....... 203,713 27.4 7,435 70 Dayton city, OH.......... 203,371 48.4 4,202 71 Jackson city, MS......... 202,895 106.2 1,910 72 Mobile city, AL.......... 200,452 123.0 1,630 73 Yonkers city, NY......... 195,351 18.3 10,675 74 Des Moines city, IA...... 191,003 66.1 2,890 75 Grand Rapids city, MI.... 181,843 43.4 4,190 76 Montgomery city, AL *.... 177,857 128.3 1,386 77 Knoxville city, TN....... 175,030 77.1 2,270 78 Anchorage city, AK *..... 174,431 1732.0 101 79 Lubbock city, TX......... 173,979 90.6 1,920 80 Fort Wayne city, IN...... 172,196 52.6 3,274 81 Lincoln city, NE......... 171,932 60.0 2,866 82 Spokane city, WA......... 171,300 51.7 3,313 83 Riverside city, CA....... 170,876 71.8 2,380 84 Madison city, WI......... 170,616 53.9 3,165 85 Huntington Beach city, CA 170,505 27.2 6,269 86 Syracuse city, NY........ 170,105 23.8 7,147 87 Chattanooga city, TN..... 169,565 123.8 1,370 88 Columbus city, GA *...... 169,441 217.5 779 89 Las Vegas city, NV....... 164,674 55.0 2,994 90 Metairie CDP, LA *....... 164,160 23.2 7,076 91 Salt Lake City city, UT.. 163,033 75.2 2,168 92 Worcester city, MA....... 161,799 37.4 4,326 93 Warren city, MI.......... 161,134 34.4 4,684 94 Kansas City city, KS..... 161,087 107.4 1,500 95 Arlington city, TX....... 160,113 79.1 2,024 96 Flint city, MI........... 159,611 32.4 4,926 97 Aurora city, CO.......... 158,588 59.8 2,652 98 Tacoma city, WA.......... 158,501 47.7 3,323 99 Little Rock city, AR..... 158,461 79.4 1,996 100 Providence city, RI...... 156,804 18.9 8,297 --------------------------------------------------------------- *See Notes for Individual Places.