Cities with 100,000 or More Population in 2000 ranked by Population, 2000 in Rank Order [CDP = census designated place, only used in Hawaii which has no incorporated places] City in rank order Number Rank --------------------------------------------------------------- New York city, NY 8,008,278 1 Los Angeles city, CA 3,694,820 2 Chicago city, IL 2,896,016 3 Houston city, TX 1,953,631 4 Philadelphia city, PA 1,517,550 5 Phoenix city, AZ 1,321,045 6 San Diego city, CA 1,223,400 7 Dallas city, TX 1,188,580 8 San Antonio city, TX 1,144,646 9 Detroit city, MI 951,270 10 San Jose city, CA 894,943 11 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 781,870 12 San Francisco city, CA 776,733 13 Jacksonville city, FL 735,617 14 Columbus city, OH 711,470 15 Austin city, TX 656,562 16 Baltimore city, MD 651,154 17 Memphis city, TN 650,100 18 Milwaukee city, WI 596,974 19 Boston city, MA 589,141 20 Washington city, DC 572,059 21 El Paso city, TX 563,662 22 Seattle city, WA 563,374 23 Denver city, CO 554,636 24 Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 545,524 25 Charlotte city, NC 540,828 26 Fort Worth city, TX 534,694 27 Portland city, OR 529,121 28 Oklahoma City city, OK 506,132 29 Tucson city, AZ 486,699 30 New Orleans city, LA 484,674 31 Las Vegas city, NV 478,434 32 Cleveland city, OH 478,403 33 Long Beach city, CA 461,522 34 Albuquerque city, NM 448,607 35 Kansas City city, MO 441,545 36 Fresno city, CA 427,652 37 Virginia Beach city, VA 425,257 38 Atlanta city, GA 416,474 39 Sacramento city, CA 407,018 40 Oakland city, CA 399,484 41 Mesa city, AZ 396,375 42 Tulsa city, OK 393,049 43 Omaha city, NE 390,007 44 Minneapolis city, MN 382,618 45 Honolulu CDP, HI 371,657 46 Miami city, FL 362,470 47 Colorado Springs city, CO 360,890 48 St. Louis city, MO 348,189 49 Wichita city, KS 344,284 50 Santa Ana city, CA 337,977 51 Pittsburgh city, PA 334,563 52 Arlington city, TX 332,969 53 Cincinnati city, OH 331,285 54 Anaheim city, CA 328,014 55 Toledo city, OH 313,619 56 Tampa city, FL 303,447 57 Buffalo city, NY 292,648 58 St. Paul city, MN 287,151 59 Corpus Christi city, TX 277,454 60 Aurora city, CO 276,393 61 Raleigh city, NC 276,093 62 Newark city, NJ 273,546 63 Lexington-Fayette, KY 260,512 64 Anchorage city, AK 260,283 65 Louisville city, KY 256,231 66 Riverside city, CA 255,166 67 St. Petersburg city, FL 248,232 68 Bakersfield city, CA 247,057 69 Stockton city, CA 243,771 70 Birmingham city, AL 242,820 71 Jersey City city, NJ 240,055 72 Norfolk city, VA 234,403 73 Baton Rouge city, LA 227,818 74 Hialeah city, FL 226,419 75 Lincoln city, NE 225,581 76 Greensboro city, NC 223,891 77 Plano city, TX 222,030 78 Rochester city, NY 219,773 79 Glendale city, AZ 218,812 80 Akron city, OH 217,074 81 Garland city, TX 215,768 82 Madison city, WI 208,054 83 Fort Wayne city, IN 205,727 84 Fremont city, CA 203,413 85 Scottsdale city, AZ 202,705 86 Montgomery city, AL 201,568 87 Shreveport city, LA 200,145 88 Lubbock city, TX 199,564 89 Chesapeake city, VA 199,184 90 Mobile city, AL 198,915 91 Des Moines city, IA 198,682 92 Grand Rapids city, MI 197,800 93 Richmond city, VA 197,790 94 Yonkers city, NY 196,086 95 Spokane city, WA 195,629 96 Augusta-Richmond County (balance), GA 195,182 97 Glendale city, CA 194,973 98 Tacoma city, WA 193,556 99 Irving city, TX 191,615 100 Huntington Beach city, CA 189,594 101 Modesto city, CA 188,856 102 Durham city, NC 187,035 103 Orlando city, FL 185,951 104 Boise City city, ID 185,787 105 Columbus city (balance), GA 185,781 106 Winston-Salem city, NC 185,776 107 San Bernardino city, CA 185,401 108 Jackson city, MS 184,256 109 Little Rock city, AR 183,133 110 Salt Lake City city, UT 181,743 111 Reno city, NV 180,480 112 Newport News city, VA 180,150 113 Chandler city, AZ 176,581 114 Laredo city, TX 176,576 115 Henderson city, NV 175,381 116 Knoxville city, TN 173,890 117 Amarillo city, TX 173,627 118 Providence city, RI 173,618 119 Chula Vista city, CA 173,556 120 Worcester city, MA 172,648 121 Oxnard city, CA 170,358 122 Dayton city, OH 166,179 123 Garden Grove city, CA 165,196 124 Oceanside city, CA 161,029 125 Tempe city, AZ 158,625 126 Huntsville city, AL 158,216 127 Ontario city, CA 158,007 128 Chattanooga city, TN 155,554 129 Fort Lauderdale city, FL 152,397 130 Springfield city, MA 152,082 131 Springfield city, MO 151,580 132 Santa Clarita city, CA 151,088 133 Salinas city, CA 151,060 134 Tallahassee city, FL 150,624 135 Rockford city, IL 150,115 136 Pomona city, CA 149,473 137 Paterson city, NJ 149,222 138 Overland Park city, KS 149,080 139 Santa Rosa city, CA 147,595 140 Syracuse city, NY 147,306 141 Kansas City city, KS 146,866 142 Hampton city, VA 146,437 143 Lakewood city, CO 144,126 144 Vancouver city, WA 143,560 145 Irvine city, CA 143,072 146 Aurora city, IL 142,990 147 Moreno Valley city, CA 142,381 148 Pasadena city, TX 141,674 149 Hayward city, CA 140,030 150 Brownsville city, TX 139,722 151 Bridgeport city, CT 139,529 152 Hollywood city, FL 139,357 153 Warren city, MI 138,247 154 Torrance city, CA 137,946 155 Eugene city, OR 137,893 156 Pembroke Pines city, FL 137,427 157 Salem city, OR 136,924 158 Pasadena city, CA 133,936 159 Escondido city, CA 133,559 160 Sunnyvale city, CA 131,760 161 Savannah city, GA 131,510 162 Fontana city, CA 128,929 163 Orange city, CA 128,821 164 Naperville city, IL 128,358 165 Alexandria city, VA 128,283 166 Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 127,743 167 Grand Prairie city, TX 127,427 168 Fullerton city, CA 126,003 169 Corona city, CA 124,966 170 Flint city, MI 124,943 171 Mesquite city, TX 124,523 172 Sterling Heights city, MI 124,471 173 Sioux Falls city, SD 123,975 174 New Haven city, CT 123,626 175 Topeka city, KS 122,377 176 Concord city, CA 121,780 177 Evansville city, IN 121,582 178 Hartford city, CT 121,578 179 Fayetteville city, NC 121,015 180 Cedar Rapids city, IA 120,758 181 Elizabeth city, NJ 120,568 182 Lansing city, MI 119,128 183 Lancaster city, CA 118,718 184 Fort Collins city, CO 118,652 185 Coral Springs city, FL 117,549 186 Stamford city, CT 117,083 187 Thousand Oaks city, CA 117,005 188 Vallejo city, CA 116,760 189 Palmdale city, CA 116,670 190 Columbia city, SC 116,278 191 El Monte city, CA 115,965 192 Abilene city, TX 115,930 193 North Las Vegas city, NV 115,488 194 Ann Arbor city, MI 114,024 195 Beaumont city, TX 113,866 196 Waco city, TX 113,726 197 Independence city, MO 113,288 198 Peoria city, IL 112,936 199 Inglewood city, CA 112,580 200 Springfield city, IL 111,454 201 Simi Valley city, CA 111,351 202 Lafayette city, LA 110,257 203 Gilbert town, AZ 109,697 204 Carrollton city, TX 109,576 205 Bellevue city, WA 109,569 206 West Valley City city, UT 108,896 207 Clearwater city, FL 108,787 208 Costa Mesa city, CA 108,724 209 Peoria city, AZ 108,364 210 South Bend city, IN 107,789 211 Downey city, CA 107,323 212 Waterbury city, CT 107,271 213 Manchester city, NH 107,006 214 Allentown city, PA 106,632 215 McAllen city, TX 106,414 216 Joliet city, IL 106,221 217 Lowell city, MA 105,167 218 Provo city, UT 105,166 219 West Covina city, CA 105,080 220 Wichita Falls city, TX 104,197 221 Erie city, PA 103,717 222 Daly City city, CA 103,621 223 Clarksville city, TN 103,455 224 Norwalk city, CA 103,298 225 Gary city, IN 102,746 226 Berkeley city, CA 102,743 227 Santa Clara city, CA 102,361 228 Green Bay city, WI 102,313 229 Cape Coral city, FL 102,286 230 Arvada city, CO 102,153 231 Pueblo city, CO 102,121 232 Cambridge city, MA 101,355 233 Westminster city, CO 100,940 234 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, CA 100,916 235 Portsmouth city, VA 100,565 236 Livonia city, MI 100,545 237 Burbank city, CA 100,316 238 Athens-Clarke County (balance), GA 100,266 239 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book: 2000, Table C-1.