Cities with 100,000 or More Population in 2000 ranked by Population, 1990 /1 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 7,322,564 1 Los Angeles city, CA 3,485,499 2 Chicago city, IL 2,783,660 3 Houston city, TX 1,697,873 4 Philadelphia city, PA 1,585,577 5 San Diego city, CA 1,111,031 6 Detroit city, MI 1,027,946 7 Dallas city, TX 1,006,646 8 San Antonio city, TX 997,434 9 Phoenix city, AZ 988,983 10 San Jose city, CA 783,324 11 Baltimore city, MD 736,014 12 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 731,726 13 San Francisco city, CA 723,959 14 Columbus city, OH 636,323 15 Jacksonville city, FL 635,042 16 Milwaukee city, WI 628,300 17 Memphis city, TN 618,894 18 Washington city, DC 606,900 19 Boston city, MA 574,289 20 Seattle city, WA 516,332 21 El Paso city, TX 515,652 22 Cleveland city, OH 505,450 23 New Orleans city, LA 496,938 24 Austin city, TX 494,290 25 Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 488,188 26 Portland city, OR 486,083 27 Denver city, CO 467,549 28 Fort Worth city, TX 448,181 29 Oklahoma City city, OK 444,605 30 Kansas City city, MO 435,121 31 Long Beach city, CA 429,870 32 Charlotte city, NC 426,984 33 Tucson city, AZ 417,139 34 Oakland city, CA 399,886 35 St. Louis city, MO 396,685 36 Sacramento city, CA 395,100 37 Atlanta city, GA 393,760 38 Virginia Beach city, VA 393,089 39 Albuquerque city, NM 386,988 40 Honolulu CDP, HI 376,937 41 Pittsburgh city, PA 370,139 42 Minneapolis city, MN 368,284 43 Tulsa city, OK 367,167 44 Cincinnati city, OH 364,553 45 Miami city, FL 359,790 46 Omaha city, NE 357,807 47 Fresno city, CA 355,444 48 Toledo city, OH 332,832 49 Buffalo city, NY 327,931 50 Wichita city, KS 308,652 51 Santa Ana city, CA 294,309 52 Mesa city, AZ 290,212 53 Colorado Springs city, CO 283,112 54 Tampa city, FL 280,826 55 Newark city, NJ 275,291 56 St. Paul city, MN 272,235 57 Louisville city, KY 269,838 58 Anaheim city, CA 266,625 59 Birmingham city, AL 265,940 60 Arlington city, TX 261,999 61 Norfolk city, VA 261,250 62 Las Vegas city, NV 259,834 63 Corpus Christi city, TX 258,439 64 St. Petersburg city, FL 240,368 65 Rochester city, NY 230,872 66 Jersey City city, NJ 228,475 67 Riverside city, CA 226,582 68 Anchorage city, AK 226,338 69 Lexington-Fayette, KY 225,366 70 Akron city, OH 223,182 71 Baton Rouge city, LA 222,342 72 Aurora city, CO 221,855 73 Raleigh city, NC 220,425 74 Stockton city, CA 211,495 75 Fort Wayne city, IN 202,995 76 Richmond city, VA 202,713 77 Mobile city, AL 198,417 78 Shreveport city, LA 198,402 79 Jackson city, MS 196,575 80 Des Moines city, IA 193,333 81 Lincoln city, NE 192,722 82 Greensboro city, NC 191,591 83 Montgomery city, AL 190,831 84 Madison city, WI 190,816 85 Grand Rapids city, MI 189,673 86 Yonkers city, NY 188,185 87 Hialeah city, FL 187,905 88 Lubbock city, TX 186,770 89 Augusta-Richmond County (balance), GA 186,177 90 Bakersfield city, CA 183,959 91 Huntington Beach city, CA 182,899 92 Dayton city, OH 182,393 93 Garland city, TX 180,844 94 Glendale city, CA 180,060 95 Columbus city (balance), GA 178,685 96 Spokane city, WA 178,120 97 Tacoma city, WA 177,341 98 Little Rock city, AR 177,086 99 Fremont city, CA 173,359 100 Knoxville city, TN 173,186 101 Newport News city, VA 171,477 102 San Bernardino city, CA 171,209 103 Worcester city, MA 169,636 104 Winston-Salem city, NC 167,254 105 Modesto city, CA 166,430 106 Syracuse city, NY 163,855 107 Orlando city, FL 163,435 108 Huntsville city, AL 160,372 109 Providence city, RI 160,281 110 Salt Lake City city, UT 159,952 111 Paterson city, NJ 158,019 112 Amarillo city, TX 157,861 113 Springfield city, MA 156,964 114 Irving city, TX 155,130 115 Chattanooga city, TN 152,828 116 Chesapeake city, VA 151,982 117 Kansas City city, KS 151,344 118 Glendale city, AZ 150,867 119 Fort Lauderdale city, FL 148,779 120 Durham city, NC 148,450 121 Warren city, MI 145,080 122 Rockford city, IL 143,942 123 Garden Grove city, CA 143,660 124 Oxnard city, CA 142,458 125 Tempe city, AZ 142,056 126 Bridgeport city, CT 141,555 127 Flint city, MI 141,367 128 Springfield city, MO 141,115 129 Savannah city, GA 137,628 130 Hartford city, CT 137,289 131 Chula Vista city, CA 135,243 132 Boise City city, ID 135,150 133 Reno city, NV 134,747 134 Hampton city, VA 133,773 135 Ontario city, CA 133,270 136 Torrance city, CA 133,243 137 Pomona city, CA 132,328 138 Pasadena city, CA 131,735 139 New Haven city, CT 130,191 140 Scottsdale city, AZ 130,086 141 Oceanside city, CA 128,579 142 Plano city, TX 128,507 143 Lansing city, MI 126,932 144 Evansville city, IN 126,172 145 Lakewood city, CO 126,156 146 Tallahassee city, FL 125,448 147 Laredo city, TX 125,029 148 Santa Clarita city, CA 123,610 149 Hollywood city, FL 122,793 150 Topeka city, KS 120,847 151 Santa Rosa city, CA 120,499 152 Pasadena city, TX 119,389 153 Moreno Valley city, CA 118,756 154 Sterling Heights city, MI 117,814 155 Sunnyvale city, CA 117,311 156 Gary city, IN 116,587 157 Brownsville city, TX 115,143 158 Hayward city, CA 114,640 159 Columbia city, SC 114,462 160 Beaumont city, TX 114,417 161 Eugene city, OR 113,913 162 Peoria city, IL 113,822 163 Fullerton city, CA 113,419 164 Fayetteville city, NC 112,644 165 Independence city, MO 112,402 166 Overland Park city, KS 111,798 167 Irvine city, CA 111,416 168 Concord city, CA 111,197 169 Alexandria city, VA 111,183 170 Vallejo city, CA 110,835 171 Orange city, CA 110,641 172 Inglewood city, CA 110,454 173 Ann Arbor city, MI 110,168 174 Elizabeth city, NJ 110,138 175 Escondido city, CA 109,026 176 Salinas city, CA 108,863 177 Cedar Rapids city, IA 108,854 178 Salem city, OR 108,846 179 Erie city, PA 108,717 180 Waterbury city, CT 108,213 181 Stamford city, CT 108,107 182 Springfield city, IL 107,265 183 Abilene city, TX 106,925 184 El Monte city, CA 106,154 185 South Bend city, IN 106,055 186 Allentown city, PA 105,473 187 Vancouver city, WA 104,531 188 Thousand Oaks city, CA 104,000 189 Waco city, TX 103,924 190 Portsmouth city, VA 103,910 191 Lowell city, MA 103,428 192 Berkeley city, CA 102,847 193 Lafayette city, LA 102,529 194 Mesquite city, TX 101,753 195 Sioux Falls city, SD 101,461 196 Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 101,385 197 Livonia city, MI 100,864 198 Simi Valley city, CA 100,311 199 Aurora city, IL 100,279 200 Grand Prairie city, TX 99,496 201 Manchester city, NH 99,217 202 Pueblo city, CO 99,009 203 Bellevue city, WA 98,628 204 Lancaster city, CA 98,445 205 Clearwater city, FL 97,217 206 Costa Mesa city, CA 96,849 207 Wichita Falls city, TX 96,746 208 Green Bay city, WI 96,697 209 West Covina city, CA 95,915 210 Cambridge city, MA 95,860 211 Norwalk city, CA 94,195 212 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, CA 93,628 213 Burbank city, CA 93,626 214 Santa Clara city, CA 93,349 215 Daly City city, CA 92,213 216 Downey city, CA 91,478 217 Chandler city, AZ 90,703 218 Arvada city, CO 89,786 219 Fort Collins city, CO 88,899 220 Fontana city, CA 87,868 221 Provo city, UT 87,136 222 West Valley City city, UT 86,999 223 Naperville city, IL 86,958 224 Athens-Clarke County (balance), GA 86,520 225 McAllen city, TX 85,623 226 Carrollton city, TX 82,591 227 Coral Springs city, FL 79,137 228 Joliet city, IL 78,585 229 Palmdale city, CA 77,296 230 Clarksville city, TN 76,508 231 Corona city, CA 76,181 232 Cape Coral city, FL 75,172 233 Westminster city, CO 74,176 234 Pembroke Pines city, FL 65,454 235 Henderson city, NV 65,109 236 Peoria city, AZ 51,154 237 North Las Vegas city, NV 47,956 238 Gilbert town, AZ 30,003 239 /1 Includes count resolution corrections through 1997 and adjustments based on Census 2000 dress rehearsal results and boundary changes reported as legally effective as of January 1, 1998. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book: 2000, Table C-1.