Cities with 100,000 or More Population in 2000 ranked by Population: Net Change, 1990-2000 in Rank Order [When cities share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. CDP = census designated place, only used in HI which has no incorporated places] City in rank order Number Rank --------------------------------------------------------------- New York city, NY 685,714 1 Phoenix city, AZ 332,062 2 Houston city, TX 255,758 3 Las Vegas city, NV 218,600 4 Los Angeles city, CA 209,321 5 Dallas city, TX 181,934 6 Austin city, TX 162,272 7 San Antonio city, TX 147,212 8 Charlotte city, NC 113,844 9 San Diego city, CA 112,369 10 Chicago city, IL 112,356 11 San Jose city, CA 111,619 12 Henderson city, NV 110,272 13 Mesa city, AZ 106,163 14 Jacksonville city, FL 100,575 15 Plano city, TX 93,523 16 Denver city, CO 87,087 17 Fort Worth city, TX 86,513 18 Chandler city, AZ 85,878 19 Gilbert town, AZ 79,694 20 Colorado Springs city, CO 77,778 21 Columbus city, OH 75,147 22 Scottsdale city, AZ 72,619 23 Fresno city, CA 72,208 24 Pembroke Pines city, FL 71,973 25 Arlington city, TX 70,970 26 Tucson city, AZ 69,560 27 Glendale city, AZ 67,945 28 North Las Vegas city, NV 67,532 29 Bakersfield city, CA 63,098 30 Albuquerque city, NM 61,619 31 Oklahoma City city, OK 61,527 32 Anaheim city, CA 61,389 33 Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 57,336 34 Peoria city, AZ 57,210 35 Raleigh city, NC 55,668 36 Aurora city, CO 54,538 37 San Francisco city, CA 52,774 38 Laredo city, TX 51,547 39 Boise City city, ID 50,637 40 Indianapolis city (balance), IN 50,144 41 Corona city, CA 48,785 42 El Paso city, TX 48,010 43 Chesapeake city, VA 47,202 44 Seattle city, WA 47,042 45 Reno city, NV 45,733 46 Santa Ana city, CA 43,668 47 Portland city, OR 43,038 48 Aurora city, IL 42,711 49 Salinas city, CA 42,197 50 Naperville city, IL 41,400 51 Fontana city, CA 41,061 52 Palmdale city, CA 39,374 53 Vancouver city, WA 39,029 54 Durham city, NC 38,585 55 Hialeah city, FL 38,514 56 Coral Springs city, FL 38,412 57 Chula Vista city, CA 38,313 58 Overland Park city, KS 37,282 59 Irving city, TX 36,485 60 Wichita city, KS 35,632 61 Lexington-Fayette, KY 35,146 62 Garland city, TX 34,924 63 Anchorage city, AK 33,945 64 Lincoln city, NE 32,859 65 Oceanside city, CA 32,450 66 Greensboro city, NC 32,300 67 Stockton city, CA 32,276 68 Omaha city, NE 32,200 69 Virginia Beach city, VA 32,168 70 Irvine city, CA 31,656 71 Long Beach city, CA 31,652 72 Memphis city, TN 31,206 73 Fremont city, CA 30,054 74 Fort Collins city, CO 29,753 75 Riverside city, CA 28,584 76 Salem city, OR 28,078 77 Grand Prairie city, TX 27,931 78 Oxnard city, CA 27,900 79 Joliet city, IL 27,636 80 Santa Clarita city, CA 27,478 81 Cape Coral city, FL 27,114 82 Santa Rosa city, CA 27,096 83 Carrollton city, TX 26,985 84 Clarksville city, TN 26,947 85 Westminster city, CO 26,764 86 Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 26,358 87 Tulsa city, OK 25,882 88 Hayward city, CA 25,390 89 Tallahassee city, FL 25,176 90 Ontario city, CA 24,737 91 Brownsville city, TX 24,579 92 Escondido city, CA 24,533 93 Eugene city, OR 23,980 94 Moreno Valley city, CA 23,625 95 Mesquite city, TX 22,770 96 Atlanta city, GA 22,714 97 Tampa city, FL 22,621 98 Orlando city, FL 22,516 99 Sioux Falls city, SD 22,514 100 Modesto city, CA 22,426 101 Pasadena city, TX 22,285 102 West Valley City city, UT 21,897 103 Salt Lake City city, UT 21,791 104 Garden Grove city, CA 21,536 105 McAllen city, TX 20,791 106 Lancaster city, CA 20,273 107 Corpus Christi city, TX 19,015 108 Winston-Salem city, NC 18,522 109 Orange city, CA 18,180 110 Provo city, UT 18,030 111 Lakewood city, CO 17,970 112 Spokane city, WA 17,509 113 Madison city, WI 17,238 114 Pomona city, CA 17,145 115 Alexandria city, VA 17,100 116 Tempe city, AZ 16,569 117 Hollywood city, FL 16,564 118 Tacoma city, WA 16,215 119 Downey city, CA 15,845 120 Amarillo city, TX 15,766 121 St. Paul city, MN 14,916 122 Glendale city, CA 14,913 123 Boston city, MA 14,852 124 Sunnyvale city, CA 14,449 125 Minneapolis city, MN 14,334 126 San Bernardino city, CA 14,192 127 Athens-Clarke County (balance), GA 13,746 128 Providence city, RI 13,337 129 Thousand Oaks city, CA 13,005 130 Lubbock city, TX 12,794 131 Hampton city, VA 12,664 132 Fullerton city, CA 12,584 133 Arvada city, CO 12,367 134 Sacramento city, CA 11,918 135 Cedar Rapids city, IA 11,904 136 Costa Mesa city, CA 11,875 137 Jersey City city, NJ 11,580 138 Clearwater city, FL 11,570 139 Daly City city, CA 11,408 140 Simi Valley city, CA 11,040 141 Bellevue city, WA 10,941 142 Montgomery city, AL 10,737 143 Concord city, CA 10,583 144 Springfield city, MO 10,465 145 Elizabeth city, NJ 10,430 146 El Monte city, CA 9,811 147 Waco city, TX 9,802 148 West Covina city, CA 9,165 149 Norwalk city, CA 9,103 150 Santa Clara city, CA 9,012 151 Augusta-Richmond County (balance), GA 9,005 152 Abilene city, TX 9,005 152 Stamford city, CT 8,976 154 Newport News city, VA 8,673 155 Fayetteville city, NC 8,371 156 Grand Rapids city, MI 8,127 157 Yonkers city, NY 7,901 158 St. Petersburg city, FL 7,864 159 Manchester city, NH 7,789 160 Lafayette city, LA 7,728 161 Wichita Falls city, TX 7,451 162 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, CA 7,288 163 Columbus city (balance), GA 7,096 164 Huntington Beach city, CA 6,695 165 Burbank city, CA 6,690 166 Sterling Heights city, MI 6,657 167 Kansas City city, MO 6,424 168 Rockford city, IL 6,173 169 Little Rock city, AR 6,047 170 Vallejo city, CA 5,925 171 Green Bay city, WI 5,616 172 Cambridge city, MA 5,495 173 Baton Rouge city, LA 5,476 174 Des Moines city, IA 5,349 175 Torrance city, CA 4,703 176 Springfield city, IL 4,189 177 Ann Arbor city, MI 3,856 178 Fort Lauderdale city, FL 3,618 179 Pueblo city, CO 3,112 180 Worcester city, MA 3,012 181 Fort Wayne city, IN 2,732 182 Chattanooga city, TN 2,726 183 Miami city, FL 2,680 184 Pasadena city, CA 2,201 185 Inglewood city, CA 2,126 186 Columbia city, SC 1,816 187 Shreveport city, LA 1,743 188 Lowell city, MA 1,739 189 South Bend city, IN 1,734 190 Topeka city, KS 1,530 191 Allentown city, PA 1,159 192 Independence city, MO 886 193 Knoxville city, TN 704 194 Mobile city, AL 498 195 Berkeley city, CA -104 196 Livonia city, MI -319 197 Oakland city, CA -402 198 Beaumont city, TX -551 199 Peoria city, IL -886 200 Waterbury city, CT -942 201 Newark city, NJ -1,745 202 Bridgeport city, CT -2,026 203 Huntsville city, AL -2,156 204 Portsmouth city, VA -3,345 205 Kansas City city, KS -4,478 206 Evansville city, IN -4,590 207 Springfield city, MA -4,882 208 Richmond city, VA -4,923 209 Erie city, PA -5,000 210 Honolulu CDP, HI -5,280 211 Akron city, OH -6,108 212 Savannah city, GA -6,118 213 New Haven city, CT -6,565 214 Warren city, MI -6,833 215 Lansing city, MI -7,804 216 Paterson city, NJ -8,797 217 Rochester city, NY -11,099 218 New Orleans city, LA -12,264 219 Jackson city, MS -12,319 220 Louisville city, KY -13,607 221 Gary city, IN -13,841 222 Hartford city, CT -15,711 223 Dayton city, OH -16,214 224 Flint city, MI -16,424 225 Syracuse city, NY -16,549 226 Toledo city, OH -19,213 227 Birmingham city, AL -23,120 228 Norfolk city, VA -26,847 229 Cleveland city, OH -27,047 230 Milwaukee city, WI -31,326 231 Cincinnati city, OH -33,268 232 Washington city, DC -34,841 233 Buffalo city, NY -35,283 234 Pittsburgh city, PA -35,576 235 St. Louis city, MO -48,496 236 Philadelphia city, PA -68,027 237 Detroit city, MI -76,676 238 Baltimore city, MD -84,860 239 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book: 2000, Table C-1.