Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population and Rank, 1990 and 2000
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4/1/2000
census
population |
4/1/1990
census
population |
Numeric
population
change
1990–2000 |
Percent
population
change
1990–2000 |
Size rank
1990 |
Size rank
2000 |
| New York, N.Y. |
8,008,278 |
7,322,564 |
685,714 |
9.4 |
1 |
1 |
| Los Angeles, Calif. |
3,694,820 |
3,485,398 |
209,422 |
6.0 |
2 |
2 |
| Chicago, Ill. |
2,896,016 |
2,783,726 |
112,290 |
4.0 |
3 |
3 |
| Houston, Tex. |
1,953,631 |
1,630,553 |
323,078 |
19.8 |
4 |
4 |
| Philadelphia, Pa. |
1,517,550 |
1,585,577 |
–68,027 |
–4.3 |
5 |
5 |
| Phoenix, Ariz. |
1,321,045 |
983,403 |
337,642 |
34.3 |
10 |
6 |
| San Diego, Calif. |
1,223,400 |
1,110,549 |
112,851 |
10.2 |
6 |
7 |
| Dallas, Tex. |
1,188,580 |
1,006,877 |
181,703 |
18.0 |
8 |
8 |
| San Antonio, Tex. |
1,144,646 |
935,933 |
208,713 |
22.3 |
9 |
9 |
| Detroit, Mich. |
951,270 |
1,027,974 |
–76,704 |
–7.5 |
7 |
10 |
| San Jose, Calif. |
894,943 |
782,248 |
112,695 |
14.4 |
11 |
11 |
| Indianapolis, Ind. |
791,926 |
741,952 |
49,974 |
6.7 |
13 |
12 |
| San Francisco, Calif. |
776,733 |
723,959 |
52,774 |
7.3 |
14 |
13 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. |
735,617 |
635,230 |
100,387 |
15.8 |
16 |
14 |
| Columbus, Ohio |
711,470 |
632,910 |
78,560 |
12.4 |
15 |
15 |
| Austin, Tex. |
656,562 |
465,622 |
190,940 |
41.0 |
25 |
16 |
| Baltimore, Md. |
651,154 |
736,014 |
–84,860 |
–11.5 |
12 |
17 |
| Memphis, Tenn. |
650,100 |
610,337 |
39,763 |
6.5 |
18 |
18 |
| Milwaukee, Wis. |
596,974 |
628,088 |
–31,114 |
–5.0 |
17 |
19 |
| Boston, Mass. |
589,141 |
574,283 |
14,858 |
2.6 |
20 |
20 |
| Washington, DC |
572,059 |
606,900 |
–34,841 |
–5.7 |
19 |
21 |
| Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.1 |
569,891 |
510,784 |
59,107 |
11.6 |
26 |
22 |
| El Paso, Tex. |
563,662 |
515,342 |
48,320 |
9.4 |
22 |
23 |
| Seattle, Wash. |
563,374 |
516,259 |
47,115 |
9.1 |
21 |
24 |
| Denver, Colo. |
554,636 |
467,610 |
87,026 |
18.6 |
28 |
25 |
| Charlotte, N.C. |
540,828 |
395,934 |
144,894 |
36.6 |
33 |
26 |
| Fort Worth, Tex. |
534,694 |
447,619 |
87,075 |
19.5 |
29 |
27 |
| Portland, Ore. |
529,121 |
437,319 |
91,802 |
21.0 |
27 |
28 |
| Oklahoma City, Okla. |
506,132 |
444,719 |
61,413 |
13.8 |
30 |
29 |
| Tucson, Ariz. |
486,699 |
405,390 |
81,309 |
20.1 |
34 |
30 |
| New Orleans, La. |
484,674 |
496,938 |
–12,264 |
–2.5 |
24 |
31 |
| Las Vegas, Nev. |
478,434 |
258,295 |
220,139 |
85.2 |
63 |
32 |
| Cleveland, Ohio |
478,403 |
505,616 |
–27,213 |
–5.4 |
23 |
33 |
| Long Beach, Calif. |
461,522 |
429,433 |
32,089 |
7.5 |
32 |
34 |
| Albuquerque, N.M. |
448,607 |
384,736 |
63,871 |
16.6 |
40 |
35 |
| Kansas City, Mo. |
441,545 |
435,146 |
6,399 |
1.5 |
31 |
36 |
| Fresno, Calif. |
427,652 |
354,202 |
73,450 |
20.7 |
48 |
37 |
| Virginia Beach, Va. |
425,257 |
393,069 |
32,188 |
8.2 |
39 |
38 |
| Atlanta, Ga. |
416,474 |
394,017 |
22,457 |
5.7 |
38 |
39 |
| Sacramento, Calif. |
407,018 |
369,365 |
37,653 |
10.2 |
37 |
40 |
| Oakland, Calif. |
399,484 |
372,242 |
27,242 |
7.3 |
35 |
41 |
| Mesa, Ariz. |
396,375 |
288,091 |
108,284 |
37.6 |
53 |
42 |
| Tulsa, Okla. |
393,049 |
367,302 |
25,747 |
7.0 |
44 |
43 |
| Omaha, Neb. |
390,007 |
335,795 |
54,212 |
16.1 |
47 |
44 |
| Minneapolis, Minn. |
382,618 |
368,383 |
14,235 |
3.9 |
43 |
45 |
| Honolulu CDP,2
Hawaii |
371,657 |
365,272 |
6,385 |
1.7 |
41 |
46 |
| Miami, Fla. |
362,470 |
358,548 |
3,922 |
1.1 |
46 |
47 |
| Colorado Springs, Colo. |
360,890 |
281,140 |
79,750 |
28.4 |
54 |
48 |
| St. Louis, Mo. |
348,189 |
396,685 |
–48,496 |
–12.2 |
42 |
49 |
| Wichita, Kans. |
344,284 |
304,011 |
40,273 |
13.2 |
51 |
50 |
NOTE: 1990 population figures in this table reflect most recent revisions by
the Census Bureau.
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