Most populated cities in the U.S. (2024)

The United States of America is the third-largest country in the world by population, only behind China and India. If you are wondering which cities are the most populated in the USA, the top three are New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

The other seven cities that make up the top ten include Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, and San Jose.

California has 3 cities in the top ten and Texas also has 3 cities. This is no coincidence as they are the most populated states in the country.

Rank	City	State	Population (2021)
1	New York City	New York	8,230,290
2	Los Angeles	California	3,983,540
3	Chicago	Illinois	2,679,080
4	Houston	Texas	2,323,660
5	Phoenix	Arizona	1,733,630
6	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,585,010
7	San Antonio	Texas	1,581,730
8	San Diego	California	1,427,720
9	Dallas	Texas	1,347,120
10	Austin	Texas	1,011,790
11	San Jose	California	1,009,340
12	Fort Worth	Texas	942,323
13	Jacksonville	Florida	929,647
14	Columbus	Ohio	913,921
15	Charlotte	North Carolina	912,096
16	Indianapolis	Indiana	887,232
17	San Francisco	California	883,255
18	Seattle	Washington	776,555
19	Denver	Colorado	749,103
20	Washington	District of Columbia	714,153
21	Boston	Massachusetts	695,506
22	El Paso	Texas	685,434
23	Nashville	Tennessee	678,448
24	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	669,347
25	Las Vegas	Nevada	667,501
26	Detroit	Michigan	664,139
27	Portland	Oregon	662,549
28	Memphis	Tennessee	651,011
29	Louisville	Kentucky	615,924
30	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	587,721
31	Baltimore	Maryland	575,584
32	Albuquerque	New Mexico	562,281
33	Tucson	Arizona	554,503
34	Mesa	Arizona	538,146
35	Fresno	California	537,100
36	Sacramento	California	525,398
37	Atlanta	Georgia	524,067
38	Kansas City	Missouri	501,957
39	Colorado Springs	Colorado	489,529
40	Raleigh	North Carolina	483,579
41	Omaha	Nebraska	479,978
42	Miami	Florida	478,251
43	Long Beach	California	456,154
44	Virginia Beach	Virginia	450,224
45	Oakland	California	440,981
46	Minneapolis	Minnesota	439,012
47	Tampa	Florida	404,636
48	Tulsa	Oklahoma	402,742
49	Arlington	Texas	400,316
50	Wichita	Kansas	391,352
51	Bakersfield	California	389,007
52	Aurora	Colorado	388,723
53	New Orleans	Louisiana	388,424
54	Cleveland	Ohio	376,599
55	Anaheim	California	349,699
56	Henderson	Nevada	341,531
57	Honolulu	Hawaii	341,302
58	Riverside	California	334,772
59	Santa Ana	California	333,130
60	Corpus Christi	Texas	327,144
61	Lexington	Kentucky	324,604
62	San Juan	Puerto Rico	323,279
63	Stockton	California	314,835
64	St. Paul	Minnesota	310,368
65	Cincinnati	Ohio	307,266
66	Greensboro	North Carolina	301,094
67	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	299,718
68	Irvine	California	298,739
69	St. Louis	Missouri	294,890
70	Lincoln	Nebraska	293,446
71	Orlando	Florida	290,520
72	Durham	North Carolina	287,865
73	Plano	Texas	285,537
74	Anchorage	Alaska	282,958
75	Newark	New Jersey	282,529
76	Chula Vista	California	281,838
77	Fort Wayne	Indiana	276,286
78	Chandler	Arizona	269,123
79	Toledo	Ohio	268,609
80	St. Petersburg	Florida	267,121
81	Reno	Nevada	266,511
82	Laredo	Texas	265,761
83	Scottsdale	Arizona	265,249
84	North Las Vegas	Nevada	265,224
85	Lubbock	Texas	263,648
86	Madison	Wisconsin	263,332
87	Gilbert	Arizona	262,514
88	Jersey City	New Jersey	258,523
89	Glendale	Arizona	257,233
90	Buffalo	New York	254,290
91	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	250,765
92	Chesapeake	Virginia	249,787
93	Fremont	California	247,708
94	Norfolk	Virginia	241,056
95	Irving	Texas	236,546
96	Garland	Texas	236,366
97	Paradise	Nevada	235,087
98	Arlington	Virginia	233,464
99	Richmond	Virginia	232,866
100	Hialeah	Florida	230,135

The source of the data is the U.S. census.