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United States: cities by population

The United States has a population of 349,035,494, its largest city is New York City, and its capital is Washington. 21,028 places recorded across 51 states.

+24%

since 2000 (281,484,131)

+9%

projected by 2050 (380,846,910)

people per km²

UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.

Full UN series, 1950 to 2050

Year	Population
1950	154,202,680
1975	219,129,301
2000	281,484,131
2005	295,716,664
2010	311,062,790
2015	326,126,497
2020	339,436,159
2025	347,275,807
2026	349,035,494
2030 projected	355,649,881
2050 projected	380,846,910

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	New York City	New York	8,804,190
2	Los Angeles	California	3,820,914
3	Chicago	Illinois	2,664,452
4	Houston	Texas	2,314,157
5	Phoenix	Arizona	1,650,070
6	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,573,916
7	San Antonio	Texas	1,526,656
8	San Diego	California	1,404,452
9	Dallas	Texas	1,326,087
10	Jacksonville	Florida	1,009,833
11	Fort Worth	Texas	1,008,106
12	San Jose	California	997,368
13	Austin	Texas	974,447
14	Columbus	Ohio	913,175
15	Charlotte	North Carolina	911,311
16	Indianapolis	Indiana	887,642
17	San Francisco	California	827,526
18	Seattle	Washington	780,995
19	Denver	Colorado	729,019
20	Washington	District of Columbia	689,545
21	Nashville	Tennessee	689,447
22	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	681,054
23	El Paso	Texas	678,815
24	Boston	Massachusetts	653,833
25	Portland	Oregon	652,503
26	Detroit	Michigan	645,705
27	Las Vegas	Nevada	641,903
28	Memphis	Tennessee	633,104
29	Louisville	Kentucky	624,444
30	Baltimore	Maryland	585,708
31	Albuquerque	New Mexico	564,559
32	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	563,531
33	Tucson	Arizona	542,629
34	Fresno	California	542,107
35	Sacramento	California	524,943
36	Atlanta	Georgia	510,823
37	Miami	Florida	487,014
38	Omaha	Nebraska	486,051
39	Raleigh	North Carolina	482,295
40	Kansas City	Missouri	475,378
41	Long Beach	California	474,140
42	Mesa	Arizona	471,825
43	Colorado Springs	Colorado	456,568
44	Virginia Beach	Virginia	454,808
45	Oakland	California	419,267

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