2000 Census: US Municipalities Over 50,000:
Ranked by 2000 Density

Other 2000 US City Population Information

Rank	Municipality	State	2000 Population	2000 Land Area in Square Miles	2000 Population per Square Mile	1990 Population	1990 Land Area in Square Miles	1990 Population per Square Mile	Change in Population	Change in Land Area	Change in Population Density
1	Union City city NJ	New Jersey	67,088	1.3	52,972	58,012	1.3	44,625	15.6%	-2.6%	18.7%
2	New York city	New York	8,008,278	303.3	26,401	7,322,564	308.9	23,705	9.4%	-1.8%	11.4%
3	Passaic city	New Jersey	67,861	3.1	21,803	58,041	3.1	18,723	16.9%	0.4%	16.5%
4	Huntington Park city	California	61,348	3.0	20,251	56,065	3.1	18,085	9.4%	-2.3%	12.0%
5	Somerville city	Massachusetts	77,478	4.1	18,867	76,210	4.1	18,588	1.7%	0.2%	1.5%
6	East Orange city	New Jersey	69,824	3.9	17,775	73,552	3.9	18,859	-5.1%	0.7%	-5.7%
7	Paterson city	New Jersey	149,222	8.4	17,674	140,891	8.4	16,773	5.9%	0.5%	5.4%
8	San Francisco city	California	776,733	46.7	16,633	723,959	46.7	15,502	7.3%	-0.0%	7.3%
9	Jersey City city	New Jersey	240,055	14.9	16,093	228,537	14.9	15,338	5.0%	0.1%	4.9%
10	Cambridge city	Massachusetts	101,355	6.4	15,765	95,802	6.4	14,969	5.8%	0.5%	5.3%
11	Mount Vernon city	New York	68,381	4.4	15,688	67,153	4.4	15,262	1.8%	-0.9%	2.8%
12	Hempstead village	New York	56,554	3.7	15,365	49,453	3.7	13,366	14.4%	-0.5%	15.0%
13	Cicero town	Illinois	85,616	5.8	14,644	67,436	5.8	11,627	27.0%	0.8%	26.0%
14	Lynwood city	California	69,845	4.9	14,388	61,945	4.9	12,642	12.8%	-0.9%	13.8%
15	Hawthorne city	California	84,112	6.1	13,878	71,349	5.9	12,093	17.9%	2.7%	14.8%
16	Berwyn city	Illinois	54,016	3.9	13,875	45,426	3.9	11,648	18.9%	-0.2%	19.1%
17	Daly City city	California	103,621	7.6	13,703	92,311	7.5	12,308	12.3%	0.8%	11.3%
18	South Gate city	California	96,375	7.4	13,084	86,284	7.4	11,660	11.7%	-0.5%	12.2%
19	Chicago city	Illinois	2,896,016	227.1	12,749	2,783,726	227.2	12,252	4.0%	-0.0%	4.1%
20	Miami Beach city	Florida	87,933	7.0	12,501	92,639	7	13,234	-5.1%	0.5%	-5.5%
21	Santa Ana city	California	337,977	27.1	12,451	293,742	27.1	10,839	15.1%	0.2%	14.9%
22	Inglewood city	California	112,580	9.1	12,323	109,602	9.2	11,913	2.7%	-0.7%	3.4%
23	Boston city	Massachusetts	589,141	48.4	12,165	574,283	48.4	11,865	2.6%	0.1%	2.5%
24	El Monte city	California	115,965	9.6	12,139	106,209	9.5	11,180	9.2%	0.6%	8.6%
25	Bellflower city	California	72,878	6.1	11,999	61,815	6.1	10,134	17.9%	-0.4%	18.4%
26	Hialeah city	Florida	226,419	19.2	11,766	188,004	19.2	9,792	20.4%	0.2%	20.2%
27	Paramount city	California	55,266	4.7	11,678	47,669	4.7	10,142	15.9%	0.7%	15.1%
28	Newark city	New Jersey	273,546	23.8	11,494	275,221	23.8	11,564	-0.6%	-0.0%	-0.6%
29	Baldwin Park city	California	75,837	6.7	11,378	69,330	6.6	10,505	9.4%	1.0%	8.3%
30	Alhambra city	California	85,804	7.6	11,257	82,106	7.6	10,803	4.5%	0.3%	4.2%
31	Philadelphia city	Pennsylvania	1,517,550	135.1	11,233	1,585,577	135.1	11,736	-4.3%	0.0%	-4.3%
32	Oak Park village	Illinois	52,524	4.7	11,172	53,648	4.7	11,414	-2.1%	0.0%	-2.1%
33	Trenton city	New Jersey	85,403	7.7	11,153	88,675	7.7	11,516	-3.7%	-0.5%	-3.2%
34	Malden city	Massachusetts	56,340	5.1	11,102	53,884	5.1	10,565	4.6%	-0.5%	5.1%
35	Bayonne city	New Jersey	61,842	5.6	10,991	61,444	5.6	10,972	0.6%	0.5%	0.2%
36	Yonkers city	New York	196,086	18.1	10,847	188,082	18.1	10,391	4.3%	-0.1%	4.4%
37	Norwalk city CA	California	103,298	9.7	10,667	94,279	9.8	9,620	9.6%	-1.2%	10.9%
38	Rosemead city	California	53,505	5.1	10,398	51,638	5.1	10,125	3.6%	0.9%	2.7%
39	Lawrence city MA	Massachusetts	72,043	7.0	10,351	70,207	7	10,030	2.6%	-0.6%	3.2%
40	Lakewood city OH	Ohio	56,646	5.5	10,208	59,718	5.5	10,858	-5.1%	0.9%	-6.0%
41	Santa Monica city	California	84,084	8.3	10,178	86,905	8.3	10,470	-3.2%	-0.5%	-2.8%
42	Miami city	Florida	362,470	35.7	10,160	358,548	35.6	10,072	1.1%	0.2%	0.9%
43	Redondo Beach city	California	63,261	6.3	10,065	60,167	6.3	9,550	5.1%	-0.2%	5.4%
44	Gardena city	California	57,746	5.8	9,921	49,847	5.3	9,405	15.8%	9.8%	5.5%
45	Elizabeth city	New Jersey	120,568	12.2	9,865	110,002	12.3	8,943	9.6%	-0.6%	10.3%
46	Berkeley city	California	102,743	10.5	9,823	102,724	10.5	9,783	0.0%	-0.4%	0.4%
47	Evanston city	Illinois	74,239	7.7	9,583	73,233	7.8	9,389	1.4%	-0.7%	2.1%
48	Providence city	Rhode Island	173,618	18.5	9,401	160,728	18.5	8,688	8.0%	-0.2%