Demographia

US Cities Over 100,000 in 1999: Ranked

City Rank 1999 Rank 1990 Change % Change
New York city, NY 1 7,428,162 1 7,322,564 105,598 1.4%
Los Angeles city, CA 2 3,633,591 2 3,485,499 148,092 4.2%
Chicago city, IL 3 2,799,050 3 2,783,660 15,390 0.6%
Houston city, TX 4 1,845,967 4 1,697,873 148,094 8.7%
Philadelphia city, PA 5 1,417,601 5 1,585,577 (167,976) -10.6%
San Diego city, CA 6 1,238,974 6 1,111,031 127,943 11.5%
Phoenix city, AZ 7 1,211,466 10 988,983 222,483 22.5%
San Antonio city, TX 8 1,147,213 9 997,434 149,779 15.0%
Dallas city, TX 9 1,076,214 8 1,006,646 69,568 6.9%
Detroit city, MI 10 965,084 7 1,027,946 (62,862) -6.1%
San Jose city, CA 11 867,675 11 783,324 84,351 10.8%
San Francisco city, CA 12 746,777 14 723,959 22,818 3.2%
Indianapolis city (remainder), IN 13 738,907 13 731,726 7,181 1.0%
Jacksonville city (remainder), FL 14 695,877 16 635,042 60,835 9.6%
Columbus city, OH 15 671,247 15 636,323 34,924 5.5%
Baltimore city, MD 16 632,681 12 736,014 (103,333) -14.0%
El Paso city, TX 17 612,770 22 515,652 97,118 18.8%
Memphis city, TN 18 606,109 18 618,894 (12,785) -2.1%
Austin city, TX 19 587,873 25 494,290 93,583 18.9%
Milwaukee city, WI 20 572,424 17 628,300 (55,876) -8.9%
Boston city, MA 21 555,249 20 574,289 (19,040) -3.3%
Seattle city, WA 22 537,150 21 516,332 20,818 4.0%
Charlotte city, NC 23 520,829 33 426,984 93,845 22.0%
Washington city, DC 24 519,000 19 606,900 (87,900) -14.5%
Nashville-Davidson (remainder), TN 25 506,385 26 488,188 18,197 3.7%
Portland city, OR 26 503,637 27 486,083 17,554 3.6%
Fort Worth city, TX 27 502,369 29 448,181 54,188 12.1%
Cleveland city, OH 28 501,662 23 505,450 (3,788) -0.7%
Denver city, CO 29 499,775 28 467,549 32,226 6.9%
Oklahoma City city, OK 30 475,322 30 444,605 30,717 6.9%
Tucson city, AZ 31 466,591 34 417,139 49,452 11.9%
New Orleans city, LA 32 460,913 24 496,938 (36,025) -7.2%
Kansas City city, MO 33 437,764 31 435,121 2,643 0.6%
Long Beach city, CA 34 435,027 32 429,870 5,157 1.2%
Virginia Beach city, VA 35 433,461 39 393,089 40,372 10.3%
Albuquerque city, NM 36 420,578 40 386,988 33,590 8.7%
Las Vegas city, NV 37 418,658 63 259,834 158,824 61.1%
Sacramento city, CA 38 406,899 37 395,100 11,799 3.0%
Fresno city, CA 39 404,141 48 355,444 48,697 13.7%
Atlanta city, GA 40 401,726 38 393,760 7,966 2.0%
Honolulu CDP, HI 41 395,327 41 376,937 18,390 4.9%
Omaha city, NE 42 386,742 47 357,807 28,935 8.1%
Tulsa city, OK 43 381,579 44 367,167 14,412 3.9%
Miami city, FL 44 369,253 46 359,790 9,463 2.6%
Mesa city, AZ 45 368,811 53 290,212 78,599 27.1%
Oakland city, CA 46 365,210 35 399,886 (34,676) -8.7%
Minneapolis city, MN 47 353,395 43 368,284 (14,889) -4.0%
Colorado Springs city, CO 48 350,199 54 283,112 67,087 23.7%
Pittsburgh city, PA 49 336,882 42 370,139 (33,257) -9.0%
Wichita city, KS 50 335,562 51 308,652 26,910 8.7%
St. Louis city, MO 51 333,960 36 396,685 (62,725) -15.8%
Cincinnati city, OH 52 330,914 45 364,553 (33,639) -9.2%
Arlington city, TX 53 311,962 61 261,999 49,963 19.1%
Santa Ana city, CA 54 309,290 52 294,309 14,981 5.1%
Toledo city, OH 55 307,946 49 332,832 (24,886) -7.5%
Anaheim city, CA 56 300,650 59 266,625 34,025 12.8%
Buffalo city, NY 57 295,619 50 327,931 (32,312) -9.9%
Tampa city, FL 58 290,973 55 280,826 10,147 3.6%
Corpus Christi city, TX 59 281,791 64 258,439 23,352 9.0%
Riverside city, CA 60 265,721 68 226,582 39,139 17.3%
Newark city, NJ 61 263,087 56 275,291 (12,204) -4.4%
Raleigh city, NC 62 261,205 74 220,425 40,780 18.5%
Anchorage city, AK 63 257,808 69 226,338 31,470 13.9%
St. Paul city, MN 64 256,213 57 272,235 (16,022) -5.9%
Louisville city, KY 65 253,128 58 269,838 (16,710) -6.2%
Aurora city, CO 66 252,956 73 221,855 31,101 14.0%
Birmingham city, AL 67 249,459 60 265,940 (16,481) -6.2%
Stockton city, CA 68 245,020 75 211,495 33,525 15.9%
Lexington-Fayette, KY 69 243,785 70 225,366 18,419 8.2%
St. Petersburg city, FL 70 234,647 65 240,368 (5,721) -2.4%
Plano city, TX 71 232,904 144 128,507 104,397 81.2%
Jersey City city, NJ 72 230,458 67 228,475 1,983 0.9%
Norfolk city, VA 73 225,875 62 261,250 (35,375) -13.5%
Bakersfield city, CA 74 222,352 91 183,959 38,393 20.9%
Lincoln city, NE 75 215,928 82 192,722 23,206 12.0%
Rochester city, NY 76 214,470 66 230,872 (16,402) -7.1%
Hialeah city, FL 77 212,547 88 187,905 24,642 13.1%
Akron city, OH 78 211,822 71 223,182 (11,360) -5.1%
Madison city, WI 79 210,674 85 190,816 19,858 10.4%
Baton Rouge city, LA 80 210,667 72 222,342 (11,675) -5.3%
Fremont city, CA 81 208,620 100 173,359 35,261 20.3%
Chesapeake city, VA 82 202,759 118 151,982 50,777 33.4%
Glendale city, AZ 83 201,456 120 150,867 50,589 33.5%
Mobile city, AL 84 200,206 78 198,417 1,789 0.9%
Scottsdale city, AZ 85 199,943 142 130,086 69,857 53.7%
Huntington Beach city, CA 86 199,618 92 182,899 16,719 9.1%