Demographia

USA Urbanized Areas: 2000 Ranked by Population (All Areas)

This table reflects the corrected data released
by the US Census Bureau 2002.08.25

USA Urbanized Area Index

Urban Area/Urban Cluster Population Rank (Note) Land Area: Square Miles Rank (Note) Population/Square Mile Rank (Note) Area: Square Kilometers Population/Square Kilomter
New York--Newark, NY--NJ--CT 17,799,861 1 3,352.60 1 5,309.3 33 8,683.20 2,049.9
Los Angeles--Long Beach--Santa Ana, CA 11,789,487 2 1,667.93 6 7,068.3 12 4,319.93 2,729.1
Chicago, IL--IN 8,307,904 3 2,122.81 2 3,913.6 76 5,498.06 1,511.1
Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 5,149,079 4 1,799.51 4 2,861.4 228 4,660.72 1,104.8
Miami, FL 4,919,036 5 1,116.09 11 4,407.4 55 2,890.67 1,701.7
Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 4,145,659 6 1,407.04 7 2,946.4 205 3,644.22 1,137.6
Boston, MA--NH--RI 4,032,484 7 1,736.18 5 2,322.6 562 4,496.67 896.8
Washington, DC--VA--MD 3,933,920 8 1,156.77 10 3,400.8 120 2,996.01 1,313.1
Detroit, MI 3,903,377 9 1,261.45 9 3,094.4 173 3,267.14 1,194.7
Houston, TX 3,822,509 10 1,295.27 8 2,951.1 203 3,354.72 1,139.4
Atlanta, GA 3,499,840 11 1,962.58 3 1,783.3 1,361 5,083.06 688.5
San Francisco--Oakland, CA 3,228,605 12 526.66 25 6,130.4 19 1,364.03 2,367.0
Phoenix--Mesa, AZ 2,907,049 13 799.01 17 3,638.3 93 2,069.42 1,404.8
Seattle, WA 2,712,205 14 953.63 12 2,844.1 239 2,469.88 1,098.1
San Diego, CA 2,674,436 15 782.29 18 3,418.7 117 2,026.11 1,320.0
Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN 2,388,593 16 894.22 13 2,671.2 314 2,316.02 1,031.3
St. Louis, MO--IL 2,077,662 17 828.95 15 2,506.4 415 2,146.97 967.7
Baltimore, MD 2,076,354 18 682.73 19 3,041.3 185 1,768.26 1,174.2
Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL 2,062,339 19 802.27 16 2,570.6 373 2,077.87 992.5
Denver--Aurora, CO 1,984,889 20 498.83 27 3,979.1 72 1,291.96 1,536.3
Cleveland, OH 1,786,647 21 647.00 21 2,761.4 274 1,675.73 1,066.2
Pittsburgh, PA 1,753,136 22 852.40 14 2,056.7 886 2,207.70 794.1
Portland, OR--WA 1,583,138 23 473.94 29 3,340.3 130 1,227.51 1,289.7
San Jose, CA 1,538,312 24 260.11 67 5,914.1 23 673.68 2,283.4
Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 1,506,816 25 438.78 33 3,434.1 114 1,136.42 1,325.9
Cincinnati, OH--KY--IN 1,503,262 26 671.77 20 2,237.8 667 1,739.87 864.0
Virginia Beach, VA 1,394,439 27 526.80 24 2,647.0 329 1,364.41 1,022.0
Sacramento, CA 1,393,498 28 369.03 43 3,776.1 84 955.78 1,458.0
Kansas City, MO--KS 1,361,744 29 584.41 22 2,330.1 556 1,513.63 899.7
San Antonio, TX 1,327,554 30 407.56 38 3,257.3 145 1,055.57 1,257.7
Las Vegas, NV 1,314,357 31 285.91 58 4,597.1 48 740.50 1,775.0
Milwaukee, WI 1,308,913 32 487.05 28 2,687.5 309 1,261.44 1,037.6
Indianapolis, IN 1,218,919 33 552.92 23 2,204.5 701 1,432.06 851.2
Providence, RI--MA 1,174,548 34 503.63 26 2,332.2 554 1,304.40 900.4
Orlando, FL 1,157,431 35 453.19 32 2,554.0 384 1,173.76 986.1
Columbus, OH 1,133,193 36 397.71 40 2,849.3 233 1,030.06 1,100.1
New Orleans, LA 1,009,283 37 197.84 89 5,101.6 38 512.39 1,969.7
Buffalo, NY 976,703 38 366.69 44 2,663.5 318 949.73 1,028.4
Memphis, TN--MS--AR 972,091 39 399.82 39 2,431.3 477 1,035.52 938.7
Austin, TX 901,920 40 318.13 49 2,835.1 245 823.94 1,094.6
Bridgeport--Stamford, CT--NY 888,890 41 465.31 31 1,910.3 1,124 1,205.14 737.6
Salt Lake City, UT 887,650 42 230.72 74 3,847.3 83 597.57 1,485.4
Jacksonville, FL 882,295 43 410.52 37 2,149.2 775 1,063.23 829.8
Louisville, KY--IN 863,582 44 391.30 42 2,207.0 695 1,013.46 852.1
Hartford, CT 851,535 45 469.34 30 1,814.3 1,307 1,215.59 700.5
Richmond, VA 818,836 46 436.76 34 1,874.8 1,187 1,131.19 723.9
Charlotte, NC--SC 758,927 47 434.91 35 1,745.0 1,431 1,126.42 673.8
Nashville-Davidson, TN 749,935 48 430.77 36 1,740.9 1,444 1,115.69 672.2
Oklahoma City, OK 747,003 49 322.35 47 2,317.4 576 834.89 894.7
Tucson, AZ 720,425 50 291.36 54 2,472.7 437 754.61 954.7
Honolulu, HI 718,182 51 154.12 104 4,659.8 45 399.18 1,799.1
Dayton, OH 703,444 52 323.56 46 2,174.1 738 838.01 839.4
Rochester, NY 694,396 53 295.15 53 2,352.7 538 764.44 908.4
El Paso, TX--NM 674,801 54 219.12 81 3,079.6 178 567.52 1,189.0
Birmingham, AL 663,615 55 392.10 41 1,692.5 1,556 1,015.53 653.5
Omaha, NE--IA 626,623 56 226.36 77 2,768.3 270 586.27 1,068.8
Albuquerque, NM 598,191 57 223.95 78 2,671.0 315 580.04 1,031.3
Allentown--Bethlehem, PA--NJ 576,408 58 289.50 56 1,991.1 980 749.79 768.8
Springfield, MA--CT 573,610 59 308.98 51 1,856.5 1,224 800.26 716.8
Akron, OH 570,215 60 307.81 52 1,852.5 1,233 797.22 715.3
Sarasota--Bradenton, FL 559,229 61 270.44 63 2,067.8 869 700.44 798.4
Albany, NY 558,947 62 284.25 60 1,966.4 1,022 736.21 759.2
Tulsa, OK 558,329 63 261.40 66 2,135.9 794 677.03 824.7
Fresno, CA 554,923 64 138.62 110 4,003.1 70 359.03 1,545.6