US Cities Over 400,000:
Ranked by Population Density: 1990
|
Rank |
City & State |
Population |
Square Miles |
Population per Square Mile |
Population per Square Kilometer |
|
1 |
New York city |
NY |
7,322,564 |
308.9 |
23,702 |
9,151 |
|
2 |
San Francisco city |
CA |
723,959 |
46.7 |
15,502 |
5,985 |
|
3 |
Chicago city |
IL |
2,783,726 |
227.2 |
12,251 |
4,730 |
|
4 |
Boston city |
MA |
574,283 |
48.4 |
11,860 |
4,579 |
|
5 |
Philadelphia city |
PA |
1,585,577 |
135.1 |
11,734 |
4,530 |
|
6 |
Washington |
DC |
606,900 |
61.4 |
9,883 |
3,816 |
|
7 |
Baltimore city |
MD |
736,014 |
80.8 |
9,108 |
3,517 |
|
8 |
Long Beach city |
CA |
429,433 |
50.0 |
8,586 |
3,315 |
|
9 |
Los Angeles city |
CA |
3,485,398 |
469.3 |
7,426 |
2,867 |
|
10 |
Detroit city |
MI |
1,027,974 |
138.7 |
7,410 |
2,861 |
|
11 |
Cleveland city |
OH |
505,616 |
77.0 |
6,564 |
2,535 |
|
12 |
Milwaukee city |
WI |
628,088 |
96.1 |
6,538 |
2,524 |
|
13 |
Seattle city |
WA |
516,259 |
83.9 |
6,154 |
2,376 |
|
14 |
San Jose city |
CA |
782,248 |
171.3 |
4,568 |
1,764 |
|
15 |
Portland city |
OR |
437,319 |
124.7 |
3,508 |
1,355 |
|
16 |
San Diego city |
CA |
1,110,549 |
324.0 |
3,428 |
1,323 |
|
17 |
Columbus city |
OH |
632,910 |
190.9 |
3,315 |
1,280 |
|
18 |
Denver city |
CO |
467,610 |
153.3 |
3,051 |
1,178 |
|
19 |
Houston city |
TX |
1,630,553 |
539.9 |
3,020 |
1,166 |
|
20 |
Dallas city |
TX |
1,006,877 |
342.4 |
2,941 |
1,135 |
|
21 |
San Antonio city |
TX |
935,933 |
333.0 |
2,810 |
1,085 |
|
22 |
New Orleans city |
LA |
496,938 |
180.6 |
2,751 |
1,062 |
|
23 |
Tucson city |
AZ |
405,390 |
156.3 |
2,594 |
1,002 |
|
24 |
Memphis city |
TN |
610,337 |
256.0 |
2,384 |
920 |
|
25 |
Phoenix city |
AZ |
983,403 |
419.9 |
2,342 |
904 |
|
26 |
Austin city |
TX |
465,622 |
217.8 |
2,138 |
826 |
|
27 |
El Paso city |
TX |
515,342 |
245.4 |
2,100 |
811 |
|
28 |
Indianapolis city (remainder) |
IN |
731,327 |
361.7 |
2,022 |
781 |
|
29 |
Fort Worth city |
TX |
447,619 |
281.1 |
1,593 |
615 |
|
30 |
Kansas City city |
MO |
435,146 |
311.5 |
1,397 |
539 |
|
31 |
Nashville-Davidson (remainder) |
TN |
488,374 |
473.3 |
1,032 |
398 |
|
32 |
Jacksonville city (remainder) |
FL |
635,230 |
758.7 |
837 |
323 |
|
33 |
Oklahoma City city |
OK |
444,719 |
608.2 |
731 |
282 |
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