The census gazetteer of the United States

Every city, county and census tract

The U.S. Census Bureau's figures for 48,418 cities, towns, townships and census-designated places, 3,222 counties and 85,382 census tracts: who lives there, what households earn, what homes cost and how each place is changing, with the margin of error beside every number.

How to read a PlainCities page
  • State line: the state's own figures
  • County line: every place and tract within
  • City or town limit: the place's record
  • Census tract: a neighborhood of about 4,000 people

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026); Census population estimates, Vintage 2025.

Which state are you looking for?

Population: Census Bureau estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).

What are the largest cities in the United States?

New York, NY leads with 8,584,629 residents on July 1, 2025; 12 U.S. cities have a million or more. The 200 largest, with their growth.

Source: Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025).

Which large cities grew fastest since 2020?

Among cities that had 50,000 or more residents in 2020, these grew fastest by July 1, 2025. Fastest-growing places by size.

Source: Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025).

How sure is a census figure for a city?

Each figure from the American Community Survey is an estimate from a sample, published with a 90% margin of error. New York's median household income is $80,483, give or take $601; in New Berlin, a town of 989, it is $48,958, give or take $16,575. The bar is that range; the tick is the figure for the state of New York.

New York, NY

$80,483

±$601 (90% margin)
New York (state): $85,974

New Berlin, NY

$48,958

±$16,575 (90% margin)
New York (state): $85,974

New York · New Berlin · how to read a margin of error

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026), median household income (DP03_0062E) and its margin of error.

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