National ranking · Top 100 · 2026

The 100 Most Populated Cities

Ranking the top 100 US cities by population, drawn straight from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

100
Cities ranked
#1
New York
8,516,202
Population

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Population

What this shows New York, New York leads all US cities on population; the full top 100 is listed below.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023) As of 2026
Rank City Population
1 New York , NY 8,516,202
2 Los Angeles , CA 3,857,897
3 Chicago , IL 2,707,648
4 Houston , TX 2,300,419
5 Phoenix , AZ 1,624,832
6 Philadelphia , PA 1,582,432
7 San Antonio , TX 1,458,954
8 San Diego , CA 1,385,061
9 Dallas , TX 1,299,553
10 San Jose , CA 990,054
11 Austin , TX 967,862
12 Jacksonville , FL 961,739
13 Fort Worth , TX 941,311
14 Columbus , OH 906,480
15 Charlotte , NC 886,283
16 Indianapolis city (balance) , IN 882,043
17 San Francisco , CA 836,321
18 Seattle , WA 741,440
19 Denver , CO 713,734
20 Oklahoma City , OK 688,693
21 Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) , TN 684,298
22 El Paso , TX 678,147
23 Washington , DC 672,079
24 Boston , MA 663,972
25 Las Vegas , NV 650,873
26 Portland , OR 642,715
27 Detroit , MI 636,644
28 Memphis , TN 629,063
29 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) , KY 627,210
30 Baltimore , MD 577,193
31 Milwaukee , WI 569,756
32 Albuquerque , NM 562,488
33 Fresno , CA 543,615
34 Tucson , AZ 543,348
35 Sacramento , CA 524,802
36 Kansas City , MO 508,233
37 Mesa , AZ 507,478
38 Atlanta , GA 499,287
39 Omaha , NE 488,197
40 Colorado Springs , CO 483,099
41 Raleigh , NC 470,763
42 Long Beach , CA 458,491
43 Virginia Beach , VA 457,066
44 Miami , FL 446,663
45 Oakland , CA 438,072
46 Minneapolis , MN 426,845
47 Tulsa , OK 412,322
48 Bakersfield , CA 408,366
49 Wichita , KS 396,488
50 Arlington , TX 394,769
51 Tampa , FL 393,389
52 Aurora , CO 390,201
53 New Orleans , LA 376,035
54 Cleveland , OH 367,523
55 Urban Honolulu , HI 346,323
56 Anaheim , CA 344,553
57 Henderson , NV 324,523
58 Lexington-Fayette urban county , KY 321,122
59 San Juan zona urbana , PR 320,691
60 Stockton , CA 320,470
61 Corpus Christi , TX 317,383
62 Riverside , CA 316,241
63 Orlando , FL 311,732
64 Santa Ana , CA 311,639
65 Cincinnati , OH 309,595
66 Irvine , CA 308,160
67 St. Paul , MN 307,762
68 Newark , NJ 307,188
69 Pittsburgh , PA 303,620
70 Greensboro , NC 298,564
71 St. Louis , MO 293,109
72 Lincoln , NE 291,932
73 Jersey City , NJ 289,691
74 Anchorage , AK 289,069
75 Durham , NC 288,465
76 Plano , TX 287,339
77 Chandler , AZ 278,123
78 Buffalo , NY 276,397
79 Madison , WI 275,568
80 Chula Vista , CA 275,030
81 Gilbert , AZ 271,118
82 North Las Vegas , NV 270,773
83 Reno , NV 268,959
84 Toledo , OH 268,461
85 Fort Wayne , IN 266,235
86 Lubbock , TX 261,078
87 St. Petersburg , FL 260,646
88 Laredo , TX 255,949
89 Irving , TX 255,036
90 Chesapeake , VA 251,153
91 Winston-Salem , NC 250,887
92 Glendale , AZ 250,193
93 Garland , TX 245,298
94 Scottsdale , AZ 242,169
95 Boise City , ID 235,701
96 Arlington , VA 235,463
97 Norfolk , VA 235,037
98 Enterprise , NV 232,043
99 Spokane , WA 229,228
100 Santa Clarita , CA 229,021

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify directly with the source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES.

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