- Jul 5, 2001
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The southern cities are growing like weeds. Houston is just keeps creeping up on Chicago for 3rd place. Has your city gained or lost population? Mine lost...
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The 75 most populous cities ? based on July 1, 2007, estimates ? and the change over seven years:
2007 pop. % chng. 2000-07 2007 rank 2000 rank
New York 8,274,527 3.3% 1 1
Los Angeles 3,834,340 3.8% 2 2
Chicago 2,836,658 -2.1% 3 3
Houston 2,208,180 11.8% 4 4
Phoenix 1,552,259 17.4% 5 6
Philadelphia 1,449,634 -4.5% 6 5
San Antonio 1,328,984 14.6% 7 9
San Diego 1,266,731 3.5% 8 7
Dallas 1,240,499 4.4% 9 8
San Jose 939,899 4.9% 10 11
Detroit 916,952 -3.6% 11 10
Jacksonville 805,605 9.5% 12 14
Indianapolis 795,458 1.7% 13 12
San Francisco 764,976 -1.5% 14 13
Columbus, Ohio 747,755 4.9% 15 15
Austin 743,074 12.6% 16 17
Fort Worth 681,818 25.9% 17 28
Memphis 674,028 -2.4% 18 16
Charlotte 671,588 18.5% 19 22
Baltimore 637,455 -2.1% 20 18
El Paso 606,913 7.6% 21 23
Milwaukee 602,191 0.9% 22 19
Boston 599,351 1.7% 23 20
Seattle 594,210 5.5% 24 24
Nashville- Davidson, Tenn. 590,807 8.3% 25 27
Denver 588,349 6.3% 26 25
Washington 588,292 2.8% 27 21
Las Vegas 558,880 16.4% 28 33
Louisville-Jefferson, Ky. 557,789 1.2% 29 26
Portland, Ore. 550,396 4.0% 30 29
Oklahoma City 547,274 8.1% 31 30
Tucson 525,529 7.8% 32 31
Atlanta 519,145 24.2% 33 40
Albuquerque 518,271 15.3% 34 36
Fresno 470,508 9.5% 35 38
Long Beach 466,520 1.1% 36 35
Sacramento 460,242 13.1% 37 41
Mesa, Ariz. 452,933 13.8% 38 43
Kansas City, Mo. 450,375 2.0% 39 37
Cleveland 438,042 -8.3% 40 34
Virginia Beach 434,743 2.2% 41 39
Omaha 424,482 8.5% 42 45
Miami 409,719 13.0% 43 48
Oakland 401,489 0.5% 44 42
Tulsa 384,037 -2.3% 45 44
Minneapolis 377,392 -1.4% 46 46
Colorado Springs 376,427 4.2% 47 49
Raleigh, N.C. 375,806 31.6% 48 61
Honolulu 375,571 1.1% 49 47
Arlington, Texas 371,038 11.4% 50 54
Wichita 361,420 2.7% 51 50
St. Louis 350,759 0.7% 52 51
Santa Ana, Calif. 339,555 0.5% 53 52
Tampa 336,823 11.0% 54 58
Anaheim, Calif. 333,249 1.4% 55 56
Cincinnati 332,458 0.4% 56 55
Bakersfield, Calif. 315,837 29.6% 57 70
Aurora, Colo. 311,794 12.8% 58 63
Pittsburgh 311,218 -7.0% 59 53
Toledo, Ohio 295,029 -6.0% 60 57
Riverside, Calif. 294,437 15.1% 61 67
Stockton, Calif. 287,245 18.1% 62 71
Corpus Christi, Texas 285,507 2.9% 63 62
Newark 280,135 2.8% 64 64
Anchorage 279,671 7.4% 65 66
Lexington-Fayette, Ky. 279,044 7.1% 66 65
St. Paul 277,251 -3.3% 67 60
Buffalo 272,632 -6.8% 68 59
Plano, Texas 260,796 17.3% 69 79
Glendale, Ariz. 253,152 15.2% 70 81
Fort Wayne, Ind. 251,247 -0.2% 71 68
Henderson, Nev. 249,386 42.3% 72 119
Lincoln, Neb. 248,744 9.9% 73 78
Greensboro, N.C. 247,183 8.2% 74 76
St. Petersburg, Fla. 246,407 -0.8% 75 69
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The 75 most populous cities ? based on July 1, 2007, estimates ? and the change over seven years:
2007 pop. % chng. 2000-07 2007 rank 2000 rank
New York 8,274,527 3.3% 1 1
Los Angeles 3,834,340 3.8% 2 2
Chicago 2,836,658 -2.1% 3 3
Houston 2,208,180 11.8% 4 4
Phoenix 1,552,259 17.4% 5 6
Philadelphia 1,449,634 -4.5% 6 5
San Antonio 1,328,984 14.6% 7 9
San Diego 1,266,731 3.5% 8 7
Dallas 1,240,499 4.4% 9 8
San Jose 939,899 4.9% 10 11
Detroit 916,952 -3.6% 11 10
Jacksonville 805,605 9.5% 12 14
Indianapolis 795,458 1.7% 13 12
San Francisco 764,976 -1.5% 14 13
Columbus, Ohio 747,755 4.9% 15 15
Austin 743,074 12.6% 16 17
Fort Worth 681,818 25.9% 17 28
Memphis 674,028 -2.4% 18 16
Charlotte 671,588 18.5% 19 22
Baltimore 637,455 -2.1% 20 18
El Paso 606,913 7.6% 21 23
Milwaukee 602,191 0.9% 22 19
Boston 599,351 1.7% 23 20
Seattle 594,210 5.5% 24 24
Nashville- Davidson, Tenn. 590,807 8.3% 25 27
Denver 588,349 6.3% 26 25
Washington 588,292 2.8% 27 21
Las Vegas 558,880 16.4% 28 33
Louisville-Jefferson, Ky. 557,789 1.2% 29 26
Portland, Ore. 550,396 4.0% 30 29
Oklahoma City 547,274 8.1% 31 30
Tucson 525,529 7.8% 32 31
Atlanta 519,145 24.2% 33 40
Albuquerque 518,271 15.3% 34 36
Fresno 470,508 9.5% 35 38
Long Beach 466,520 1.1% 36 35
Sacramento 460,242 13.1% 37 41
Mesa, Ariz. 452,933 13.8% 38 43
Kansas City, Mo. 450,375 2.0% 39 37
Cleveland 438,042 -8.3% 40 34
Virginia Beach 434,743 2.2% 41 39
Omaha 424,482 8.5% 42 45
Miami 409,719 13.0% 43 48
Oakland 401,489 0.5% 44 42
Tulsa 384,037 -2.3% 45 44
Minneapolis 377,392 -1.4% 46 46
Colorado Springs 376,427 4.2% 47 49
Raleigh, N.C. 375,806 31.6% 48 61
Honolulu 375,571 1.1% 49 47
Arlington, Texas 371,038 11.4% 50 54
Wichita 361,420 2.7% 51 50
St. Louis 350,759 0.7% 52 51
Santa Ana, Calif. 339,555 0.5% 53 52
Tampa 336,823 11.0% 54 58
Anaheim, Calif. 333,249 1.4% 55 56
Cincinnati 332,458 0.4% 56 55
Bakersfield, Calif. 315,837 29.6% 57 70
Aurora, Colo. 311,794 12.8% 58 63
Pittsburgh 311,218 -7.0% 59 53
Toledo, Ohio 295,029 -6.0% 60 57
Riverside, Calif. 294,437 15.1% 61 67
Stockton, Calif. 287,245 18.1% 62 71
Corpus Christi, Texas 285,507 2.9% 63 62
Newark 280,135 2.8% 64 64
Anchorage 279,671 7.4% 65 66
Lexington-Fayette, Ky. 279,044 7.1% 66 65
St. Paul 277,251 -3.3% 67 60
Buffalo 272,632 -6.8% 68 59
Plano, Texas 260,796 17.3% 69 79
Glendale, Ariz. 253,152 15.2% 70 81
Fort Wayne, Ind. 251,247 -0.2% 71 68
Henderson, Nev. 249,386 42.3% 72 119
Lincoln, Neb. 248,744 9.9% 73 78
Greensboro, N.C. 247,183 8.2% 74 76
St. Petersburg, Fla. 246,407 -0.8% 75 69
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