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This is a list of the most populous incorporated places of the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and municipalities. [lower-alpha 1] A few exceptional census-designated places (CDPs) are also included in the Census Bureau's listing of incorporated places. [lower-alpha 2] Consolidated city-counties represent a distinct type of government that includes the entire population of a county, or county equivalent. Some consolidated city-counties, however, include multiple incorporated places. This list presents only the portion of such consolidated city-counties that are not a part of another incorporated place.
This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits; the populations of other municipalities considered suburbs of a central city are listed separately, and unincorporated areas within urban agglomerations are not included. Therefore, a different ranking is evident when considering U.S. urban areas or metropolitan areas.
This table lists the 336 incorporated places in the United States, excluding the U.S. territories, with a population of at least 100,000 as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau. Five states have no cities with populations exceeding 100,000. They are: Delaware, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
The table displays:
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The total 2020 enumerated population of all cities over 100,000 is 96,598,047, representing 29.14% of the United States population (excluding territories) and covering a total land area of 29,588 square miles (76,630 km2). The mean city population is 301,765, and the mean density is 4,151 inhabitants per square mile (1,603/km2).
Population | Number of municipal governments |
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1,000,000+ | 9 |
700,000–999,999 | 11 |
500,000–699,999 | 18 |
400,000–499,999 | 11 |
300,000–399,999 | 20 |
200,000–299,999 | 55 |
100,000–199,999 | 212 |
Total | 336 |
State | Number of listed cities |
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California | 74 |
Texas | 42 |
Florida | 23 |
Arizona | 13 |
Colorado | 12 |
North Carolina | 10 |
Massachusetts, Washington | 9 |
Georgia, Illinois, Virginia | 8 |
Michigan, New Jersey | 7 |
Missouri, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee | 6 |
Alabama, Connecticut, Kansas, Nevada, Utah | 5 |
Louisiana, Oklahoma | 4 |
Iowa, Idaho, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Wisconsin | 3 |
Arkansas, Kentucky, Nebraska | 2 |
Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota | 1 |
Delaware, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming | 0 |
The following table lists the five municipalities (municipios) of Puerto Rico with a population greater than 100,000 on July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.
If Puerto Rico were included with the broader U.S. list, San Juan would be the 58th largest city in the country.
The table below contains the following information:
Municipio | 2023 estimate | 2020 census | Change | 2020 land area | 2020 density | Location | ||
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San Juan | 333,005 | 342,259 | −2.70% | 39.8 sq mi | 103.1 km2 | 8,599/sq mi | 3,320/km2 | 18°24′N66°04′W / 18.40°N 66.06°W |
Bayamón | 180,835 | 185,187 | −2.35% | 27.0 sq mi | 69.9 km2 | 6,859/sq mi | 2,648/km2 | 18°23′N66°10′W / 18.38°N 66.16°W |
Carolina | 150,843 | 154,815 | −2.57% | 20.7 sq mi | 53.6 km2 | 7,479/sq mi | 2,888/km2 | 18°25′N65°59′W / 18.41°N 65.98°W |
Ponce | 130,251 | 137,491 | −5.27% | 28.4 sq mi | 73.6 km2 | 4,841/sq mi | 1,869/km2 | 18°00′N66°37′W / 18.00°N 66.62°W |
Caguas | 124,608 | 127,244 | −2.07% | 10.9 sq mi | 28.2 km2 | 11,674/sq mi | 4,507/km2 | 18°14′N66°02′W / 18.23°N 66.04°W |
As of 2023 [update] , four U.S. territories — American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands — have no cities with at least 100,000 people. [4]
The following table lists U.S. census-designated places (CDPs) with populations of at least 100,000 according to the 2020 census. A CDP is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages. CDPs are populated areas that lack separate municipal government, but which otherwise physically resemble incorporated places. Unlike the incorporated cities in the main list, the US Census Bureau does not release annual population estimates for CDPs.
The table below contains the following information:
Census- designated place | ST | 2020 census | 2010 census | Change | 2020 land area | 2020 density | Location | ||
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Arlington | VA | 238,643 | 207,627 | +14.94% | 26.0 | 67.340 | 9,179 | 3,544 | 38°53′N77°06′W / 38.88°N 77.10°W |
Enterprise | NV | 221,831 | 108,481 | +104.49% | 66.0 | 170.939 | 3,361 | 1,298 | 36°01′N115°14′W / 36.01°N 115.23°W |
Spring Valley | NV | 215,597 | 178,395 | +20.85% | 35.5 | 91.945 | 6,073 | 2,345 | 36°06′N115°16′W / 36.10°N 115.26°W |
Sunrise Manor | NV | 205,618 | 189,372 | +8.58% | 33.7 | 87.283 | 6,101 | 2,356 | 36°11′N115°03′W / 36.18°N 115.05°W |
Paradise | NV | 191,238 | 223,167 | −14.31% | 42.4 | 109.815 | 4,510 | 1,740 | 36°05′N115°08′W / 36.09°N 115.14°W |
Metairie | LA | 143,507 | 138,481 | +3.63% | 23.3 | 60.347 | 6,159 | 2,378 | 30°00′N90°11′W / 30.00°N 90.18°W |
East Los Angeles | CA | 118,786 | 126,496 | −6.10% | 7.5 | 19.425 | 15,838 | 6,115 | 34°02′N118°10′W / 34.03°N 118.17°W |
Brandon | FL | 114,626 | 103,483 | +10.77% | 33.1 | 85.729 | 3,463 | 1,337 | 27°56′N82°18′W / 27.94°N 82.30°W |
The Woodlands | TX | 114,436 | 93,847 | +21.94% | 43.3 | 112.146 | 2,643 | 1,020 | 30°10′N95°31′W / 30.17°N 95.51°W |
Lehigh Acres | FL | 114,287 | 86,784 | +31.69% | 92.7 | 240.092 | 1,233 | 476 | 26°37′N81°38′W / 26.61°N 81.64°W |
Spring Hill | FL | 113,568 | 98,621 | +15.16% | 59.9 | 155.140 | 1,896 | 732 | 28°29′N82°32′W / 28.48°N 82.53°W |
Riverview | FL | 107,396 | 71,050 | +51.16% | 46.2 | 119.657 | 2,325 | 898 | 27°49′N82°18′W / 27.82°N 82.30°W |
Columbia | MD | 104,681 | 99,615 | +5.09% | 31.9 | 82.621 | 3,282 | 1,267 | 39°12′N76°52′W / 39.20°N 76.86°W |
Highlands Ranch | CO | 103,444 | 96,713 | +6.96% | 24.3 | 62.937 | 4,257 | 1,644 | 39°32′N104°58′W / 39.54°N 104.97°W |
The following table lists U.S. cities that, in past censuses, have had populations of at least 100,000 but have since decreased beneath this threshold or have been consolidated with or annexed into a neighboring city. [1]
City | ST | 2023 estimate | Peak population | % decline from peak | Peak year | |
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Allegheny | PA | NA | 129,896 | NA | 1907 | [lower-alpha 26] |
Brooklyn | NY | NA | 806,343 | NA | 1898 | [lower-alpha 27] |
Camden | NJ | 71,100 | 124,555 | −42.92% | 1950 | |
Canton | OH | 69,197 | 116,912 | −40.81% | 1950 | |
Citrus Heights | CA | 86,239 | 107,439 | −19.73% | 1990 | |
Daly City | CA | 99,833 | 104,901 | −4.83% | 2020 | |
Duluth | MN | 87,680 | 107,312 | −18.29% | 1960 | |
Erie | PA | 92,957 | 138,440 | −32.85% | 1960 | |
Fall River | MA | 93,840 | 120,485 | −22.11% | 1920 | |
Federal Way | WA | 97,701 | 101,030 | −3.30% | 2020 | |
Flint | MI | 79,661 | 196,940 | −59.55% | 1960 | |
Gary | IN | 67,652 | 178,320 | −62.06% | 1960 | |
Hammond | IN | 76,193 | 111,698 | −31.79% | 1960 | |
Livonia | MI | 92,185 | 110,109 | −16.28% | 1970 | |
Niagara Falls | NY | 47,599 | 102,394 | −53.51% | 1960 | |
Norwalk | CA | 98,078 | 105,549 | −7.08% | 2010 | |
Parma | OH | 78,951 | 100,216 | −21.22% | 1970 | |
Portsmouth | VA | 96,793 | 114,773 | −15.67% | 1960 | |
Reading | PA | 94,903 | 111,171 | −14.63% | 1930 | |
Roanoke | VA | 97,171 | 100,220 | −3.04% | 1980 | |
Scranton | PA | 75,805 | 143,333 | −47.11% | 1930 | |
Somerville | MA | 80,407 | 103,908 | −22.62% | 1930 | |
St. Joseph | MO | 70,634 | 102,979 | −31.41% | 1900 | [lower-alpha 28] |
Trenton | NJ | 89,620 | 128,009 | −29.99% | 1950 | |
Utica | NY | 63,607 | 101,740 | −37.48% | 1930 | |
Wilmington | DE | 71,675 | 112,504 | −36.29% | 1940 | |
Youngstown | OH | 59,108 | 170,002 | −65.23% | 1930 |
In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state or other territories of the United States which consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The term "county" is used in 48 states, while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called parishes and boroughs, respectively. The specific governmental powers of counties vary widely between the states, with many providing some level of services to civil townships, municipalities, and unincorporated areas. Certain municipalities are in multiple counties; New York City is uniquely partitioned into five counties, referred to at the city government level as boroughs. Some municipalities have been consolidated with their county government to form consolidated city-counties, or have been legally separated from counties altogether to form independent cities. Conversely, counties in Connecticut, Rhode Island, eight of Massachusetts's 14 counties, and Alaska's Unorganized Borough have no government power, existing only as geographic distinctions.
The municipalities of Puerto Rico are the second-level administrative divisions in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. There are 78 such administrative divisions covering all 78 incorporated towns and cities. Each municipality is led by a mayor and divided into barrios, third-level administrative divisions, though the latter are not vested with any political authority. Every municipality is governed as stated by the Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991, which establishes that every municipality must have an elected strong mayor with a municipal legislature as the form of government. Each legislature must be unicameral, with the number of members related to adequate representation of the total population of the municipality. In contrast to other jurisdictions, both the mayors and the municipal legislators are elected on the same date and for the same term of four years in office.
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada.
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
Most U.S. states and territories have at least two tiers of local government: counties and municipalities. Louisiana uses the term parish and Alaska uses the term borough for what the U.S. Census Bureau terms county equivalents in those states. Civil townships or towns are used as subdivisions of a county in 20 states, mostly in the Northeast and Midwest.
The town is the basic unit of local government and local division of state authority in the six New England states. Most other U.S. states lack a direct counterpart to the New England town. New England towns overlay the entire area of a state, similar to civil townships in other states where they exist, but they are fully functioning municipal corporations, possessing powers similar to cities and counties in other states. New Jersey's system of equally powerful townships, boroughs, towns, and cities is the system which is most similar to that of New England. New England towns are often governed by a town meeting, an assembly of eligible town residents. The great majority of municipal corporations in New England are based on the town model; there, statutory forms based on the concept of a compact populated place are uncommon, though elsewhere in the U.S. they are prevalent. County government in New England states is typically weak, and in some states nonexistent. Connecticut, for example, has no county governments, nor does Rhode Island. Both of those states retain counties only as geographic subdivisions with no governmental authority, while Massachusetts has abolished eight of fourteen county governments so far. Counties serve mostly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems and some other state services in the southern New England states while providing varying services in the more sparsely populated three northern New England states.
The United States Census Bureau defines a place as a concentration of population which has a name, is locally recognized, and is not part of any other place. A place typically has a residential nucleus and a closely spaced street pattern, and it frequently includes commercial property and other urban land uses. A place may be an incorporated place or it may be a census-designated place (CDP). Incorporated places are defined by the laws of the states in which they are contained. The Census Bureau delineates CDPs. A small settlement in the open countryside or the densely settled fringe of a large city may not be a place as defined by the Census Bureau. As of the 1990 census, 26% of the people in the United States lived outside of places.