Rank

City

State

Population in 2003

Change since 2000

1

New York

New York

8,085,742

77,464

2

Los Angeles

California

3,819,951

125,131

3

Chicago

Illinois

2,869,121

-26,895

4

Houston

Texas

2,009,690

56,059

5

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania

1,479,339

-38,211

6

Phoenix

Arizona

1,388,416

67,371

7

San Diego

California

1,266,753

43,353

8

San Antonio

Texas

1,214,725

70,079

9

Dallas

Texas

1,208,318

19,738

10

Detroit

Michigan

911,402

-39,868

11

San Jose

California

898,349

3,406

12

Indianapolis

Indiana

783,438

1,568

13

Jacksonville

Florida

773,781

38,164

14

San Francisco

California

751,682

-25,051

15

Columbus

Ohio

728,432

16,962

16

Austin

Texas

672,011

15,449

17

Memphis

Tennessee

645,978

-4,122

18

Baltimore

Maryland

628,670

-22,484

19

Milwaukee

Wisconsin

586,941

-10,033

20

Fort Worth

Texas

585,122

50,428

21

Charlotte

North Carolina

584,658

43,830

22

El Paso

Texas

584,113

20,451

23

Boston

Massachusetts

581,616

-7,525

24

Seattle

Washington

569,101

5,727

25

Washington

DC

563,384

-8,675

26

Denver

Colorado

557,478

2,842

27

Nashville-Davidson

Tennessee

544,765

-759

28

Portland

Oregon

538,544

9,423

29

Oklahoma

Oklahoma

523,303

17,171

30

Las Vegas

Nevada

517,017

38,583

31

Tucson

Arizona

507,658

20,959

32

Long Beach

California

475,460

13,938

33

Albuquerque

New Mexico

471,856

23,249

34

New Orleans

Louisiana

469,032

-15,642

35

Cleveland

Ohio

461,324

-17,079

36

Fresno

California

451,455

23,803

37

Sacramento

California

445,335

38,317

38

Kansas

Missouri

442,768

1,223

39

Virginia Beach

Virginia

439,467

14,210

40

Mesa

Arizona

432,376

36,001

41

Atlanta

Georgia

423,019

6,545

42

Omaha

Nebraska

404,267

14,260

43

Oakland

California

398,844

-640

44

Tulsa

Oklahoma

387,807

-5,242

45

Honolulu CDP

Hawaii

380,149

8,492

46

Miami

Florida

376,815

14,345

47

Minneapolis

Minnesota

373,188

-9,430

48

Colorado Springs

Colorado

370,448

9,558

49

Arlington

Texas

355,007

22,038

50

Wichita

Kansas

354,617

10,333

51

Santa Ana

California

342,510

4,533

52

Anaheim

California

332,361

4,347

53

St. Louis

Missouri

332,223

-15,966

54

Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania

325,337

-9,226

55

Tampa

Florida

317,647

14,200

56

Cincinnati

Ohio

317,361

-13,924

57

Raleigh

North Carolina

316,802

40,709

58

Toledo

Ohio

308,973

-4,646

59

Aurora

Colorado

290,418

14,025

60

Buffalo

New York

285,018

-7,630

61

Riverside

California

281,514

26,348

62

St. Paul

Minnesota

280,404

-6,747

63

Corpus Christi

Texas

279,208

1,754

64

Newark

New Jersey

277,911

4,365

65

Stockton

California

271,466

27,695

66

Bakersfield

California

271,035

23,978

67

Anchorage

Alaska

270,951

10,668

68

Lexington-Fayette

Kentucky

266,798

6,286

69

Louisville

Kentucky

248,762

-7,469

70

St. Petersburg

Florida

247,610

-622

71

Plano

Texas

241,991

19,961

72

Norfolk

Virginia

241,727

7,324

73

Jersey

New Jersey

239,097

-958

74

Birmingham

Alabama

236,620

-6,200

75

Lincoln

Nebraska

235,594

10,013

76

Glendale

Arizona

232,838

14,026

77

Greensboro

North Carolina

229,110

5,219

78

Hialeah

Florida

226,401

-18

79

Baton Rouge

Louisiana

225,090

-2,728

80

Fort Wayne

Indiana

219,495

13,768

81

Madison

Wisconsin

218,432

10,378

82

Garland

Texas

218,027

2,259

83

Scottsdale

Arizona

217,989

15,284

84

Rochester

New York

215,093

-4,680

85

Henderson

Nevada

214,852

39,471

86

Akron

Ohio