2007 Census city numbers-125 largest cities in the US

[jimthemanincda]

125 largest cities in the US as of 7.1.06 according to the US Census Bureau:

The 125 most populous — based on July 1, 2006, estimates — and the change over six years:

City 2006 estimate 2006 rank 2000 rank Change 2000-06

New York 8,214,426 1 1 2.6%

Los Angeles 3,849,378 2 2 4.2%

Chicago 2,833,321 3 3 -2.2%

Houston 2,144,491 4 4 8.8%

Phoenix 1,512,986 5 6 14.5%

Philadelphia 1,448,394 6 5 -4.6%

San Antonio 1,296,682 7 9 11.8%

San Diego 1,256,951 8 7 2.7%

Dallas 1,232,940 9 8 3.7%

San Jose, Calif. 929,936 10 11 3.9%

Detroit 871,121 11 10 -8.4%

Jacksonville 794,555 12 14 8%

Indianapolis 785,597 13 12 0.5%

San Francisco 744,041 14 13 -4.2%

Columbus, Ohio 733,203 15 15 3%

Austin 709,893 16 17 7.6%

Memphis 670,902 17 16 -1.8%

Fort Worth 653,320 18 28 20.7%

Baltimore 631,366 19 18 -3%

Charlotte 630,478 20 22 11.2%

El Paso 609,415 21 23 8.1%

Boston 590,763 22 20 0.3%

Seattle 582,454 23 24 3.4%

Washington 581,530 24 21 1.7%

Milwaukee 573,358 25 19 -4%

Denver 566,974 26 25 2.4%

Louisville* 554,496 27 26 0.6%

Las Vegas 552,539 28 33 15.1%

Nashville-Davidson 552,120 29 27 1.2%

Oklahoma City 537,734 30 30 6.2%

Portland, Ore. 537,081 31 29 1.5%

Tucson 518,956 32 31 6.5%

Albuquerque 504,949 33 36 12.6%

Atlanta 486,411 34 40 16.8%

Long Beach 472,494 35 35 2.4%

Fresno 466,714 36 38 8.8%

Sacramento 453,781 37 41 11.5%

Mesa, Ariz. 447,541 38 43 12.5%

Kansas City, Mo. 447,306 39 37 1.3%

Cleveland 444,313 40 34 -6.9%

Virginia Beach 435,619 41 39 2.4%

Omaha 419,545 42 45 7.2%

Miami 404,048 43 48 11.5%

Oakland 397,067 44 42 -0.6%

Tulsa 382,872 45 44 -2.6%

Honolulu 377,357 46 47 1.5%

Minneapolis 372,833 47 46 -2.6%

Colorado Springs 372,437 48 49 3.1%

Arlington, Texas 367,197 49 54 10.2%

Wichita 357,698 50 50 1.8%

Raleigh, N.C. 356,321 51 61 25%

St. Louis 347,181 52 51 -0.3%

Santa Ana, Calif. 340,024 53 52 0.6%

Anaheim, Calif. 334,425 54 56 1.7%

Tampa 332,888 55 58 9.7%

Cincinnati 332,252 56 55 0.3%

Pittsburgh 312,819 57 53 -6.5%

Bakersfield, Calif. 308,392 58 71 26.7%

Aurora, Colo. 303,582 59 63 10%

Toledo, Ohio 298,446 60 57 -4.9%

Riverside, Calif. 293,761 61 67 14.9%

Stockton, Calif. 290,141 62 70 19%

Corpus Christi, Tex. 285,267 63 62 2.8%

Newark 281,402 64 64 3.3%

Anchorage 278,700 65 66 7.1%

Buffalo 276,059 66 59 -5.7%

St. Paul 273,535 67 60 -4.6%

Lexington-Fayette, Ky. 270,789 68 65 3.9%

Plano, Tex. 255,009 69 79 14.9%

Fort Wayne, Ind. 248,637 70 68 -0.6%

St. Petersburg, Fla. 248,098 71 69 -0.1%

Glendale, Ariz. 246,531 72 81 12.7%

Jersey City 241,789 73 73 0.7%

Lincoln, Neb. 241,167 74 78 6.5%

Henderson, Nev. 240,614 75 117 37.2%

Chandler, Ariz. 240,595 76 116 35.9%

Greensboro, N.C. 236,865 77 77 4.6%

Scottsdale, Ariz. 231,127 78 86 14.1%

Baton Rouge 229,553 79 75 0.7%

Birmingham, Ala. 229,424 80 72 -5.4%

Norfolk, Va. 229,112 81 74 -2.3%

Madison, Wis. 223,389 82 84 6.8%

New Orleans 223,388 83 32 -53.9%

Chesapeake, Va. 220,560 84 91 10.7%

Orlando 220,186 85 101 14.5%

Garland, Texas 217,963 86 83 1%

Hialeah, Fla. 217,141 87 76 -4.1%

Laredo, Texas 215,484 88 115 21.3%

Chula Vista, Calif. 212,756 89 122 22.6%

Lubbock, Texas 212,169 90 89 6.2%

Reno 210,255 91 111 14.8%

Akron, Ohio 209,704 92 82 -3.4%

Durham, N.C. 209,009 93 106 11.3%

Rochester, N.Y. 208,123 94 80 -5.3%

Modesto, Calif. 205,721 95 105 9%

Montgomery, Ala. 201,998 96 87 0.1%

Fremont, Calif. 201,691 97 85 -0.8%

Shreveport, La. 200,199 98 88 -0.3%

Arlington, Va. 199,776 99 104 5.5%

Glendale, Calif. 199,463 100 98 2.3%

San Bernardino, Calif. 198,985 101 108 7%

Boise 198,638 102 99 1.9%

Spokane, Wash. 198,081 103 95 0.6%

Yonkers, N.Y. 197,852 104 96 0.9%

North Las Vegas, Nev. 197,567 105 195 71.1%

Winston-Salem, N.C. 196,990 106 109 6%

Tacoma, Wash. 196,532 107 100 1.5%

Irving, Texas 196,084 108 102 2.3%

Huntinghton Beach, Calif. 194,436 109 103 2.5%

Irvine, Calif. 193,956 110 146 34.6%

Des Moines 193,886 111 92 -2.5%

Grand Rapids, Mich. 193,083 112 94 -2.4%

Richmond, Va. 192,913 113 93 -2.6%

Mobile, Ala. 192,830 114 90 -3.2%

Gilbert, Ariz. 191,517 115 207 73.9%

Augusta, Ga.** 189,366 116 97 -3%

Columbus, Ga. 188,660 117 107 1.3%

Fort Lauderdale 185,804 118 124 8.9%

Amarillo, Texas 185,525 119 121 6.9%

Oxnard, Calif. 184,463 120 125 8.1%

Little Rock 184,422 121 112 0.7%

Moreno Valley, Calif. 183,571 122 150 28.9%

Knoxville, Tenn. 182,337 123 118 4%

Salt Lake City 178,858 124 113 -1.6%

Newport News, Va. 178,281 125 114 -1.3%


* — Also includes Jefferson County, Ky. ** — Also includes Richmond County, Ga.

Source: Analysis of Census Bureau estimates by Paul Overberg, USA TODAY.

[bobdreamz]

Florida Cities

City / Population / % +/-

Jacksonville 794,555 14 8%+
Miami 404,048 11.5%+
Tampa 332,888 9.7%+
St. Petersburg, Fla. 248,098 -0.1%
Orlando 220,186 14.5%+
Hialeah, Fla. 217,141 -4.1%
Fort Lauderdale 185,804 8.9%+

interesting list for Florida and it's nice to see Miami finally break through 400,000 for the first time. The city now has a estimated density of 11,544 people per sq. mile.

thanks for posting this list jim!

[jimthemanincda]

This link has all of the city population numbers: http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/SUB-EST2006-4.html

[soonermeteor]

New Orleans 223,388 83 32 -53.9%

Its too bad New Orleans probably dropped below 10 or more sprawlburbs.

[Red UM Rebel]

It always shocks me that Atlanta is so far lower than Memphis. Memphis does not nearly have the size downtown that Atlanta does.

[tennreb]

Memphis doesn't have the downtown skyscrapers like Atlanta does, but it's downtown is much, much better. Far more people live in downtown Memphis. Atlanta has more skyscrapers downtown because its metro area is nearly five times the size of Memphis'.

[Red UM Rebel]

You would be hard pressed to have me believe that Memphis's downtown is even close to better than Atlanta's, definately with all the revitalization going on in Atlanta. Atlanta's has better shopping, entertainment, the largest aquarium in the world (i believe), a new coke museum and has hosted the olymipics. Metro Atlanta is like 8,000 square miles and contains five million, but really there is just not many places to live in Atlanta proper. I was just saying the difference is shocking

[Lakelander]

Originally Posted by bobdreamz

Florida Cities

City / Population / % +/-

Jacksonville 794,555 14 8%+
Miami 404,048 11.5%+
Tampa 332,888 9.7%+
St. Petersburg, Fla. 248,098 -0.1%
Orlando 220,186 14.5%+
Hialeah, Fla. 217,141 -4.1%
Fort Lauderdale 185,804 8.9%+

interesting list for Florida and it's nice to see Miami finally break through 400,000 for the first time. The city now has a estimated density of 11,544 people per sq. mile.

thanks for posting this list jim!

Interesting list indeed. Any reason why Miami is rapidly growing, while neighboring Hialeah's population is dropping?

[bobdreamz]

^ Lakelander not sure why Hialeah keeps losing population but it's down from a high of 229,000+ in 2000. The traffic there is one of the worst in Dade County. Miami's highrise boom maybe be the reason for it's current growth as more people prefer to be closer to the city & the beaches.

[brickell]

The Hialeah numbers are interesting and there are 3 things that come to mind.
1) It's an industrial/manufacturing city. It doesn't get the same press as others, but those jobs and factories are being shipped out just like everywhere else.
2) Homestead. One of the fastest growing cities. It's new, suburban and clean. Lots of things that Hialeah isn't.
3) In it's own way, it's gentrifying and losing some of the staggering density it once had. I've seen it in parts where they'll replace a home that's been illegally divided 5 or 6 times with a standard duplex.

These are just quick guesses, and it may be a combination of them all or none it all, but something to explore.

[LMich]

I think you're number three really hits it on the head. I'd imagine the city is getting wealthier, and generally the higher you get up the income ladder the less children you have. I'd always assumed Hialeah's incredibly high density (for the US) could be ascribed to it being a magnate for immigrants with big households, and that the decline can simply be attributed to the population moving up the economic ladder.

[Atlriser]

Originally Posted by Red UM Rebel

You would be hard pressed to have me believe that Memphis's downtown is even close to better than Atlanta's, definately with all the revitalization going on in Atlanta. Atlanta's has better shopping, entertainment, the largest aquarium in the world (i believe), a new coke museum and has hosted the olymipics. Metro Atlanta is like 8,000 square miles and contains five million, but really there is just not many places to live in Atlanta proper. I was just saying the difference is shocking

Living in downtown ATL for 6 years now 5 blocks from Turner Field, I'd argue there are GREAT places to live intown. Why do you think the city proper has added over 80,000 people in the past 6 years alone with only Ft. Worth outgrowing Atlanta in the top 50 cities percentage wise. Memphis is a beautiful city but Red UM is right....Atlanta offers far more IMO not to stir anyone's pot though.

The population of intown Atlanta is growing amazingly fast and for the first time since the 1970's the number of housing permits within the city of Atlanta exceeded every other county out of the 28 that make up Atlanta over the past 2 years. Hell the city alone added over 16,000 people in the past year accelerating faster than since the trend began in 2000 with no signs of a slowdown right now in this trend toward intown living.

[sirkingwilliam]

At current rates SA will move ahead of Philly by 2010.

[dante2308]

Atlanta is growing faster than Las Vegas and Phoenix? Interesting indeed. By the way, who said that Memphis has a better downtown than Atlanta needs a talking to. How do the two even compare? Farlie Poplar is almost better than downtown Memphis...

[Trae]

Originally Posted by dante2308

Atlanta is growing faster than Las Vegas and Phoenix? Interesting indeed. By the way, who said that Memphis has a better downtown than Atlanta needs a talking to. How do the two even compare? Farlie Poplar is almost better than downtown Memphis...

Damn...

[dante2308]

Sigh, maybe that was a slight exaggeration, but the hard facts have the Atlanta Downtown population at over 30,000 and Memphis at under 28.000. Why even compare the two though?

[LMich]

The Central Atlanta Progress organization gave downtown Atlanta a population of 23,300 as of 2006, with 36,600 by 2008, which seems like a bit much unless this includes adding additional areas to the 'downtown'.

Central Atlanta Progress Residential Report

I have no idea what the boundaries are, though, but they must be pretty expansive. Are there any official boundaries for 'downtown' Atlanta, BTW? I've always wondered.

Downtown Memphis currently has 28,000 in its downtown, which only includes 6.5 square miles.

Downtown Memphis

[dante2308]

Well, I saw that as well, but that report was from early 2006 and if you look more throughly at the internet, you will see reports with higher stated numbers for downtown with some as higher than 28,000 for the 2000 count.

The 23,000/36,600 numbers were for the only 4 square mile definition of downtown though I am not sure which four square miles that refers to. In either case, it was a smaller area than the area defined in the Memphis report.

Atlanta's Downtown Homepage

One reason for the jump, though, may be the new Georgia State housing. In any case, Memphis only has one central distract that I know of and Atlanta's definition of 'downtown' is constrained by Midtown to the north. Regardless, it seems that there is no one who can say that Memphis has many more people living downtown than Atlanta and there is no one who can say that he daytime population of downtown Memphis is anywhere near that of downtown Atlanta.

[LMich]

Yep, before I logged back on here today I did some research and found that the area they are talking about is actually only about 4 square miles. The area they refer to is bound by North Avenue on the north, Boulevard to the east, the I-20 to the south, and Northside Drive to the west, and includes the core and a few core-city neighborhoods.

BTW, the boundaries for the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (ADID), just the core, are 1.2 square miles, but they don't have any population data for that.

[lmcm1990]

Miami's sure to grow.