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Largest cities in United States

New York, United States has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 8,478,072 people (U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2024-12-31).

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United States cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-19

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1New York, United States8,478,072 people2026-08-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
2Los Angeles, United States3,869,089 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
3Chicago, United States2,731,585 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
4Houston, United States2,397,315 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
5Phoenix, United States1,665,481 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
6Philadelphia, United States1,574,281 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
7San Antonio, United States1,548,422 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
8San Diego, United States1,406,106 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
9Dallas, United States1,329,491 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
10Fort Worth, United States1,028,117 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
11Jacksonville, United States1,017,689 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
12Austin, United States1,002,632 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
13San Jose, United States989,814 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
14Charlotte, United States964,784 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
15Columbus, United States938,396 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
16San Francisco, United States826,079 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
17Seattle, United States784,777 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
18Denver, United States740,613 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
19Oklahoma City, United States719,849 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
20Washington, United States693,645 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
21El Paso, United States683,012 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
22Las Vegas, United States679,817 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
23Boston, United States672,973 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
24Detroit, United States649,095 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
25Portland, United States635,109 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
26Louisville, United States627,210 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
27Memphis, United States609,647 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
28Baltimore, United States569,997 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
29Milwaukee, United States562,407 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
30Albuquerque, United States556,588 people2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31

What the numbers say

  • New York, United States leads at 8,478,072 people.
  • Albuquerque, United States sits at the other end with 556,588 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 938,396 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 7,921,484 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in United States show?

New York, United States has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 8,478,072 people (U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2024-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation measured in people, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2023 and 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2023-12-31 to 2025-12-31
Last checked
2026-09-19
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Largest cities in United States [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1851503214bf32d0a2c76a364fe2f9dd]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-states-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-united-states_bc5a2cc3d42b,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in United States},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {1851503214bf32d0a2c76a364fe2f9dd},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-states-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · Checked 2026-08-05
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · Checked 2026-08-03
  3. ACS 2023 5-year (2019-2023), table B01003 Total Population, table-based summary fileU.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year · Checked 2026-09-19