US Cities Larger than 100,000
(Municipalities)
Population: 1996

Source: US Census Bureau (18 Nov. 1997)

City, STATE 1990 1996 Change % Change Rank 1996 Rank 1990
Birmingham city, AL 265,347 258,543 (6,804) -2.6% 60 63
Huntsville city, AL 159,880 170,424 10,544 6.6% 110 111
Mobile city, AL 196,263 202,581 6,318 3.2% 79 79
Montgomery city, AL 190,350 196,363 6,013 3.2% 84 82
Anchorage city, AK 226,338 250,505 24,167 10.7% 69 66
Chandler city, AZ 89,862 142,918 53,056 59.0% 210 134
Glendale city, AZ 147,864 182,219 34,355 23.2% 119 100
Mesa city, AZ 289,199 344,764 55,565 19.2% 53 51
Phoenix city, AZ 984,310 1,159,014 174,704 17.7% 9 7
Scottsdale city, AZ 130,075 179,012 48,937 37.6% 140 102
Tempe city, AZ 141,993 162,701 20,708 14.6% 123 116
Tucson city, AZ 411,480 449,002 37,522 9.1% 34 31
Little Rock city, AR 175,727 175,752 25 0.0% 98 106
Anaheim city, CA 266,406 288,945 22,539 8.5% 59 57
Bakersfield city, CA 176,264 205,508 29,244 16.6% 97 77
Berkeley city, CA 102,724 103,243 519 0.5% 192 206
Chula Vista city, CA 135,160 151,963 16,803 12.4% 132 122
Concord city, CA 111,308 114,850 3,542 3.2% 165 172
Corona city, CA 75,943 100,208 24,265 32.0% 216 217
Costa Mesa city, CA 96,357 100,938 4,581 4.8% 206 214
El Monte city, CA 106,162 110,026 3,864 3.6% 184 188
Escondido city, CA 108,648 116,184 7,536 6.9% 178 170
Fontana city, CA 87,535 104,124 16,589 19.0% 211 203
Fremont city, CA 173,339 187,800 14,461 8.3% 99 94
Fresno city, CA 354,091 396,011 41,920 11.8% 47 39
Fullerton city, CA 114,144 120,188 6,044 5.3% 159 163
Garden Grove city, CA 142,965 149,208 6,243 4.4% 121 129
Glendale city, CA 180,038 184,321 4,283 2.4% 93 97
Hayward city, CA 114,705 121,631 6,926 6.0% 157 162
Huntington Beach city, CA 181,519 190,751 9,232 5.1% 91 90
Inglewood city, CA 109,602 111,040 1,438 1.3% 172 183
Irvine city, CA 110,330 127,873 17,543 15.9% 169 152
Lancaster city, CA 97,300 115,675 18,375 18.9% 204 171
Long Beach city, CA 429,321 421,904 (7,417) -1.7% 32 36
Los Angeles city, CA 3,485,557 3,553,638 68,081 2.0% 2 2
Modesto city, CA 164,746 178,559 13,813 8.4% 105 103
Moreno Valley city, CA 118,779 140,932 22,153 18.7% 153 136
Norwalk city, CA 94,279 100,209 5,930 6.3% 209 216
Oakland city, CA 372,242 367,230 (5,012) -1.3% 40 43
Oceanside city, CA 128,090 145,941 17,851 13.9% 141 130
Ontario city, CA 133,179 144,854 11,675 8.8% 135 131
Orange city, CA 110,658 119,890 9,232 8.3% 168 164
Oxnard city, CA 142,560 151,009 8,449 5.9% 122 124
Palmdale city, CA 70,262 106,540 36,278 51.6% 217 196
Pasadena city, CA 131,586 134,116 2,530 1.9% 138 146
Pomona city, CA 131,700 134,706 3,006 2.3% 137 145
Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 101,409 116,613 15,204 15.0% 195 168
Riverside city, CA 226,546 255,069 28,523 12.6% 68 64
Sacramento city, CA 369,365 376,243 6,878 1.9% 42 42
Salinas city, CA 108,777 111,757 2,980 2.7% 175 181
San Bernardino city, CA 170,036 183,474 13,438 7.9% 102 98
San Diego city, CA 1,110,623 1,171,121 60,498 5.4% 6 6
San Francisco city, CA 723,959 735,315 11,356 1.6% 14 13
San Jose city, CA 782,224 838,744 56,520 7.2% 11 11
Santa Ana city, CA 293,827 302,419 8,592 2.9% 52 55
Santa Clarita city, CA 120,050 125,153 5,103 4.3% 150 155
Santa Rosa city, CA 113,261 121,879 8,618 7.6% 161 161
Simi Valley city, CA 100,218 106,974 6,756 6.7% 198 195
Stockton city, CA 210,943 232,660 21,717 10.3% 75 71
Sunnyvale city, CA 117,324 125,156 7,832 6.7% 155 154
Thousand Oaks city, CA 104,381 113,368 8,987 8.6% 188 174
Torrance city, CA 133,107 136,183 3,076 2.3% 136 142
Vallejo city, CA 109,199 109,593 394 0.4% 173 189
West Covina city, CA 96,226 101,526 5,300 5.5% 208 210
Aurora city, CO 222,103 252,341 30,238 13.6% 72 65
Colorado Springs city, CO 280,430 345,127 64,697 23.1% 54 50
Denver city, CO 467,610 497,840 30,230 6.5% 27 26
Fort Collins city, CO 87,491 104,196 16,705 19.1% 212 202
Lakewood city, CO 126,475 134,999 8,524 6.7% 145 143
Bridgeport city, CT 141,686 137,990 (3,696) -2.6% 125 139
Hartford city, CT 139,739 133,086 (6,653) -4.8% 129 147
New Haven city, CT 130,474 124,665 (5,809) -4.5% 139 156
Stamford city, CT 108,056 110,056 2,000 1.9% 179 187
Waterbury city, CT 108,961 106,412 (2,549) -2.3% 174 197
Washington city, DC 606,900 543,213 (63,687) -10.5% 19 21
Clearwater city, FL 98,669 100,132 1,463 1.5% 203 219
Coral Springs city, FL 78,864 105,275 26,411 33.5% 215 198
Fort Lauderdale city, FL 149,238 151,805 2,567 1.7% 118 123
Hialeah city, FL 188,008 204,684 16,676 8.9% 87 78
Hollywood city, FL 121,720 127,894 6,174 5.1% 149 151
Jacksonville city (remainder), FL 635,230 679,792 44,562 7.0% 15 14
Miami city, FL 358,648 365,127 6,479 1.8% 46 44
Orlando city, FL 164,674 173,902 9,228 5.6% 106 108
Pembroke Pines city, FL 65,566 100,662 35,096 53.5% 218 215
St. Petersburg city, FL 240,318 235,988 (4,330) -1.8% 65 69
Tallahassee city, FL 124,773 136,812 12,039 9.6% 147 140
Tampa city, FL 280,015 285,206 5,191 1.9% 55 58
Atlanta city, GA 393,929 401,907 7,978 2.0% 36 38
Columbus city (remainder), GA 178,683 182,828 4,145 2.3% 94 99
Macon city, GA 107,365 113,352 5,987 5.6% 181 175
Savannah city, GA 137,812 136,262 (1,550) -1.1% 131 141
Honolulu CDP, HI 377,059 423,475 46,416 12.3% 39 35
Boise City city, ID 126,685 152,737 26,052 20.6% 144 120
Aurora city, IL 99,672 116,405 16,733 16.8% 200 169
Chicago city, IL 2,783,726 2,721,547 (62,179) -2.2% 3 3
Naperville city, IL 85,806 107,001 21,195 24.7% 213 194
Peoria city, IL 113,513 112,306 (1,207) -1.1% 160 179
Rockford city, IL 141,787 143,531 1,744 1.2% 124 132
Springfield city, IL 105,417 112,921 7,504 7.1% 186 177
Evansville city, IN 126,272 123,456 (2,816) -2.2% 146 158
Fort Wayne city, IN 191,839 184,783 (7,056) -3.7% 82 96
Gary city, IN 116,646 110,975 (5,671) -4.9% 156 184
Indianapolis city (remainder), IN 731,278 746,737 15,459 2.1% 13 12
South Bend city, IN 105,511 102,100 (3,411) -3.2% 185 208
Cedar Rapids city, IA 108,772 113,482 4,710 4.3% 176 173
Des Moines city, IA 193,189 193,422 233 0.1% 80 85
Kansas City city, KS 151,521 142,654 (8,867) -5.9% 116 135
Overland Park city, KS 111,790 131,053 19,263 17.2% 164 150
Topeka city, KS 119,883 119,658 (225) -0.2% 151 165
Wichita city, KS 304,017 320,395 16,378 5.4% 51 52
Lexington-Fayette, KY 225,366 239,942 14,576 6.5% 70 68
Louisville city, KY 269,555 260,689 (8,866) -3.3% 58 61
Baton Rouge city, LA 219,531 215,882 (3,649) -1.7% 73 75
Lafayette city, LA 101,852 104,899 3,047 3.0% 193 201
New Orleans city, LA 496,938 476,625 (20,313) -4.1% 24 29
Shreveport city, LA 198,525 191,558 (6,967) -3.5% 78 89
Baltimore city, MD 736,014 675,401 (60,613) -8.2% 12 15
Boston city, MA 574,283 558,394 (15,889) -2.8% 20 20
Lowell city, MA 103,439 100,973 (2,466) -2.4% 191 212
Springfield city, MA 156,983 149,948 (7,035) -4.5% 112 127
Worcester city, MA 169,759 166,350 (3,409) -2.0% 104 114
Ann Arbor city, MI 109,608 108,758 (850) -0.8% 171 191
Detroit city, MI 1,027,974 1,000,272 (27,702) -2.7% 7 10
Flint city, MI 140,925 134,881 (6,044) -4.3% 126 144
Grand Rapids city, MI 189,126 188,242 (884) -0.5% 85 93
Lansing city, MI 127,321 125,736 (1,585) -1.2% 143 153
Livonia city, MI 100,850 105,099 4,249 4.2% 196 200
Sterling Heights city, MI 117,810 118,698 888 0.8% 154 166
Warren city, MI 144,864 138,078 (6,786) -4.7% 120 138
Minneapolis city, MN 368,383 358,785 (9,598) -2.6% 43 46
St. Paul city, MN 272,235 259,606 (12,629) -4.6% 57 62
Jackson city, MS 202,062 192,923 (9,139) -4.5% 77 86
Independence city, MO 112,301 110,303 (1,998) -1.8% 163 185
Kansas City city, MO 434,829 441,259 6,430 1.5% 31 33
Springfield city, MO 140,494 143,407 2,913 2.1% 128 133
St. Louis city, MO 396,685 351,565 (45,120) -11.4% 35 47
Lincoln city, NE 191,972 209,192 17,220 9.0% 81 76
Omaha city, NE 342,862 364,253 21,391 6.2% 48 45
Henderson city, NV 64,948 122,339 57,391 88.4% 219 160
Las Vegas city, NV 258,204 376,906 118,702 46.0% 63 41
Reno city, NV 133,850 155,499 21,649 16.2% 133 118
Manchester city, NH 99,332 100,967 1,635 1.6% 202 213
Elizabeth city, NJ 110,002 110,149 147 0.1% 170 186
Jersey City city, NJ 228,517 229,039 522 0.2% 67 72
Newark city, NJ 275,221 268,510 (6,711) -2.4% 56 60
Paterson city, NJ 140,891 150,270 9,379 6.7% 127 126
Albuquerque city, NM 384,915 419,681 34,766 9.0% 38 37
Albany city, NY 100,031 103,564 3,533 3.5% 199 204
Buffalo city, NY 328,175 310,548 (17,627) -5.4% 50 54
New York city, NY 7,322,564 7,380,906 58,342 0.8% 1 1
Rochester city, NY 230,356 221,594 (8,762) -3.8% 66 73
Syracuse city, NY 163,860 155,865 (7,995) -4.9% 107 117
Yonkers city, NY 188,082 190,316 2,234 1.2% 86 91
Charlotte city, NC 419,539 441,297 21,758 5.2% 33 32
Durham city, NC 138,894 149,799 10,905 7.9% 130 128
Greensboro city, NC 183,894 195,426 11,532 6.3% 89 83
Raleigh city, NC 212,092 243,835 31,743 15.0% 74 67
Winston-Salem city, NC 150,958 153,541 2,583 1.7% 117 119
Akron city, OH 223,019 216,882 (6,137) -2.8% 71 74
Cincinnati city, OH 364,114 345,818 (18,296) -5.0% 45 49
Cleveland city, OH 505,616 498,246 (7,370) -1.5% 23 25
Columbus city, OH 632,945 657,053 24,108 3.8% 16 16
Dayton city, OH 182,005 172,947 (9,058) -5.0% 90 109
Toledo city, OH 332,943 317,606 (15,337) -4.6% 49 53
Oklahoma City city, OK 444,724 469,852 25,128 5.7% 30 30
Tulsa city, OK 367,302 378,491 11,189 3.0% 44 40
Eugene city, OR 112,733 123,718 10,985 9.7% 162 157
Portland city, OR 463,634 480,824 17,190 3.7% 28 27
Salem city, OR 107,793 122,566 14,773 13.7% 180 159
Allentown city, PA 105,301 102,211 (3,090) -2.9% 187 207
Erie city, PA 108,718 105,270 (3,448) -3.2% 177 199
Philadelphia city, PA 1,585,577 1,478,002 (107,575) -6.8% 5 5
Pittsburgh city, PA 369,879 350,363 (19,516) -5.3% 41 48
Providence city, RI 160,728 152,558 (8,170) -5.1% 108 121
Columbia city, SC 110,734 112,773 2,039 1.8% 167 178
Sioux Falls city, SD 100,836 113,223 12,387 12.3% 197 176
Chattanooga city, TN 152,393 150,425 (1,968) -1.3% 114 125
Knoxville city, TN 169,761 167,535 (2,226) -1.3% 103 113
Memphis city, TN 618,652 596,725 (21,927) -3.5% 18 18
Nashville-Davidson (remainder), TN 488,366 511,263 22,897 4.7% 25 24
Abilene city, TX 106,707 108,476 1,769 1.7% 183 192
Amarillo city, TX 157,571 169,588 12,017 7.6% 111 112
Arlington city, TX 261,717 294,816 33,099 12.6% 61 56
Austin city, TX 472,020 541,278 69,258 14.7% 26 22
Beaumont city, TX 114,323 111,224 (3,099) -2.7% 158 182
Brownsville city, TX 107,027 132,091 25,064 23.4% 182 148
Corpus Christi city, TX 257,453 280,260 22,807 8.9% 64 59
Dallas city, TX 1,007,618 1,053,292 45,674 4.5% 8 9
El Paso city, TX 515,342 599,865 84,523 16.4% 22 17
Fort Worth city, TX 447,619 479,716 32,097 7.2% 29 28
Garland city, TX 180,635 190,055 9,420 5.2% 92 92
Grand Prairie city, TX 99,606 109,231 9,625 9.7% 201 190
Houston city, TX 1,637,859 1,744,058 106,199 6.5% 4 4
Irving city, TX 155,037 176,993 21,956 14.2% 113 104
Laredo city, TX 122,899 164,899 42,000 34.2% 148 115
Lubbock city, TX 186,206 193,565 7,359 4.0% 88 84
McAllen city, TX 84,021 103,352 19,331 23.0% 214 205
Mesquite city, TX 101,484 111,947 10,463 10.3% 194 180
Pasadena city, TX 119,604 131,620 12,016 10.0% 152 149
Plano city, TX 127,885 192,280 64,395 50.4% 142 88
San Antonio city, TX 959,295 1,067,816 108,521 11.3% 10 8
Waco city, TX 103,590 108,412 4,822 4.7% 190 193
Wichita Falls city, TX 96,259 100,138 3,879 4.0% 207 218
Salt Lake City city, UT 159,928 172,575 12,647 7.9% 109 110
Alexandria city, VA 111,182 117,586 6,404 5.8% 166 167
Arlington CDP, VA 170,897 175,334 4,437 2.6% 101 107
Chesapeake city, VA 151,982 192,342 40,360 26.6% 115 87
Hampton city, VA 133,811 138,757 4,946 3.7% 134 137
Newport News city, VA 171,439 176,122 4,683 2.7% 100 105
Norfolk city, VA 261,250 233,430 (27,820) -10.6% 62 70
Portsmouth city, VA 103,910 101,308 (2,602) -2.5% 189 211
Richmond city, VA 202,798 198,267 (4,531) -2.2% 76 80
Virginia Beach city, VA 393,089 430,385 37,296 9.5% 37 34
Seattle city, WA 516,259 524,704 8,445 1.6% 21 23
Spokane city, WA 177,165 186,562 9,397 5.3% 95 95
Tacoma city, WA 176,664 179,114 2,450 1.4% 96 101
Green Bay city, WI 96,466 102,076 5,610 5.8% 205 209
Madison city, WI 190,766 197,630 6,864 3.6% 83 81
Milwaukee city, WI 628,088 590,503 (37,585) -6.0% 17 19

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