List of U.S. states' largest cities by population

This article needs additional or better citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

This is a list of the five most populous incorporated places in each U.S. state by population, as of the 2010 United States Census. State capitals are designated in italics.

Outside of Hawaii and Maryland, census-designated places (CDPs) are excluded.

List[edit]

State	Total state population[1]	Most populous	Most populous (Population, 2010)	2nd most populous	3rd most populous	4th most populous	5th most populous	Capital if not otherwise listed
Alabama	4,817,786	Birmingham	212,237	Montgomery	Mobile	Huntsville	Tuscaloosa [2]
Alaska	710,231	Anchorage	291,826	Fairbanks	Juneau	Sitka	Ketchikan
Arizona	6,392,017	Phoenix	1,445,632	Tucson	Mesa	Chandler	Glendale
Arkansas	2,915,918	Little Rock	193,524	Fort Smith	Fayetteville	Springdale	Jonesboro
California	37,253,956	Los Angeles	3,792,621	San Diego	San Jose	San Francisco	Fresno	Sacramento (6)
Colorado	5,029,196	Denver	600,158	Colorado Springs	Aurora	Fort Collins	Lakewood
Connecticut	3,574,097	Bridgeport	144,229	New Haven	Stamford	Hartford	Waterbury
Delaware	897,934	Wilmington	70,851	Dover	Newark	Middletown	Smyrna
Florida	18,801,310	Jacksonville	821,784	Miami	Tampa	Orlando	St. Petersburg	Tallahassee (7)
Georgia	9,687,653	Atlanta	420,003	Columbus	Augusta	Macon	Savannah
Hawaii	1,360,301	Honolulu	337,256	Hilo1	Kailua1	Kapolei1	Kaneohe1
Idaho	1,567,582	Boise	205,671	Meridian	Nampa	Idaho Falls	Pocatello
Illinois	12,830,632	Chicago	2,695,598	Aurora	Rockford	Joliet	Naperville	Springfield (6)
Indiana	6,483,802	Indianapolis	820,445	Fort Wayne	Evansville	South Bend	Carmel
Iowa	3,046,355	Des Moines	203,433	Cedar Rapids	Davenport	Sioux City	Waterloo
Kansas	2,853,118	Wichita	382,368	Overland Park	Kansas City	Olathe	Topeka
Kentucky	4,339,367	Louisville	597,337	Lexington	Bowling Green	Owensboro	Covington	Frankfort (13)
Louisiana	4,533,372	New Orleans	343,829	Baton Rouge	Shreveport	Lafayette	Lake Charles
Maine	1,328,361	Portland	66,194	Lewiston	Bangor	South Portland	Auburn	Augusta (9)
Maryland	5,773,552	Baltimore	620,961	Frederick	Gaithersburg	Rockville	Bowie	Annapolis (7)
Massachusetts	6,547,629	Boston	617,594	Worcester	Springfield	Lowell	Cambridge
Michigan	9,883,640	Detroit	713,777	Grand Rapids	Warren	Sterling Heights	Ann Arbor	Lansing (6)
Minnesota	5,303,925	Minneapolis	382,578	Saint Paul	Rochester	Bloomington	Duluth
Mississippi	2,967,297	Jackson	173,514	Gulfport	Southaven	Hattiesburg	Biloxi
Missouri	5,988,927	Kansas City	459,787	Saint Louis	Springfield	Independence	Columbia	Jefferson City (15)
Montana	989,415	Billings	104,170	Missoula	Great Falls	Bozeman	Butte	Helena (6)
Nebraska	1,826,341	Omaha	408,958	Lincoln	Bellevue	Grand Island	Kearney
Nevada	2,700,551	Las Vegas	583,756	Henderson	Reno	North Las Vegas	Sparks	Carson City (6)
New Hampshire	1,316,470	Manchester	109,565	Nashua	Concord	Derry	Rochester
New Jersey	8,791,894	Newark	277,140	Jersey City	Paterson	Elizabeth	Clifton	Trenton (6)
New Mexico	2,059,179	Albuquerque	545,852	Las Cruces	Rio Rancho	Santa Fe	Roswell
New York	19,378,102	New York City	8,175,133	Buffalo	Rochester	Yonkers	Syracuse	Albany (6)
North Carolina	9,535,483	Charlotte	731,424	Raleigh	Greensboro	Durham	Winston-Salem
North Dakota	672,591	Fargo	105,549	Bismarck	Grand Forks	Minot	West Fargo
Ohio	11,536,504	Columbus	787,033	Cleveland	Cincinnati	Toledo	Akron
Oklahoma	3,751,351	Oklahoma City	579,999	Tulsa	Norman	Broken Arrow	Lawton
Oregon	3,831,074	Portland	583,776	Salem	Eugene	Gresham	Hillsboro
Pennsylvania	12,702,379	Philadelphia	1,526,006	Pittsburgh	Allentown	Erie	Reading	Harrisburg (9)
Rhode Island	1,052,567	Providence	178,042	Warwick	Cranston	Pawtucket	East Providence
South Carolina	4,625,364	Columbia	129,272	Charleston	North Charleston	Mount Pleasant	Rock Hill
South Dakota	814,180	Sioux Falls	153,888	Rapid City	Aberdeen	Brookings	Watertown	Pierre (8)
Tennessee	6,346,105	Memphis	660,388	Nashville	Knoxville	Chattanooga	Clarksville
Texas	25,145,561	Houston	2,099,451	San Antonio	Dallas	Austin	Fort Worth
Utah	2,763,885	Salt Lake City	186,440	West Valley City	Provo	West Jordan	Orem
Vermont	625,741	Burlington	42,417	South Burlington	Rutland	Essex Junction	Barre	Montpelier (6)
Virginia	8,001,024	Virginia Beach	437,994	Norfolk	Chesapeake	Richmond	Newport News
Washington	6,724,540	Seattle	608,660	Spokane	Tacoma	Vancouver	Bellevue	Olympia (24)
West Virginia	1,852,994	Charleston	51,400	Huntington	Morgantown	Parkersburg	Wheeling
Wisconsin	5,686,986	Milwaukee	594,833	Madison	Green Bay	Kenosha	Racine
Wyoming	563,626	Cheyenne	59,466	Casper	Laramie	Gillette	Rock Springs

Census-designated places on the list[edit]

Note 1: The only incorporated place in Hawaii is the City & County of Honolulu. A portion of it, the Honolulu District, is sometimes regarded as the "city" for statistical purposes, although it has no government separate from that of the City and County as a whole. The U.S. Census Bureau defines Honolulu CDP (census-designated place) to coincide with the Honolulu District. Thus for Hawaii, the largest CDPs are ranked.

Though Maryland has a number of incorporated places, most major population centers are census-designated places. For a list of incorporated places, see List of incorporated places in Maryland.

See also[edit]

• United States of America
  • Outline of the United States
  • Index of United States-related articles
  • Book:United States
  • United States Census Bureau
    • Demographics of the United States
      • Urbanization in the United States
      • List of US states and territories by population
      • List of US cities by population
      • Lists of US cities and metropolitan areas
  • United States Office of Management and Budget
    • United States statistical area

      The 1067 US statistical areas comprise 366 MSAs, 576 μSAs, and 125 CSAs

      • United States primary statistical area

        List of the 718 US PSAs

        • United States combined statistical area

          List of the 125 US CSAs

          • United States core based statistical area

            List of the 942 US CBSAs

            • United States metropolitan statistical area

              List of the 366 US MSAs

              List of the 366 US MSAs by GDP

            • United States micropolitan statistical area

              List of the 576 US μSAs

• Largest cities in the United States by population by decade
• List of cities proper by population (most populous cities in the world)
• List of lists of settlements in the United States
• List of United States cities by population density
• List of United States urban areas

References[edit]