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The fastest growing US cities:
Cities ranked 1 to 100

On other pages:
Introduction to largest US cities | Largest US cities 1 to 100 | Largest US cities 101 to 200 | Fastest growing US cities | The 25 largest US cities (2007 | Historical ranking of America's largest cities | The fastest growing / shrinking US cities (2007) | Largest cities in US states |
Rank
City
State
Growth since 2000
1
Los Angeles California
125,131
2
New York New York
77,464
3
San Antonio Texas
70,079
4
Phoenix Arizona
67,371
5
Houston Texas
56,059
6
Fort Worth Texas
50,428
7
Charlotte North Carolina
43,830
8
San Diego California
43,353
9
Raleigh North Carolina
40,709
10
Henderson Nevada
39,471
11
Las Vegas Nevada
38,583
12
Sacramento California
38,317
13
Jacksonville Florida
38,164
14
Mesa Arizona
36,001
15
Gilbert town Arizona
35,553
16
Chandler Arizona
34,718
17
North Las Vegas Nevada
29,014
18
Stockton California
27,695
19
Irvine California
27,489
20
Riverside California
26,348
21
Chula Vista California
25,504
22
Bakersfield California
23,978
23
Rancho Cucamonga California
23,897
24
Fresno California
23,803
25
Albuquerque New Mexico
23,249
26
Fontana California
22,974
27
Arlington Texas
22,038
28
Tucson Arizona
20,959
29
Laredo Texas
20,912
30
El Paso Texas
20,451
31
Plano Texas
19,961
32
Dallas Texas
19,738
33
Peoria Arizona
19,216
34
Aurora Illinois
19,194
35
Modesto California
18,016
36
Corona California
17,488
37
Joliet Illinois
17,349
38
Oklahoma Oklahoma
17,171
39
Columbus Ohio
16,962
40
Brownsville Texas
16,456
41
Cape Coral Florida
16,451
42
Austin Texas
15,449
43
Scottsdale Arizona
15,284
44
Moreno Valley California
14,682
45
Miami Florida
14,345
46
Omaha Nebraska
14,260
47
Virginia Beach Virginia
14,210
48
Tampa Florida
14,200
49
Glendale Arizona
14,026
50
Aurora Colorado
14,025
51
Long Beach California
13,938
52
Fort Wayne Indiana
13,768
53
Reno Nevada
13,402
54
Orlando Florida
13,385
55
Santa Clarita California
11,654
56
Chesapeake Virginia
11,650
57
Pembroke Pines Florida
11,500
58
Durham North Carolina
11,341
59
Overland Park Kansas
11,288
60
Palmdale California
11,089
61
Anchorage Alaska
10,668
62
Fort Lauderdale Florida
10,520
63
Oxnard California
10,514
64
Madison Wisconsin
10,378
65
Wichita Kansas
10,333
66
Lincoln Nebraska
10,013
67
San Bernardino California
9,956
68
Sioux Falls South Dakota
9,859
69
Colorado Springs Colorado
9,558
70
Naperville Illinois
9,536
71
Coral Springs Florida
9,456
72
Portland Oregon
9,423
73
Ontario California
9,395
74
Grand Prairie Texas
9,244
75
Honolulu CDP Hawaii
8,492
76
Vancouver Washington
8,094
77
Norfolk Virginia
7,324
78
Thousand Oaks California
7,187
79
Pasadena California
7,178
80
Lancaster California
7,178
81
Fort Collins Colorado
7,088
82
Lubbock Texas
6,917
83
Atlanta Georgia
6,545
84
Lexington-Fayette Kentucky
6,286
85
Oceanside California
6,053
86
Huntsville Alabama
6,021
87
Salem Oregon
5,990
88
Santa Rosa California
5,791
89
El Monte California
5,775
90
Simi Valley California
5,764
91
Seattle Washington
5,727
92
Glendale California
5,526
93
Fullerton California
5,246
94
Greensboro North Carolina
5,219
95
Amarillo Texas
4,985
96
Mesquite Texas
4,747
97
Torrance California
4,675
98
Pomona California
4,674
99
Huntington Beach California
4,654
100
Santa Ana California
4,533

On other pages:
Introduction to largest US cities | Largest US cities 1 to 100 | Largest US cities 101 to 200 | Fastest growing US cities | The 25 largest US cities (2007 | Historical ranking of America's largest cities | The fastest growing / shrinking US cities (2007) | Largest cities in US states | USA Census 2010 |

THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD AND THEIR MAYORS 2010
Introduction
Cities by size: 1 to 150 | 151 to 300 | 301 to 450 | 451 to 550 |
Cities in alphabetical order: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
Cities by countries: A to D | E to L | M to R | S to Z |
The shortlist of mayors for the 2012 World Mayor Prize have been announced. VOTE NOW FOR THE WINNER


Introducing
World Mayor
The shortlist for the 2012 World Mayor Prize includes five mayors from North America, four from Latin America, seven from Europe, five from Asia, two from Australasia and two mayors from Africa.



The City Mayors Foundation, the international think tank for local government, organises the World Mayor Project and awards the World Mayor Prize. The Prize, which has been given since 2004, honours mayors with the vision, passion and skills to make their cities incredible places to live in, work in and visit. The World Mayor Project aims to show what outstanding mayors can achieve and raise their profiles nationally and internationally.

The organisers of the World Mayor Project are looking for city leaders who excel in qualities like: leadership and vision, management abilities and integrity, social and economic awareness, ability to provide security and to protect the environment as well as the will and ability to foster good relations between communities from different cultural, racial and social backgrounds. The winner receives the artistically acclaimed World Mayor trophy, while the two runner-ups are given the World Mayor Commendation.

Mayors wishing to be considered for the World Mayor Prize will be asked to sign up to the City Mayors' Code of Ethics



2012 timetable
Nominations were accepted until the 17 May 2012. A shortlist of 25 nominees was published on 18 June. VOTING IS NOW TAKING PLACE and will continue until the middle of October. The winner of the 2012 World Mayor Prize and other results of the World Mayor Project will be announced in early December 2012.



Winners and runners-up
2004 to 2010
In 2004: Winner: Edi Rama (Tirana, Albania); Runner-up: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico City, Mexico); In third place: Walter Veltroni (Rome, Italy)
In 2005: Winner: Dora Bakoyannis (Athens, Greece); Runner-up: Hazel McCallion (Mississauga, Canada); In third place: Alvaro Arzú (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
In 2006: Winner: John So (Melbourne, Australia); Runner up: Job Cohen (Amsterdam, Netherland); In third place: Stephen Reed (Harrisburg, USA)
In 2008: Winner: Helen Zille (Cape Town, South Africa); Runner up: Elmar Ledergerber (Zurich, Switzerland); In third place: Leopoldo López (Chacao, Venezuela)
In 2010: Winner: Marcelo Ebrard (Mexico City, Mexico); Runner-up: Mick Cornett (Oklahoma City, USA); In third place: Domenico Lucano (Riace, Italy)