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Seven out of ten of America’s largest
3 July 2007: Phoenix (Arizona) has become the America’s fifth largest city. As of 1 July 2006, the desert metropolis had a population of 1.5 million. New York continued to be the nation’s most populous city, with 8.2 million residents. This was more than twice the population of Los Angeles, which ranked second at 3.8 million. Phoenix moved into fifth place ahead of Philadelphia, the latest evidence of a decades-long population shift. Nearly a century ago, in 1910, each of the 10 largest US cities was within roughly 500 miles of the Canadian border. The 2006 estimates show that seven of the top 10 - and three of the top five - are in states that border Mexico. |
Rank | City | 2006 | 2004 | 2000 |
1 | New York City | 8,214,426 | 8,178,201 | 8,018,350 |
2 | Los Angeles | 3,849,378 | 3,837,490 | 3,705,060 |
3 | Chicago | 2,833,321 | 2,860,646 | 2,896,375 |
4 | Houston | 2,144,491 | 2,087,496 | 1,977,206 |
5 | Phoenix | 1,512,986 | 1,422,822 | 1,326,879 |
6 | Philadelphia | 1,448,394 | 1,465,475 | 1,513,655 |
7 | San Antonio | 1,296,682 | 1,242,521 | 1,163,914 |
8 | San Diego | 1,256,951 | 1,263,379 | 1,227,784 |
9 | Dallas | 1,232,940 | 1,208,706 | 1,190,753 |
10 | San Jose | 929,936 | 904,735 | 898,402 |
11 | Detroit | 871,121 | 896,919 | 947,910 |
12 | Jacksonville | 794,555 | 774,923 | 736,482 |
13 | Indianapolis | 785,597 | 781,591 | 781,837 |
14 | San Francisco | 744,041 | 743,852 | 776,885 |
15 | Columbus | 733,203 | 728,033 | 714,064 |
16 | Austin | 709,893 | 681,021 | 663,485 |
17 | Memphis | 670,902 | 671,408 | 682,494 |
18 | Fort Worth | 653,320 | 602,420 | 544,009 |
19 | Baltimore | 631,366 | 641,943 | 648,481 |
20 | Charlotte | 630,478 | 602,285 | 564,738 |
21 | El Paso | 609,415 | 591,648 | 565,127 |
22 | Boston | 590,763 | 589,048 | 589,063 |
23 | Seattle | 582,454 | 572,166 | 564,182 |
24 | Washington | 581,530 | 579,720 | 571,042 |
25 | Milwaukee | 573,358 | 581,281 | 596,131 |
Rank | 2006 | 1960 | 1910 | |||
1 | New York | 8,214,426 | New York | 7,781,984 | New York | 4,766,883 |
2 | Los Angeles | 3,849,378 | Chicago | 3,550,404 | Chicago | 2,185,283 |
3 | Chicago | 2,833,321 | Los Angeles | 2,479,015 | Philadelphia | 1,549,008 |
4 | Houston | 2,144,491 | Philadelphia | 2,002,512 | St. Louis | 687,029 |
5 | Phoenix | 1,512,986 | Detroit | 1,670,144 | Boston | 670,585 |
6 | Philadelphia | 1,448,394 | Baltimore | 939,024 | Cleveland | 560,663 |
7 | San Antonio | 1,296,682 | Houston | 938,219 | Baltimore | 558,485 |
8 | San Diego | 1,256,951 | Cleveland | 876,050 | Pittsburgh | 533,905 |
9 | Dallas | 1,232,940 | Washington | 763,956 | Detroit | 465,766 |
10 | San Jose | 929,936 | St. Louis | 750,026 | Buffalo | 423,715 |