Population
|
City
|
8,335,897
|
New York City
|
3,822,238
|
Los Angeles
|
2,665,039
|
Chicago
|
2,302,878
|
Houston
|
1,644,409
|
Phoenix
|
1,567,258
|
Philadelphia
|
1,472,909
|
San Antonio
|
1,381,162
|
San Diego
|
1,299,544
|
Dallas
|
974,447
|
Austin
|
971,319
|
Jacksonville
|
971,233
|
San Jose
|
956,709
|
Fort Worth
|
907,971
|
Columbus
|
897,720
|
Charlotte
|
880,621
|
Indianapolis
|
808,437
|
San Francisco
|
749,256
|
Seattle
|
713,252
|
Denver
|
694,800
|
Oklahoma City
|
683,622
|
Nashville
|
677,456
|
El Paso
|
671,803
|
Washington
|
656,274
|
Las Vegas
|
650,706
|
Boston
|
635,067
|
Portland
|
624,444
|
Louisville
|
621,056
|
Detroit
|
620,376
|
Memphis
|
569,931
|
Baltimore
|
563,305
|
Milwaukee
|
561,008
|
Albuquerque
|
546,574
|
Fresno
|
545,567
|
Tucson
|
528,001
|
Sacramento
|
512,498
|
Mesa
|
509,297
|
Kansas City
|
499,127
|
Atlanta
|
486,248
|
Colorado Springs
|
485,153
|
Omaha
|
476,587
|
Raleigh
|
455,618
|
Virginia Beach
|
451,307
|
Long Beach
|
449,514
|
Miami
|
430,553
|
Oakland
|
425,096
|
Minneapolis
|
411,867
|
Tulsa
|
410,647
|
Bakersfield
|
398,173
|
Tampa
|
396,192
|
Wichita
|
|
Years of consistently missing Omaha and Wichita have trained me to type those in first, though.
Forgot Chicago.
Cities have a much higher ranking than their national reputation would suggest:
1.) Jacksonville
2.) San Jose
3.) El Paso
4.) Mesa
5.) Fort Worth
Cities with a much lower ranking than their national reputation would suggest (this one relies more on metro area)
1.) Miami
2.) Atlanta
3.) Minneapolis
Cities that surprisingly don't make the list (likely would it used metro area definition)
1.) Saint Louis
2.) New Orleans
3.) Cleveland
4.) Cincinnati
5.) Pittsburgh
6.) Salt Lake