Cities (United States)

US Urban Growth, 1850-2007

rank

city

1850

1900

1950

1990

2000

2007

1

New York NY1

515,547

3,437,202

7,891,957

7,322,564

8,008,278

8,274,527

2

Los Angeles CA

1,610


102,479

1,970,358

3,485,398

3,694,820

3,834,340

3

Chicago IL

29,963

1,698,575

3,620,962

2,783,726

2,896,016

2,836,658

4

Houston TX

2,396

44,633

596,163

1,630,553

1,953,631

2,208,180

5

Phoenix AZ

 

5,544

106,818

983,403

1,321,045

1,552,259

6

Philadelphia PA1

121,376

1,293,697

2,071,605

1,585,577

1,517,550

1,449,634

7

San Antonio TX

3,488

53,321

408,442

935,933

1,144,646

1,328,984

8

San Diego CA

 

17,700

334,387

1,110,549

1,223,400

1,266,731

9

Dallas TX

 

42,638

434,462

1,006,877

1,188,580

1,240,499

10

San Jose CA

 

21,500

95,280

782,248

894,943

939,899

11

Detroit MI

21,019

285,704

1,849,568

1,027,974

951,270

916,952

12

Jacksonville FL

1,045

28,429

204,517

635,230

735,617

805,605

13

Indianapolis IN1

8,091

169,164

427,173

731,7262

781,8702

795,4582

14

San Francisco CA1

34,776

342,782

775,357

723,959

776,733

764,976

15

Columbus OH

17,882

125,560

375,901

632,910

711,470

747,755

16

Austin TX

629

22,258

132,459

465,622

656,562

743,074

17

Fort Worth TX

 

26,688

278,778

447,619

534,694

681,818

18

Memphis TN

8,841

102,320

396,000

610,337

650,100

674,028

19

Charlotte NC

1,065

18,091

134,042

395,934

540,828

671,588

20

Baltimore MD

169,054

508,957

949,708

736,014

651,154

637,455

21

El Paso TX

 

15,906

130,485

515,342

563,662

606,913

22

Milwaukee WI

20,061

285,315

637,392

628,088

596,974

602,191

23

Boston MA

136,881

560,892

801,444

574,283

589,141

599,351

24

Seattle WA

 

80,671

467,591

516,259

563,374

594,210

25

Nashville TN1

10,165

80,865

174,307

488,3742

545,5242

590,8072

26

Denver CO1

 

133,859

415,786

467,610

554,636

588,349

27

Washington DC1

40,001

278,718

802,178

606,900

572,059

588,292

28

Las Vegas NV

 

 

24,624

258,295

478,434

558,880

29

Louisville KY1

43,194

204,731

369,129

269,063

256,231

557,7892

30

Portland OR

821

90,426

373,628

437,319

529,121

550,396

 

population

 

city

1 apr 2000

1 jul 2007

change (%)

McKinneyTX

54,417

115,620

+112.5

North Las Vegas NV

115,531

212,114

+83.6

Gilbert AZ

113,868

207,550

+82.3

Port St. Lucie FL

88,883

151,391

+70.3

Victorville CA

64,058

107,221

+67.4

Elk Grove CA

81,103

131,212

+61.8

Cape Coral FL

102,468

156,981

+53.2

Miramar FL

72,739

108,240

+48.8

Henderson NV

175,274

249,386

+42.3

Denton TX

82,589

115,506

+39.9

Irvine CA

144,145

201,160

+39.6

Chandler AZ

177,103

246,399

+39.1

Roseville CA

79,961

108,759

+36.0

Thornton CO

82,109

110,880

+35.0

Joliet IL

107,093

144,316

+34.8

Fifteen Cities with the Greatest Population Losses in the US

 

population

 

city

1 apr 2000

1 jul 2007

change (%)

New Orleans LA

484,674

239,124

-50.7

Cleveland OH

477,472

438,042

-8.3

Flint MI

124,943

114,662

-8.2

Pittsburgh PA

334,563

311,218

-7.0

Buffalo NY

292,648

272,632

-6.8

Dayton OH

166,210

155,461

-6.5

Hialeah FL

226,440

212,217

-6.3

Toledo OH

313,782

295,029

-6.0

 

population

 

city

1 apr 2000

1 jul 2007

change (%)

Rochester NY

219,774

206,759

-5.9

Birmingham AL

242,452

229,800

-5.2

Syracuse NY

146,464

139,079

-5.0

Jackson MS

184,256

175,710

-4.6

Philadelphia PA

1,517,550

1,449,634

-4.5

Evansville IN

121,648

116,253

-4.4

Akron OH

217,094

207,934

-4.2

Racial Makeup of the Fifteen Largest US Cities

Information is given in percent of the total population. The Hispanic or Latino category is listed for comparative purposes even though Hispanic or Latino people may be of any race; thus, the rows of racial percentages will not add up to 100 if the Hispanic or

Latino entries are included. Excludes population living in institutions. Data are preliminary.

 

 

 

 

 

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alaska

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more

or

total

city

white

american

native

asian

islander

race

races

latino

population

New York NY

43.9

25.1

0.3

11.7

-

17.0

2.0

27.6

8,214,426

Los Angeles CA

47.1

9.6

0.6

10.4

0.2

29.3

2.9

48.9

3,773,846

Chicago IL

36.5

35.3

0.2

4.9

-

21.4

1.6

28.2

2,749,283

Houston TX

52.7

24.7

0.4

5.0

0.1

15.9

1.2

41.9

2,074,828

Philadelphia PA

41.8

44.3

0.3

5.3

-

6.6

1.6

10.5

1,448,394

Phoenix AZ

76.6

5.6

1.8

2.3

0.2

11.6

1.9

41.2

1,429,637

San Antonio TX

66.0

6.7

0.5

2.1

0.1

22.5

2.1

61.3

1,273,374

San Diego CA

65.0

6.9

0.6

15.3

0.4

8.4

3.5

27.1

1,261,251

Dallas TX

52.9

24.2

0.4

2.3

0.1

18.9

1.2

43.1

1,192,538

San Jose CA

47.0

2.9

0.5

30.5

0.5

15.1

3.5

32.2

916,220

Detroit MI

10.0

83.1

0.3

1.1

-

4.2

1.3

6.2

834,116

Jacksonville FL

61.7

30.7

0.4

3.4

0.1

1.9

1.9

5.8

799,875

Indianapolis IN

66.3

26.7

0.2

1.5

-

3.4

1.9

6.5

789,306

San Francisco CA

53.0

6.7

0.4

31.8

0.5

4.7

2.9

14.1

744,041

Columbus OH

64.6

27.6

0.2

4.3

-

1.4

2.0

4.1

718,477

The crime trends shown below represent the percent change in crimes reported to police in the 2007 calendar year as compared to the same time period in 2006. A negative number indicates that crime declined. Detail may not add to total given because of rounding.

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