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Top 75 Cities, Ranked By Population, In USA
Population growth is uneven across the USA. 
The 75 most-populous cities – based on July 1, 2007,Estimates 
– and the change over seven years:

City

    2007 pop.

% change

2000-07

2007 Rank

2000

Rank

New York

8,274,527

3.3%

           1

             1

Los Angeles

3,834,340

3.8%

           2

             2

Chicago

2,836,658

-2.1%

           3

             3

Houston

2,208,180

11.8%

           4

             4

Phoenix

1,552,259

17.4%

           5

             6

Philadelphia

1,449,634

-4.5%

           6

             5

San Antonio

1,328,984

14.6%

           7

             9

San Diego

1,266,731

3.5%

           8

             7

Dallas

1,240,499

4.4%

           9

8

San Jose

   939,899

4.9%

         10

           11

Detroit

   916,952

-3.6%

         11

           10

Jacksonville

   805,605

9.5%

         12

           14

Indianapolis

   795,458

1.7%

         13

           12

San Francisco

   764,976

-1.5%

         14

           13

Columbus, Ohio

   747,755

4.9%

         15

           15

Austin

   743,074

12.6%

         16

           17

Fort Worth

   681,818

25.9%

         17

           28

Memphis

   674,028

-2.4%

         18

           16

Charlotte

   671,588

18.5%

         19

           22

Baltimore

   637,455

-2.1%

         20

           18

El Paso

   606,913

7.6%

         21

           23

Milwaukee

   602,191

0.9%

         22

         19

Boston

   599,351

1.7%

         23

           20

Seattle

   594,210

5.5%

         24

           24

Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.

   590,807

8.3%

         25

           27

Denver

   588,349

6.3%

         26

           25

Washington

   588,292

2.8%

         27

           21

Las Vegas

   558,880

16.4%

         28

           33

Louisville-Jefferson, Ky.

    557,789

1.2%

         29

           26

Portland, Ore.

   550,396

4.0%

         30

           29

Oklahoma City

   547,274

8.1%

         31

           30

Tucson

   525,529

7.8%

         32

           31

Atlanta

   519,145

24.2%

         33

           40

Albuquerque

   518,271

15.3%

         34

           36

Fresno

   470,508

9.5%

         35

           38

Long Beach

   466,520

1.1%

         36

           35

Sacramento

   460,242

13.1%

         37

           41

Mesa, Ariz.

   452,933

13.8%

         38

           43

Kansas City, Mo.

   450,375

      2.0%

         39

37

Cleveland

   438,042

    -8.3%

         40

           34

Virginia Beach

   434,743

      2.2%

         41

           39

Omaha

   424,482

     8.5%

         42

           45

Miami

   409,719

   13.0%

         43

           48

Oakland

   401,489

      0.5%

         44

           42

Tulsa

   384,037

    -2.3%

         45

           44

Minneapolis

   377,392

    -1.4%

         46

           46

Colorado Springs

   376,427

      4.2%

         47

           49

Raleigh, N.C.

   375,806

   31.6%

         48

           61

Honolulu

   375,571

      1.1%

         49

           47

Arlington, Texas

   371,038

   11.4%

         50

           54

Wichita

   361,420

      2.7%

         51

           50

St. Louis

   350,759

      0.7%

         52

51

Santa Ana, Calif.

   339,555

      0.5%

         53

           52

Tampa

   336,823

   11.0%

         54

           58

Anaheim, Calif.

   333,249

      1.4%

         55

           56

Cincinnati

   332,458

      0.4%

         56

           55

Bakersfield, Calif.

   315,837

   29.6%

         57

           70

Aurora, Colo.

   311,794

   12.8%

         58

           63

Pittsburgh

   311,218

    -7.0%

         59

           53

Toledo, Ohio

   295,029

    -6.0%

         60

           57

Riverside, Calif.

   294,437

   15.1%

         61

           67

Stockton, Calif.

   287,245

   18.1%

         62

           71

Corpus Christi, Texas

   285,507

     2.9%

         63

           62

Newark

   280,135

     2.8%

         64

           64

Anchorage

   279,671

     7.4%

         65

           66

Lexington-Fayette, Ky.

   279,044

     7.1%

         66

           65

St. Paul

   277,251

    -3.3%

         67

           60

Buffalo

   272,632

    -6.8%

         68

           59

Plano, Texas

   260,796

   17.3%

         69

           79

Glendale, Ariz.

   253,152

   15.2%

         70

           81

Fort Wayne, Ind.

   251,247

    -0.2%

         71

           68

Henderson, Nev.

   249,386

   42.3%

         72

119

Lincoln, Neb.

   248,744

      9.9%

         73

           78

Greensboro, N.C.

   247,183

      8.2%

         74

           76

St. Petersburg, Fla.

   246,407

    -0.8%

         75

           69

Source: The U.S. Census Bureau

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