Top 100 Biggest US Cities In The Year 2006

Top 100 Biggest US Cities In The Year 2006

Rank City 2007 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 New York, NY 8,250,567 0.5%
2 Los Angeles, CA 3,777,502 0.3%
3 Chicago, IL 2,806,391 -0.5%
4 Houston, TX 2,169,248 1.6%
5 Philadelphia, PA 1,520,251 0.1%
6 Phoenix, AZ 1,510,609 2.2%
7 San Diego, CA 1,294,071 0.9%
8 San Antonio, TX 1,292,082 1.8%
9 Dallas, TX 1,255,211 0.9%
10 Detroit, MI 918,849 -0.5%
11 San Jose, CA 918,619 0.3%
12 Jacksonville, FL 798,494 1.4%
13 Indianapolis, IN 792,619 0.2%
14 San Francisco, CA 786,149 0.2%
15 Columbus, OH 744,473 0.7%
16 Austin, TX 730,729 1.4%
17 Memphis, TN 682,024 -0.2%
18 Charlotte, NC 652,202 2.3%
19 Fort Worth, TX 651,808 3.0%
20 Baltimore, MD 640,961 -0.2%
21 Boston, MA 612,192 0.6%
22 Milwaukee, WI 602,782 0.2%
23 El Paso, TX 595,980 0.9%
24 Nashville, TN 586,327 1.2%
25 Washington, DC 583,978 0.4%
26 Seattle, WA 582,877 0.5%
27 Denver, CO 568,692 0.4%
28 Louisville, KY 559,709 0.2%
29 Las Vegas, NV 552,855 2.2%
30 Oklahoma City, OK 539,001 1.0%
31 Portland, OR 538,091 0.3%
32 Tucson, AZ 530,349 1.3%
33 Albuquerque, NM 508,486 2.0%
34 Atlanta, GA 498,208 2.8%
35 Kansas City, MO 470,076 1.0%
36 Long Beach, CA 463,723 0.1%
37 Fresno, CA 460,165 1.1%
38 Mesa, AZ 456,449 2.1%
39 Sacramento, CA 449,658 1.6%
40 Cleveland, OH 442,409 -1.2%
41 Omaha, NE 437,523 1.1%
42 Virginia Beach, VA 437,206 0.4%
43 Miami, FL 412,460 2.1%
44 Colorado Springs, CO 398,778 1.6%
45 Oakland, CA 392,076 -0.4%
46 Tulsa, OK 382,394 -0.4%
47 Minneapolis, MN 375,766 -0.3%
48 Honolulu, HI 375,425 0.2%
49 Arlington, TX 365,654 1.5%
50 Raleigh, NC 363,267 3.8%
51 Wichita, KS 356,592 0.2%
52 St. Louis, MO 353,837 0.3%
53 Santa Ana, CA 334,830 -0.2%
54 Tampa, FL 332,604 1.5%
55 Cincinnati, OH 332,185 0.0%
56 Anaheim, CA 328,997 -0.0%
57 Toledo, OH 316,792 0.2%
58 Pittsburgh, PA 313,306 -1.0%
59 Bakersfield, CA 303,082 3.6%
60 Aurora, CO 301,228 1.4%
61 Riverside, CA 288,152 1.8%
62 Stockton, CA 283,822 2.5%
63 Lexington, KY 283,324 1.4%
64 Corpus Christi, TX 283,133 0.4%
65 Anchorage, AK 279,935 1.2%
66 Newark, NJ 276,275 0.2%
67 St. Paul, MN 276,237 -0.6%
68 Buffalo, NY 274,740 -1.0%
69 Plano, TX 255,554 2.2%
70 Fort Wayne, IN 251,167 -0.2%
71 Glendale, AZ 247,180 1.8%
72 St. Petersburg, FL 246,616 -0.1%
73 Lincoln, NE 244,653 1.2%
74 Greensboro, NC 240,533 0.9%
75 Henderson, NV 240,515 5.0%
76 Chandler, AZ 240,096 5.0%
77 Norfolk, VA 238,832 0.3%
78 Jersey City, NJ 238,109 -0.1%
79 Birmingham, AL 231,368 -0.7%
80 Scottsdale, AZ 230,813 2.1%
81 Baton Rouge, LA 229,947 0.1%
82 Madison, WI 225,765 1.2%
83 Orlando, FL 224,824 2.4%
84 Winston-Salem, NC 220,126 1.4%
85 Hialeah, FL 218,819 -0.5%
86 Chesapeake, VA 218,647 1.5%
87 Lubbock, TX 216,199 1.3%
88 Garland, TX 215,368 -0.1%
89 Reno, NV 210,918 2.3%
90 Laredo, TX 210,841 2.7%
91 Durham, NC 210,798 1.8%
92 Chula Vista, CA 210,156 3.0%
93 Akron, OH 209,470 -0.6%
94 New Orleans, LA 208,548 -13.1%
95 Rochester, NY 208,205 -0.9%
96 Montgomery, AL 203,479 0.1%
97 Modesto, CA 202,095 1.0%
98 Arlington, VA 200,673 1.0%
99 Boise City, ID 200,228 0.4%
100 Shreveport, LA 200,113 -0.0%

Cities in Bold = State Capitals

What was the largest city in the US in 2006?

In 2006, the largest city in the US was New York, with a population of 8,250,567. The second largest city was Los Angeles, with a population of 3,777,502. The third largest US city in 2006 was Chicago, with a population of 2,806,391.

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