Top 100 Biggest US Cities In The Year 2005

Top 100 Biggest US Cities In The Year 2005

Rank City 2006 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 New York, NY 8,213,839 0.5%
2 Los Angeles, CA 3,794,640 0.5%
3 Chicago, IL 2,824,584 -0.5%
4 Houston, TX 2,076,189 1.0%
5 Philadelphia, PA 1,517,628 0.1%
6 Phoenix, AZ 1,470,302 2.1%
7 San Diego, CA 1,284,347 0.9%
8 San Antonio, TX 1,258,733 1.6%
9 Dallas, TX 1,246,185 0.9%
10 Detroit, MI 921,149 -0.5%
11 San Jose, CA 908,870 0.1%
12 Indianapolis, IN 789,250 0.2%
13 Jacksonville, FL 786,938 1.3%
14 San Francisco, CA 777,660 0.0%
15 Columbus, OH 738,782 0.6%
16 Austin, TX 708,293 1.1%
17 Memphis, TN 680,515 -0.3%
18 Baltimore, MD 640,064 -0.3%
19 Charlotte, NC 631,160 2.1%
20 Fort Worth, TX 622,311 2.7%
21 Boston, MA 609,690 0.6%
22 Milwaukee, WI 601,983 0.2%
23 El Paso, TX 587,400 0.8%
24 Washington, DC 582,049 0.4%
25 Nashville, TN 579,748 1.2%
26 Seattle, WA 575,036 0.4%
27 Denver, CO 561,323 0.2%
28 Louisville, KY 559,855 0.2%
29 Las Vegas, NV 544,806 2.4%
30 Portland, OR 534,112 0.2%
31 Oklahoma City, OK 532,006 0.9%
32 Tucson, AZ 524,830 1.4%
33 Albuquerque, NM 497,543 2.0%
34 Atlanta, GA 483,108 2.8%
35 Long Beach, CA 467,851 0.2%
36 Kansas City, MO 463,983 1.0%
37 Fresno, CA 456,574 1.2%
38 New Orleans, LA 455,188 -1.2%
39 Mesa, AZ 450,948 2.3%
40 Cleveland, OH 449,188 -1.2%
41 Sacramento, CA 448,842 1.9%
42 Virginia Beach, VA 437,464 0.5%
43 Omaha, NE 432,148 1.1%
44 Colorado Springs, CO 393,804 1.7%
45 Oakland, CA 392,112 -0.4%
46 Miami, FL 390,768 1.5%
47 Tulsa, OK 381,017 -0.6%
48 Minneapolis, MN 375,512 -0.4%
49 Honolulu, HI 375,111 0.2%
50 Arlington, TX 361,043 1.5%
51 Wichita, KS 354,524 0.1%
52 St. Louis, MO 352,572 0.3%
53 Raleigh, NC 347,681 3.7%
54 Santa Ana, CA 337,121 -0.1%
55 Cincinnati, OH 331,310 0.0%
56 Anaheim, CA 329,315 0.0%
57 Tampa, FL 325,569 1.4%
58 Toledo, OH 316,970 0.2%
59 Pittsburgh, PA 316,206 -1.1%
60 Aurora, CO 295,511 1.2%
61 Bakersfield, CA 291,553 3.5%
62 Riverside, CA 285,615 2.0%
63 Stockton, CA 282,015 2.9%
64 Corpus Christi, TX 281,290 0.3%
65 Lexington, KY 278,313 1.3%
66 Buffalo, NY 277,998 -1.0%
67 St. Paul, MN 276,969 -0.7%
68 Anchorage, AK 276,863 1.2%
69 Newark, NJ 276,200 0.3%
70 Plano, TX 250,357 2.2%
71 Fort Wayne, IN 249,762 -0.3%
72 St. Petersburg, FL 247,936 -0.1%
73 Glendale, AZ 244,230 1.9%
74 Lincoln, NE 242,009 1.2%
75 Norfolk, VA 237,487 0.3%
76 Jersey City, NJ 236,808 -0.3%
77 Greensboro, NC 236,449 0.7%
78 Birmingham, AL 232,137 -0.8%
79 Henderson, NV 231,787 5.3%
80 Chandler, AZ 231,698 5.2%
81 Scottsdale, AZ 227,717 2.2%
82 Madison, WI 223,440 1.2%
83 Hialeah, FL 223,164 -0.3%
84 Baton Rouge, LA 221,997 -0.6%
85 Winston-Salem, NC 216,961 1.4%
86 Chesapeake, VA 216,570 1.6%
87 Orlando, FL 216,501 2.1%
88 Lubbock, TX 213,089 1.3%
89 Garland, TX 212,539 -0.3%
90 Akron, OH 210,527 -0.6%
91 Rochester, NY 209,781 -0.9%
92 Chula Vista, CA 209,483 3.6%
93 Reno, NV 206,109 2.3%
94 Laredo, TX 205,770 2.8%
95 Durham, NC 205,613 1.7%
96 Modesto, CA 204,077 1.4%
97 Montgomery, AL 200,537 -0.1%
98 Boise City, ID 200,163 0.5%
99 Arlington, VA 199,761 1.1%
100 San Bernardino, CA 198,959 1.0%

Cities in Bold = State Capitals

What was the largest city in the US in 2005?

In 2005, the largest city in the US was New York, with a population of 8,213,839. The second largest city was Los Angeles, with a population of 3,794,640. The third largest US city in 2005 was Chicago, with a population of 2,824,584.

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