Top 100 Biggest US Cities In The Year 2008

Top 100 Biggest US Cities In The Year 2008

Rank City 2009 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 New York, NY 8,346,794 0.5%
2 Los Angeles, CA 3,801,576 0.3%
3 Chicago, IL 2,830,026 -0.3%
4 Houston, TX 2,238,183 1.6%
5 Phoenix, AZ 1,569,917 2.1%
6 Philadelphia, PA 1,540,351 0.2%
7 San Antonio, TX 1,349,274 1.9%
8 San Diego, CA 1,305,754 0.8%
9 Dallas, TX 1,279,539 0.9%
10 San Jose, CA 948,686 0.6%
11 Detroit, MI 912,632 -0.4%
12 Jacksonville, FL 809,891 1.2%
13 San Francisco, CA 808,001 0.5%
14 Indianapolis, IN 800,730 0.3%
15 Austin, TX 767,201 1.7%
16 Columbus, OH 759,360 0.7%
17 Fort Worth, TX 704,299 3.2%
18 Charlotte, NC 687,971 2.4%
19 Memphis, TN 676,660 -0.2%
20 Baltimore, MD 638,091 -0.2%
21 Boston, MA 636,748 0.9%
22 El Paso, TX 609,248 1.0%
23 Milwaukee, WI 604,179 0.1%
24 Seattle, WA 602,934 0.8%
25 Nashville, TN 598,465 1.2%
26 Denver, CO 593,086 0.8%
27 Washington, DC 590,074 0.4%
28 Louisville, KY 563,119 0.2%
29 Las Vegas, NV 562,849 1.9%
30 Portland, OR 556,442 0.6%
31 Oklahoma City, OK 551,875 1.1%
32 Tucson, AZ 540,653 1.3%
33 Atlanta, GA 537,385 3.1%
34 Albuquerque, NM 523,240 1.9%
35 Kansas City, MO 480,129 1.0%
36 Fresno, CA 472,949 1.2%
37 Mesa, AZ 463,829 1.8%
38 Sacramento, CA 461,036 1.5%
39 Long Beach, CA 460,138 -0.1%
40 Omaha, NE 448,050 1.1%
41 Cleveland, OH 434,023 -1.2%
42 Virginia Beach, VA 432,228 0.2%
43 Miami, FL 431,196 2.2%
44 Oakland, CA 403,188 0.1%
45 Colorado Springs, CO 397,317 1.2%
46 Raleigh, NC 393,692 3.9%
47 Tulsa, OK 385,755 -0.2%
48 Minneapolis, MN 381,978 -0.0%
49 Arlington, TX 374,793 1.4%
50 Honolulu, HI 373,295 0.1%
51 Wichita, KS 365,838 0.5%
52 St. Louis, MO 356,730 0.3%
53 Tampa, FL 340,108 1.4%
54 Santa Ana, CA 337,152 -0.1%
55 New Orleans, LA 336,644 -4.4%
56 Cincinnati, OH 333,170 0.1%
57 Anaheim, CA 333,114 0.1%
58 Bakersfield, CA 318,701 3.3%
59 Aurora, CO 316,676 1.6%
60 Toledo, OH 316,664 0.1%
61 Pittsburgh, PA 312,119 -0.8%
62 Riverside, CA 293,207 1.6%
63 Lexington, KY 292,240 1.4%
64 Stockton, CA 285,357 1.9%
65 Corpus Christi, TX 284,845 0.3%
66 Anchorage, AK 280,471 0.9%
67 St. Paul, MN 279,447 -0.3%
68 Newark, NJ 277,377 0.2%
69 Buffalo, NY 271,220 -0.9%
70 Plano, TX 268,552 2.3%
71 Fort Wayne, IN 254,143 0.0%
72 Henderson, NV 253,693 4.4%
73 Glendale, AZ 251,772 1.6%
74 Greensboro, NC 251,179 1.2%
75 Lincoln, NE 250,939 1.2%
76 Chandler, AZ 247,214 4.1%
77 St. Petersburg, FL 244,753 -0.2%
78 Jersey City, NJ 239,658 -0.0%
79 Scottsdale, AZ 235,633 1.8%
80 Norfolk, VA 234,653 0.0%
81 Orlando, FL 232,321 2.2%
82 Madison, WI 231,840 1.2%
83 Birmingham, AL 230,228 -0.6%
84 Winston-Salem, NC 227,834 1.5%
85 Baton Rouge, LA 224,983 -0.2%
86 Durham, NC 223,328 2.1%
87 Lubbock, TX 221,248 1.3%
88 Laredo, TX 220,801 2.6%
89 Chesapeake, VA 220,319 1.2%
90 Chula Vista, CA 219,316 2.8%
91 Garland, TX 218,645 0.2%
92 North Las Vegas, NV 217,975 8.0%
93 Reno, NV 217,564 2.1%
94 Hialeah, FL 216,876 -0.5%
95 Gilbert, AZ 216,661 8.0%
96 Arlington, VA 210,196 1.3%
97 Akron, OH 207,872 -0.5%
98 Rochester, NY 207,348 -0.7%
99 Irvine, CA 204,936 4.3%
100 Boise City, ID 204,778 0.6%

Cities in Bold = State Capitals

What was the largest city in the US in 2008?

In 2008, the largest city in the US was New York, with a population of 8,346,794. The second largest city was Los Angeles, with a population of 3,801,576. The third largest US city in 2008 was Chicago, with a population of 2,830,026.

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