New York & LA still most populated cities

[Hawaii Hiker]

& a couple towns in CA. are among the fastest growing so hopefully after next census, CA & NY will get added electoral votes, :woohoo:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-10-city-populations_N.htm

TABLE: Top 75 U.S. cities ranked by population

Population growth is uneven across the USA. How do you see your city growing or shrinking? Leave a comment below. The 75 most populous cities — based on July 1, 2007, estimates — and the change over seven years:

2007 pop. % chng. 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

[BlooInBloo]

1. Oh shit - I didn't realize that pdx was *that* close to seattle's size!

I'll have to stop calling it "small" now!

[Enrique]

2. look out Cleveland!

-8.3% :wow:

[mainegreen]

3. The population of my 'city' is stuck at 64,000.

Probably because its pretty tough to stuff any more people onto this peninsula.

It would be interesting to see that list with 'metro' areas included. Some cities listed above probably include most of their metro area, and some don't.

Our 'city' seems small at 64,000, but if you include the metro area we go up to around 350,000.

[JackRiddler]

4. Have you got a link for current numbers on metro area?

[JackRiddler]

5. Here's a compact one...