Every City in the USA

U.S. Census · Vintage V2024 · National rankings

U.S. city rankings.

Four sourced views of U.S. cities, drawn from Census Vintage V2024. Population, growth, density, decline. Each ranking is filtered to the universe that makes the answer meaningful.

National rankings

4 indexable rankings · top 500 each

National · Population

Largest U.S. cities

Every U.S. city ranked by 2024 resident population estimate. Top 500 rendered; full 19,479 rows in the CSV.

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National · Growth 2020 to 2024

Fastest-growing cities

Top growers by percent change from the April 2020 census base to the July 2024 estimate. Restricted to cities with at least 5,000 residents in 2020 so a hamlet growing from 12 to 200 doesn't top the list on percentage alone.

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National · Density

Densest cities

Top cities by residents per square mile of land area, from the 2025 Census Gazetteer. Restricted to cities of at least 5,000 residents.

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National · Decline 2020 to 2024

Cities losing population

Cities that lost the largest share of residents from the April 2020 census base to mid-2024, within Vintage 2024 only. Same 5,000-resident floor as the growth ranking.

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By population band

7 filters

Filter · Population

Over 1 million

U.S. cities with 2024 populations above one million.

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Over 500,000

U.S. cities with 2024 populations above 500,000.

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Over 250,000

U.S. cities with 2024 populations above 250,000.

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Over 100,000

U.S. cities with 2024 populations above 100,000.

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Over 50,000

U.S. cities with 2024 populations above 50,000.

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50,000 to 150,000

U.S. cities with 2024 populations between 50,000 and 150,000 — the original motivating use case for this dataset.

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Under 10,000

U.S. cities with 2024 populations under 10,000.

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Methodology · the 2019/2020 seam

Within-vintage growth only.

The 2010–2019 series (Census Vintage 2019) and the 2020–2024 series (Census Vintage 2024) are two independent estimates of two different reference dates, produced by two methodology generations. V2019 extrapolated forward from the 2010 census; V2024 re-based to the 2020 census. The seam between them mixes a methodology shift with real population change.

Every growth and decline number on this site stays inside a single vintage. We publish 2020 base → 2024 estimate as the modern growth metric. We do not publish a single 2010 → 2024 growth number.

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Want the full dataset?

All 19,479 cities as a single CSV.

Every field for every place. Public-domain. sha256 verified.

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