Ranking · Density

Densest U.S. cities by population per square mile.

Name: U.S. cities by population density — Census Vintage V2025 + 2025 Gazetteer
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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These 500 U.S. cities rank highest by 2025 residents per square mile of land area, sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2025) plus the 2025 Census Gazetteer. Filtered to cities with at least 5,000 residents so a 50-person village on a quarter square mile doesn't top the list. Water area excluded; land area only.

Source U.S. Census · PEP + 2025 Gazetteer
Vintage V2025
Reference July 1, 2025 population; 2025 Gazetteer land area
Geography Incorporated places + 8 consolidated cities
Coverage 51 states + DC · 19,483 cities
Last build 2026-06-17

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Top 500 cities by population density, 2025. Filtered to cities with 2025 population ≥ 5,000 and non-null land area.
Rank	City	State	Density / sq mi	2025 Population	Land area (sq mi)
#1	Guttenberg	NJ	61,710	11,910	0.2
#2	West New York	NJ	53,567	53,192	1.0
#3	Union City	NJ	51,792	66,656	1.3
#4	Hoboken	NJ	47,222	59,027	1.3
#5	Kaser	NY	35,587	6,121	0.2
#6	Kiryas Joel	NY	32,248	47,147	1.5
#7	New York	NY	28,569	8,584,629	300.5
#8	New Square	NY	27,831	10,214	0.4
#9	Cliffside Park	NJ	27,760	26,539	1.0
#10	Great Neck Plaza	NY	25,367	7,889	0.3
#12	Passaic	NJ	22,770	71,337	3.1
#13	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	22,151	22,395	1.0
#14	North Bay Village	FL	21,889	8,099	0.4
#15	Jersey City	NJ	20,478	302,013	14.7
#16	Somerville	MA	20,440	84,211	4.1
#17	Maywood	CA	20,137	23,600	1.2
#18	Central Falls	RI	19,367	23,124	1.2
#19	Paterson	NJ	19,231	161,793	8.4
#20	Cambridge	MA	19,163	122,588	6.4
#21	Fairview	NJ	18,376	15,509	0.8
#22	East Orange	NJ	18,370	72,159	3.9
#24	Harrison	NJ	18,254	22,105	1.2
#25	Cudahy	CA	18,236	21,445	1.2
#26	West Hollywood	CA	18,131	34,231	1.9
#27	Chelsea	MA	18,085	40,130	2.2
#28	San Francisco	CA	17,695	826,079	46.7
#29	Spring Valley	NY	17,172	34,482	2.0
#30	Huntington Park	CA	17,136	51,544	3.0
#31	Mount Vernon	NY	16,463	72,304	4.4
#32	Palisades Park	NJ	16,398	20,317	1.2
#34	Hempstead	NY	16,207	59,819	3.7
#35	Fort Lee	NJ	16,023	40,345	2.5
#36	Edgewater	NJ	15,962	15,499	1.0
#37	Garfield	NJ	15,800	33,353	2.1
#38	Long Beach	NY	15,743	34,918	2.2
#39	Everett	MA	15,678	53,572	3.4
#41	Manorhaven	NY	15,213	7,135	0.5
#42	Bay Harbor Islands	FL	15,205	6,021	0.4
#43	Bell Gardens	CA	15,196	37,367	2.5
#44	Lawndale	CA	15,158	29,892	2.0
#45	Aventura	FL	15,060	39,880	2.6
#46	Hawaiian Gardens	CA	14,151	13,373	0.9
#47	Berwyn	IL	14,088	55,001	3.9
#48	Cicero	IL	13,957	81,858	5.9
#49	Boston	MA	13,921	672,973	48.3
#51	Port Chester	NY	13,876	32,303	2.3
#52	Prospect Park	NJ	13,871	6,450	0.5
#53	Miami	FL	13,607	489,812	36.0
#54	Hawthorne	CA	13,593	82,741	6.1
#56	Newark	NJ	13,412	323,808	24.1
#57	Daly City	CA	13,237	101,261	7.7
#58	Malden	MA	13,156	66,370	5.0
#60	Lynwood	CA	13,120	63,512	4.8
#61	Hamtramck	MI	13,044	27,261	2.1
#62	Mount Rainier	MD	13,041	8,307	0.6
#63	Hermosa Beach	CA	12,982	18,513	1.4
#65	Bogota	NJ	12,950	9,816	0.8
#66	Stanton	CA	12,943	40,161	3.1
#67	Lawrence	MA	12,889	89,320	6.9
#68	Bayonne	NJ	12,840	74,744	5.8
#70	Roselle Park	NJ	12,737	15,603	1.2
#71	Darby	PA	12,667	10,666	0.8
#72	Bell	CA	12,610	31,625	2.5
#73	South Gate	CA	12,446	90,071	7.2
#74	Elmwood Park	IL	12,408	23,675	1.9
#75	Bellflower	CA	12,215	74,719	6.1
#76	Perth Amboy	NJ	12,171	56,739	4.7
#77	Wallington	NJ	12,165	12,092	1.0
#78	San Pablo	CA	12,072	31,678	2.6
#79	New Hyde Park	NY	12,059	10,226	0.8
#80	Trenton	NJ	12,031	91,506	7.6
#81	Williston Park	NY	12,019	7,524	0.6
#82	Chicago	IL	11,994	2,731,585	227.7
#83	Key Biscayne	FL	11,881	14,815	1.2
#84	Yonkers	NY	11,807	212,603	18.0
#85	Philadelphia	PA	11,720	1,574,281	134.3
#86	Tuckahoe	NY	11,696	7,029	0.6
#87	Berkeley	CA	11,686	121,911	10.4
#88	Valley Stream	NY	11,610	40,379	3.5
#89	Mineola	NY	11,548	21,376	1.9
#90	Santa Ana	CA	11,527	315,586	27.4
#91	Lodi	NJ	11,526	26,187	2.3
#92	Elizabeth	NJ	11,501	141,675	12.3
#94	East Palo Alto	CA	11,421	28,872	2.5
#95	Island Park	NY	11,391	5,069	0.4
#96	Washington	DC	11,348	693,645	61.1
#97	Floral Park	NY	11,334	16,105	1.4
#99	Oak Park	IL	11,239	52,823	4.7
#100	Inglewood	CA	11,212	101,662	9.1
#101	Hackensack	NJ	11,067	46,380	4.2
#103	El Monte	CA	10,995	105,075	9.6
#104	Asbury Park	NJ	10,931	15,632	1.4
#105	New Brunswick	NJ	10,918	57,133	5.2
#106	Cedarhurst	NY	10,865	7,334	0.7
#107	Redondo Beach	CA	10,855	67,281	6.2
#108	Clifton Heights	PA	10,849	6,835	0.6
#109	Alexandria	VA	10,757	160,662	14.9
#110	Paramount	CA	10,740	50,755	4.7
#111	Albany	CA	10,723	19,195	1.8
#112	Santa Monica	CA	10,713	90,082	8.4
#113	Hialeah	FL	10,697	230,968	21.6
#114	Harwood Heights	IL	10,619	8,761	0.8
#115	West Chester	PA	10,613	19,591	1.8
#116	Providence	RI	10,611	195,310	18.4
#117	Miami Beach	FL	10,606	81,594	7.7
#118	Revere	MA	10,544	60,141	5.7
#119	La Puente	CA	10,472	36,423	3.5
#120	Alhambra	CA	10,460	79,820	7.6
#121	Emeryville	CA	10,401	13,251	1.3
#122	Baldwin Park	CA	10,386	68,880	6.6
#123	Lynbrook	NY	10,360	20,855	2.0
#124	Lomita	CA	10,316	19,724	1.9
#125	Kenmore	NY	10,312	14,808	1.4
#126	Dormont	PA	10,284	7,816	0.8
#127	Collingdale	PA	10,239	8,898	0.9
#128	Norristown	PA	10,217	35,911	3.5
#129	Hallandale Beach	FL	10,137	42,698	4.2
#131	West Miami	FL	10,049	7,125	0.7
#132	Surfside	FL	10,038	5,591	0.6
#133	Gardena	CA	10,029	58,460	5.8
#134	Lauderdale Lakes	FL	10,024	36,898	3.7
#135	Norwalk	CA	10,004	97,104	9.7
#137	East Rockaway	NY	9,917	10,096	1.0
#138	Bergenfield	NJ	9,902	28,754	2.9
#139	North Lauderdale	FL	9,895	45,733	4.6
#140	San Fernando	CA	9,877	23,449	2.4
#141	Evanston	IL	9,819	76,380	7.8
#142	Bladensburg	MD	9,769	9,671	1.0
#143	Nyack	NY	9,755	7,511	0.8
#144	Artesia	CA	9,746	15,789	1.6
#145	Reading	PA	9,736	95,832	9.8
#146	West York	PA	9,733	5,110	0.5
#147	Lynn	MA	9,706	104,236	10.7
#149	Plainfield	NJ	9,589	57,141	6.0
#150	Rosemead	CA	9,572	49,410	5.2
#152	North Miami Beach	FL	9,545	46,236	4.8
#155	Garden Grove	CA	9,495	170,455	18.0
#156	Dumont	NJ	9,483	18,501	2.0
#157	Bridgeport	CT	9,479	152,273	16.1
#158	Lansdowne	PA	9,434	11,141	1.2
#159	Winthrop Town	MA	9,352	18,647	2.0
#161	Seattle	WA	9,340	784,777	84.0
#162	Wood-Ridge	NJ	9,283	10,341	1.1
#164	Pelham	NY	9,255	7,608	0.8
#165	Conshohocken	PA	9,229	9,266	1.0
#166	San Gabriel	CA	9,215	38,186	4.1
#167	Keansburg	NJ	9,159	9,818	1.1
#168	Freeport	NY	9,136	44,174	4.8
#169	Compton	CA	9,026	90,500	10.0
#170	Watertown	MA	8,936	35,710	4.0
#171	State College	PA	8,922	40,844	4.6
#173	Pawtucket	RI	8,892	77,065	8.7
#174	Long Beach	CA	8,890	450,469	50.7
#175	Lauderhill	FL	8,885	75,668	8.5
#176	Westminster	CA	8,862	88,966	10.0
#177	Roselle	NJ	8,828	23,261	2.6
#178	Lakewood	OH	8,826	49,027	5.6
#179	Lowell	MA	8,815	119,971	13.6
#180	Temple City	CA	8,770	35,125	4.0
#181	Prospect Park	PA	8,755	6,409	0.7
#183	Downey	CA	8,741	108,468	12.4
#184	Bridgeport	PA	8,737	5,758	0.7
#185	New Carrollton	MD	8,713	13,644	1.6
#186	Ossining	NY	8,708	27,579	3.2
#188	Maywood	IL	8,587	23,330	2.7
#190	York	PA	8,568	45,342	5.3
#191	Foster City	CA	8,558	32,411	3.8
#193	San Mateo	CA	8,528	103,337	12.1
#195	Shorewood	WI	8,474	13,474	1.6
#196	South Pasadena	FL	8,474	5,169	0.6
#197	Mount Carmel	PA	8,427	5,579	0.7
#198	Manhattan Beach	CA	8,419	33,122	3.9
#199	Great Neck	NY	8,415	11,141	1.3
#200	Highland Park	NJ	8,379	15,259	1.8
#201	La Palma	CA	8,370	14,907	1.8
#202	Indiana	PA	8,355	14,697	1.8
#203	New Rochelle	NY	8,348	85,864	10.3
#204	Lakewood	CA	8,304	78,010	9.4
#205	Garwood	NJ	8,292	5,390	0.7
#206	Takoma Park	MD	8,243	17,260	2.1
#207	Los Angeles	CA	8,223	3,869,089	470.5
#208	Shamokin	PA	8,199	6,764	0.8
#209	Norridge	IL	8,190	14,808	1.8
#211	Placentia	CA	8,157	54,911	6.7
#212	North Plainfield	NJ	8,151	22,879	2.8
#213	Elmwood Park	NJ	8,148	21,534	2.6
#214	Clifton	NJ	8,082	91,127	11.3
#215	Lancaster	PA	8,076	58,366	7.2
#218	La Habra	CA	8,052	60,908	7.6
#220	Ambler	PA	8,028	6,840	0.9
#221	Hasbrouck Heights	NJ	8,018	12,211	1.5
#222	Malverne	NY	8,011	8,476	1.1
#223	Camden	NJ	8,009	71,430	8.9
#226	Minneapolis	MN	7,969	430,324	54.0
#227	Caldwell	NJ	7,958	9,375	1.2
#228	Rahway	NJ	7,955	31,010	3.9
#229	Federal Heights	CO	7,930	14,075	1.8
#231	Rockville Centre	NY	7,927	25,770	3.3
#232	Maywood	NJ	7,899	10,166	1.3
#234	Oakland	CA	7,877	440,838	56.0
#235	National City	CA	7,871	57,807	7.3
#236	Collingswood	NJ	7,861	14,386	1.8
#237	Dunellen	NJ	7,850	8,337	1.1
#238	Bound Brook	NJ	7,849	13,038	1.7
#240	Farmingdale	NY	7,846	8,584	1.1
#241	Ridgefield Park	NJ	7,843	13,372	1.7
#242	Hyattsville	MD	7,822	21,158	2.7
#243	Clarkston	GA	7,822	14,431	1.8
#244	Bellevue	PA	7,810	7,888	1.0
#245	Sharon Hill	PA	7,766	5,995	0.8
#246	Buena Park	CA	7,765	81,741	10.5
#247	Media	PA	7,759	5,920	0.8
#249	Massapequa Park	NY	7,754	16,997	2.2
#252	Culver City	CA	7,718	39,452	5.1
#253	Yeadon	PA	7,710	12,320	1.6
#254	San Bruno	CA	7,707	42,305	5.5
#257	Kearns	UT	7,643	35,404	4.6
#259	Watervliet	NY	7,632	10,242	1.3
#260	Norwood	PA	7,618	5,927	0.8
#261	West University Place	TX	7,564	15,158	2.0
#262	Bellwood	IL	7,555	18,116	2.4
#263	Oxnard	CA	7,521	199,651	26.5
#264	Little Ferry	NJ	7,515	11,099	1.5
#265	Haledon	NJ	7,510	9,125	1.2
#266	New Milford	NJ	7,505	17,133	2.3
#267	Monterey Park	CA	7,489	57,457	7.7
#268	South Pasadena	CA	7,481	25,503	3.4
#269	Watsonville	CA	7,474	50,716	6.8
#270	Lake Worth Beach	FL	7,461	43,970	5.9
#271	New Haven	CT	7,425	138,774	18.7
#274	Falls Church	VA	7,409	15,159	2.0
#275	Glenolden	PA	7,402	7,217	1.0
#276	Cheviot	OH	7,395	8,623	1.2
#277	Highwood	IL	7,393	5,323	0.7
#278	Alameda	CA	7,393	76,876	10.4
#279	Red Bank	NJ	7,386	12,896	1.7
#280	Medford	MA	7,386	59,834	8.1
#281	Cypress	CA	7,375	48,781	6.6
#282	Newburgh	NY	7,372	28,059	3.8
#284	Suisun City	CA	7,354	29,454	4.0
#285	Coatesville	PA	7,347	13,283	1.8
#286	Greenacres	FL	7,331	44,736	6.1
#287	Santa Clara	CA	7,301	133,446	18.3
#288	Montebello	CA	7,288	60,693	8.3
#289	Lindenhurst	NY	7,273	27,258	3.7
#290	Burlingame	CA	7,268	31,929	4.4
#291	West Haverstraw	NY	7,263	11,025	1.5
#293	Fair Lawn	NJ	7,230	37,128	5.1
#294	University Heights	OH	7,229	13,200	1.8
#296	Lemon Grove	CA	7,202	27,936	3.9
#297	North Miami	FL	7,198	60,884	8.5
#298	Aliso Viejo	CA	7,197	49,844	6.9
#300	Allentown	PA	7,176	126,044	17.6
#301	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	FL	7,161	6,280	0.9
#303	Mountain View	CA	7,145	85,438	12.0
#305	Morristown	NJ	7,133	20,750	2.9
#306	Easton	PA	7,132	30,402	4.3
#309	El Cerrito	CA	7,114	26,121	3.7
#310	Greenfield	CA	7,110	21,138	3.0
#311	Sunnyvale	CA	7,098	156,577	22.1
#312	Clayton	MO	7,097	17,807	2.5
#314	Pico Rivera	CA	7,085	58,915	8.3
#315	Dover	NJ	7,070	18,919	2.7
#316	Hialeah Gardens	FL	7,069	22,777	3.2
#317	Wilson	PA	7,064	8,159	1.2
#319	South San Francisco	CA	7,056	64,941	9.2
#320	Baltimore	MD	7,042	569,997	80.9
#321	Chester	PA	7,034	33,996	4.8
#322	West Park	FL	7,026	15,444	2.2
#323	Covina	CA	7,023	49,404	7.0
#324	Huntington Beach	CA	7,016	191,451	27.3
#325	El Cajon	CA	7,013	101,755	14.5
#327	Hartford	CT	7,006	121,981	17.4
#328	Tustin	CA	7,001	77,843	11.1
#329	Millbrae	CA	6,996	22,869	3.3
#330	Campbell	CA	6,987	42,490	6.1
#333	Grandview Heights	OH	6,924	9,112	1.3
#335	Costa Mesa	CA	6,889	108,881	15.8
#336	Rutherford	NJ	6,880	19,132	2.8
#337	Gaithersburg	MD	6,871	71,113	10.3
#339	University Park	TX	6,864	25,323	3.7
#340	Margate	FL	6,857	60,070	8.8
#341	District Heights	MD	6,857	5,938	0.9
#342	Whitefish Bay	WI	6,851	14,489	2.1
#343	Burbank	IL	6,835	28,578	4.2
#345	Park City	IL	6,822	7,893	1.2
#347	Westbury	NY	6,818	15,981	2.3
#348	Buffalo	NY	6,801	274,613	40.4
#349	Swissvale	PA	6,797	8,197	1.2
#350	Montclair	CA	6,791	37,563	5.5
#351	Anaheim	CA	6,782	341,008	50.3
#352	Salinas	CA	6,767	159,134	23.5
#353	South Amboy	NJ	6,764	10,403	1.5
#354	Guadalupe	CA	6,748	8,846	1.3
#355	Wilmington	DE	6,747	73,512	10.9
#356	Torrance	CA	6,746	138,391	20.5
#359	Palm Springs	FL	6,726	28,303	4.2
#360	Ridley Park	PA	6,724	7,255	1.1
#362	Bronxville	NY	6,691	6,504	1.0
#363	North Arlington	NJ	6,683	16,601	2.5
#365	South El Monte	CA	6,668	18,963	2.8
#367	River Edge	NJ	6,633	12,159	1.8
#368	Cornelius	OR	6,632	15,520	2.3
#369	Davis	CA	6,630	66,110	10.0
#370	Brentwood	PA	6,623	9,597	1.4
#372	Skokie	IL	6,612	66,544	10.1
#375	Lincoln Park	MI	6,602	38,529	5.8
#376	Jamesburg	NJ	6,598	5,819	0.9
#377	Columbia Heights	MN	6,597	22,482	3.4
#378	La Mesa	CA	6,590	59,914	9.1
#379	Oak Lawn	IL	6,586	56,450	8.6
#383	West Covina	CA	6,567	105,301	16.0
#384	Eastpointe	MI	6,556	33,814	5.2
#386	Deer Park	OH	6,507	5,557	0.9
#387	Long Branch	NJ	6,503	33,321	5.1
#388	Freehold	NJ	6,502	12,562	1.9
#389	Wilkes-Barre	PA	6,502	44,523	6.8
#390	Souderton	PA	6,501	7,288	1.1
#392	Glen Ridge	NJ	6,478	8,259	1.3
#393	Kennett Square	PA	6,472	6,893	1.1
#394	Bellevue	KY	6,461	5,847	0.9
#395	White Plains	NY	6,457	62,871	9.7
#397	Haverstraw	NY	6,447	12,791	2.0
#398	Pomona	CA	6,431	147,807	23.0
#399	Schenectady	NY	6,428	69,471	10.8
#401	San Leandro	CA	6,406	85,353	13.3
#402	Tamarac	FL	6,393	74,134	11.6
#403	Guadalupe	AZ	6,374	5,093	0.8
#404	Laurel	MD	6,357	30,254	4.8
#406	Lebanon	PA	6,354	26,479	4.2
#407	Lansdale	PA	6,343	18,986	3.0
#409	Melrose	MA	6,320	29,597	4.7
#412	Poughkeepsie	NY	6,317	32,499	5.1
#413	La Grange	IL	6,311	15,935	2.5
#415	College Park	MD	6,306	35,418	5.6
#416	Daytona Beach Shores	FL	6,295	5,187	0.8
#417	West View	PA	6,292	6,355	1.0
#418	Elsmere	DE	6,278	6,196	1.0
#419	Kingston	PA	6,273	13,462	2.1
#420	Somerville	NJ	6,272	14,665	2.3
#421	Mountlake Terrace	WA	6,268	25,430	4.1
#422	Piedmont	CA	6,260	10,642	1.7
#423	Norwood	OH	6,255	19,658	3.1
#426	Ithaca	NY	6,241	33,632	5.4
#428	Quincy	MA	6,225	103,173	16.6
#429	Harrisburg	PA	6,223	50,522	8.1
#431	King City	OR	6,219	5,044	0.8
#433	Belmont	CA	6,210	28,752	4.6
#434	Mamaroneck	NY	6,200	19,896	3.2
#435	Leonia	NJ	6,199	9,441	1.5
#437	Chicago Ridge	IL	6,189	14,036	2.3
#438	Fullerton	CA	6,185	138,675	22.4
#440	Brookfield	IL	6,162	18,879	3.1
#441	Larchmont	NY	6,159	6,750	1.1
#443	Rohnert Park	CA	6,150	44,811	7.3
#445	Miami Gardens	FL	6,146	113,579	18.5
#446	Glendale	CA	6,141	187,160	30.5
#447	Midvale	UT	6,124	36,099	5.9
#448	Fountain Valley	CA	6,119	55,508	9.1
#449	Sunrise	FL	6,102	98,846	16.2
#450	Englewood	NJ	6,098	30,035	4.9
#451	Evergreen Park	IL	6,096	19,283	3.2
#453	Hawthorne	NJ	6,079	20,169	3.3
#454	Citrus Heights	CA	6,074	86,348	14.2
#455	Coral Springs	FL	6,070	138,783	22.9
#456	Calumet Park	IL	6,063	6,772	1.1
#457	Glendale Heights	IL	6,055	32,655	5.4
#458	Oakland Park	FL	6,045	45,332	7.5
#459	Hatboro	PA	6,043	8,593	1.4
#460	Wilkinsburg	PA	6,037	13,602	2.3
#463	South Miami	FL	6,026	13,660	2.3
#464	La Grange Park	IL	6,025	13,453	2.2
#467	Fanwood	NJ	5,996	8,035	1.3
#468	Mechanicville	NY	5,985	5,021	0.8
#470	Deerfield Beach	FL	5,971	89,339	15.0
#471	Winooski	VT	5,966	8,239	1.4
#472	Peekskill	NY	5,960	25,891	4.3
#473	Audubon	NJ	5,955	8,825	1.5
#474	Herndon	VA	5,951	25,506	4.3
#475	Burbank	CA	5,948	102,988	17.3
#476	Wilton Manors	FL	5,916	11,655	2.0
#477	Pasadena	CA	5,915	135,804	23.0
#479	Soledad	CA	5,910	26,357	4.5
#480	St. Paul	MN	5,900	306,684	52.0
#481	Doral	FL	5,895	81,634	13.8
#482	University City	MO	5,893	34,657	5.9
#483	White City	UT	5,888	5,146	0.9
#485	La Mirada	CA	5,873	45,952	7.8
#486	Imperial Beach	CA	5,873	25,206	4.3
#488	Bristol	PA	5,872	9,970	1.7
#489	Carteret	NJ	5,871	25,781	4.4
#490	Capitola	CA	5,859	9,340	1.6
#492	Milwaukee	WI	5,848	562,407	96.2
#493	Miami Lakes	FL	5,845	33,067	5.7
#494	South River	NJ	5,839	16,262	2.8
#497	Milpitas	CA	5,830	78,596	13.5
#499	Orland Hills	IL	5,819	6,663	1.1
#500	Whittier	CA	5,801	85,815	14.8
#501	Parlier	CA	5,798	14,622	2.5
#502	Phoenixville	PA	5,798	20,356	3.5
#503	Newman	CA	5,795	12,453	2.1
#504	Berkley	MI	5,792	15,145	2.6
#507	Syracuse	NY	5,782	144,896	25.1
#509	Rochester	NY	5,763	206,108	35.8
#510	Hollywood	FL	5,762	157,019	27.3
#511	Forest Park	IL	5,757	13,829	2.4
#512	Woonsocket	RI	5,755	44,580	7.7
#513	Santa Paula	CA	5,746	31,774	5.5
#514	Worcester	MA	5,724	213,862	37.4
#515	Shoreline	WA	5,719	66,542	11.6
#516	Homestead	FL	5,717	86,242	15.1
#520	Hanover Park	IL	5,696	36,568	6.4
#521	New Britain	CT	5,695	76,286	13.4
#522	Middletown	NY	5,672	30,098	5.3
#523	Harper Woods	MI	5,652	14,860	2.6
#525	Oak Park	MI	5,648	29,072	5.1
#526	Point Pleasant	NJ	5,647	19,712	3.5
#528	Honolulu	HI	5,639	341,868	60.6
#529	Riverbank	CA	5,638	26,557	4.7
#530	Annapolis	MD	5,638	40,634	7.2
#532	Lindenwold	NJ	5,626	21,952	3.9
#533	Suffern	NY	5,625	11,796	2.1
#535	Belmar	NJ	5,601	5,853	1.0
#538	Willowick	OH	5,588	14,178	2.5
#539	Hollister	CA	5,581	45,695	8.2
#542	Eastvale	CA	5,568	70,594	12.7
#543	San Jose	CA	5,563	989,814	177.9
#546	Pittsburgh	PA	5,556	307,632	55.4
#548	Shillington	PA	5,548	5,542	1.0
#549	Chula Vista	CA	5,538	275,533	49.8
#552	Morrisville	PA	5,532	9,665	1.7
#554	Watauga	TX	5,526	22,981	4.2
#556	Patchogue	NY	5,525	12,486	2.3
#559	Melrose Park	IL	5,500	23,936	4.4
#560	Decatur	GA	5,486	25,276	4.6
#562	Manassas Park	VA	5,474	16,560	3.0
#563	Salem	MA	5,472	45,381	8.3
#564	Kirkland	WA	5,471	97,410	17.8
#566	Fort Lauderdale	FL	5,456	188,677	34.6
#568	Keizer	OR	5,447	39,140	7.2
#569	Folcroft	PA	5,441	6,780	1.2
#570	Sacramento	CA	5,438	536,449	98.7
#572	Park Ridge	IL	5,426	38,463	7.1
#573	Cleveland Heights	OH	5,425	43,750	8.1
#574	Metuchen	NJ	5,415	15,363	2.8
#577	Pembroke Pines	FL	5,407	176,714	32.7
#578	San Carlos	CA	5,407	29,261	5.4
#579	Plymouth	PA	5,406	5,801	1.1
#581	Richfield	MN	5,399	36,593	6.8
#583	Wappingers Falls	NY	5,395	6,048	1.1
#584	Orange	CA	5,391	138,365	25.7
#585	Grover Beach	CA	5,388	12,456	2.3
#586	Beverly Hills	CA	5,387	30,764	5.7
#587	South Houston	TX	5,386	16,407	3.0
#588	Sweetwater	FL	5,382	20,828	3.9
#589	Englewood	CO	5,381	35,305	6.6
#590	Glenarden	MD	5,379	6,422	1.2
#592	Lewisburg	PA	5,371	5,226	1.0
#594	Blue Island	IL	5,356	21,805	4.1
#595	Mount Lebanon	PA	5,356	32,552	6.1
#596	Lynnwood	WA	5,349	42,132	7.9
#599	Orange Cove	CA	5,338	9,811	1.8
#601	New Brighton	PA	5,332	5,503	1.0
#602	Round Lake Beach	IL	5,331	26,902	5.0
#603	McKees Rocks	PA	5,326	5,624	1.1
#606	Cerritos	CA	5,313	46,367	8.7
#607	Hazel Park	MI	5,301	14,937	2.8
#608	Taylorsville	UT	5,300	57,484	10.8
#609	Northglenn	CO	5,284	38,893	7.4
#610	West Allis	WI	5,282	60,119	11.4
#611	Lantana	FL	5,259	12,449	2.4
#612	Altamonte Springs	FL	5,252	48,000	9.1
#613	Kerman	CA	5,244	17,553	3.3
#614	Coconut Creek	FL	5,241	58,626	11.2
#615	North College Hill	OH	5,241	9,544	1.8
#616	Keyport	NJ	5,239	7,235	1.4
#620	Niles	IL	5,206	30,443	5.8
#623	Vista	CA	5,180	98,274	19.0
#626	Grosse Pointe	MI	5,169	5,490	1.1
#627	Dearborn Heights	MI	5,169	60,664	11.7
#629	Woodburn	OR	5,167	31,948	6.2
#630	Mount Prospect	IL	5,167	55,395	10.7
#631	Burien	WA	5,166	51,859	10.0
#632	Lake Forest	CA	5,165	86,333	16.7
#634	Ceres	CA	5,157	48,982	9.5
#635	Monmouth	OR	5,155	11,543	2.2
#636	Des Moines	WA	5,150	33,032	6.4
#637	West Haven	CT	5,149	55,351	10.8
#638	Cupertino	CA	5,144	58,333	11.3
#639	Bexley	OH	5,143	12,452	2.4
#640	Clawson	MI	5,142	11,312	2.2
#643	Maplewood	MO	5,130	8,033	1.6
#644	Stockton	CA	5,128	324,597	63.3
#645	Fillmore	CA	5,128	16,937	3.3
#647	Mission Viejo	CA	5,124	90,484	17.7
#648	Grosse Pointe Park	MI	5,122	11,095	2.2
#649	Orem	UT	5,117	95,214	18.6
#650	Sleepy Hollow	NY	5,115	11,474	2.2
#651	Fontana	CA	5,111	221,223	43.3
#654	Boynton Beach	FL	5,106	82,396	16.1

Showing 500 of 19,483 cities meeting the density-computability filter. Rank column reflects the national rank within all qualifying cities; row order reflects this page's filter.

Source detail for this table

Values in this table inherit the source agency, native geography, transformation, and caveats below.

Source detail

2025 population

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation: Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.

Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.

Methodology Original source

Source detail

Land area and centroid

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
Dataset: Census Gazetteer
Vintage / period: 2025 (Jan 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census Gazetteer place records using the published place GEOID, land area, water area, and centroid.
Transformation: Joined to the city by GEOID; square meters are converted to square miles where displayed.

Known limit: Boundary and centroid records are geographic references, not measures of developed land or urbanized footprint.

Methodology Original source

Source detail

Population density

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population and Geography Divisions
Dataset: Census PEP + Census Gazetteer
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025); 2025 (Jan 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP place population joined to Census Gazetteer place land area by GEOID.
Transformation: Computed as 2025 population divided by Gazetteer land area in square miles; water area is excluded.

Known limit: Density is sensitive to municipal boundaries and is not an urbanized-area or neighborhood density measure.

Methodology Original source

Source detail

Population rank

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Included Census place/consolidated-city universe after the site inclusion rules are applied.
Transformation: Ranks are computed from the site CSV with standard competition ranking, so ties share a rank and the next rank is skipped.

Known limit: Ranks are only within this city/place universe, not all counties, CDPs, metros, or total U.S. population.

Methodology Original source

Methodology · how density is computed

How density is computed.

Density is computed as pop_current ÷ land_area_sqmi — land area only, water area excluded. The land area figure comes from the Census Bureau's 2025 Gazetteer file (January 1, 2025 boundaries). Using land area rather than total area is the standard practice for city density comparisons: a coastal city with large offshore water area would appear artificially sparse otherwise.

This ranking is filtered to cities with a 2025 population of at least 5,000 residents. Without that floor, a village of a few dozen people over a fraction of a square mile can occupy the top ranks — numerically correct but not a useful answer to "what are the densest U.S. cities?"

The eight consolidated cities in this dataset (Indianapolis, Nashville, Louisville, Athens-Clarke County, Augusta-Richmond County, Milford CT, Greeley County KS, and Butte-Silver Bow MT) have slightly overstated density. Their gazetteer geometry uses the balance entry for the consolidated city-county, which excludes incorporated enclaves within the boundary. This means land area is modestly under-counted and density correspondingly over-counted. This is a known data limitation, not a calculation error.

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