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U.S. cities with population over 250,000.

The U.S. has 92 cities with population over 250,000, according to U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates (reference date July 1, 2025). New York, NY leads the band at 8,584,629 residents. Filter by city or state, sort by population or growth, and export matching rows as CSV.

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Over 250,000 — U.S. cities by 2025 population. 92 cities in this band.
Rank City State 2025 pop 2020 base 5-yr Δ 5-yr Δ %
#1 New York NY8,584,6298,805,594-220,965-2.5%
#2 Los Angeles CA3,869,0893,899,342-30,253-0.8%
#3 Chicago IL2,731,5852,748,333-16,748-0.6%
#4 Houston TX2,397,3152,299,64997,666+4.2%
#5 Phoenix AZ1,665,4811,608,34957,132+3.6%
#6 Philadelphia PA1,574,2811,603,800-29,519-1.8%
#7 San Antonio TX1,548,4221,433,348115,074+8.0%
#8 San Diego CA1,406,1061,384,48121,625+1.6%
#9 Dallas TX1,329,4911,304,34125,150+1.9%
#10 Fort Worth TX1,028,117918,892109,225+11.9%
#11 Jacksonville FL1,017,689949,60768,082+7.2%
#12 Austin TX1,002,632958,15144,481+4.6%
#13 San Jose CA989,8141,013,321-23,507-2.3%
#14 Charlotte NC964,784874,70890,076+10.3%
#15 Columbus OH938,396906,21532,181+3.6%
#16 Indianapolis IN910,638897,03813,600+1.5%
#17 San Francisco CA826,079878,550-52,471-6.0%
#18 Louisville KY795,222782,96212,260+1.6%
#19 Seattle WA784,777737,10347,674+6.5%
#20 Nashville TN745,904715,88730,017+4.2%
#21 Denver CO740,613715,50925,104+3.5%
#22 Oklahoma City OK719,849680,93638,913+5.7%
#23 Washington DC693,645689,5444,101+0.6%
#24 El Paso TX683,012678,9324,080+0.6%
#25 Las Vegas NV679,817645,77434,043+5.3%
#26 Boston MA672,973678,617-5,644-0.8%
#27 Detroit MI649,095639,5349,561+1.5%
#28 Portland OR635,109652,466-17,357-2.7%
#29 Memphis TN609,647628,510-18,863-3.0%
#30 Baltimore MD569,997585,729-15,732-2.7%
#31 Milwaukee WI562,407577,894-15,487-2.7%
#32 Albuquerque NM556,588564,428-7,840-1.4%
#33 Fresno CA555,549542,22813,321+2.5%
#34 Tucson AZ548,371542,5985,773+1.1%
#35 Sacramento CA536,449524,90711,542+2.2%
#36 Atlanta GA529,110498,80530,305+6.1%
#37 Kansas City MO521,220508,01213,208+2.6%
#38 Mesa AZ513,656504,3929,264+1.8%
#39 Raleigh NC506,306468,10238,204+8.2%
#40 Colorado Springs CO494,743479,96314,780+3.1%
#41 Miami FL489,812442,23647,576+10.8%
#42 Omaha NE488,797491,867-3,070-0.6%
#43 Virginia Beach VA453,737459,417-5,680-1.2%
#44 Long Beach CA450,469466,768-16,299-3.5%
#45 Oakland CA440,838440,842-4-0.0%
#46 Minneapolis MN430,324429,984340+0.1%
#47 Bakersfield CA422,165404,36217,803+4.4%
#48 Tulsa OK416,209413,0933,116+0.8%
#49 Tampa FL413,554385,33628,218+7.3%
#50 Aurora CO410,053386,25523,798+6.2%
#51 Arlington TX402,134394,3877,747+2.0%
#52 Wichita KS400,987397,5893,398+0.9%
#53 Cleveland OH363,608372,635-9,027-2.4%
#54 New Orleans LA362,154384,129-21,975-5.7%
#55 Henderson NV353,289316,73636,553+11.5%
#56 Honolulu HI341,868350,993-9,125-2.6%
#57 Anaheim CA341,008346,799-5,791-1.7%
#58 Orlando FL333,888308,10125,787+8.4%
#59 Lexington-Fayette urban county KY329,751322,5637,188+2.2%
#60 Stockton CA324,597320,7773,820+1.2%
#61 Newark NJ323,808311,48512,323+4.0%
#62 Riverside CA323,057315,4707,587+2.4%
#63 Irvine CA318,764307,65611,108+3.6%
#64 Corpus Christi TX317,247318,090-843-0.3%
#65 Santa Ana CA315,586310,5345,052+1.6%
#66 Cincinnati OH314,367309,5894,778+1.5%
#67 Greensboro NC308,667299,1979,470+3.2%
#68 Pittsburgh PA307,632303,0544,578+1.5%
#69 St. Paul MN306,684311,503-4,819-1.5%
#70 Durham NC305,561283,88121,680+7.6%
#71 Jersey City NJ302,013292,7429,271+3.2%
#72 Lincoln NE301,522291,35110,171+3.5%
#73 North Las Vegas NV296,653259,47937,174+14.3%
#74 Plano TX293,028285,4657,563+2.6%
#75 Gilbert AZ287,285267,87519,410+7.2%
#76 Anchorage AK287,155291,242-4,087-1.4%
#77 Madison WI286,233274,64011,593+4.2%
#78 Reno NV283,621264,15119,470+7.4%
#79 Chandler AZ278,748276,0912,657+1.0%
#80 St. Louis MO278,144301,349-23,205-7.7%
#81 Chula Vista CA275,533275,50330+0.0%
#82 Fort Wayne IN275,203263,91811,285+4.3%
#83 Buffalo NY274,613278,301-3,688-1.3%
#84 Lubbock TX273,071257,24015,831+6.2%
#85 Laredo TX269,515255,21214,303+5.6%
#86 Port St. Lucie FL268,062204,82663,236+30.9%
#87 St. Petersburg FL264,033258,3585,675+2.2%
#88 Toledo OH263,423270,881-7,458-2.8%
#89 Glendale AZ260,572248,37112,201+4.9%
#90 Winston-Salem NC257,271249,5497,722+3.1%
#91 Irving TX257,076256,781295+0.1%
#92 Chesapeake VA255,332249,2516,081+2.4%
All 92 cities in this band. Rank column reflects the national rank within all qualifying cities; row order reflects this page's filter.

Methodology · sources and limits

Census Vintage 2025 · within-vintage growth only.

Population figures are pop_current from the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025, reference date July 1, 2025. National rank is based on population across all 19,483 cities in the dataset.

All change figures (5-yr Δ columns) are computed within Vintage 2025 only: April 2020 census base to July 2025 estimate. This site does not publish a single 2010→2025 growth figure because Vintage 2019 and Vintage 2025 use different methodologies and reference populations — mixing them would produce misleading numbers.

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