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39 U.S. cities with population over 500,000.

The U.S. has 39 cities with population over 500,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program as of July 1, 2025 (released in May 2026). 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 500,000 — U.S. cities by 2025 population. 39 cities in this band.
RankCityState2025 pop2020 base5-yr Δ5-yr Δ %
#1New YorkNY8,584,6298,805,594-220,965-2.5%
#2Los AngelesCA3,869,0893,899,342-30,253-0.8%
#3ChicagoIL2,731,5852,748,333-16,748-0.6%
#4HoustonTX2,397,3152,299,64997,666+4.2%
#5PhoenixAZ1,665,4811,608,34957,132+3.6%
#6PhiladelphiaPA1,574,2811,603,800-29,519-1.8%
#7San AntonioTX1,548,4221,433,348115,074+8.0%
#8San DiegoCA1,406,1061,384,48121,625+1.6%
#9DallasTX1,329,4911,304,34125,150+1.9%
#10Fort WorthTX1,028,117918,892109,225+11.9%
#11JacksonvilleFL1,017,689949,60768,082+7.2%
#12AustinTX1,002,632958,15144,481+4.6%
#13San JoseCA989,8141,013,321-23,507-2.3%
#14CharlotteNC964,784874,70890,076+10.3%
#15ColumbusOH938,396906,21532,181+3.6%
#16IndianapolisIN910,638897,03813,600+1.5%
#17San FranciscoCA826,079878,550-52,471-6.0%
#18LouisvilleKY795,222782,96212,260+1.6%
#19SeattleWA784,777737,10347,674+6.5%
#20NashvilleTN745,904715,88730,017+4.2%
#21DenverCO740,613715,50925,104+3.5%
#22Oklahoma CityOK719,849680,93638,913+5.7%
#23WashingtonDC693,645689,5444,101+0.6%
#24El PasoTX683,012678,9324,080+0.6%
#25Las VegasNV679,817645,77434,043+5.3%
#26BostonMA672,973678,617-5,644-0.8%
#27DetroitMI649,095639,5349,561+1.5%
#28PortlandOR635,109652,466-17,357-2.7%
#29MemphisTN609,647628,510-18,863-3.0%
#30BaltimoreMD569,997585,729-15,732-2.7%
#31MilwaukeeWI562,407577,894-15,487-2.7%
#32AlbuquerqueNM556,588564,428-7,840-1.4%
#33FresnoCA555,549542,22813,321+2.5%
#34TucsonAZ548,371542,5985,773+1.1%
#35SacramentoCA536,449524,90711,542+2.2%
#36AtlantaGA529,110498,80530,305+6.1%
#37Kansas CityMO521,220508,01213,208+2.6%
#38MesaAZ513,656504,3929,264+1.8%
#39RaleighNC506,306468,10238,204+8.2%
All 39 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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