U.S. cities with 2024 populations above 500,000. 38 cities match this filter.
Growth figures show the four-year change from the April 2020 census base to the mid-2024 estimate — within a single vintage.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2024
Reference2024-07-01
GeographyIncorporated places + 8 consolidated cities + DC
Coverage51 states + DC · 19,479 cities total
Last build2026-05-11
Over 500,000 — U.S. cities by 2024 population. 38 cities in this band.
Rank
City
State
2024 pop
2020 base
4-yr Δ
4-yr Δ %
#1
New York
NY
8,478,072
8,805,594
-327,522
-3.7%
#2
Los Angeles
CA
3,878,704
3,899,449
-20,745
-0.5%
#3
Chicago
IL
2,721,308
2,748,331
-27,023
-1.0%
#4
Houston
TX
2,390,125
2,300,351
89,774
+3.9%
#5
Phoenix
AZ
1,673,164
1,608,415
64,749
+4.0%
#6
Philadelphia
PA
1,573,916
1,603,794
-29,878
-1.9%
#7
San Antonio
TX
1,526,656
1,434,322
92,334
+6.4%
#8
San Diego
CA
1,404,452
1,384,429
20,023
+1.4%
#9
Dallas
TX
1,326,087
1,304,345
21,742
+1.7%
#10
Jacksonville
FL
1,009,833
949,618
60,215
+6.3%
#11
Fort Worth
TX
1,008,106
918,923
89,183
+9.7%
#12
San Jose
CA
997,368
1,013,419
-16,051
-1.6%
#13
Austin
TX
993,588
961,899
31,689
+3.3%
#14
Charlotte
NC
943,476
874,687
68,789
+7.9%
#15
Columbus
OH
933,263
906,022
27,241
+3.0%
#16
Indianapolis
IN
900,896
897,037
3,859
+0.4%
#17
San Francisco
CA
827,526
878,392
-50,866
-5.8%
#18
Louisville/Jefferson County metro
KY
793,881
782,987
10,894
+1.4%
#19
Seattle
WA
780,995
737,020
43,975
+6.0%
#20
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan
TN
729,505
715,884
13,621
+1.9%
#21
Denver
CO
729,019
715,513
13,506
+1.9%
#22
Oklahoma City
OK
712,919
681,069
31,850
+4.7%
#23
Washington
DC
702,250
689,545
12,705
+1.8%
#24
El Paso
TX
681,723
678,959
2,764
+0.4%
#25
Las Vegas
NV
678,922
645,822
33,100
+5.1%
#26
Boston
MA
673,458
678,622
-5,164
-0.8%
#27
Detroit
MI
645,705
639,471
6,234
+1.0%
#28
Portland
OR
635,749
652,522
-16,773
-2.6%
#29
Memphis
TN
610,919
628,546
-17,627
-2.8%
#30
Baltimore
MD
568,271
585,720
-17,449
-3.0%
#31
Milwaukee
WI
563,531
577,897
-14,366
-2.5%
#32
Albuquerque
NM
560,326
564,549
-4,223
-0.7%
#33
Tucson
AZ
554,013
542,649
11,364
+2.1%
#34
Fresno
CA
550,105
542,235
7,870
+1.5%
#35
Sacramento
CA
535,798
524,908
10,890
+2.1%
#36
Atlanta
GA
520,070
498,792
21,278
+4.3%
#37
Mesa
AZ
517,151
504,374
12,777
+2.5%
#38
Kansas City
MO
516,032
507,984
8,048
+1.6%
All 38 cities in this band.
Methodology · sources and limits
Census Vintage 2024 · within-vintage growth only.
Population figures are pop_2024 from the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024, reference date July 1, 2024. National rank is based on population across all 19,479 cities in the dataset.
All change figures (4-yr Δ columns) are computed within Vintage 2024 only: April 2020 census base to July 2024 estimate. This site does not publish a single 2010→2024 growth figure because Vintage 2019 and Vintage 2024 use different methodologies and reference populations — mixing them would produce misleading numbers.
