Every City in the USA

Data · Public domain

Every included Census-estimated city, in one CSV.

Download a single sourced file with all 19,483 U.S. cities the Census Bureau publishes annual population estimates for (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025), reference date July 1, 2025. Includes every incorporated place plus eight consolidated cities and four special cases (DC, Honolulu, Houma LA, Tribune KS). 79 columns covering population, growth, density, land area, and rank. Public-domain, sha256 published.

cities-v2025.csv

Download the file

Stable URL. Rebuilt with each new Census vintage. Each build publishes a fresh sha256 below so the bytes you download can be verified against this page.

Format
CSV, UTF-8, comma-delimited, header row
Rows
19,483
Columns
79
Size
11.2 MB
sha256
779da0c7a2b5…
Reference
2025-07-01 (Vintage V2025)
Build
Download cities-v2025.csv (11.2 MB) Read the schema below ↓

Coverage universe

Do not use this CSV as total U.S. population.

The rows in this file sum to 215,859,657 residents for 2025. After subtracting the 197,230 residents counted both in consolidated-city totals and separately incorporated enclave rows, the additive city-universe population is 215,662,427: 63.1% of the 341,784,857 residents in the 50 states + DC.

The remaining 126,122,430 residents (36.9%) are mostly in unincorporated areas, Census-designated places, minor civil divisions / townships, rural county-balance areas, and other geographies outside this V1 city universe. For current-year aggregate work, sum one population field only: use pop_2025 (the Vintage 2025 Census Bureau estimate as of July 1, 2025). The CSV also includes pop_current as a build-time alias for pop_2025; prefer the year-tagged column for vintage-explicit work.

What's in the file

One row per city. Columns are listed in the order they appear in the CSV. Types follow the convention integer | null meaning the field is an integer where present and an empty cell where the underlying source has no value. The schema below is generated at build time from the dataset's field dictionary, so it cannot drift from what's actually in the file.

Column Type Description
geoid string Seven-character Census GEOID. SUMLEV=162: STATE(2)+PLACE(5). SUMLEV=170: STATE(2)+CONCIT(5). See methodology §4 and §7.1.
name string SUB-EST NAME field, verbatim (e.g. 'Auburn city').
name_short string Display name with trailing LSAD-suffix word stripped (e.g. 'Auburn'). See methodology §7.1.
slug string URL slug for /cities/{slug}/. lowercase + hyphens + state abbreviation. Unique.
state_fips string Two-character state FIPS code.
state_abbr string Two-letter USPS state abbreviation.
state_name string Full state name.
place_fips string Five-character place or CONCIT FIPS.
sumlev string Census summary level — '162' for incorporated places + the 1 included CDP, '170' for the 8 consolidated cities. Methodology §4.
funcstat string Functional status code. A=active, B=active-partially-consolidated, N=nonfunctioning, S=statistical (CDP).
lsad string Legal/Statistical Area Description code. NULL when no gazetteer match.
lsad_description string Human label for LSAD code. NULL when LSAD is NULL.
place_type string Derived: incorporated_place | consolidated_city | nonfunctioning_legal_place | cdp_in_estimates | partially_consolidated. Methodology §4.
pop_2025 integer Resident population estimate for July 1, 2025. Vintage 2025.
pop_current integer Alias of pop_2025 for the current published Census PEP vintage.
pop_2024 integer Resident population estimate for July 1, 2024. Revised within Vintage 2025.
pop_2023 integer Resident population estimate for July 1, 2023. Revised within Vintage 2025.
pop_2022 integer Resident population estimate for July 1, 2022. Revised within Vintage 2025.
pop_2021 integer Resident population estimate for July 1, 2021. Revised within Vintage 2025.
pop_2020 integer Resident population estimate for July 1, 2020. Vintage 2025 — re-based to 2020 census.
pop_base_2020 integer Population estimates BASE for April 1, 2020. Vintage 2025.
pop_2019 integer | null Resident population estimate for July 1, 2019. Vintage 2019. NULL if no V2019 record.
pop_2018 integer | null July 1, 2018 estimate. Vintage 2019.
pop_2017 integer | null July 1, 2017 estimate. Vintage 2019.
pop_2016 integer | null July 1, 2016 estimate. Vintage 2019.
pop_2015 integer | null July 1, 2015 estimate. Vintage 2019.
pop_2014 integer | null July 1, 2014 estimate. Vintage 2019.
pop_2013 integer | null July 1, 2013 estimate. Vintage 2019.
pop_2012 integer | null July 1, 2012 estimate. Vintage 2019.
pop_2011 integer | null July 1, 2011 estimate. Vintage 2019.
pop_2010 integer | null July 1, 2010 estimate. Vintage 2019.
pop_base_2010 integer | null Population estimates BASE for April 1, 2010. Vintage 2019.
pop_census_2010 integer | null 2010 decennial Census count. NULL when V2019 reported 'A' (place incorporated after 2010 census; 78 such places).
growth_2020_2025_abs integer pop_2025 − pop_base_2020. Within Vintage 2025.
growth_2020_2025_pct float 100 × (pop_2025 − pop_base_2020) / pop_base_2020. NULL when base is 0.
growth_2020_current_abs integer Alias of growth_2020_2025_abs for the current published Census PEP vintage.
growth_2020_current_pct float Alias of growth_2020_2025_pct for the current published Census PEP vintage.
growth_2024_2025_abs integer pop_2025 − pop_2024. Within Vintage 2025.
growth_2024_2025_pct float 100 × (pop_2025 − pop_2024) / pop_2024. NULL when 2024 is 0.
growth_prev_current_abs integer Alias of growth_2024_2025_abs for the current published Census PEP vintage.
growth_prev_current_pct float Alias of growth_2024_2025_pct for the current published Census PEP vintage.
growth_2020_2024_abs integer pop_2024 − pop_base_2020. Within the revised Vintage 2025 series.
growth_2020_2024_pct float 100 × (pop_2024 − pop_base_2020) / pop_base_2020. NULL when base is 0.
growth_2023_2024_abs integer pop_2024 − pop_2023. Within the revised Vintage 2025 series.
growth_2023_2024_pct float 100 × (pop_2024 − pop_2023) / pop_2023. NULL when 2023 is 0.
growth_2010_2019_abs integer | null pop_2019 − pop_2010. Within Vintage 2019. NULL if either endpoint is NULL.
growth_2010_2019_pct float | null 100 × (pop_2019 − pop_2010) / pop_2010. NULL if pop_2010 is NULL or 0.
national_rank_pop_2025 integer National rank by pop_2025 descending. Standard competition ranking (1,2,2,4).
state_rank_pop_2025 integer Within-state rank by pop_2025 descending.
national_rank_pop_current integer Alias of national_rank_pop_2025 for the current published Census PEP vintage.
state_rank_pop_current integer Alias of state_rank_pop_2025 for the current published Census PEP vintage.
national_rank_pop_2024 integer National rank by pop_2024 descending, using the revised 2024 estimate inside Vintage 2025.
state_rank_pop_2024 integer Within-state rank by pop_2024 descending, using the revised 2024 estimate inside Vintage 2025.
national_rank_growth_2020_2025_pct integer | null Rank by growth_2020_2025_pct descending. NULL when pop_base_2020 < 5,000 (denominator-artifact threshold).
state_rank_growth_2020_2025_pct integer | null Within-state rank, same threshold.
national_rank_growth_2020_current_pct integer | null Alias of national_rank_growth_2020_2025_pct for the current published Census PEP vintage.
state_rank_growth_2020_current_pct integer | null Alias of state_rank_growth_2020_2025_pct for the current published Census PEP vintage.
national_rank_growth_2020_2024_pct integer | null Rank by growth_2020_2024_pct descending, using the revised 2024 estimate inside Vintage 2025. NULL when pop_base_2020 < 5,000.
state_rank_growth_2020_2024_pct integer | null Within-state rank, same threshold.
national_rank_density integer | null Rank by density_per_sqmi descending. NULL when density is NULL.
state_rank_density integer | null Within-state rank, same.
land_area_sqmi float | null Land area in square miles. From 2025 Gazetteer ALAND_SQMI. NULL if no gazetteer match.
water_area_sqmi float | null Water area in square miles. From 2025 Gazetteer.
density_per_sqmi float | null pop_current / land_area_sqmi. NULL when land area is 0 or NULL.
lat float | null Centroid latitude (INTPTLAT).
lon float | null Centroid longitude (INTPTLONG).
is_consolidated_city boolean True for the 8 SUMLEV=170 records (Indianapolis, Nashville, Louisville, etc.).
is_partially_consolidated boolean True for FUNCSTAT='B' records.
is_nonfunctioning_legal_place boolean True for FUNCSTAT='N' records (Washington DC, Houma LA, Tribune KS).
is_cdp_in_estimates boolean True for the 1 FUNCSTAT='S' record (Urban Honolulu).
incorporated_after_2010 boolean True if V2019 reported CENSUS2010POP='A' (78 places).
gazetteer_match boolean True if a gazetteer row was found for geometry_source_geoid.
geometry_source_geoid string GEOID actually used to look up gazetteer fields. Differs from geoid for consolidated cities.
has_v2019_history boolean True if a V2019 record was found.
source_current_csv string Filename of current Census PEP source.
source_v2025_csv string Filename of V2025 source.
source_v2019_csv string | null Filename of V2019 source if used for this row.
source_gazetteer string | null Filename of gazetteer source if used for this row.
build_timestamp string ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the build that wrote this row.

Provenance & methodology

Where this data comes from.

Primary source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage V2025 Subcounty Population Estimates (annual estimates for 2020–2025 plus the April 1, 2020 base) and SUB-EST2019 (2010–2019 historical series, used to fill the older annual columns). Geographic enrichment — land area, water area, density, centroid — comes from the 2025 Census Gazetteer places file.

Every number in this CSV is reproducible end-to-end: raw Census file → sha256 recorded in the build manifest → build script → this published CSV (sha256 above). If a value looks wrong, the chain back to the source byte sequence is documented and verifiable.

License & attribution

U.S. Census Bureau publications are works of the United States Government and are in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105). No license fee, no required attribution. We attribute anyway because any downstream analysis is only as trustworthy as its citation chain.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Vintage V2025 Subcounty Resident Population Estimates. Geographic enrichment from the 2025 Census Gazetteer. Compiled and processed by Every City in the USA on 2026-06-17.

Every City in the USA is independent and is not affiliated with the U.S. Census Bureau. Census does not review or approve third-party uses of its data.