Browse the established 19,483-record city dataset across 50 states and the District of Columbia, using Census Bureau Vintage 2025. Each state links to its city list and within-state population ranking. This cohort excludes municipal towns recorded as county subdivisions and most Census-designated places.
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SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
GeographyIncorporated places + 8 consolidated cities + DC
Coverage50 states + DC · 19,483 cities
Last build2026-10-09
All 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, alphabetical, with included city count, largest included city and the sum of included 2025 city populations.
50 states + DC · alphabetical · click a state name to see its included cities. Population sums describe this dataset, not the state's total population. Phase 1A income rankings are published for the curated state set.
Methodology · what counts as a city
The established 19,483-record city cohort.
These legacy state pages cover the selected incorporated-place cohort, eight consolidated governments and Washington DC. Census also publishes annual estimates for municipal towns and townships; those records have separate comparison views in the broader community directory. Most Census-designated places are excluded from this legacy cohort, with Urban Honolulu a named annual-estimate exception. Frozen experiment pages retain their established presentation.
Within-state ranks use standard competition ranking ("1224"): tied cities share the lower rank and the next rank is skipped. Per-state ranks are pre-computed in the dataset (state_rank_pop_current) — the same number you see on a city profile and on the state ranking page.
