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Since 1790, when the first U.S. census was conducted, New York City has held the title as the most-populated city in the United States. In that initial census, New York City had 33,131 people. Today it is home to more than 8,335,000. That is more than double the second largest city, Los Angeles, and triple the third largest city, Chicago. How do other cities stack up? Find out in the table below, which ranks the 25 largest U.S. cities based on the most recent population estimate.

city state population: estimate (2022) population: census
Source: U.S. Census Bureau website.
1. New York City New York 8,335,897 (2020) 8,804,190
2. Los Angeles California 3,822,238 (2020) 3,898,747
3. Chicago Illinois 2,665,039 (2020) 2,746,388
4. Houston Texas 2,302,878 (2020) 2,304,580
5. Phoenix Arizona 1,644,409 (2020) 1,608,139
6. Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,567,258 (2020) 1,603,797
7. San Antonio Texas 1,472,909 (2020) 1,434,625
8. San Diego California 1,381,162 (2020) 1,386,932
9. Dallas Texas 1,299,544 (2020) 1,304,379
10. Austin Texas 974,447 (2020) 961,855
11. Jacksonville Florida 971,319 (2020) 949,611
12. San Jose California 971,233 (2020) 1,013,240
13. Fort Worth Texas 956,709 (2020) 918,915
14. Columbus Ohio 907,971 (2020) 905,748
15. Charlotte North Carolina 897,720 (2020) 874,579
16. Indianapolis Indiana 880,621 (2020) 887,642
17. San Francisco California 808,437 (2020) 873,965
18. Seattle Washington 749,256 (2020) 737,015
19. Denver Colorado 713,252 (2020) 715,522
20. Oklahoma City Oklahoma 694,800 (2020) 681,054
21. Nashville Tennessee 683,622 (2020) 689,447
22. El Paso Texas 677,456 (2020) 678,815
23. Washington, D.C. District of Columbia 671,803 (2010) 601,723
24. Las Vegas Nevada 656,274 (2020) 641,903
25. Boston Massachusetts 650,706 (2020) 675,647

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