Which are the 100 BIGGEST cities?

100 Most populated cities in the US (in order) and Top 100 in the world

• I would like as current a list as possible of the top 100 cities in the USA (in order and with statistics) and the top 100 in the world (in order and with statistics as well). Thank you Aaron

• Answer:

  Hello, freakfarm! Thank you for your question! Here is the most up-to-date population information I could find for you! ============= UNITED STATES ============= Table 22. Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 15, 1998 http://www.census.gov/population/documentation/twps0027/tab22.txt Population ========== 1 New York city, NY *...... 7,322,564 308.9 23,705 2 Los Angeles city, CA..... 3,485,398 469.3 7,427 3 Chicago city, IL......... 2,783,726 227.2 12,252 4 Houston city, TX......... 1,630,553 539.9 3,020 5 Philadelphia city, PA.... 1,585,577 135.1 11,736 6 San Diego city, CA *..... 1,110,549 324.0 3,428 7 Detroit city, MI......... 1,027,974 138.7 7,411 8 Dallas city, TX.......... 1,006,877 342.4 2,941 9 Phoenix city, AZ *....... 983,403 419.9 2,342 10 San Antonio city, TX..... 935,933 333.0 2,811 11 San Jose city, CA........ 782,248 171.3 4,567 12 Baltimore city, MD....... 736,014 80.8 9,109 13 Indianapolis city, IN *.. 731,327 361.7 2,022 14 San Francisco city, CA... 723,959 46.7 15,502 15 Jacksonville city, FL *.. 635,230 758.7 837 16 Columbus city, OH........ 632,910 190.9 3,315 17 Milwaukee city, WI....... 628,088 96.1 6,536 18 Memphis city, TN *....... 610,337 256.0 2,384 19 Washington city, DC...... 606,900 61.4 9,884 20 Boston city, MA.......... 574,283 48.4 11,865 21 Seattle city, WA......... 516,259 83.9 6,153 22 El Paso city, TX *....... 515,342 245.4 2,100 23 Cleveland city, OH....... 505,616 77.0 6,566 24 New Orleans city, LA *... 496,938 180.6 2,752 25 Nashville-Davidson, TN *. 488,374 473.3 1,032 26 Denver city, CO *........ 467,610 153.3 3,050 27 Austin city, TX.......... 465,622 217.8 2,138 28 Fort Worth city, TX *.... 447,619 281.1 1,592 29 Oklahoma City city, OK *. 444,719 608.2 731 30 Portland city, OR........ 437,319 124.7 3,507 31 Kansas City city, MO *... 435,146 311.5 1,397 32 Long Beach city, CA...... 429,433 50.0 8,589 33 Tucson city, AZ *........ 405,390 156.3 2,594 34 St. Louis city, MO....... 396,685 61.9 6,408 35 Charlotte city, NC....... 395,934 174.3 2,272 36 Atlanta city, GA......... 394,017 131.8 2,990 37 Virginia Beach city, VA * 393,069 248.3 1,583 38 Albuquerque city, NM..... 384,736 132.2 2,910 39 Oakland city, CA......... 372,242 56.1 6,635 40 Pittsburgh city, PA...... 369,879 55.6 6,653 41 Sacramento city, CA...... 369,365 96.3 3,836 42 Minneapolis city, MN..... 368,383 54.9 6,710 43 Tulsa city, OK........... 367,302 183.5 2,002 44 Honolulu CDP, HI *....... 365,272 82.8 4,411 45 Cincinnati city, OH...... 364,040 77.2 4,716 46 Miami city, FL........... 358,548 35.6 10,072 47 Fresno city, CA.......... 354,202 99.1 3,574 48 Omaha city, NE........... 335,795 100.6 3,338 49 Toledo city, OH.......... 332,943 80.6 4,131 50 Buffalo city, NY......... 328,123 40.6 8,082 51 Wichita city, KS......... 304,011 115.1 2,641 52 Santa Ana city, CA....... 293,742 27.1 10,839 53 Mesa city, AZ............ 288,091 108.6 2,653 54 Colorado Springs city, CO 281,140 183.2 1,535 55 Tampa city, FL........... 280,015 108.7 2,576 56 Newark city, NJ.......... 275,221 23.8 11,564 57 St. Paul city, MN........ 272,235 52.8 5,156 58 Louisville city, KY...... 269,063 62.1 4,333 59 Anaheim city, CA......... 266,406 44.3 6,014 60 Birmingham city, AL *.... 265,968 148.5 1,791 61 Arlington city, TX....... 261,721 93.0 2,814 62 Norfolk city, VA......... 261,229 53.8 4,856 63 Las Vegas city, NV *..... 258,295 83.3 3,101 64 Corpus Christi city, TX.. 257,453 135.0 1,907 65 St. Petersburg city, FL.. 238,629 59.2 4,031 66 Rochester city, NY....... 231,636 35.8 6,470 67 Jersey City city, NJ..... 228,537 14.9 15,338 68 Riverside city, CA....... 226,505 77.7 2,915 69 Anchorage city, AK *..... 226,338 1,697.6 133 70 Lexington-Fayette, KY *.. 225,366 284.5 792 71 Akron city, OH........... 223,019 62.2 3,586 72 Aurora city, CO *........ 222,103 132.5 1,676 73 Baton Rouge city, LA..... 219,531 73.9 2,971 74 Stockton city, CA........ 210,943 52.6 4,010 75 Raleigh city, NC......... 207,951 88.1 2,360 76 Richmond city, VA........ 203,056 60.1 3,379 77 Shreveport city, LA...... 198,525 98.6 2,013 78 Jackson city, MS......... 196,637 109.0 1,804 79 Mobile city, AL.......... 196,278 118.0 1,663 80 Des Moines city, IA...... 193,187 75.3 2,566 81 Lincoln city, NE......... 191,972 63.3 3,033 82 Madison city, WI......... 191,262 57.8 3,309 83 Grand Rapids city, MI.... 189,126 44.3 4,269 84 Yonkers city, NY......... 188,082 18.1 10,391 85 Hialeah city, FL......... 188,004 19.2 9,792 86 Montgomery city, AL...... 187,106 135.0 1,386 87 Lubbock city, TX......... 186,206 104.1 1,789 88 Greensboro city, NC...... 183,521 79.8 2,300 89 Dayton city, OH.......... 182,044 55.0 3,310 90 Huntington Beach city, CA 181,519 26.4 6,876 91 Garland city, TX......... 180,650 57.3 3,153 92 Glendale city, CA........ 180,038 30.6 5,884 93 Columbus city, GA *...... 178,681 216.1 827 94 Spokane city, WA......... 177,196 55.9 3,170 95 Tacoma city, WA.......... 176,664 48.0 3,681 96 Little Rock city, AR..... 175,795 102.9 1,708 97 Bakersfield city, CA *... 174,820 91.8 1,904 98 Fremont city, CA *....... 173,339 77.0 2,251 99 Fort Wayne city, IN...... 173,072 62.7 2,760 100 Arlington CDP, VA *...... 170,936 25.9 6,600 --------------------------------------------------------------- To see more recent figures for the top 50 US cities by population: "Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population and Rank, 1990 and 2000." Infoplease. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763098.html ===== WORLD ===== "Top 100 Cities of the World - ranked by population." Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and Times Atlas of the World, tenth edition (published 1999) NOTE: Numbers shown include population within the recognized metro area of the city and they include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city. Top 100 countries of the world, by population here! Capital cities of the world, with population here! 1. Tokyo, Japan - 28,025,000 2. Mexico City, Mexico - 18,131,000 3. Mumbai, India - 18,042,000 4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 17, 711,000 5. New York City, USA - 16,626,000 6. Shanghai, China - 14,173,000 7. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,488,000 8. Los Angeles, USA - 13,129,000 9. Calcutta, India - 12,900,000 10. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 12,431,000 11. Seóul, South Korea - 12,215,000 12. Beijing, China - 12,033,000 13. Karachi, Pakistan - 11,774,000 14. Delhi, India - 11,680,000 15. Dhaka, Bangladesh - 10,979,000 16. Manila, Philippines - 10,818,000 17. Cairo, Egypt - 10,772,000 18. Õsaka, Japan - 10,609,000 19. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10,556,000 20. Tianjin, China - 10,239,000 21. Jakarta, Indonesia - 9,815,000 22. Paris, France - 9,638,000 23. Istanbul, Turkey - 9,413,000 24. Moscow, Russian Fed. - 9,299,000 25. London, United Kingdom - 7,640,000 26. Lima, Peru - 7,443,000 27. Tehrãn, Iran - 7,380,000 28. Bangkok, Thailand - 7,221,000 29. Chicago, USA - 6,945,000 30. Bogotá, Colombia - 6,834,000 31. Hyderabad, India - 6,833,000 32. Chennai, India - 6,639,000 33. Essen, Germany - 6,559,000 34. Hangzhou, China - 6,389,000 35. Hong Kong, China - 6,097,000 36. Lahore, Pakistan - 6,030,000 37. Shenyang, China - 5,681,000 38. Changchun, China - 5,566,000 39. Bangladore, India - 5,544,000 40. Harbin, China - 5,475,000 41. Chengdu, China - 5,293,000 42. Santiago, Chile - 5,261,000 43. Guangzhou, China - 5,162,000 44. St. Petersburg, Russian Fed. - 5,132,000 45. Kinshasa, DRC - 5,068,000 46. Baghdãd, Iraq - 4,796,000 47. Jinan, China - 4,789,000 48. Wuhan, China - 4,750,000 49. Toronto, Canada - 4,657,000 50. Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) - 4,458,000 51. Alger, Algeria - 4,447,000 52. Philadelphia, USA - 4,398,000 53. Qingdao, China - 4,376,000 54. Milano, Italy - 4,251,000 55. Pusan, South Korea - 4,239,000 56. Belo Horizonte, Brazil - 4,160,000 57. Almadabad, India - 4,154,000 58. Madrid, Spain - 4,072,000 59. San Francisco, USA - 4,051,000 60. Alexandria, Egypt - 3,995,000 61. Washington DC, USA - 3,927,000 62. Houston, USA - 3,918,000 63. Dallas, USA - 3,912,000 64. Guadalajara, Mexico - 3,908,000 65. Chongging, China - 3,896,000 66. Medellin, Colombia - 3,831,000 67. Detroit, USA - 3,785,000 68. Handan, China - 3,763,000 69. Frankfurt, Germany - 3,700,000 70. Porto Alegre, Brazil - 3,699,000 71. Hanoi, Vietnam - 3,678,000 72. Sydney, Australia - 3,665,000 73. Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. - 3,601,000 74. Singapore, Singapore - 3,587,000 75. Casablanca, Morocco - 3,535,000 76. Katowice, Poland - 3,488,000 77. Pune, India - 3,485,000 78. Bangdung, Indonesia - 3,420,000 79. Monterrey, Mexico - 3,416,000 80. Montréal, Canada - 3,401,000 81. Cagoya, Japan - 3,377,000 82. Nanjing, China - 3,375,000 83. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - 3,359,000 84. Xi'an, China - 3,352,000 85. Berlin, Germany - 3,337,000 86. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 3,328,000 87. Recife, Brazil - 3,307,000 88. Dusseldorf, Germany - 3,251,000 89. Ankara, Turkey - 3,190,000 90. Melbourne, Australia - 3,188,000 91. Salvador, Brazil - 3,180,000 92. Dalian, China - 3,153,000 93. Caracas, Venezuela - 3,153,000 94. Adis Abeba, Ethiopia - 3,112,000 95. Athina, Greece - 3,103,000 96. Cape Town, South Africa - 3,092,000 97. Koln, Germany - 3.067,000 98. Maputo, Mozambique - 3,017,000 99. Napoli, Italy - 3,012,000 100. Fortaleza, Brazil - 3,007,000 === I hope this information will prove useful....I must say I was quite fascinated with the statistics myself! umiat-ga Google Search Strategy US AND 100 most populated cities top +100 +most populated +cities +world