Demographia

US Cities Over 300,000: 2000 Census

City   2000 Census 1990 Census Change %
Alburquerque NM 448,607 384,736 63,871 16.6%
Anaheim CA 328,014 266,406 61,608 23.1%
Arlington TX 332,969 261,721 71,248 27.2%
Atlanta GA 416,474 394,017 22,457 5.7%
Austin TX 656,562 465,622 190,940 41.0%
Baltimore MD 651,154 736,014 (84,860) -11.5%
Boston MA 589,141 574,283 14,858 2.6%
Charlotte NC 540,828 395,934 144,894 36.6%
Chicago IL 2,896,016 2,783,726 112,290 4.0%
Cincinnati OH 331,285 364,040 (32,755) -9.0%
Cleveland OH 478,403 505,616 (27,213) -5.4%
Colorado Springs CO 360,890 281,140 79,750 28.4%
Columbus OH 711,470 632,910 78,560 12.4%
Dallas TX 1,188,580 1,006,877 181,703 18.0%
Denver CO 554,636 467,610 87,026 18.6%
Detroit MI 951,270 1,027,974 (76,704) -7.5%
El Paso TX 563,662 515,342 48,320 9.4%
Fort Worth TX 534,634 447,619 87,015 19.4%
Fresno CA 427,652 354,202 73,450 20.7%
Honolulu HI 371,657 365,272 6,385 1.7%
Houston TX 1,953,631 1,630,553 323,078 19.8%
Indianapolis IN 791,926 731,327 60,599 8.3%
Jacksonville FL 735,617 635,230 100,387 15.8%
Kansas City MO 441,545 435,146 6,399 1.5%
Las Vegas NV 478,434 258,295 220,139 85.2%
Long Beach CA 461,522 429,433 32,089 7.5%
Los Angeles CA 3,694,820 3,485,398 209,422 6.0%
Memphis TN 650,100 610,337 39,763 6.5%
Mesa AZ 396,675 288,091 108,584 37.7%
Miami FL 362,470 358,548 3,922 1.1%
Milwaukee WI 596,974 628,088 (31,114) -5.0%
Minneapolis MN 382,618 368,383 14,235 3.9%
Nashville TN 545,524 488,374 57,150 11.7%
New Orleans LA 484,674 496,938 (12,264) -2.5%
New York NY 8,008,278 7,322,564 685,714 9.4%
Oakland CA 399,484 372,242 27,242 7.3%
Oklahoma City OK 506,132 444,719 61,413 13.8%
Omaha NE 390,007 335,795 54,212 16.1%
Philadelphia PA 1,517,550 1,585,577 (68,027) -4.3%
Phoenix AZ 1,321,045 983,403 337,642 34.3%
Pittsburgh PA 334,563 369,879 (35,316) -9.5%
Portland OR 529,121 437,319 91,802 21.0%
Sacramento CA 407,018 369,365 37,653 10.2%
San Antonio TX 1,144,646 935,933 208,713 22.3%
San Diego CA 1,223,400 1,110,549 112,851 10.2%
San Francisco CA 776,773 723,959 52,814 7.3%
San Jose CA 894,943 782,248 112,695 14.4%
Santa Ana CA 377,977 293,742 84,235 28.7%
Seattle WA 563,374 516,259 47,115 9.1%
St. Louis MO 348,189 396,685 (48,496) -12.2%
Tampa FL 303,447 280,015 23,432 8.4%
Toledo OH 313,619 332,943 (19,324) -5.8%
Tucson AZ 486,699 405,390 81,309 20.1%
Tulsa OK 393,049 367,302 25,747 7.0%
Virginia Beach VA 425,257 393,069 32,188 8.2%
Washington DC 572,059 606,900 (34,841) -5.7%
Wichita KS 344,284 304,011 40,273 13.2%

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