Demographia

US Cities Over 300,000
Ranked by Percentage Gain: 2000 Census

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

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