Demographia

Listing of US Cities Over 100,000: 1990: Population & Area

City & State Population Square Miles Population per Square Mile Population per Square Kilometer
Abilene city TX 106,654 103.1 1,035 399
Akron city OH 223,019 62.2 3,586 1,385
Albany city NY 101,082 21.4 4,722 1,823
Albuquerque city NM 384,736 132.2 2,910 1,124
Alexandria city VA 111,183 15.3 7,281 2,811
Allentown city PA 105,090 17.7 5,933 2,291
Amarillo city TX 157,615 87.9 1,792 692
Anaheim city CA 266,406 44.3 6,017 2,323
Anchorage city AK 226,338 1,697.6 133 52
Ann Arbor city MI 109,592 25.9 4,232 1,634
Arlington CDP VA 170,936 25.9 6,605 2,550
Arlington city TX 261,721 93.0 2,814 1,087
Atlanta city GA 394,017 131.8 2,990 1,154
Aurora city CO 222,103 132.5 1,676 647
Austin city TX 465,622 217.8 2,138 826
Bakersfield city CA 174,820 91.8 1,904 735
Baltimore city MD 736,014 80.8 9,108 3,517
Baton Rouge city LA 219,531 73.9 2,969 1,146
Beaumont city TX 114,323 80.1 1,428 551
Berkeley city CA 102,724 10.5 9,824 3,793
Birmingham city AL 265,968 148.5 1,791 692
Boise City city ID 125,738 46.1 2,726 1,053
Boston city MA 574,283 48.4 11,860 4,579
Bridgeport city CT 141,686 16.0 8,853 3,418
Buffalo city NY 328,123 40.6 8,079 3,119
Cedar Rapids city IA 108,751 53.5 2,034 785
Charlotte city NC 395,934 174.3 2,272 877
Chattanooga city TN 152,466 118.4 1,287 497
Chesapeake city VA 151,976 340.7 446 172
Chicago city IL 2,783,726 227.2 12,251 4,730
Chula Vista city CA 135,163 29.0 4,663 1,800
Cincinnati city OH 364,040 77.2 4,714 1,820
Citrus Heights CDP CA 107,439 19.5 5,512 2,128
Cleveland city OH 505,616 77.0 6,564 2,535
Colorado Springs city CO 281,140 183.2 1,535 593
Columbus city OH 632,910 190.9 3,315 1,280
Columbus city (remainder) GA 178,681 216.1 827 319
Concord city CA 111,348 29.5 3,778 1,459
Corpus Christi city TX 257,453 135.0 1,907 737
Dallas city TX 1,006,877 342.4 2,941 1,135
Dayton city OH 182,044 55.0 3,310 1,278
Denver city CO 467,610 153.3 3,051 1,178
Des Moines city IA 193,187 75.3 2,567 991
Detroit city MI 1,027,974 138.7 7,410 2,861
Durham city NC 136,611 69.3 1,972 761
East Los Angeles CDP CA 126,379 7.5 16,819 6,494
El Monte city CA 106,209 9.5 11,179 4,316
El Paso city TX 515,342 245.4 2,100 811
Elizabeth city NJ 110,002 12.3 8,928 3,447
Erie city PA 108,718 22.0 4,945 1,909
Escondido city CA 108,635 35.6 3,048 1,177
Eugene city OR 112,669 38.0 2,962 1,144
Evansville city IN 126,272 40.7 3,102 1,198
Flint city MI 140,761 33.8 4,160 1,606
Fort Lauderdale city FL 149,377 31.4 4,763 1,839
Fort Wayne city IN 173,072 62.7 2,762 1,067
Fort Worth city TX 447,619 281.1 1,593 615
Fremont city CA 173,339 77.0 2,250 869
Fresno city CA 354,202 99.1 3,573 1,379
Fullerton city CA 114,144 22.1 5,159 1,992
Garden Grove city CA 143,050 17.9 7,975 3,079
Garland city TX 180,650 57.3 3,150 1,216
Gary city IN 116,646 50.2 2,322 896
Glendale city CA 180,038 30.6 5,882 2,271
Glendale city AZ 148,134 52.2 2,837 1,095
Grand Rapids city MI 189,126 44.3 4,273 1,650
Greensboro city NC 183,521 79.8 2,300 888
Hampton city VA 133,793 51.8 2,582 997
Hartford city CT 139,739 17.3 8,075 3,118
Hayward city CA 111,498 43.5 2,566 991
Hialeah city FL 188,004 19.2 9,770 3,772
Hollywood city FL 121,697 27.3 4,464 1,723
Honolulu CDP HI 365,272 82.8 4,410 1,703
Houston city TX 1,630,553 539.9 3,020 1,166
Huntington Beach city CA 181,519 26.4 6,871 2,653
Huntsville city AL 159,789 164.4 972 375
Independence city MO 112,301 78.2 1,436 555
Indianapolis city (remainder) IN 731,327 361.7 2,022 781
Inglewood city CA 109,602 9.2 11,955 4,616
Irvine city CA 110,330 42.3 2,607 1,007
Irving city TX 155,037 67.6 2,293 885
Jackson city MS 196,637 109.0 1,804 697
Jacksonville city (remainder) FL 635,230 758.7 837 323
Jersey City city NJ 228,537 14.9 15,360 5,931
Kansas City city KS 149,767 107.8 1,390 537
Kansas City city MO 435,146 311.5 1,397 539
Knoxville city TN 165,121 77.2 2,138 825
Lakewood city CO 126,481 40.8 3,100 1,197
Lansing city MI 127,321 33.9 3,754 1,450
Laredo city TX 122,899 32.9 3,739 1,444
Las Vegas city NV 258,295 83.3 3,101 1,197
Lexington-Fayette KY 225,366 284.5 792 306
Lincoln city NB 191,972 63.3 3,033 1,171
Little Rock city AR 175,795 102.9 1,709 660
Livonia city MI 100,850 35.7 2,823 1,090
Long Beach city CA 429,433 50.0 8,586 3,315
Los Angeles city CA 3,485,398 469.3 7,426 2,867
Louisville city KY 269,063 62.1 4,332 1,673
Lowell city MA 103,439 13.8 7,508 2,899
Lubbock city TX 186,206 104.1 1,789 691
Macon city GA 106,612 47.9 2,227 860
Madison city WI 191,262 57.8 3,311 1,279
Memphis city TN 610,337 256.0 2,384 920
Mesa city AZ 288,091 108.6 2,653 1,024
Mesquite city TX 101,484 42.8 2,369 915
Metairie CDP LA 149,428 23.3 6,425 2,481
Miami city FL 358,548 35.6 10,079 3,891
Milwaukee city WI 628,088 96.1 6,538 2,524
Minneapolis city MN 368,383 54.9 6,706 2,589
Mobile city AL 196,278 118.0 1,663 642
Modesto city CA 164,730 30.2 5,458 2,107
Montgomery city AL 187,106 135.0 1,386 535
Moreno Valley city CA 118,779 49.1 2,418 933
Nashville-Davidson (remainder) TN 488,374 473.3 1,032 398
New Haven city CT 130,474 18.9 6,920 2,672
New Orleans city LA 496,938 180.6 2,751 1,062
New York city NY 7,322,564 308.9 23,702 9,151
Newark city NJ 275,221 23.8 11,555 4,461
Newport News city VA 170,045 68.3 2,488 961
Norfolk city VA 261,229 53.8 4,859 1,876
Oakland city CA 372,242 56.1 6,640 2,564
Oceanside city CA 128,398 40.7 3,157 1,219
Oklahoma City city OK 444,719 608.2 731 282
Omaha city NB 335,795 100.6 3,336 1,288
Ontario city CA 133,179 36.7 3,624 1,399
Orange city CA 110,658 23.3 4,742 1,831
Orlando city FL 164,693 67.3 2,448 945
Overland Park city KS 111,790 55.7 2,007 775
Oxnard city CA 142,216 24.4 5,819 2,247
Paradise CDP NV 124,682 47.7 2,616 1,010
Pasadena city CA 131,591 23.0 5,723 2,210
Pasadena city TX 119,363 43.8 2,727 1,053
Paterson city NJ 140,891 8.4 16,691 6,444
Peoria city IL 113,504 40.9 2,776 1,072
Philadelphia city PA 1,585,577 135.1 11,734 4,530
Phoenix city AZ 983,403 419.9 2,342 904
Pittsburgh city PA 369,879 55.6 6,649 2,567
Plano city TX 128,713 66.2 1,943 750
Pomona city CA 131,723 22.8 5,771 2,228
Portland city OR 437,319 124.7 3,508 1,355
Portsmouth city VA 103,907 33.1 3,135 1,210
Providence city RI 160,728 18.5 8,706 3,362
Raleigh city NC 207,951 88.1 2,360 911
Rancho Cucamonga city CA 101,409 37.8 2,682 1,036
Reno city NV 133,850 57.5 2,328 899
Richmond city VA 203,056 60.1 3,377 1,304
Riverside city CA 226,505 77.7 2,916 1,126
Rochester city NY 231,636 35.8 6,473 2,499
Rockford city IL 139,426 45.0 3,100 1,197
Sacramento city CA 369,365 96.3 3,836 1,481
Salem city OR 107,786 41.5 2,595 1,002
Salinas city CA 108,777 18.6 5,840 2,255
Salt Lake City city UT 159,936 109.0 1,467 566
San Antonio city TX 935,933 333.0 2,810 1,085
San Bernardino city CA 164,164 55.1 2,980 1,151
San Diego city CA 1,110,549 324.0 3,428 1,323
San Francisco city CA 723,959 46.7 15,502 5,985
San Jose city CA 782,248 171.3 4,568 1,764
Santa Ana city CA 293,742 27.1 10,845 4,187
Santa Clarita city CA 110,642 40.5 2,733 1,055
Santa Rosa city CA 113,313 33.7 3,362 1,298
Savannah city GA 137,560 62.6 2,198 849
Scottsdale city AZ 130,069 184.4 706 272
Seattle city WA 516,259 83.9 6,154 2,376
Shreveport city LA 198,525 98.6 2,013 777
Simi Valley city CA 100,217 33.0 3,034 1,171
Sioux Falls city SD 100,814 45.1 2,238 864
South Bend city IN 105,511 36.4 2,897 1,119
Spokane city WA 177,196 55.9 3,169 1,224
Springfield city IL 105,227 42.5 2,474 955
Springfield city MO 140,494 68.0 2,068 798
Springfield city MA 156,983 32.1 4,890 1,888
Stamford city CT 108,056 37.7 2,865 1,106
Sterling Heights city MI 117,810 36.6 3,215 1,241
Stockton city CA 210,943 52.6 4,013 1,549
St. Louis city MO 396,685 61.9 6,406 2,473
St. Paul city MN 272,235 52.8 5,157 1,991
St. Petersburg city FL 238,629 59.2 4,032 1,557
Sunnyvale city CA 117,229 21.9 5,354 2,067
Syracuse city NY 163,860 25.1 6,527 2,520
Tacoma city WA 176,664 48.0 3,677 1,420
Tallahassee city FL 124,773 63.3 1,972 761
Tampa city FL 280,015 108.7 2,577 995
Tempe city AZ 141,865 39.5 3,590 1,386
Thousand Oaks city CA 104,352 49.6 2,106 813
Toledo city OH 332,943 80.6 4,132 1,595
Topeka city KS 119,883 55.2 2,173 839
Torrance city CA 133,107 20.5 6,486 2,504
Tucson city AZ 405,390 156.3 2,594 1,002
Tulsa city OK 367,302 183.5 2,001 773
Vallejo city CA 109,199 30.2 3,614 1,395
Virginia Beach city VA 393,069 248.3 1,583 611
Waco city TX 103,590 75.8 1,367 528
Warren city MI 144,864 34.3 4,225 1,631
Washington DC 606,900 61.4 9,883 3,816
Waterbury city CT 108,961 28.6 3,815 1,473
Wichita city KS 304,011 115.1 2,640 1,020
Winston-Salem city NC 143,485 71.1 2,017 779
Worcester city MA 169,759 37.6 4,520 1,745
Yonkers city NY 188,082 18.1 10,402 4,016
TOTAL   64,407,296 20,339.0 3,167 1,217

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