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US Cities Over 400,000:
Ranked by Population Density: 1990

Rank City & State Population Square Miles Population per Square Mile Population per Square Kilometer
1 New York city NY 7,322,564 308.9 23,702 9,151
2 San Francisco city CA 723,959 46.7 15,502 5,985
3 Chicago city IL 2,783,726 227.2 12,251 4,730
4 Boston city MA 574,283 48.4 11,860 4,579
5 Philadelphia city PA 1,585,577 135.1 11,734 4,530
6 Washington DC 606,900 61.4 9,883 3,816
7 Baltimore city MD 736,014 80.8 9,108 3,517
8 Long Beach city CA 429,433 50.0 8,586 3,315
9 Los Angeles city CA 3,485,398 469.3 7,426 2,867
10 Detroit city MI 1,027,974 138.7 7,410 2,861
11 Cleveland city OH 505,616 77.0 6,564 2,535
12 Milwaukee city WI 628,088 96.1 6,538 2,524
13 Seattle city WA 516,259 83.9 6,154 2,376
14 San Jose city CA 782,248 171.3 4,568 1,764
15 Portland city OR 437,319 124.7 3,508 1,355
16 San Diego city CA 1,110,549 324.0 3,428 1,323
17 Columbus city OH 632,910 190.9 3,315 1,280
18 Denver city CO 467,610 153.3 3,051 1,178
19 Houston city TX 1,630,553 539.9 3,020 1,166
20 Dallas city TX 1,006,877 342.4 2,941 1,135
21 San Antonio city TX 935,933 333.0 2,810 1,085
22 New Orleans city LA 496,938 180.6 2,751 1,062
23 Tucson city AZ 405,390 156.3 2,594 1,002
24 Memphis city TN 610,337 256.0 2,384 920
25 Phoenix city AZ 983,403 419.9 2,342 904
26 Austin city TX 465,622 217.8 2,138 826
27 El Paso city TX 515,342 245.4 2,100 811
28 Indianapolis city (remainder) IN 731,327 361.7 2,022 781
29 Fort Worth city TX 447,619 281.1 1,593 615
30 Kansas City city MO 435,146 311.5 1,397 539
31 Nashville-Davidson (remainder) TN 488,374 473.3 1,032 398
32 Jacksonville city (remainder) FL 635,230 758.7 837 323
33 Oklahoma City city OK 444,719 608.2 731 282

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