2000 Census: US Municipalities Over 50,000:
Ranked by 2000 Population

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Rank	Municipality	State	2000 Population	2000 Land Area in Square Miles	Population per Square Mile	1990 Population	1990 Land Area in Square Miles	Population per Square Mile	Change in Population	Change in Land Area	Change in Population Density
1	New York city	New York	8,008,278	303.3	26,401	7,322,564	308.9	23,705	9.4%	-1.8%	11.4%
2	Los Angeles city	California	3,694,820	469.1	7,876	3,485,398	469.3	7,427	6.0%	-0.0%	6.1%
3	Chicago city	Illinois	2,896,016	227.1	12,749	2,783,726	227.2	12,252	4.0%	-0.0%	4.1%
4	Houston city	Texas	1,953,631	579.5	3,372	1,630,553	539.9	3,020	19.8%	7.3%	11.6%
5	Philadelphia city	Pennsylvania	1,517,550	135.1	11,233	1,585,577	135.1	11,736	-4.3%	0.0%	-4.3%
6	Phoenix city	Arizona	1,321,045	474.9	2,782	983,403	419.9	2,342	34.3%	13.1%	18.8%
7	San Diego city	California	1,223,400	324.4	3,772	1,110,549	324	3,428	10.2%	0.1%	10.0%
8	Dallas city	Texas	1,188,580	342.6	3,470	1,006,877	342.4	2,941	18.0%	0.0%	18.0%
9	San Antonio city	Texas	1,144,646	407.6	2,808	935,933	333	2,811	22.3%	22.4%	-0.1%
10	Detroit city	Michigan	951,270	138.8	6,855	1,027,974	138.7	7,411	-7.5%	0.1%	-7.5%
11	San Jose city	California	894,943	174.9	5,118	782,248	171.3	4,567	14.4%	2.1%	12.1%
12	Indianapolis city	Indiana	781,870	361.5	2,163	731,327	361.7	2,022	6.9%	-0.1%	7.0%
13	San Francisco city	California	776,733	46.7	16,633	723,959	46.7	15,502	7.3%	-0.0%	7.3%
14	Jacksonville city FL	Florida	735,617	757.7	971	635,230	758.7	837	15.8%	-0.1%	16.0%
15	Columbus city OH	Ohio	711,470	210.3	3,383	632,910	190.9	3,315	12.4%	10.2%	2.1%
16	Austin city	Texas	656,562	251.5	2,610	465,622	217.8	2,138	41.0%	15.5%	22.1%
17	Baltimore city	Maryland	651,154	80.8	8,058	736,014	80.8	9,109	-11.5%	0.0%	-11.5%
18	Memphis city	Tennessee	650,100	279.3	2,327	610,337	256	2,384	6.5%	9.1%	-2.4%
19	Milwaukee city	Wisconsin	596,974	96.1	6,214	628,088	96.1	6,536	-5.0%	-0.0%	-4.9%
20	Boston city	Massachusetts	589,141	48.4	12,165	574,283	48.4	11,865	2.6%	0.1%	2.5%
21	Washington city	DC	572,059	61.4	9,316	606,900	61.4	9,884	-5.7%	0.0%	-5.8%
22	El Paso city	Texas	563,662	249.1	2,263	515,342	245.4	2,100	9.4%	1.5%	7.8%
23	Seattle city	Washington	563,374	83.9	6,717	516,259	83.9	6,153	9.1%	-0.0%	9.2%
24	Denver city	Colorado	554,636	153.4	3,617	467,610	153.3	3,050	18.6%	0.0%	18.6%
25	Nashville-Davidson	Tennessee	545,524	473.3	1,152	488,374	473.3	1,032	11.7%	0.0%	11.7%
26	Charlotte city	North Carolina	540,828	242.3	2,232	395,934	174.3	2,272	36.6%	39.0%	-1.7%
27	Fort Worth city	Texas	534,694	292.6	1,828	447,619	281.1	1,592	19.5%	4.1%	14.8%
28	Portland city OR	Oregon	529,121	134.3	3,939	437,319	124.7	3,507	21.0%	7.7%	12.3%
29	Oklahoma City city	Oklahoma	506,132	607.0	834	444,719	608.2	731	13.8%	-0.2%	14.0%
30	Tucson city	Arizona	486,699	194.7	2,500	405,390	156.3	2,594	20.1%	24.6%	-3.6%
31	New Orleans city	Louisiana	484,674	180.6	2,684	496,938	180.6	2,752	-2.5%	-0.0%	-2.5%
32	Las Vegas city	Nevada	478,434	113.3	4,222	258,295	83.3	3,101	85.2%	36.0%	36.2%
33	Cleveland city	Ohio	478,403	77.6	6,166	505,616	77	6,566	-5.4%	0.8%	-6.1%
34	Long Beach city	California	461,522	50.4	9,149	429,433	50	8,589	7.5%	0.9%	6.5%
35	Albuquerque city	New Mexico	448,607	180.7	2,483	384,736	132.2	2,910	16.6%	36.7%	-14.7%
36	Kansas City city MO	Missouri	441,545	313.6	1,408	435,146	311.5	1,397	1.5%	0.7%	0.8%
37	Fresno city	California	427,652	104.4	4,097	354,202	99.1	3,574	20.7%	5.3%	14.6%
38	Virginia Beach city	Virginia	425,257	248.3	1,713	393,069	248.3	1,583	8.2%	0.0%	8.2%
39	Atlanta city	Georgia	416,474	131.8	3,161	394,017	131.8	2,990	5.7%	-0.0%	5.7%
40	Sacramento city	California	407,018	97.2	4,189	369,365	96.3	3,836	10.2%	0.9%	9.2%
41	Oakland city	California	399,484	56.1	7,126	372,242	56.1	6,635	7.3%	-0.1%	7.4%
42	Mesa city	Arizona	396,375	125.0	3,171	288,091	108.6	2,653	37.6%	15.1%	19.5%
43	Tulsa city	Oklahoma	393,049	182.7	2,152	367,302	183.5	2,002	7.0%	-0.5%	7.5%
44	Omaha city	Nebraska	390,007	115.7	3,371	335,795	100.6	3,338	16.1%	15.0%	1.0%
45	Minneapolis city	Minnesota	382,618	54.9	6,970	368,383	54.9	6,710	3.9%	-0.0%	3.9%
46	Miami city	Florida	362,470	35.7	10,160	358,548	35.6	10,072	1.1%	0.2%	0.9%
47	Colorado Springs city	Colorado	360,890	185.8	1,943	281,140	183.2	1,535	28.4%	1.4%	26.6%
48	St. Louis city	Missouri	348,189	61.9