2005 Census Bureau Estimates for U.S. Cities

[Bartholomew]

Link: http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/SUB-EST2005.html

1 New York city New York 8,143,197

2 Los Angeles city California 3,844,829

3 Chicago city Illinois 2,842,518

4 Houston city Texas 2,016,582

5 Philadelphia city Pennsylvania 1,463,281

6 Phoenix city Arizona 1,461,575

7 San Antonio city Texas 1,256,509

8 San Diego city California 1,255,540

9 Dallas city Texas 1,213,825

10 San Jose city California 912,332

11 Detroit city Michigan 886,671

12 Indianapolis city (balance) Indiana 784,118

13 Jacksonville city Florida 782,623

14 San Francisco city California 739,426

15 Columbus city Ohio 730,657

16 Austin city Texas 690,252

17 Memphis city Tennessee 672,277

18 Baltimore city Maryland 635,815

19 Fort Worth city Texas 624,067

20 Charlotte city North Carolina 610,949

21 El Paso city Texas 598,590

22 Milwaukee city Wisconsin 578,887

23 Seattle city Washington 573,911

24 Boston city Massachusetts 559,034

25 Denver city Colorado 557,917

26 Louisville/Jefferson County (balance) Kentucky 556,429

27 Washington city District of Columbia 550,521

28 Nashville-Davidson (balance) Tennessee 549,110

29 Las Vegas city Nevada 545,147

30 Portland city Oregon 533,427

31 Oklahoma City city Oklahoma 531,324

32 Tucson city Arizona 515,526

33 Albuquerque city New Mexico 494,236

34 Long Beach city California 474,014

35 Atlanta city Georgia 470,688

36 Fresno city California 461,116

37 Sacramento city California 456,441

38 New Orleans city Louisiana 454,863

39 Cleveland city Ohio 452,208

40 Kansas City city Missouri 444,965

41 Mesa city Arizona 442,780

42 Virginia Beach city Virginia 438,415

43 Omaha city Nebraska 414,521

44 Oakland city California 395,274

45 Miami city Florida 386,417

46 Tulsa city Oklahoma 382,457

47 Honolulu CDP Hawaii 377,379

48 Minneapolis city Minnesota 372,811

49 Colorado Springs city Colorado 369,815

50 Arlington city Texas 362,805

51 Wichita city Kansas 354,865

52 St. Louis city Missouri 344,362

53 Raleigh city North Carolina 341,530

54 Santa Ana city California 340,368

55 Anaheim city California 331,804

56 Tampa city Florida 325,989

57 Pittsburgh city Pennsylvania 316,718

58 Cincinnati city Ohio 308,728

59 Toledo city Ohio 301,285

60 Aurora city Colorado 297,235

61 Bakersfield city California 295,536

62 Riverside city California 290,086

63 Stockton city California 286,926

64 Corpus Christi city Texas 283,474

65 Newark city New Jersey 280,666

66 Buffalo city New York 279,745

67 St. Paul city Minnesota 275,150

68 Anchorage municipality Alaska 275,043

69 Lexington-Fayette Kentucky 268,080

70 Plano city Texas 250,096

71 St. Petersburg city Florida 249,079

72 Jersey City city New Jersey 239,614

73 Glendale city Arizona 239,435

74 Lincoln city Nebraska 239,213

75 Chandler city Arizona 234,939

76 Henderson city Nevada 232,146

77 Greensboro city North Carolina 231,962

78 Norfolk city Virginia 231,954

79 Birmingham city Alabama 231,483

80 Scottsdale city Arizona 226,013

81 Fort Wayne city Indiana 223,341

82 Baton Rouge city Louisiana 222,064

83 Madison city Wisconsin 221,551

84 Hialeah city Florida 220,485

85 Chesapeake city Virginia 218,968

86 Garland city Texas 216,346

87 Orlando city Florida 213,223

88 Rochester city New York 211,091

89 Akron city Ohio 210,795

90 Chula Vista city California 210,497

91 Lubbock city Texas 209,737

92 Laredo city Texas 208,754

93 Modesto city California 207,011

94 Durham city North Carolina 204,845

95 Reno city Nevada 203,550

96 Fremont city California 200,468

97 Montgomery city Alabama 200,127

98 Glendale city California 200,065

99 Shreveport city Louisiana 198,874

100 San Bernardino city California 198,550

101 Spokane city Washington 196,818

102 Yonkers city New York 196,425

103 Arlington CDP Virginia 195,965

104 Tacoma city Washington 195,898

105 Huntington Beach city California 194,457

106 Des Moines city Iowa 194,163

107 Grand Rapids city Michigan 193,780

108 Richmond city Virginia 193,777

109 Winston-Salem city North Carolina 193,755

110 Irving city Texas 193,649

111 Boise City city Idaho 193,161

112 Mobile city Alabama 191,544

113 Augusta-Richmond County (balance) Georgia 190,782

114 Irvine city California 186,852

115 Columbus city Georgia 185,271

116 Little Rock city Arkansas 184,564

117 Oxnard city California 183,628

118 Amarillo city Texas 183,021

119 Knoxville city Tennessee 180,130

120 Newport News city Virginia 179,899

121 Moreno Valley city California 178,367

122 Salt Lake City city Utah 178,097

123 Jackson city Mississippi 177,977

124 Providence city Rhode Island 176,862

125 North Las Vegas city Nevada 176,635

126 Worcester city Massachusetts 175,898

127 Gilbert town Arizona 173,989

128 Ontario city California 172,679

129 Rancho Cucamonga city California 169,353

130 Santa Clarita city California 168,253

131 Aurora city Illinois 168,181

132 Brownsville city Texas 167,493

133 Fort Lauderdale city Florida 167,380

134 Huntsville city Alabama 166,313

135 Oceanside city California 166,108

136 Garden Grove city California 166,075

137 Overland Park city Kansas 164,811

138 Fontana city California 163,860

139 Tempe city Arizona 161,143

140 Dayton city Ohio 158,873

141 Tallahassee city Florida 158,500

142 Vancouver city Washington 157,493

143 Chattanooga city Tennessee 154,762

144 Pomona city California 153,787

145 Santa Rosa city California 153,158

146 Rockford city Illinois 152,916

147 Springfield city Massachusetts 151,732

148 Pembroke Pines city Florida 150,380

149 Springfield city Missouri 150,298

150 Paterson city New Jersey 149,843

151 Corona city California 149,387

152 Salem city Oregon 148,751

153 Salinas city California 146,431

154 Hollywood city Florida 145,629

155 Hampton city Virginia 145,579

156 Eugene city Oregon 144,515

157 Grand Prairie city Texas 144,337

158 Kansas City city Kansas 144,210

159 Pasadena city Texas 143,852

160 Pasadena city California 143,731

161 Torrance city California 142,384

162 Syracuse city New York 141,683

163 Naperville city Illinois 141,579

164 Lakewood city Colorado 140,671

165 Hayward city California 140,293

166 Cape Coral city Florida 140,010

167 Sioux Falls city South Dakota 139,517

168 Bridgeport city Connecticut 139,008

169 Peoria city Arizona 138,200

170 Joliet city Illinois 136,208

171 Alexandria city Virginia 135,337

172 Warren city Michigan 135,311

173 Orange city California 134,950

174 Palmdale city California 134,570

175 Escondido city California 134,085

176 Lancaster city California 134,032

177 Fullerton city California 132,787

178 Port St. Lucie city Florida 131,692

179 Fayetteville city North Carolina 129,928

180 Mesquite city Texas 129,902

181 Sunnyvale city California 128,902

182 Coral Springs city Florida 128,804

183 Savannah city Georgia 128,453

184 Sterling Heights city Michigan 128,034

185 Fort Collins city Colorado 128,026

186 Elizabeth city New Jersey 125,809

187 New Haven city Connecticut 124,791

188 Hartford city Connecticut 124,397

189 Thousand Oaks city California 124,359

190 McAllen city Texas 123,622

191 Concord city California 123,252

192 Cedar Rapids city Iowa 123,119

193 El Monte city California 122,513

194 Topeka city Kansas 121,946

195 Waco city Texas 120,465

196 Stamford city Connecticut 120,045

197 Carrollton city Texas 118,870

198 Simi Valley city California 118,687

199 Flint city Michigan 118,551

200 Vallejo city California 117,483

201 Bellevue city Washington 117,137

202 Columbia city South Carolina 117,088

203 Evansville city Indiana 115,918

204 Springfield city Illinois 115,668

205 Lansing city Michigan 115,518

206 Abilene city Texas 114,757

207 Inglewood city California 114,467

208 Provo city Utah 113,459

209 West Valley City city Utah 113,300

210 Ann Arbor city Michigan 113,271

211 Clarksville city Tennessee 112,878

212 Peoria city Illinois 112,685

213 Elk Grove city California 112,338

214 Lafayette city Louisiana 112,030

215 Beaumont city Texas 111,799

216 Olathe city Kansas 111,334

217 Independence city Missouri 110,208

218 Costa Mesa city California 109,830

219 Downey city California 109,718

220 Manchester city New Hampshire 109,691

221 Clearwater city Florida 108,687

222 Visalia city California 108,669

223 West Covina city California 108,185

224 Gainesville city Florida 108,184

225 Waterbury city Connecticut 107,902

226 Allentown city Pennsylvania 106,992

227 Charleston city South Carolina 106,712

228 Miramar city Florida 106,623

229 Cary town North Carolina 106,439

230 Roseville city California 105,940

231 Norwalk city California 105,834

232 Santa Clara city California 105,402

233 South Bend city Indiana 105,262

234 Thornton city Colorado 105,182

235 Westminster city Colorado 105,084

236 Fairfield city California 104,476

237 Pompano Beach city Florida 104,179

238 Denton city Texas 104,153

239 Burbank city California 104,108

240 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city California 104,017

241 Arvada city Colorado 103,966

242 Pueblo city Colorado 103,495

243 Athens-Clarke County (balance) Georgia 103,238

244 Lowell city Massachusetts 103,111

245 Erie city Pennsylvania 102,612

246 Richmond city California 102,186

247 Norman city Oklahoma 101,719

248 Green Bay city Wisconsin 101,203

249 Berkeley city California 100,744

250 Antioch city California 100,631

251 Daly City city California 100,339

252 Killeen city Texas 100,233

253 Portsmouth city Virginia 100,169

254 Cambridge city Massachusetts 100,135

[kywildcat502]

Louisville will move up to 16 by the end of this year when Louisville and Jefferson county become fully merged.

[PghUSA]

^^Interesting on Louisville I thought they already completed the merger, guess those things take some time.

What I like to look at being from a metro with it's host city only 55 sq. miles (even smaller then teeny tiny DC's city limits) is pop. density and % of the host cities population in the metro stats. Something like Phoenix has 82% of its population counted in the "metro Phoenix" definition whereas Pittsburgh has 23% of its population counted in "metro Pittsburgh". Just throwing #s out there but the prob I have always had with city rankings is that it is not apples to apples because cities like Jacksonville, Phoenix and Houston have almost all of their metro population counted inside the city limits, whereas DC and Pittsburgh have numbers that bely the size of their metros, DC especially. Just my two cents.

[urbanguy]

Do you know where i could find a list for the actual square miles of each city? I know some are like crazy huge in area.

[kywildcat502]

Yea, right now only some of the city is completley merged..The nesus bureau couldn't count the whole county into Louisville's population because some of the nearby towns still had their own government. After 2006 when they are completley merged those towns will count as Louisville and up the population to about 700,000 making it larger than Austin, then it will become the 16th largest in the country. I know..its very confusing.

[Mikejesmike]

I'm surprised New York City lost over 20,000 people. I guess the real estate prices are driving some out. I really doubt if it's the crime.

Unless of course the census bureau is wrong. Anyone remember when the 2000 census results came out? They had their population clocked pegged at about 276,000,000 and I really thought the highest it would get to would be about 279,000,000 and that's sheer maximum. I was pretty shocked to get on the internet and to see 281,421,906.

Also they had NYC at about 7,480,000, when it was actually 8,008,278.

[Snowguy716]

They had Minneapoils at 353,000 down from 368,000 in 1990... it was actually 382,000 and now they're dropping it again.

[BHCav]

141 Tallahassee city Florida 158,500

I believe this is inaccurate. 174,000 should be the real #, but I could be wrong. I think a lot of those numbers are off. Jax already past Indy on that list supposedly.

[mjcatl2]

I would take these with a BIG grain of salt. There is no accurate measure for this.

[Phizzy]

I would take these with a BIG grain of salt.

Here's an example why.

Grand Rapids:

April 1, 1990 Census: 189,673

July 1, 1990 Estimate: 190,418 (+745, +0.4%)

July 1, 1991 Estimate: 189,681 (-737, -0.4%)

July 1, 1992 Estimate: 189,619 (-62, -0.0%)

July 1, 1993 Estimate: 189,226 (-393, -0.2%)

July 1, 1994 Estimate: 189,052 (-174, -0.1%)

July 1, 1995 Estimate: 188,937 (-115, -0.1%)

July 1, 1996 Estimate: 188,579 (-358, -0.2%)

July 1, 1997 Estimate: 187,656 (-923, -0.5%)

July 1, 1998 Estimate: 186,219 (-1,437, -0.8%)

July 1, 1999 Estimate: 185,009 (-1,210, -0.6%)

April 1, 2000 Census: 197,800 (+12,791, +6.9%)

July 1, 2000 Estimate: 197,862 (+62, +0.0%)

July 1, 2001 Estimate: 197,394 (-468, -0.2%)

July 1, 2002 Estimate: 196,543 (-851, -0.4%)

July 1, 2003 Estimate: 196,139 (-404, -0.2%)

July 1, 2004 Estimate: 194,689 (-1,450, -0.7%)

July 1, 2005 Estimate: 193,780 (-909, -0.5%)

The 1990's estimates indicated nine consective years of losses. The increase from April 1, 1990 (census) thru July 1, 1999 (estimate) was -4,664 (-2.5%). The increase from April 1, 1990 (census) thru April 1, 2000 (census) was +8,127 (+4.3%). Unless Grand Rapids miraculously gained 12,791 between July 1, 1999 and April 1, 2000, the estimates were way off.

[marathon]

Here's an example why.

Grand Rapids:

April 1, 1990 Census: 189,673

July 1, 1990 Estimate: 190,418 (+745, +0.4%)

July 1, 1991 Estimate: 189,681 (-737, -0.4%)

July 1, 1992 Estimate: 189,619 (-62, -0.0%)

July 1, 1993 Estimate: 189,226 (-393, -0.2%)

July 1, 1994 Estimate: 189,052 (-174, -0.1%)

July 1, 1995 Estimate: 188,937 (-115, -0.1%)

July 1, 1996 Estimate: 188,579 (-358, -0.2%)

July 1, 1997 Estimate: 187,656 (-923, -0.5%)

July 1, 1998 Estimate: 186,219 (-1,437, -0.8%)

July 1, 1999 Estimate: 185,009 (-1,210, -0.6%)

April 1, 2000 Census: 197,800 (+12,791, +6.9%)

July 1, 2000 Estimate: 197,862 (+62, +0.0%)

July 1, 2001 Estimate: 197,394 (-468, -0.2%)

July 1, 2002 Estimate: 196,543 (-851, -0.4%)

July 1, 2003 Estimate: 196,139 (-404, -0.2%)

July 1, 2004 Estimate: 194,689 (-1,450, -0.7%)

July 1, 2005 Estimate: 193,780 (-909, -0.5%)

The 1990's estimates indicated nine consective years of losses. The increase from April 1, 1990 (census) thru July 1, 1999 (estimate) was -4,664 (-2.5%). The increase from April 1, 1990 (census) thru April 1, 2000 (census) was +8,127 (+4.3%). Unless Grand Rapids miraculously gained 12,791 between July 1, 1999 and April 1, 2000, the estimates were way off.

Well, not really.

The estimates for the decade are based on the previous census, +/- whatever criteria they use to calculate the intracensus estimates. So, 1999's estimate is based on the 1990 census. At 2000, the census "resets" the estimate scale, and it is recalibrated, as the 2001-2009 estimates will be based on the 20o0 census.

They aren't saying that all that popluation gain happened between 1 July 1999 and 1 April 2000

[socaguy]

Atlanta at 470,000? The core city seems to be really growing fastly. Seems like just a few years back it was around 416,000 or something like that. Perhaps by 2010 it'll hit half a million.

[Mikejesmike]

I'm surprised Atlanta isn't growing faster considering how fast it's metro area has been growing.

[nashvol85]

17 Memphis city Tennessee 672,277

28 Nashville-Davidson (balance) Tennessee 549,110

119 Knoxville city Tennessee 180,130

143 Chattanooga city Tennessee 154,762

211 Clarksville city Tennessee 112,878

Although I do believe that the Nashville census estimates for this decade are rather low (local estimates would put it near 570,000).

[monsoon]

I am closing this topic because it serves no useful purpose at UrbanPlanet. These threads are always the same.

Anything you could possibly want to know about census estimates can be found here. Now if someone would like to make a topic based on something that you discovered about these estimates lists please do so, but don't repost any census lists here.