To get a cities profile for a census year click on the cities population under the respective year.
| City | State | 2000 Rank |
2000 Population |
2010 Rank |
2010 Population |
| New York | NY | 1 | 8,274,527 | 1 | 8,078,471 |
| Los Angeles | CA | 2 | 3,834,340 | 2 | 3,772,486 |
| Chicago | IL | 3 | 2,836,658 | 3 | 2,703,466 |
| Houston | TX | 4 | 2,208,180 | 4 | 2,068,026 |
| Philadelphia | PA | 6 | 1,449,634 | 5 | 1,504,950 |
| Phoenix | AZ | 5 | 1,552,259 | 6 | 1,450,206 |
| San Antonio | TX | 7 | 1,328,984 | 7 | 1,290,196 |
| San Diego | CA | 8 | 1,266,731 | 8 | 1,282,800 |
| Dallas | TX | 9 | 1,240,499 | 9 | 1,187,285 |
| San Jose | CA | 10 | 939,899 | 10 | 925,300 |
| Jacksonville | FL | 12 | 805,605 | 11 | 811,833 |
| Indianapolis city (balance) | IN | 13 | 795,458 | 12 | 809,804 |
| San Francisco | CA | 14 | 764,976 | 13 | 789,172 |
| Columbus | OH | 15 | 747,755 | 14 | 770,407 |
| Austin | TX | 16 | 743,074 | 15 | 764,129 |
| Detroit | MI | 11 | 916,952 | 16 | 759,340 |
| Charlotte | NC | 19 | 671,588 | 17 | 705,896 |
| Fort Worth | TX | 17 | 681,818 | 18 | 705,349 |
| Memphis | TN | 18 | 674,028 | 19 | 654,876 |
| El Paso | TX | 21 | 606,913 | 20 | 628,923 |
| Baltimore | MD | 20 | 637,455 | 21 | 620,538 |
| Boston | MA | 23 | 599,351 | 22 | 602,609 |
| Seattle | WA | 24 | 594,210 | 23 | 595,240 |
| Milwaukee | WI | 22 | 602,191 | 24 | 589,697 |
| Nashville-Davidson (balance) | TN | 25 | 590,807 | 25 | 587,790 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County (balance) | KY | 29 | 557,789 | 26 | 586,994 |
| Washington | DC | 27 | 588,292 | 27 | 584,400 |
| Las Vegas | NV | 28 | 558,880 | 28 | 579,786 |
| Denver | CO | 26 | 588,349 | 29 | 578,087 |
| Portland | OR | 30 | 550,396 | 30 | 566,686 |
| Oklahoma City | OK | 31 | 547,274 | 31 | 563,571 |
| Albuquerque | NM | 34 | 518,271 | 32 | 531,403 |
| Tucson | AZ | 32 | 525,529 | 33 | 518,457 |
| Fresno | CA | 35 | 470,508 | 34 | 484,008 |
| Long Beach | CA | 36 | 466,520 | 35 | 461,823 |
| Sacramento | CA | 37 | 460,242 | 36 | 459,511 |
| Kansas City | MO | 39 | 450,375 | 37 | 454,876 |
| Mesa | AZ | 38 | 452,933 | 38 | 439,639 |
| Virginia Beach | VA | 41 | 434,743 | 39 | 435,996 |
| Atlanta | GA | 33 | 519,145 | 40 | 413,462 |
| Cleveland | OH | 40 | 438,042 | 41 | 409,221 |
| Omaha | NE | 42 | 424,482 | 42 | 407,334 |
| Colorado Springs | CO | 47 | 376,427 | 43 | 403,983 |
| Miami | FL | 43 | 409,719 | 44 | 391,458 |
| Tulsa | OK | 45 | 384,037 | 45 | 388,247 |
| Oakland | CA | 44 | 401,489 | 46 | 386,909 |
| Raleigh | NC | 48 | 375,806 | 47 | 382,729 |
| Honolulu | HI | 49 | 375,571 | 48 | 379,765 |
| Minneapolis | MN | 46 | 377,392 | 49 | 379,631 |
| Wichita | KS | Not ranked 2000 | 50 | 373,725 | |
| Arlington city | TX | 50 | 371,038 | Not ranked 2010 | |
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