The Most Populous Cities in the United States

The Most Populous Cities in the United States.
census.gov.

[@jennielyra3694]

In Houston, we joke that Houston is an hour away from Houston. That is how long it takes to drive from one end of the suburbs to the other.

[@christianweatherbroadcasti3491]

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[@allgood2981]

With no traffic. You literally have to plan trips around the city like a vacation

[@mrink241]

Oklahoma is about the same, obviously Houston is a larger land mass but OKC ain’t no joke.

[@robinhoodhustsle1356]

Try going to Atlanta

[@Heavywall70]

@@christianweatherbroadcasti3491not the place jerky

[@bradevans5566]

Largest metro area populations: NYC, 19.2M LA, 13.2M Chicago, 9.5M DFW, 7.4M Houston, 7.0M DC, 6.2M Miami, 6.1M Philly, 6.1M Atlanta, 5.9M Phoenix, 4.9M Boston, 4.9M SanFran, 4.7M Riverside, 4.6M Detroit, 4.3M Seattle, 3.9M

[@Knuckledragon782]

When I used to go out drinking w my friends and there was 1 guy standing there, i'd say no way bro, there's 2 + 1/2 guys standing there. That wasn't exactly census taking, though.

[@bradevans5566]

@@Knuckledragon782 Haha!😛 Close enough!

[@bradevans5566]

Btw, a couple of folks have asked about Riverside on this list. The metro area is Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California and includes the counties of Riverside and San Bernardino. These lie directly east of Los Angeles county. The two largest cities in this metro area are Riverside with a little over 300,000 residents and San Bernardino with about 222,000. The fact these two cities only tally a half million people tells us of the number of communities comprising this vast metro area of about 27,000 sq miles.

[@Knuckledragon782]

@@bradevans5566 The confusion is you put NYC (which only encompasses the 5 boroughs) at 19M, when it's the entire State of New York w that total.

[@bradevans5566]

@@Knuckledragon782 Ah, no. The metro area of New York City is not the entire state of New York. It does include much of the mid and lower Hudson valley, Long Island, fourteen counties in New Jersey and much of western Connecticut. All of this adds up to nearly 20 million people.

[@ricolaw1033]

Interesting that Southwark, Spring Garden, Kensington and Northern Liberties were separate cities back then but neighborhoods in Philly today.

[@jacobwood1707]

I know! I saw NoLibs and thought, "hey wait a minute" 😂

[@christianweatherbroadcasti3491]

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[@mimi_simon]

Philly annexed a lot of land over the years and now owns the whole county that they were once in the center of

[@fldon2306]

Saw that too! And commented also. Fly Eagles!

[@ongogablogian8568]

​@@LLcoolDelyou couldn't afford a house where I live in Philly, and I'm sure the ladies don't love coolDel.

[@jhmcd2]

Interesting to see factory cities like Detroit and Baltimore, both industrial power houses building cars, ships and making steel for decades, then in the 70s it all moved to Asia, and watch the populations drop.

[@zarategabe]

Thanks corporations for abandoning the very work force that built them up!

[@billl1127]

Yes, hence the name Rust Belt.

[@bradevans5566]

Trying to keep air and water clean, pay living wages, and provide for a safe workplace all made those companies move their operations offshore or to Canada and Mexico. Thank “free trade” for making the US compete with places with no environmental laws, low wage workers, and unsafe working conditions. Had we kept tariffs on imports from those countries, our corporations would have been motivated to invest in modernizing obsolete factories and quality control rather than moving so much overseas. We’re slowly recovering but it’s basically running into a stiff wind compared to places like China or India.

[@bobyhic]

The 1967 Riots in Detroit was the nail in the Coffin By 1978 it was a shell.

[@AndrewCantonTV]

​@@bobyhic old school people from Detroit said all the whites started moving out after the Detroit Riots

[@hyun-shik7327]

As someone from the Cleveland area it’s crazy to think that my city used to be one of the major cities in the country 100 years ago. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

[@mikec3949]

Same with Pittsburgh

[@truck_yeah_440]

Tell me about it. Born, raised, and still live in CLE (downtown). Was as surprised as you to see that at one point CLE was the 5th largest city in the country.

[@CobConstantz]

Yup, St. Louis too

[@Bozbaby103]

All the above are river cities. Easiest form of transport in the inland states.

[@awm6598]

I remember hearing that Cleveland was a powerhouse in the past. Crazy to see the real numbers.

[@dezheathen]

Just for history lessons Brooklyn and NY(Manhattan) merged to become NYC in 1900 so the census started counting towards NYC

[@tomslaski8597]

I thought that's what happened when I saw Brooklyn shoot off the chart... thanks... Brooklynite

[@benpholmes]

And yet, interestingly, New York City was still at the top the entire time even when it only included Manhattan.

[@scotthoward8308]

Also the NYC population started pushing down all the others (becoming more than just New York Country, aka Manhattan)

[@2aj.]

​@@benpholmeseven more interestingly if the 5 boroughs were still seperated today NYC population would still be below brooklyns population as well as queens population

[@RamZar50]

Cities west of the Mississippi really started to grow during the California Gold Rush (1848-1855). This accelerated around 1900.

[@christianweatherbroadcasti3491]

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[@videogameguy101]

And the invention of AC boomed the South, as it made it easier to live in during the hot months.

[@davidrogers6287]

There is no god. Prove me wrong ​@@christianweatherbroadcasti3491

[@writerbill1]

This is the city itself not the whole metro area, for anyone wondering. It shows Houston as 2.2 million in 2022 whereas the metro population was 7.3 million!

[@frankmarsh1159]

Top metro areas in the United States are: New York Los Angeles Chicago Dallas Houston Washington DC Philadelphia Atlanta Miami Phoenix This video doesn't even show Atlanta or Miami. City limits is pretty useless when determining population size. Some cities like Atlanta are pretty small as far as the size of city limits. Others like Jacksonville are huge. The largest city in America is Sitka, Alaska at over 2870 square miles which is bigger than some countries but the population is only 8,458 as of 2020...

[@HotWheelsBurban]

And sometimes it seems like they're all on the same freeway as you..... The Houston metro area is bigger than the DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) area by a little bit. And our border is not that "open"; many migrants do get caught and detained or sent back.

[@stallion78]

Yeah but Chicago metro is just under 10 million and New York Cities is over 20 million

[@joemarin1558]

Thanks for clearing that up

[@hatchwayne2173]

What do you mean by Metro?

[@lexirowe3151]

I love how right after Air conditioning and some cheap land pops up Phoenix jumps on this list and goes watch me move up to number 5 in just a few years. 😂 Maybe we will finally get some more nonstop flights to places since we are in the top 5?!??

[@v2plus4]

I wonder how many more people they can handle

[@lexirowe3151]

@@v2plus4 who Phoenix? Prior to the pandemic they were projecting the metro area to grow to 10 million or more in the next 20 years

[@cashmoney7660]

I remember a history channel documentary listing air-conditioning as the greatest invention of the 20th century. It certainly fueled southern migration to previously almost uninhabitable areas.

[@Woketard]

The Internet has encouraged unhealthy population booms all across the US. It's beyond annoying because now the traffic is unbearable!

[@SchlockstarJoe]

One million population drop in Detroit between 1952 and 2011

[@swaldron5558]

Due to massive closures of motor manufacturers?

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

Notice the big change around 1900 when Brooklyn becomes part of NYC..that puts the Big Apple far ahead of everyone else for good

[@josephchurch7871]

Also noticed that during the 1820’s the other PA cities on the list were also just absorbed into Philadelphia (North libs, Southwark and Kensington).

[@cousinit718]

Are you bragging or complaining?

[@kiernanoh]

​@@cousinit718I think he is just stating a fact.

[@Bubbles99718]

Industrial revolution

[@turbojon8117]

What is the timestamp for this? I didn't see any big change around 3:40

[@sbalsamo410]

Post Civil War/Post fire Chicago grew at an insane rate. Wow this was interesting. Here I was just kind of zoning out and then, I learned stuff!

[@caseykoll5750]

Amazing how long New Orleans was on here, and #3 at one point. So much history. Cool seeing how things like gold rush, vehicle industry, whole home air conditioning, etc... shaped this list over time!

[@davidbrandt848]

It would be cool to see a side by side comparison growth chart through the years like this of both Metro area and actual city populations.

[@critterpher]

pain to see stl up there for so long and then such a lightning fast drop off in the 50s 😔

[@awm6598]

My thoughts too. And Cleveland

[@BojaneBugami]

The size and population of the city is one thing, and the metro as a whole is very different. Here in DFW, you don't know when Dallas ends, and the suburbs begin. It's just sprawling.

[@japanpanda2179]

I'd say it ends about maps.app.goo.gl/sifv3DX54UY2TFfG8

[@branplore]

BALTIMORE so much history stayed in the top 10 largest cities until the 1980s. Had no idea it stayed in top 2 for so long.

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

Baltimore is Philly without an El train

[@supersubes]

A list of all the places you probably dont want to live.

[@mplslawnguy3389]

I never realized Columbus was that big.

[@xMrsmileyfacex]

Columbus is quickly becoming the high tech hub of the Midwest. A second Silicon Valley.

[@mattwalter6207]

Fastest growing city in the midwest

[@PSCA1988]

It's not. It has annexed the entire Franklin County into its city limits. There are probably some cows and other farm animals counted in those numbers. 😂😂

[@fromthehaven94]

​@@PSCA1988Only parts of Franklin County over the last 6-7 decades through annexation. There are pockets of unincorporated township land that remain in mostly the north and west sides of Columbus. It's fair to say that most of the development of newly acquired land is indistinguishable from suburbs.

[@rustyshacklefordrefined5756]

Columbus is just a giant suburb.

[@ryanwilliams4270]

I moved to Albany, NY and I love how it's a metro area that is still cultured but not densely populated. Was on the list until like 1860, the area still has that old world vibe, and it's only 150 miles from the most populated city. Cray. Spent some time driving around the country recently. My current car is not 2 years old yet and has been to 30 states.

[@BK_718]

Brooklyn consolidated with nyc along with the other 3 boroughs (Bronx,queens,Staten Island) to form nyc (the borough of manhattan at the time) in 1898. Had we remained a separate city we would be the 4th largest in the country after nyc LA & Chicago

[@MtnMan62]

Jacksonville FL would probably not make this list except for the fact that Jacksonville incorporated most of its metro area, making it the largest city in land area in the lower 48. The 4 largest cities in the US in land area are in Alaska.

[@kiddgoldson]

Exactly, Prior to 1968. Jacksonville FL was a small city. The city size was about 35 sq miles not counting the rivers. Now the city is 747 sq. miles. after the mayor consolidated or annexed Duval County.

[@MtnMan62]

@kiddgoldson Yeah, and I've always wondered why the little community of Baldwin,in western Duval, was not included in the annexation. It's probably only around 1sq mile in size.

[@kiddgoldson]

@@MtnMan62 I wondered too. To be honest, I don't know

[@BK_718]

@@kiddgoldsonthat means the city gets more money 💰 for annual GDP & tax revenue.

[@MoonMoon-fx1op]

You from the 904?!

[@HummaKavula-DontVoteForStupid]

I’m originally from Providence, Rhode Island. Even I am amazed that, at one point in time, Providence was in the top 10 most populous cities in America. As of 2024, with a population around 190,000, Providence is 134th

[@SkegeeAce]

Watching Detroit rise up on the map and then drop so low and fall back off was really sad. I'm shocked Atlanta isn't even on the map!

[@darkarisen9805]

Miami, Florida as well.

[@stephenshuman1]

Most people who live in “Atlanta” live in the suburbs

[@jaydubaic21]

Northern Liberties, Spring Garden and Southwark are now in Philadelphia. Pretty crazy Philly had three spots essentially

[@lukegriffin7814]

Good job Charlotte, NC. I knew you’d make it

[@MrPriest24]

Charlotte has exploded.

[@deirdre108]

In 1874 when NYC hit 1M people I wonder if the folks there were losing their minds about that.

[@anarchistatheist1917]

It's amazing that it took only 54 years from 1900 to 1954, for Los Angeles to appear at the bottom of the list of most largest cities by population to becoming the third most populated city. No doubt it was the motion picture industry, and also war related production like that was responsible for that.

[@jackies1729]

Wow, Milwaukee was in it for a long time there. I think we've really suffered from bad politics, crime, and Chicago's b.s.

[@jeffjones8866]

More people lived in Chicago 100 years ago than they do today. that is what I found most interesting.

[@kylewoodowens4488]

More and more people are realizing how big of a shithole it is

[@EmilyTienne]

@@kylewoodowens4488You’ve never lived there, but you know. Unbelievable.

[@zanizone3617]

I know it's obvious, but thinking how small cities were in the 1800s always gets me. I really don't have a true grasp on how much the population exploded in the last two centuries.

[@maestroclassico5801]

In the 20th century Los Angeles was clearly the city that grew the most .... Dallas and Houston also. In this century, it's San Antonio and Austin which have grown the most/fastest.

[@lexirowe3151]

Really? You didn’t see Phoenix go from like zero to a zillion in like 20 years. I think it’s grown insanely fast here… Phoenix is almost 2 million people but the metro area is closer to 6 or 7

[@brandywineblogger1411]

Re: Texas - I noted how several of its cities started climbing in the ranks at turn of 20th to 21st c. Interesting to know as it supports the current (Jan.2024) story of Texas going rogue re: border wars with Biden admin. Texas has always stood strong.

[@jasonsmyrl3545]

Houston. Phoenix, San Antonio are growing so fast because they are close to the southern border and are getting flooded with illegal immigration

[@wy2679]

Why do people want to live in hot citys where you can't go out during the day in the summer ?

[@lexirowe3151]

@@wy2679 no snow typically is the common response

[@JML6988]

Briefly, in the 1920s, Cleveland was at #5. Neat!

[@TheZealotofJudah]

Texas is so big once you live the state you are already halfway to wherever you are trying to go

[@coover65]

Australians always chuckle when we read about "how big Texas is" You can fit the Lone Star state into my home state 2.5 times. Canadians probably think similar.

[@SS-yj2le]

@@coover65Western Australia probably. That area is huge.

[@coover65]

@@SS-yj2le Western Australia is nearly 4x larger than Texas. But there are more Texans than Australians! Probably because only the coastal areas have any significant populations.

[@MarvinHartmann452]

I live in a place where my nearest neighbours are at least a few km away from me. The complete village population is around 400. I often forget how many people live in the US. When I compare the statistics I often think we don't do well, but I forget that they are 10 times more people than we are. I can't imagine a city so big that the population of my entire country lives in that city. This is incredible to me.

[@N_A__]

Consider yourself lucky. American cities are shit holes where people live like rats.

[@koushikdas1992]

Where do you live?

[@jonpevehouse]

In the Texas triangle: Dallas/Ft Worth down to San Antonio, and across to Houston, with Austin in the middle of that triangle, now has 22 million people in it.

[@glennaustin37]

Surely the flag icon next to the city pic is rather superfluous here 🤔🤣

[@hyun-shik7327]

Yeah state flags would be better here.

[@ludvigborga3676]

NYC is dangerously overcrowded today.

[@Woketard]

Thanks to foreigners.

[@dr.manhattan4537]

​@@Woketardcorrection, invaders.

[@adamrigby7409]

New York State has had the most people since the very beginning that’s for sure look at Detroit and LA move up post car revolution then Detroit drops off in the 70s gas shortage cool vid

[@royery]

Thank you, now i know which cities to avoid 😅

[@jayerjavec]

Is that native residence or forced one? What's the census data used here - one from 1970 like most of your school books are?

[@rampage2587]

Weird seeing Kensington and Northern Liberties separate from Philly but i guess Philly proper was smaller back then.

[@markyoung950]

What year were the 5 boroughs of New York city incorporated into one city? I can see Brooklyn being listed as one of the biggest cities in the US. Is it being double counted?

[@yomama9538]

1898

[@tperk]

How Atlanta avoids getting on this list is baffling

[@Simon-cr2vu]

Atlanta has less than 500,000 people within the city limits. Not big enough to make this list. If this were a list of metro populations it would easily make the top ten biggest in the US.

[@MtnMan62]

I've never been there, but I had no idea that Detroit lost so many people in such a short amount of time 😕

[@gavinduenas3584]

Look up white flight. It's a phenomenon that affected many US cities, Detroit probably being the most infamous. Other examples are St Louis and Baltimore.

[@primeminister66]

Crazy!!!

[@kiddgoldson]

Gary Indiana and also Camden New Jersey

[@Sparty1986]

Detroit, still great in my heart! ❤

[@ludvigborga3676]

​@@gavinduenas3584 The Bronx also during the late 60's and 70's.

[@JustSomeRando1331]

Notice how the population of New Orleans suddenly went up at the beginning when emancipation happened and the black population started getting counted as people?

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

But piener New handsome??

[@robloxvids2233]

No

[@jkrasney1]

Actually, from the review of the population, once Blacks were viewed as more than .60%, New Orleans nosedived in population. Similar to Ellis Island, New Orleans was a large immigration waystation. Yet, once Blacks became full citizens, the population of New Orleans declined, along with New Orleans serving as an immigration port of call.

[@marcshields3677]

The fuck are you one about?

[@darksuns7384]

Notice how in the 70s, Chicago and Detroit started hemorrhaging citizens, lol

[@ElevatedDialogues]

Very interesting 😊

[@cgimovieman]

The full metro areas are a better representation of population for cities. I live in a city with a metro population 2.6 million, but if you only took into account the actual city it would be around 300,000.

[@bera0014]

Fun fact, how many US cities population are bigger than Sydney or Melbourne Australia? One, NYC

[@jonathanmorrison2225]

Don’t you have to live in those cities to get water and prevent being attacked by kangaroos???

[@tabithan2978]

Boston fell off some time ago, but by metro area it would be much higher.

[@Memoreism]

And yet, it's so hard to find a match.

[@arlingtonfreeman6028]

Informative

[@westminster860]

This is very interesting to watch and if we know our history the population rises with industrialization from steel to auto to the film industry to the flight to warm weather. 👍

[@joe62845]

Surprised the NYC popularity didn’t start to drop closer to the current year.

[@stephengrigg5988]

I kinda expected growth to slow down, at least a tick during the civil war, but no, it was unphased

[@stiffbristles3246]

What happened to many of our major cities in the 50s-90s is so devastating. White flight and deurbanization/ suburbanization will always be a stain on our nation’s history.

[@Satellite215]

What I fund interesting are: 1. No western cities ranked in until 1850. 2. In early 1900's, Buffalo was bigger than LA. 3. The top 4 cities have not changed for the last three decades.

[@nickiesiple5222]

This wins the internet today!! EPIC!

[@Takeouthetrash727]

On my world where I'm from, Jacksonville Florida reached one million back in 2001

[@willjackson4354]

Real talk

[@samcawood2037]

Midwesterners watching the the rust belt rust in real time.

[@sunondalyons73]

Do this by metro areas. The list will change drastically after New York Chicago and LA.

[@djy69]

Vegas has over 2 million

[@TheAceOfCubs]

Great video! Although I think the American flag icon is unnecessary because it is about US cities after all.

[@fldon2306]

Notice how “big” cities aren’t on the list: Atlanta, Phoenix, etc. Their metro area is incorporated around them, so they can only grow tall, (Miami?) unless like Jacksonville, just annex the whole Duval county! Noticed “Kensington sand Spring Garden, PA, which are now part of the City of Philadelphia. Also, saw how the 1850’s San Francisco earthquake shrank its population. Cities with room to grow/annex will be the future gainers.

[@JJ-rp2df]

Its impressive that new york dominates top spot so strongly

[@cindylewis3325]

Great to live in a large city when you’re young & can enjoy the energy.

[@ongogablogian8568]

I'm 63 and live in a big city. What am I supposed to do, move to some gawd forsaken retirement village? Living in the city keeps me young.

[@cindylewis3325]

@@ongogablogian8568 If you can stay where you are. Hope all things go well for you

[@dbsti3006]

Never knew New Orleans was the 3rd largest city at one point. Above Chicago and Boston.

[@frankhardin8124]

Atlanta isn't there?

[@calebmellisawn]

The disrespect to Atlanta

[@stephenshuman1]

Most people live in the suburbs of Atlanta

[@femopa88]

Notorio lo de Detroit: de pasar a ser la ciudad más rica del mundo en los 40s a ser un completo desierto

[@rca4788]

Both sad and interesting how the entire great lakes area began to collapse while the west coast began to skyrocket

[@nate78824]

Cincinnati is the same size today as it was prior to 1900

[@MusicismoreImportant]

Because no tourism??

[@toddlesred-fox1271]

Very interesting... 🤔

[@THEPLAN6]

I'm glad my birthplace will never make this count.. thank you for sharing. 😂😂😂

[@v2plus4]

I loke how Charlotte just pops up at the very end

[@Logos1000]

Need to track Metro area populations. Most of the people that work in some of these cities live outside the city limits.

[@jonathanmorrison2225]

Louisville does that. They count towns and counties that aren’t even close and call it Louisville metro area. It’s very misleading.

[@CharlotteGOVchannel]

2021 was our year.

[@user-dc3nf7rr7t]

NYC (5 Boros) 8.089 mil

[@future_teknokrat7585]

If you follow US History, this timeline of growth makes a lot of sense and can be explained easily.

[@C.Ellis_BMI]

That’s Amazing 🤩

[@gokuxbt_]

Wait so you telling me Atlanta and San Francisco didn’t make it ?? That’s a little unbelievable

[@RealBron03]

As a detroiter, watching us disappear is crazy because I've seen it first hand

[@doomie77]

San Francisco held on for as long as it could

[@erosennin4444]

Smallest place in the whole world and we still somehow have the biggest population. I hate parking

[@T3CHET]

Pittsburghs rise and fall was very fast like much of the rust belt. But we hang on, and we have become reborn as a tech and health hub!

[@allenkrause2774]

It's funny my family moved to Cleveland at the turn of the last century when it was the hot place to move. Now it's not such a hot destination although I'd love to see the populations of the surrounding areas of Cleveland since the suburbs exploded in population the same time this video has their pop start to fall off

[@quigonkenny]

Number of Texas cities in top 15: 1950: 0 2023: 5

[@budlanctot3060]

Two states I'd never live in, TX & Floriduh.

[@pedrotinaco1]

The 1849 Gold Rush brought SF to the list, then it came up again after the transcontinental railroad completion.

[@DoggieNYC]

Fun to watch but its wrong. There is not 8 million in NYC, NY. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island make up that 8 million. There are more people in Brooklyn and Queens than Manhattan.

[@kylewoodowens4488]

What happened in 1953? Everyone started leaving at that year? Any reason?

[@davidawilliams252]

Born and raised in Queens, NY. I knew it was a wrap the moment we hit 1 million. And it happened in a little over a century. Never stopped growing. I believe Queens is the 2nd largest borough after Crooklyn. I THINK NYC (aka Manhattan) comes after Queens but I forgot. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@Saaahdude29]

Literally just made a chart showcasing "stay out of these areas at all costs."

[@XXelpollodiabloXX]

Look at Providence getting into the top 10 for a little bit there.

[@mr.bigglesworthyoumagnific4281]

And while this is technically correct you have to look at the Area..some cities have small population in the city limits BUT when you get on the highway you realize it's a Lot more people than you think..san francisco-san jose- Oakland is ONE giant area, you can't say 800k for SF, there's 10million people in the area, LA? Not 3 million but 18million, Dallas-Fort? Combine them..san antonio -austin, Combine them..this will give a more accurate population of a given area..

[@nicolaszyx3120]

Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth… Texas is populated 😮

[@jlcsr9163]

I know we're not a city but NJ has to be one of the most densely populated states in the US considering our size

[@angusmackaskill3035]

Atlanta?

[@paulhowson8744]

was this Pre 2009 ??

[@kylerboii]

Las Vegas?

[@TruthDefined4life]

Would anyone like to venture a guess as to the invention that started the population growth in the Texas cities?

[@TruthDefined4life]

I'll just tell you. It was air conditioning.

[@BoogerDeluxe22]

Phoenix came in and never looked back….