| Rank | City | 2000 Population | Growth Rate (Annual) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York, NY | 8,015,348 | 0.9% |
| 2 | Los Angeles, CA | 3,703,921 | 0.6% |
| 3 | Chicago, IL | 2,895,671 | 0.4% |
| 4 | Houston, TX | 1,977,811 | 1.5% |
| 5 | Philadelphia, PA | 1,513,800 | -0.5% |
| 6 | Phoenix, AZ | 1,326,997 | 3.0% |
| 7 | San Diego, CA | 1,226,804 | 1.0% |
| 8 | Dallas, TX | 1,190,731 | 1.7% |
| 9 | San Antonio, TX | 1,163,825 | 1.6% |
| 10 | Detroit, MI | 945,297 | -0.8% |
| 11 | San Jose, CA | 903,540 | 1.4% |
| 12 | Indianapolis, IN | 782,254 | 0.7% |
| 13 | San Francisco, CA | 777,360 | 0.7% |
| 14 | Jacksonville, FL | 736,583 | 1.5% |
| 15 | Columbus, OH | 715,971 | 1.2% |
| 16 | Memphis, TN | 690,186 | 1.1% |
| 17 | Austin, TX | 672,241 | 3.1% |
| 18 | Baltimore, MD | 648,654 | -1.3% |
| 19 | Milwaukee, WI | 597,049 | -0.5% |
| 20 | Boston, MA | 590,433 | 0.3% |
| 21 | Washington, DC | 571,744 | -0.6% |
| 22 | Charlotte, NC | 569,858 | 2.9% |
| 23 | El Paso, TX | 564,792 | 0.9% |
| 24 | Seattle, WA | 564,092 | 0.9% |
| 25 | Denver, CO | 556,094 | 1.7% |
| 26 | Louisville, KY | 553,960 | – |
| 27 | Fort Worth, TX | 545,993 | 2.0% |
| 28 | Nashville, TN | 545,902 | 1.1% |
| 29 | Portland, OR | 529,922 | 0.9% |
| 30 | Oklahoma City, OK | 507,579 | 1.3% |
| 31 | Tucson, AZ | 489,355 | 1.6% |
| 32 | Las Vegas, NV | 484,487 | 6.4% |
| 33 | New Orleans, LA | 483,663 | -0.3% |
| 34 | Cleveland, OH | 476,574 | -0.6% |
| 35 | Long Beach, CA | 462,166 | 0.7% |
| 36 | Albuquerque, NM | 450,557 | 1.5% |
| 37 | Kansas City, MO | 442,369 | 0.2% |
| 38 | Fresno, CA | 430,724 | 1.9% |
| 39 | Virginia Beach, VA | 426,534 | 0.8% |
| 40 | Atlanta, GA | 421,323 | 0.7% |
| 41 | Omaha, NE | 409,868 | 1.4% |
| 42 | Sacramento, CA | 409,230 | 0.4% |
| 43 | Mesa, AZ | 402,853 | 3.3% |
| 44 | Oakland, CA | 400,674 | 0.0% |
| 45 | Tulsa, OK | 392,850 | 0.7% |
| 46 | Minneapolis, MN | 382,545 | 0.4% |
| 47 | Honolulu, HI | 370,966 | -0.2% |
| 48 | Miami, FL | 363,177 | 0.1% |
| 49 | Colorado Springs, CO | 362,186 | 2.5% |
| 50 | Wichita, KS | 352,366 | 1.3% |
| 51 | St. Louis, MO | 346,904 | -1.3% |
| 52 | Santa Ana, CA | 338,506 | 1.4% |
| 53 | Arlington, TX | 334,792 | 2.5% |
| 54 | Pittsburgh, PA | 333,703 | -1.0% |
| 55 | Cincinnati, OH | 331,258 | -1.0% |
| 56 | Anaheim, CA | 329,267 | 2.1% |
| 57 | Toledo, OH | 313,691 | -0.6% |
| 58 | Tampa, FL | 304,157 | 0.8% |
| 59 | Buffalo, NY | 292,210 | -1.1% |
| 60 | Raleigh, NC | 290,184 | 2.8% |
| 61 | St. Paul, MN | 286,772 | 0.5% |
| 62 | Aurora, CO | 277,825 | 2.3% |
| 63 | Corpus Christi, TX | 277,253 | 0.7% |
| 64 | Newark, NJ | 272,665 | -0.1% |
| 65 | Lexington, KY | 261,189 | 1.5% |
| 66 | Anchorage, AK | 260,586 | 1.4% |
| 67 | Riverside, CA | 258,427 | 1.3% |
| 68 | Fort Wayne, IN | 253,914 | 2.3% |
| 69 | St. Petersburg, FL | 248,751 | 0.3% |
| 70 | Bakersfield, CA | 244,952 | 2.9% |
| 71 | Stockton, CA | 244,611 | 1.5% |
| 72 | Birmingham, AL | 242,051 | -0.9% |
| 73 | Jersey City, NJ | 240,028 | 0.5% |
| 74 | Norfolk, VA | 234,288 | -1.1% |
| 75 | Greensboro, NC | 228,518 | 1.8% |
| 76 | Baton Rouge, LA | 228,350 | 0.3% |
| 77 | Lincoln, NE | 227,701 | 1.7% |
| 78 | Hialeah, FL | 226,142 | 1.9% |
| 79 | Plano, TX | 224,189 | 5.7% |
| 80 | Glendale, AZ | 221,780 | 3.9% |
| 81 | Rochester, NY | 219,474 | -0.5% |
| 82 | Akron, OH | 216,853 | -0.3% |
| 83 | Garland, TX | 216,016 | 1.8% |
| 84 | Madison, WI | 210,070 | 1.0% |
| 85 | Fremont, CA | 204,294 | 1.7% |
| 86 | Scottsdale, AZ | 204,285 | 4.6% |
| 87 | Winston-Salem, NC | 202,198 | 1.9% |
| 88 | Montgomery, AL | 201,714 | 0.6% |
| 89 | Shreveport, LA | 200,575 | 0.1% |
| 90 | Chesapeake, VA | 200,283 | 2.8% |
| 91 | Lubbock, TX | 200,231 | 0.7% |
| 92 | Des Moines, IA | 199,607 | 0.3% |
| 93 | Fayetteville, NC | 199,429 | 5.9% |
| 94 | Mobile, AL | 198,774 | 0.0% |
| 95 | Grand Rapids, MI | 197,937 | 0.4% |
| 96 | Richmond, VA | 197,742 | -0.2% |
| 97 | Spokane, WA | 196,917 | 1.0% |
| 98 | Yonkers, NY | 196,221 | 0.4% |
| 99 | Boise City, ID | 195,589 | 3.8% |
| 100 | Glendale, CA | 195,315 | 0.8% |
Cities in Bold = State Capitals
In 2000, the largest city in the US was New York, with a population of 8,015,348. The second largest city was Los Angeles, with a population of 3,703,921. The third largest US city in 2000 was Chicago, with a population of 2,895,671.
The total population of the United States in 2000 was 281,421,906. In 2000, the top 10 largest cities held 8.5% of the population of the country. The top 100 cities accounted for 20.3% of the entire country's population.
The racial demographics of the United States in 2000 were as follows: White population of 211,347,851 (75.1%), Black population of 34,614,894 (12.3%), Other race population of 15,478,204 (5.5%), Asian and Pacific Islander population of 10,694,032 (3.8%), Two or more races population of 6,754,125 (2.4%), American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut population of 2,532,797 (0.9%).
The overall population of the world in 2000 was around 6,143,000,000. In 2000 the United States population accounted for about 4.6% of the world's total population.
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