| Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population and Rank
 The table below lists the largest 50 cities in the United States based on population and rank for the year 2005.
 
  
 New York, N.Y.  8,143,197
 Los Angeles, Calif.  3,844,829
 Chicago, Ill. 2,842,518
 Houston, Tex. 2,016,582
 Philadelphia, Pa. 1,463,281
 Phoenix, Ariz. 1,461,575
 San Antonio, Tex. 1,256,509
 San Diego, Calif. 1,255,540
 Dallas, Tex. 1,213,825
 San Jose, Calif. 912,332
 Detroit, Mich. 886,671
 Indianapolis, Ind. 784,118
 Jacksonville, Fla. 782,6233
 San Francisco, Calif. 739,426
 Columbus, Ohio 730,657
 Austin, Tex. 690,252
 Memphis, Tenn. 672,277
 Baltimore, Md. 635,815
 Fort Worth, Tex. 624,067
 Charlotte, N.C. 610,949
 El Paso, Tex. 598,590
 Milwaukee, Wis. 578,887
 Seattle, Wash. 573,911
 Boston, Mass. 559,034
 Denver, Colo. 557,917
 Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky. 556,429
 Washington, DC  550,521
 Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.2 549,110
 Las Vegas, Nev. 545,147
 Portland, Ore. 533,427
 Oklahoma City, Okla. 531,324
 Tucson, Ariz. 515,526
 Albuquerque, N.M. 494,236
 Long Beach, Calif. 474,014
 Atlanta, Ga. 470,688
 Fresno, Calif. 461,116
 Sacramento, Calif. 456,441
 New Orleans, La. 454,863
 Cleveland, Ohio 452,208
 Kansas City, Mo. 444,965
 Mesa, Ariz. 442,780
 Virginia Beach, Va. 438,415
 Omaha, Nebr. 414,521
 Oakland, Calif. 395,274
 Miami, Fla. 386,417
 Tulsa, Okla. 382,457
 Honolulu CDP,3 Hawaii 377,379
 Minneapolis, Minn. 372,811
 Colorado Springs, Colo. 369,815
 Arlington, Tex. 362,805
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population
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