100 Biggest U.S. Cities by Peak Population

Name the 100 most populated cities in the United States, but based on their historical peak population.

Peak population decided per decennial census.

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Peak	Population	City
2020	8,804,190	New York, NY
2020	3,898,747	Los Angeles, CA
1950	3,620,962	Chicago, IL
2020	2,304,580	Houston, TX
1950	2,071,605	Philadelphia, PA
1950	1,849,568	Detroit, MI
2020	1,608,139	Phoenix, AZ
2020	1,434,625	San Antonio, TX
2020	1,386,932	San Diego, CA
2020	1,304,379	Dallas, TX
2020	1,013,240	San Jose, CA
2020	961,855	Austin, TX
1950	949,708	Baltimore, MD
2020	949,611	Jacksonville, FL
2020	918,915	Fort Worth, TX
2020	905,748	Columbus, OH
1930	900,429	Cleveland, OH
2020	887,642	Indianapolis, IN
2020	874,579	Charlotte, NC
2020	873,965	San Francisco, CA
1950	856,796	St. Louis, MO
1890	838,547	Brooklyn, NY
1950	802,178	Washington, DC
1950	801,444	Boston, MA
1960	741,324	Milwaukee, WI
2020	737,015	Seattle, WA
2020	715,522	Denver, CO
2020	689,447	Nashville, TN
2020	681,054	Oklahoma City, OK
2020	678,815	El Paso, TX
1950	676,806	Pittsburgh, PA
2020	652,503	Portland, OR
2000	650,100	Memphis, TN
2020	641,903	Las Vegas, NV
2020	633,045	Louisville, KY
1960	627,525	New Orleans, LA
1950	580,132	Buffalo, NY
2020	564,559	Albuquerque, NM
2020	542,629	Tucson, AZ
2020	542,107	Fresno, CA
2020	524,943	Sacramento, CA
1950	521,718	Minneapolis, MN
2020	508,090	Kansas City, MO
2020	504,258	Mesa, AZ
1950	503,998	Cincinnati, OH
2020	498,715	Atlanta, GA
2020	486,051	Omaha, NE
2020	478,961	Colorado Springs, CO
2020	467,665	Raleigh, NC
2020	466,742	Long Beach, CA

Peak	Population	City
2020	459,470	Virginia Beach, VA
1930	442,337	Newark, NJ
2020	442,241	Miami, FL
2020	440,646	Oakland, CA
2020	413,066	Tulsa, OK
2020	403,455	Bakersfield, CA
2020	397,532	Wichita, KS
2020	394,266	Arlington, TX
2020	386,261	Aurora, CO
2020	384,959	Tampa, FL
1970	383,818	Toledo, OH
2000	371,657	Honolulu, HI
2020	346,824	Anaheim, CA
1960	340,887	Birmingham, AL
2000	337,977	Santa Ana, CA
1930	328,132	Rochester, NY
2020	322,570	Lexington, KY
2020	320,804	Stockton, CA
2020	317,863	Corpus Christi, TX
2020	317,610	Henderson, NV
1930	316,715	Jersey City, NJ
2020	314,998	Riverside, CA
1960	313,411	Saint Paul, MN
1970	307,951	Norfolk, VA
2020	307,670	Irvine, CA
2020	307,573	Orlando, FL
2020	299,035	Greensboro, NC
2010	291,826	Anchorage, AK
2020	291,082	Lincoln, NE
1960	290,351	Akron, OH
2020	285,494	Plano, TX
2020	283,506	Durham, NC
2020	275,987	Chandler, AZ
2020	275,487	Chula Vista, CA
2020	269,840	Madison, WI
2020	267,918	Gilbert, AZ
2020	264,165	Reno, NV
2020	263,886	Fort Wayne, IN
2020	263,640	Laredo, TX
2020	262,527	North Las Vegas, NV
1960	262,332	Dayton, OH
2020	258,308	St. Petersburg, FL
2020	257,141	Lubbock, TX
2020	256,684	Irving, TX
1940	253,504	Providence, RI
1970	249,621	Richmond, VA
2020	249,545	Winston-Salem, NC
2020	249,422	Chesapeake, VA
2020	248,325	Glendale, AZ
2020	246,018	Garland, TX

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