Decade
|
Population
|
Answer
|
1950
|
15,239,000
|
New York City
|
|
5,982,000
|
Chicago
|
|
4,357,000
|
Los Angeles
|
|
4,000,000
|
Philadelphia
|
|
3,738,000
|
Detroit
|
|
3,215,000
|
Baltimore
|
|
2,989,000
|
Cleveland
|
|
2,361,000
|
St. Louis
|
|
2,000,000
|
Washington D.C
|
|
1,864,000
|
Boston
|
1960
|
16,001,000
|
New York City
|
|
6,867,000
|
Chicago
|
|
6,234,000
|
Los Angeles
|
|
4,884,000
|
Philadelphia
|
|
3,959,000
|
Detroit
|
|
3,585,000
|
Baltimore
|
|
3,529,000
|
Houston
|
|
3,274,000
|
Cleveland
|
|
3,369,000
|
Washington D.C
|
|
2,854,000
|
Boston
|
1970
|
16,559,000
|
New York City
|
|
7,746,000
|
Los Angeles
|
|
6,997,000
|
Chicago
|
|
5,438,000
|
Philadelphia
|
|
4,385,000
|
Houston
|
|
4,294,000
|
Detroit
|
|
4,225,000
|
Washington D.C
|
|
3,792,000
|
Boston
|
|
3,781,000
|
Baltimore
|
|
3,516,000
|
Cleveland
|
1980
|
17,000,000
|
New York City
|
|
8,949,000
|
Los Angeles
|
|
7,484,000
|
Chicago
|
|
5,863,000
|
Philadelphia
|
|
5,761,000
|
Houston
|
|
5,000,000
|
Washington D.C
|
|
4,846,000
|
Detroit
|
|
4,838,000
|
Boston
|
|
4,081,000
|
Dallas
|
|
3,923,000
|
San Francisco
|
|
Decade
|
Population
|
Answer
|
1990
|
17,477,000
|
New York City
|
|
10,004,000
|
Los Angeles
|
|
7,823,000
|
Chicago
|
|
6,943,000
|
Houston
|
|
6,395,000
|
Philadelphia
|
|
5,800,000
|
Boston
|
|
5,749,000
|
Washington D.C
|
|
5,372,000
|
Dallas
|
|
5,361,000
|
Detroit
|
|
5,100,000
|
San Francisco
|
2000
|
18,000,000
|
New York City
|
|
12,265,000
|
Los Angeles
|
|
8,363,000
|
Chicago
|
|
8,051,000
|
Houston
|
|
6,958,000
|
Washington D.C
|
|
6,814,000
|
Philadelphia
|
|
6,795,000
|
Dallas
|
|
6,427,000
|
San Francisco
|
|
6,202,000
|
Boston
|
|
5,926,000
|
Phoenix
|
2010
|
18,942,000
|
New York City
|
|
14,275,000
|
Los Angeles
|
|
9,635,000
|
Houston
|
|
8,946,000
|
Chicago
|
|
8,162,000
|
Dallas
|
|
8,001,000
|
Phoenix
|
|
8,000,000
|
Washington D.C
|
|
7,805,000
|
San Francisco
|
|
7,174,000
|
Philadelphia
|
|
7,031,000
|
Miami
|
2019
|
20,000,000
|
New York City
|
|
16,338,000
|
Los Angeles
|
|
11,257,000
|
Houston
|
|
10,225,000
|
Phoenix
|
|
9,528,000
|
Dallas
|
|
9,472,000
|
Miami
|
|
9,451,000
|
Chicago
|
|
9,282,000
|
San Francisco
|
|
9,047,000
|
Washington D.C
|
|
8,973,000
|
Atlanta
|
|