Cities with 100,000 or More Population in 2000 ranked by Population: Net Change, 1990-2000 in Rank Order
[When cities share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. CDP = census designated place, only used in HI which has no incorporated places]
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City in rank order | Number | Rank | |
New York city, NY | 685,714 | 1 | | Phoenix city, AZ | 332,062 | 2 |
| Houston city, TX | 255,758 | 3 |
| Las Vegas city, NV | 218,600 | 4 | | Los Angeles city, CA | 209,321 | 5 | | Dallas city, TX | 181,934 | 6 | | Austin city, TX | 162,272 | 7 | | San Antonio city, TX | 147,212 | 8 | | Charlotte city, NC | 113,844 | 9 | | San Diego city, CA | 112,369 | 10 |
| Chicago city, IL | 112,356 | 11 | | San Jose city, CA | 111,619 | 12 | | Henderson city, NV | 110,272 | 13 | | Mesa city, AZ | 106,163 | 14 | | Jacksonville city, FL | 100,575 | 15 | | Plano city, TX | 93,523 | 16 | | Denver city, CO | 87,087 | 17 | | Fort Worth city, TX | 86,513 | 18 |
| Chandler city, AZ | 85,878 | 19 | | Gilbert town, AZ | 79,694 | 20 | | Colorado Springs city, CO | 77,778 | 21 | | Columbus city, OH | 75,147 | 22 | | Scottsdale city, AZ | 72,619 | 23 | | Fresno city, CA | 72,208 | 24 | | Pembroke Pines city, FL | 71,973 | 25 | | Arlington city, TX | 70,970 | 26 |
| Tucson city, AZ | 69,560 | 27 | | Glendale city, AZ | 67,945 | 28 | | North Las Vegas city, NV | 67,532 | 29 | | Bakersfield city, CA | 63,098 | 30 | | Albuquerque city, NM | 61,619 | 31 | | Oklahoma City city, OK | 61,527 | 32 | | Anaheim city, CA | 61,389 | 33 | | Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN | 57,336 | 34 | | Peoria city, AZ | 57,210 | 35 | | Raleigh city, NC | 55,668 | 36 |
| Aurora city, CO | 54,538 | 37 | | San Francisco city, CA | 52,774 | 38 | | Laredo city, TX | 51,547 | 39 | | Boise City city, ID | 50,637 | 40 | | Indianapolis city (balance), IN | 50,144 | 41 | | Corona city, CA | 48,785 | 42 | | El Paso city, TX | 48,010 | 43 | | Chesapeake city, VA | 47,202 | 44 | | Seattle city, WA | 47,042 | 45 |
| Reno city, NV | 45,733 | 46 | | Santa Ana city, CA | 43,668 | 47 | | Portland city, OR | 43,038 | 48 | | Aurora city, IL | 42,711 | 49 | | Salinas city, CA | 42,197 | 50 | | Naperville city, IL | 41,400 | 51 | | Fontana city, CA | 41,061 | 52 |
| Palmdale city, CA | 39,374 | 53 | | Vancouver city, WA | 39,029 | 54 | | Durham city, NC | 38,585 | 55 | | Hialeah city, FL | 38,514 | 56 | | Coral Springs city, FL | 38,412 | 57 |
| Chula Vista city, CA | 38,313 | 58 | | Overland Park city, KS | 37,282 | 59 | | Irving city, TX | 36,485 | 60 | | Wichita city, KS | 35,632 | 61 | | Lexington-Fayette, KY | 35,146 | 62 | | Garland city, TX | 34,924 | 63 |
| Anchorage city, AK | 33,945 | 64 | | Lincoln city, NE | 32,859 | 65 | | Oceanside city, CA | 32,450 | 66 | | Greensboro city, NC | 32,300 | 67 | | Stockton city, CA | 32,276 | 68 | | Omaha city, NE | 32,200 | 69 | | Virginia Beach city, VA | 32,168 | 70 | | Irvine city, CA | 31,656 | 71 |
| Long Beach city, CA | 31,652 | 72 | | Memphis city, TN | 31,206 | 73 | | Fremont city, CA | 30,054 | 74 | | Fort Collins city, CO | 29,753 | 75 | | Riverside city, CA | 28,584 | 76 | | Salem city, OR | 28,078 | 77 | | Grand Prairie city, TX | 27,931 | 78 | | Oxnard city, CA | 27,900 | 79 |
| Joliet city, IL | 27,636 | 80 | | Santa Clarita city, CA | 27,478 | 81 | | Cape Coral city, FL | 27,114 | 82 | | Santa Rosa city, CA | 27,096 | 83 | | Carrollton city, TX | 26,985 | 84 | | Clarksville city, TN | 26,947 | 85 | | Westminster city, CO | 26,764 | 86 | | Rancho Cucamonga city, CA | 26,358 | 87 | | Tulsa city, OK | 25,882 | 88 | | Hayward city, CA | 25,390 | 89 | | Tallahassee city, FL | 25,176 | 90 | | Ontario city, CA | 24,737 | 91 |
| Brownsville city, TX | 24,579 | 92 | | Escondido city, CA | 24,533 | 93 | | Eugene city, OR | 23,980 | 94 | | Moreno Valley city, CA | 23,625 | 95 | | Mesquite city, TX | 22,770 | 96 | | Atlanta city, GA | 22,714 | 97 | | Tampa city, FL | 22,621 | 98 | | Orlando city, FL | 22,516 | 99 | | Sioux Falls city, SD | 22,514 | 100 |
| Modesto city, CA | 22,426 | 101 | | Pasadena city, TX | 22,285 | 102 | | West Valley City city, UT | 21,897 | 103 | | Salt Lake City city, UT | 21,791 | 104 | | Garden Grove city, CA | 21,536 | 105 | | McAllen city, TX | 20,791 | 106 |
| Lancaster city, CA | 20,273 | 107 | | Corpus Christi city, TX | 19,015 | 108 | | Winston-Salem city, NC | 18,522 | 109 | | Orange city, CA | 18,180 | 110 | | Provo city, UT | 18,030 | 111 |
| Lakewood city, CO | 17,970 | 112 | | Spokane city, WA | 17,509 | 113 | | Madison city, WI | 17,238 | 114 | | Pomona city, CA | 17,145 | 115 | | Alexandria city, VA | 17,100 | 116 |
| Tempe city, AZ | 16,569 | 117 | | Hollywood city, FL | 16,564 | 118 | | Tacoma city, WA | 16,215 | 119 | | Downey city, CA | 15,845 | 120 | | Amarillo city, TX | 15,766 | 121 | | St. Paul city, MN | 14,916 | 122 | | Glendale city, CA | 14,913 | 123 |
| Boston city, MA | 14,852 | 124 | | Sunnyvale city, CA | 14,449 | 125 | | Minneapolis city, MN | 14,334 | 126 | | San Bernardino city, CA | 14,192 | 127 | | Athens-Clarke County (balance), GA | 13,746 | 128 | | Providence city, RI | 13,337 | 129 | | Thousand Oaks city, CA | 13,005 | 130 | | Lubbock city, TX | 12,794 | 131 |
| Hampton city, VA | 12,664 | 132 | | Fullerton city, CA | 12,584 | 133 | | Arvada city, CO | 12,367 | 134 | | Sacramento city, CA | 11,918 | 135 | | Cedar Rapids city, IA | 11,904 | 136 | | Costa Mesa city, CA | 11,875 | 137 | | Jersey City city, NJ | 11,580 | 138 |
| Clearwater city, FL | 11,570 | 139 | | Daly City city, CA | 11,408 | 140 | | Simi Valley city, CA | 11,040 | 141 | | Bellevue city, WA | 10,941 | 142 | | Montgomery city, AL | 10,737 | 143 |
| Concord city, CA | 10,583 | 144 | | Springfield city, MO | 10,465 | 145 | | Elizabeth city, NJ | 10,430 | 146 | | El Monte city, CA | 9,811 | 147 |
| Waco city, TX | 9,802 | 148 | | West Covina city, CA | 9,165 | 149 |
| Norwalk city, CA | 9,103 | 150 | | Santa Clara city, CA | 9,012 | 151 | | Augusta-Richmond County (balance), GA | 9,005 | 152 | | Abilene city, TX | 9,005 | 152 | | Stamford city, CT | 8,976 | 154 | | Newport News city, VA | 8,673 | 155 |
| Fayetteville city, NC | 8,371 | 156 | | Grand Rapids city, MI | 8,127 | 157 | | Yonkers city, NY | 7,901 | 158 | | St. Petersburg city, FL | 7,864 | 159 | | Manchester city, NH | 7,789 | 160 | | Lafayette city, LA | 7,728 | 161 |
| Wichita Falls city, TX | 7,451 | 162 | | San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, CA | 7,288 | 163 | | Columbus city (balance), GA | 7,096 | 164 | | Huntington Beach city, CA | 6,695 | 165 | | Burbank city, CA | 6,690 | 166 | | Sterling Heights city, MI | 6,657 | 167 |
| Kansas City city, MO | 6,424 | 168 | | Rockford city, IL | 6,173 | 169 | | Little Rock city, AR | 6,047 | 170 | | Vallejo city, CA | 5,925 | 171 | | Green Bay city, WI | 5,616 | 172 | | Cambridge city, MA | 5,495 | 173 | | Baton Rouge city, LA | 5,476 | 174 | | Des Moines city, IA | 5,349 | 175 |
| Torrance city, CA | 4,703 | 176 | | Springfield city, IL | 4,189 | 177 | | Ann Arbor city, MI | 3,856 | 178 | | Fort Lauderdale city, FL | 3,618 | 179 | | Pueblo city, CO | 3,112 | 180 |
| Worcester city, MA | 3,012 | 181 | | Fort Wayne city, IN | 2,732 | 182 | | Chattanooga city, TN | 2,726 | 183 | | Miami city, FL | 2,680 | 184 | | Pasadena city, CA | 2,201 | 185 |
| Inglewood city, CA | 2,126 | 186 | | Columbia city, SC | 1,816 | 187 | | Shreveport city, LA | 1,743 | 188 | | Lowell city, MA | 1,739 | 189 |
| South Bend city, IN | 1,734 | 190 | | Topeka city, KS | 1,530 | 191 | | Allentown city, PA | 1,159 | 192 |
| Independence city, MO | 886 | 193 | | Knoxville city, TN | 704 | 194 | | Mobile city, AL | 498 | 195 | | Berkeley city, CA | -104 | 196 | | Livonia city, MI | -319 | 197 | | Oakland city, CA | -402 | 198 | | Beaumont city, TX | -551 | 199 |
| Peoria city, IL | -886 | 200 | | Waterbury city, CT | -942 | 201 | | Newark city, NJ | -1,745 | 202 | | Bridgeport city, CT | -2,026 | 203 | | Huntsville city, AL | -2,156 | 204 | | Portsmouth city, VA | -3,345 | 205 | | Kansas City city, KS | -4,478 | 206 | | Evansville city, IN | -4,590 | 207 |
| Springfield city, MA | -4,882 | 208 | | Richmond city, VA | -4,923 | 209 | | Erie city, PA | -5,000 | 210 | | Honolulu CDP, HI | -5,280 | 211 | | Akron city, OH | -6,108 | 212 | | Savannah city, GA | -6,118 | 213 |
| New Haven city, CT | -6,565 | 214 | | Warren city, MI | -6,833 | 215 | | Lansing city, MI | -7,804 | 216 | | Paterson city, NJ | -8,797 | 217 | | Rochester city, NY | -11,099 | 218 | | New Orleans city, LA | -12,264 | 219 |
| Jackson city, MS | -12,319 | 220 | | Louisville city, KY | -13,607 | 221 | | Gary city, IN | -13,841 | 222 | | Hartford city, CT | -15,711 | 223 | | Dayton city, OH | -16,214 | 224 |
| Flint city, MI | -16,424 | 225 | | Syracuse city, NY | -16,549 | 226 | | Toledo city, OH | -19,213 | 227 | | Birmingham city, AL | -23,120 | 228 |
| Norfolk city, VA | -26,847 | 229 | | Cleveland city, OH | -27,047 | 230 | | Milwaukee city, WI | -31,326 | 231 | | Cincinnati city, OH | -33,268 | 232 | | Washington city, DC | -34,841 | 233 |
| Buffalo city, NY | -35,283 | 234 | | Pittsburgh city, PA | -35,576 | 235 | | St. Louis city, MO | -48,496 | 236 | | Philadelphia city, PA | -68,027 | 237 | | Detroit city, MI | -76,676 | 238 | | Baltimore city, MD | -84,860 | 239
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County and City Data Book: 2000, Table C-1.
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