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Largest United States Cities (1990)
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The following information is provided by the United States Census Bureau.

(Order goes # of the top hundred, the name of the place, the population, square miles of land the city occupies, and the final number is the density of people per square mile.)

    1   New York city, NY *......  7,322,564   308.9    23,705
    2   Los Angeles city, CA.....  3,485,398   469.3     7,427
    3   Chicago city, IL.........  2,783,726   227.2    12,252
    4   Houston city, TX.........  1,630,553   539.9     3,020
    5   Philadelphia city, PA....  1,585,577   135.1    11,736
    6   San Diego city, CA *.....  1,110,549   324.0     3,428
    7   Detroit city, MI.........  1,027,974   138.7     7,411
    8   Dallas city, TX..........  1,006,877   342.4     2,941
    9   Phoenix city, AZ *.......    983,403   419.9     2,342
   10   San Antonio city, TX.....    935,933   333.0     2,811

   11   San Jose city, CA........    782,248   171.3     4,567
   12   Baltimore city, MD.......    736,014    80.8     9,109
   13   Indianapolis city, IN *..    731,327   361.7     2,022
   14   San Francisco city, CA...    723,959    46.7    15,502
   15   Jacksonville city, FL *..    635,230   758.7       837
   16   Columbus city, OH........    632,910   190.9     3,315
   17   Milwaukee city, WI.......    628,088    96.1     6,536
   18   Memphis city, TN *.......    610,337   256.0     2,384
   19   Washington city, DC......    606,900    61.4     9,884
   20   Boston city, MA..........    574,283    48.4    11,865

   21   Seattle city, WA.........    516,259    83.9     6,153
   22   El Paso city, TX *.......    515,342   245.4     2,100
   23   Cleveland city, OH.......    505,616    77.0     6,566
   24   New Orleans city, LA *...    496,938   180.6     2,752
   25   Nashville-Davidson, TN *.    488,374   473.3     1,032
   26   Denver city, CO *........    467,610   153.3     3,050
   27   Austin city, TX..........    465,622   217.8     2,138
   28   Fort Worth city, TX *....    447,619   281.1     1,592
   29   Oklahoma City city, OK *.    444,719   608.2       731
   30   Portland city, OR........    437,319   124.7     3,507

   31   Kansas City city, MO *...    435,146   311.5     1,397
   32   Long Beach city, CA......    429,433    50.0     8,589
   33   Tucson city, AZ *........    405,390   156.3     2,594
   34   St. Louis city, MO.......    396,685    61.9     6,408
   35   Charlotte city, NC.......    395,934   174.3     2,272
   36   Atlanta city, GA.........    394,017   131.8     2,990
   37   Virginia Beach city, VA *    393,069   248.3     1,583
   38   Albuquerque city, NM.....    384,736   132.2     2,910
   39   Oakland city, CA.........    372,242    56.1     6,635
   40   Pittsburgh city, PA......    369,879    55.6     6,653

   41   Sacramento city, CA......    369,365    96.3     3,836
   42   Minneapolis city, MN.....    368,383    54.9     6,710
   43   Tulsa city, OK...........    367,302   183.5     2,002
   44   Honolulu CDP, HI *.......    365,272    82.8     4,411
   45   Cincinnati city, OH......    364,040    77.2     4,716
   46   Miami city, FL...........    358,548    35.6    10,072
   47   Fresno city, CA..........    354,202    99.1     3,574
   48   Omaha city, NE...........    335,795   100.6     3,338
   49   Toledo city, OH..........    332,943    80.6     4,131
   50   Buffalo city, NY.........    328,123    40.6     8,082

   51   Wichita city, KS.........    304,011   115.1     2,641
   52   Santa Ana city, CA.......    293,742    27.1    10,839
   53   Mesa city, AZ............    288,091   108.6     2,653
   54   Colorado Springs city, CO    281,140   183.2     1,535
   55   Tampa city, FL...........    280,015   108.7     2,576
   56   Newark city, NJ..........    275,221    23.8    11,564
   57   St. Paul city, MN........    272,235    52.8     5,156
   58   Louisville city, KY......    269,063    62.1     4,333
   59   Anaheim city, CA.........    266,406    44.3     6,014
   60   Birmingham city, AL *....    265,968   148.5     1,791

   61   Arlington city, TX.......    261,721    93.0     2,814
   62   Norfolk city, VA.........    261,229    53.8     4,856
   63   Las Vegas city, NV *.....    258,295    83.3     3,101
   64   Corpus Christi city, TX..    257,453   135.0     1,907
   65   St. Petersburg city, FL..    238,629    59.2     4,031
   66   Rochester city, NY.......    231,636    35.8     6,470
   67   Jersey City city, NJ.....    228,537    14.9    15,338
   68   Riverside city, CA.......    226,505    77.7     2,915
   69   Anchorage city, AK *.....    226,338 1,697.6       133
   70   Lexington-Fayette, KY *..    225,366   284.5       792

   71   Akron city, OH...........    223,019    62.2     3,586
   72   Aurora city, CO *........    222,103   132.5     1,676
   73   Baton Rouge city, LA.....    219,531    73.9     2,971
   74   Stockton city, CA........    210,943    52.6     4,010
   75   Raleigh city, NC.........    207,951    88.1     2,360
   76   Richmond city, VA........    203,056    60.1     3,379
   77   Shreveport city, LA......    198,525    98.6     2,013
   78   Jackson city, MS.........    196,637   109.0     1,804
   79   Mobile city, AL..........    196,278   118.0     1,663
   80   Des Moines city, IA......    193,187    75.3     2,566

   81   Lincoln city, NE.........    191,972    63.3     3,033
   82   Madison city, WI.........    191,262    57.8     3,309
   83   Grand Rapids city, MI....    189,126    44.3     4,269
   84   Yonkers city, NY.........    188,082    18.1    10,391
   85   Hialeah city, FL.........    188,004    19.2     9,792
   86   Montgomery city, AL......    187,106   135.0     1,386
   87   Lubbock city, TX.........    186,206   104.1     1,789
   88   Greensboro city, NC......    183,521    79.8     2,300
   89   Dayton city, OH..........    182,044    55.0     3,310
   90   Huntington Beach city, CA    181,519    26.4     6,876

   91   Garland city, TX.........    180,650    57.3     3,153
   92   Glendale city, CA........    180,038    30.6     5,884
   93   Columbus city, GA *......    178,681   216.1       827
   94   Spokane city, WA.........    177,196    55.9     3,170
   95   Tacoma city, WA..........    176,664    48.0     3,681
   96   Little Rock city, AR.....    175,795   102.9     1,708
   97   Bakersfield city, CA *...    174,820    91.8     1,904
   98   Fremont city, CA *.......    173,339    77.0     2,251
   99   Fort Wayne city, IN......    173,072    62.7     2,760
  100   Arlington CDP, VA *......    170,936    25.9     6,600

Written by Alex K.