The following is a list of the 20 largest and the most populous incorporated places in the United States. The list refers only to population of individual municipalities within their defined limits and it does not include other municipalities or unincorporated suburban areas. Exception is ranking U.S. metropolitan area populations. Estimated by the United States Census Bureau, on July 1, 2009, the list of the 20 largest cities in U.S. looks like this:
1. New York, state New York, population 8,391,881
New York
2. Los Angeles, state California, population 3,831,868
Los Angeles
3. Chicago, state Illinois, population 2,851,268
Chicago
4. Houston, state Texas, population 2,257,926
Houston
5. Phoenix, state Arizona, population 1,593,659
Phoenix
6. Philadelphia, state Pennsylvania, population 1,547,297
Philadelphia
7. San Antonio, state Texas, population 1,373,668
San Antonio
8. San Diego, state California, population 1,306,300
San Diego
9. Dallas, state Texas, population 1,299,542
Dallas
10. San Jose, state California, population 964,695
San Jose
11. Detroit, state Michigan, population 910,921
Detroit
12. San Francisco, state California, population 815,358
San Francisco
13. Jacksonville, state Florida, population 813,518
Jacksonville
14. Indianapolis, state Indiana, population 807,584
Indianapolis
15. Austin, state Texas, population 786,386
Austin
16. Columbus, state Ohio, population 769,332
Columbus
17. Fort Worth, state Texas, population 727,577
Forth Worth
18. Charlotte, state North Carolina, population 704,422
Charlotte
19. Memphis, state Tennessee, population 676,640
Memphis
20. Boston, state Massachusetts, population 645,169
Boston
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