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	Cities with over a million inhabitants	750,000 to 1 million inhabitants
	500,000 to 750,000 inhabitants	Under 500,000 inhavitants

This page is a ranking of the fifty biggest cities in the 48 contiguous states of the USA; it excludes the states of Alaska and Hawaii. Cities are the major units in urban areas, which are by definition larger. While most urban areas are centered on a single city, some urban areas include more than one city - For example Los Angeles is the biggest city in the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim urban area; and the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth both figure independently in the list of largest cities, though they form a single urban area ( Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington)

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Where are the 50 major cities in the USA? Click on the Show on map button in the third column to locate any city and see its population

City	State
1. - New York	New York	Show on map
2. - Los Angeles	California	Show on map
3. - Chicago	Illinois	Show on map
4.- Houston	Texas	Show on map
5 - Phoenix	Arizona	Show on map
6 - Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Show on map
7 - San Antonio	Texas	Show on map
8 - San Diego	California	Show on map
9 - Dallas	Texas	Show on map
10 - Austin	Texas	Show on map
11 - Jacksonville	Florida	Show on map
12 - San José	California	Show on map
13 - Fort Worth	Texas	Show on map
14 - Columbus	Ohio	Show on map
15 - Charlotte	South Carolina	Show on map
16 - Indianapolis	Indiana	Show on map
17 - San Francisco	California	Show on map
18 - Seattle	Washington	Show on map
19 - Denver	Colorado	Show on map
20 - Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Show on map
21 - Nashville	Tennessee	Show on map
22 - El Paso	Texas	Show on map
23 - Washington	D.C.	Show on map
24 - Las Vegas	Nevada	Show on map
25 - Boston	Massachussetts	Show on map

City	State
26 - Portland	Oregon	Show on map
27 - Louisville	Kentucky	Show on map
28 - Memphis	Tennessee	Show on map
29 - Detroit	Michigan	Show on map
30 - Baltimore	Maryland	Show on map
31 - Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Show on map
32 - Albuquerque	New Mexico	Show on map
33 - Tucson	Arizona	Show on map
34 - Fresno	California	Show on map
35 - Sacramento	California	Show on map
36 - Mesa	Arizona	Show on map
37 - Kansas City	Kansas	Show on map
38 - Atlanta	Georgia	Show on map
39 - Colorado springs	Colorado	Show on map
40 - Omaha	Nebraska	Show on map
41 - Raleigh	South Carolina	Show on map
42 - Virginia Beach	Virginia	Show on map
43 - Long Beach	California	Show on map
44 - Miami	Florida	Show on map
45 - Oaakland	California	Show on map
46 - Minneapolis	Minnesota	Show on map
47 - Tulsa	Oklahoma	Show on map
48 - Bakersfield	California	Show on map
49 - Tampa	Florida	Show on map
50 - Wichita	Kansas	Show on map

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Population figures from US Government census bureau - reports for 2022

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