Most populated U.S. cities 2022 | Statista

This statistic shows the top 25 cities in the United States with the highest resident population as of July 1, 2022. There were about 8.34 million people living in New York City as of July 2022.

Top 25 cities in the U.S. with the highest resident population in 2022 (in 1,000)

Characteristic	Number of resident population in 1,000
New York city, New York	8,335.9
Los Angeles city, California	3,822.24
Chicago city, Illinois	2,665.04
Houston city, Texas	2,302.88
Phoenix city, Arizona	1,644.41
Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania	1,567.26
San Antonio city, Texas	1,472.91
San Diego city, California	1,381.16
Dallas city, Texas	1,299.54
Austin city, Texas	974.45
Jacksonville city, Florida	971.32
San Jose city, California	971.23
Fort Worth city, Texas	956.71
Columbus city, Ohio	907.97
Charlotte city, North Carolina	897.72
Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana	880.62
San Francisco city, California	808.44
Seattle city, Washington	749.26
Denver city, Colorado	713.25
Oklahoma City city, Oklahoma	694.8
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee	683.62
El Paso city, Texas	677.46
Washington city, District of Columbia	671.8
Las Vegas city, Nevada	656.27
Boston city, Massachusetts	650.71

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