List of U.S. states' largest cities

This is a list of the largest cities in each United States state and territory based upon the 2021 population estimates made by the U.S. Census Bureau. State or territory capitals are listed in italics.

List

State, Federal District, or Territory	State, Federal District, or Territory Population	Most populous	City population	2nd most populous	3rd most populous	4th most populous	5th most populous	Capital (if not otherwise listed)
Alabama	5,039,877	Huntsville	216,963	Montgomery	Birmingham	Mobile	Tuscaloosa
Alaska	732,673	Anchorage	288,121	Fairbanks	Juneau	Wasilla	Sitka
American Samoa	49,710	Tafuna	7,988	Nu'uuli	'Ili'ili	Pago Pago	Pava'ia'i
Arizona	7,276,316	Phoenix	1,624,569	Tucson	Mesa	Chandler	Gilbert
Arkansas	3,025,891	Little Rock	201,988	Fayetteville	Fort Smith	Springdale	Jonesboro
California	39,237,836	Los Angeles	3,849,297	San Diego	San Jose	San Francisco	Fresno	Sacramento (6)
Colorado	5,812,069	Denver	711,463	Colorado Springs	Aurora	Fort Collins	Lakewood
Connecticut	3,605,597	Bridgeport	148,333	Stamford	New Haven	Hartford	Waterbury
Delaware	1,003,384	Wilmington	70,750	Dover	Newark	Middletown	Smyrna
District of Columbia	670,050	Washington	670,050
Florida	21,781,128	Jacksonville	954,614	Miami	Tampa	Orlando	St. Petersburg	Tallahassee (9)
Georgia	10,799,128	Atlanta	496,461	Columbus	Augusta	Macon	Savannah
Guam	153,836	Dededo	44,908	Yigo	Tamuning	Mangilao	Barrigada	Hagåtña (18)
Hawaii	1,441,553	Honolulu1	345,510	East Honolulu1	Pearl City1	Hilo1	Waipahu1
Idaho	1,900,923	Boise	237,446	Meridian	Nampa	Idaho Falls	Caldwell
Illinois	12,671,469	Chicago	2,696,555	Aurora	Joliet	Naperville	Rockford	Springfield (7)
Indiana	6,805,985	Indianapolis	882,039	Fort Wayne	Evansville	South Bend	Fishers
Iowa	3,193,079	Des Moines	212,031	Cedar Rapids	Davenport	Sioux City	Iowa City
Kansas	2,934,582	Wichita	395,699	Overland Park	Kansas City	Olathe	Topeka
Kentucky	4,509,394	Louisville	628,549	Lexington	Bowling Green	Owensboro	Covington	Frankfort (15)
Louisiana	4,624,047	New Orleans	376,971	Baton Rouge	Shreveport	Lafayette	Lake Charles
Maine	1,372,247	Portland	68,313	Lewiston	Bangor	South Portland	Auburn	Augusta (10)
Maryland	6,165,129	Baltimore	576,498	Frederick	Gaithersburg	Rockville	Bowie	Annapolis (7)
Massachusetts	6,984,723	Boston	654,776	Worcester	Springfield	Cambridge	Lowell
Michigan	10,050,811	Detroit	632,464	Grand Rapids	Warren	Sterling Heights	Ann Arbor	Lansing (6)
Minnesota	5,707,390	Minneapolis	425,336	Saint Paul	Rochester	Bloomington	Duluth
Mississippi	2,949,965	Jackson	149,761	Gulfport	Southaven	Biloxi	Hattiesburg
Missouri	6,168,187	Kansas City	508,394	Saint Louis	Springfield	Columbia	Independence	Jefferson City (16)
Montana	1,104,271	Billings	117,445	Missoula	Great Falls	Bozeman	Butte	Helena (6)
Nebraska	1,963,692	Omaha	487,300	Lincoln	Bellevue	Grand Island	Kearney
Nevada	3,143,991	Las Vegas	646,790	Henderson	North Las Vegas	Reno	Sparks	Carson City (6)
New Hampshire	1,388,992	Manchester	115,462	Nashua	Concord	Dover	Rochester
New Jersey	9,267,130	Newark	307,220	Jersey City	Paterson	Elizabeth	Trenton
New Mexico	2,115,877	Albuquerque	562,599	Las Cruces	Rio Rancho	Santa Fe	Roswell
New York	19,835,913	New York City	8,467,513	Buffalo	Rochester	Yonkers	Syracuse	Albany (6)
North Carolina	10,551,162	Charlotte	879,709	Raleigh	Greensboro	Durham	Winston-Salem
North Dakota	774,948	Fargo	126,748	Bismarck	Grand Forks	Minot	West Fargo
Northern Mariana Islands	47,329	Garapan2	3,096	Dandan2	Finasisu2	Koblerville2	Kagman III	Capitol Hill (17)
Ohio	11,780,017	Columbus	906,528	Cleveland	Cincinnati	Toledo	Akron
Oklahoma	3,986,639	Oklahoma City	687,725	Tulsa	Norman	Broken Arrow	Edmond
Oregon	4,246,155	Portland	641,162	Salem	Eugene	Gresham	Hillsboro
Pennsylvania	12,964,056	Philadelphia	1,576,251	Pittsburgh	Allentown	Reading	Erie	Harrisburg (9)
Puerto Rico	3,263,584	San Juan	337,300	Bayamón	Carolina	Ponce	Caguas
Rhode Island	1,095,610	Providence	189,692	Warwick	Cranston	Pawtucket	East Providence
South Carolina	5,190,705	Charleston	151,612	Columbia	North Charleston	Mount Pleasant	Rock Hill
South Dakota	895,376	Sioux Falls	196,528	Rapid City	Aberdeen	Brookings	Watertown	Pierre (9)
Tennessee	6,975,218	Nashville	678,851	Memphis	Knoxville	Chattanooga	Clarksville
Texas	29,527,941	Houston	2,288,250	San Antonio	Dallas	Austin	Fort Worth
Utah	3,337,975	Salt Lake City	200,478	West Valley City	West Jordan	Provo	Saint George
Vermont	645,570	Burlington	44,781	South Burlington	Rutland	Essex Junction	Barre	Montpelier (7)
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	87,146	Charlotte Amalie (St. Thomas)3	14,477	Sion Farm (St. Croix)3	Northside (St. Thomas)3	East End (St. Thomas)3	Southcentral (St. Croix)3
Virginia	8,642,274	Virginia Beach	457,672	Chesapeake	Norfolk	Richmond	Newport News
Washington	7,738,692	Seattle	733,919	Spokane	Tacoma	Vancouver	Bellevue	Olympia (23)
West Virginia	1,782,959	Charleston	48,018	Huntington	Parkersburg	Morgantown	Wheeling
Wisconsin	5,895,908	Milwaukee	569,330	Madison	Green Bay	Kenosha	Racine
Wyoming	578,803	Cheyenne	65,051	Casper	Gillette	Laramie	Rock Springs

Note 1: The only incorporated place in Hawaii is the City & County of Honolulu. Some of it, the Honolulu District, is sometimes called the "city of Honolulu" for counting reasons, although it has no government separate from that of the "City and County" as a whole. The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Honolulu Urban CDP (Census Designated Place) as the Honolulu District. For Hawaii, the largest CDPs are listed.

Note 2: The most populous villages or settlements of the Northern Mariana Islands are listed. All are on the island of Saipan.

Note 3: The most populous sub-districts (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau) of the U.S. Virgin Islands are listed. The island the sub-district occupies is listed shown, too.