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Since 1790, when the first U.S. census was conducted, New York City has held the title as the most-populated city in the United States. In that initial census, New York City had 33,131 people. Today it is home to more than 8,335,000. That is more than double the second largest city, Los Angeles, and triple the third largest city, Chicago. How do other cities stack up? Find out in the table below, which ranks the 25 largest U.S. cities based on the most recent population estimate.

city	state	population: estimate	population: census
Source: U.S. Census Bureau website.
1. New York City	New York	(2022 est.) 8,335,897	(2020) 8,804,190
2. Los Angeles	California	(2022 est.) 3,822,238	(2020) 3,898,747
3. Chicago	Illinois	(2022 est.) 2,665,039	(2020) 2,746,388
4. Houston	Texas	(2022 est.) 2,302,878	(2020) 2,304,580
5. Phoenix	Arizona	(2022 est.) 1,644,409	(2020) 1,608,139
6. Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	(2022 est.) 1,567,258	(2020) 1,603,797
7. San Antonio	Texas	(2022 est.) 1,472,909	(2020) 1,434,625
8. San Diego	California	(2022 est.) 1,381,162	(2020) 1,386,932
9. Dallas	Texas	(2022 est.) 1,299,544	(2020) 1,304,379
10. Austin	Texas	(2022 est.) 974,447	(2020) 961,855
11. Jacksonville	Florida	(2022 est.) 971,319	(2020) 949,611
12. San Jose	California	(2022 est.) 971,233	(2020) 1,013,240
13. Fort Worth	Texas	(2022 est.) 956,709	(2020) 918,915
14. Columbus	Ohio	(2022 est.) 907,971	(2020) 905,748
15. Charlotte	North Carolina	(2022 est.) 897,720	(2020) 874,579
16. Indianapolis	Indiana	(2022 est.) 880,621	(2020) 887,642
17. San Francisco	California	(2022 est.) 808,437	(2020) 873,965
18. Seattle	Washington	(2022 est.) 749,256	(2020) 737,015
19. Denver	Colorado	(2022 est.) 713,252	(2020) 715,522
20. Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	(2022 est.) 694,800	(2020) 681,054
21. Nashville	Tennessee	(2022 est.) 683,622	(2020) 689,447
22. El Paso	Texas	(2022 est.) 677,456	(2020) 678,815
23. Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	(2022 est.) 671,803	(2010) 601,723
24. Las Vegas	Nevada	(2022 est.) 656,274	(2020) 641,903
25. Boston	Massachusetts	(2022 est.) 650,706	(2020) 675,647

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