List of U.S. states' largest cities by population

This is a list of the five most populous incorporated places in each U.S. state by population, as of the 2010 United States Census. State capitals are designated in italics.

Outside of Hawaii and Maryland, census-designated places (CDPs) are excluded.

List

State	Total state population	Most populous	2nd most populous	3rd most populous	4th most populous	5th most populous	Capital if not otherwise listed
Alabama	4,779,736[1]	Birmingham	Montgomery	Mobile	Huntsville	Tuscaloosa [2]
Alaska	710,231	Anchorage	Juneau	Fairbanks	Sitka	Ketchikan
Arizona	6,392,017	Phoenix	Tucson	Mesa	Chandler	Glendale
Arkansas	2,915,918	Little Rock	Fort Smith	Fayetteville	Springdale	Jonesboro
California	37,253,956	Los Angeles	San Diego	San Jose	San Francisco	Fresno	Sacramento (6)
Colorado	5,029,196	Denver	Colorado Springs	Aurora	Fort Collins	Lakewood
Connecticut	3,574,097	Bridgeport	New Haven	Stamford	Hartford	Waterbury
Delaware	897,934	Wilmington	Dover	Newark	Middletown	Smyrna
Florida	18,801,310	Jacksonville	Miami	Tampa	St. Petersburg	Orlando	Tallahassee (7)
Georgia	9,687,653	Atlanta	Columbus	Augusta	Savannah	Athens
Hawaii	1,360,301	Honolulu	Hilo^1	Kailua^1	Kapolei^1	Kaneohe^1
Idaho	1,567,582	Boise	Nampa	Meridian	Idaho Falls	Pocatello
Illinois	12,830,632	Chicago	Aurora	Rockford	Joliet	Naperville	Springfield (6)
Indiana	6,483,802	Indianapolis	Fort Wayne	Evansville	South Bend	Carmel
Iowa	3,046,355	Des Moines	Cedar Rapids	Davenport	Sioux City	Waterloo
Kansas	2,853,118	Wichita	Overland Park	Kansas City	Topeka	Olathe
Kentucky	4,339,367	Louisville	Lexington	Bowling Green	Owensboro	Covington	Frankfort (14)
Louisiana	4,533,372	New Orleans	Baton Rouge	Shreveport	Lafayette	Lake Charles
Maine	1,328,361	Portland	Lewiston	Bangor	South Portland	Auburn	Augusta (10)
Maryland	5,773,552	Baltimore	Columbia	Germantown	Silver Spring	Waldorf	Annapolis (7)
Massachusetts	6,547,629	Boston	Worcester	Springfield	Lowell	Cambridge
Michigan	9,883,640	Detroit	Grand Rapids	Warren	Sterling Heights	Ann Arbor	Lansing (6)
Minnesota	5,303,925	Minneapolis	Saint Paul	Rochester	Duluth	Bloomington
Mississippi	2,967,297	Jackson	Gulfport	Hattiesburg	Southaven	Biloxi
Missouri	5,988,927	Kansas City	Saint Louis	Springfield	Independence	Columbia	Jefferson City (15)
Montana	989,415	Billings	Missoula	Great Falls	Bozeman	Butte	Helena (6)
Nebraska	1,826,341	Omaha	Lincoln	Bellevue	Grand Island	Kearney
Nevada	2,700,551	Las Vegas	Henderson	North Las Vegas	Reno	Sparks	Carson City (6)
New Hampshire	1,316,470	Manchester	Nashua	Concord	Derry	Rochester
New Jersey	8,791,894	Newark	Jersey City	Paterson	Elizabeth	Edison	Trenton (10)
New Mexico	2,059,179	Albuquerque	Las Cruces	Rio Rancho	Santa Fe	Roswell
New York	19,378,102	New York City	Buffalo	Rochester	Yonkers	Syracuse	Albany (6)
North Carolina	9,535,483	Charlotte	Raleigh	Greensboro	Durham	Winston-Salem
North Dakota	672,591	Fargo	Bismarck	Grand Forks	Minot	West Fargo
Ohio	11,536,504	Columbus	Cleveland	Cincinnati	Toledo	Akron
Oklahoma	3,751,351	Oklahoma City	Tulsa	Norman	Broken Arrow	Lawton
Oregon	3,831,074	Portland	Salem	Eugene	Gresham	Hillsboro
Pennsylvania	12,702,379	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	Allentown	Erie	Reading	Harrisburg (9)
Rhode Island	1,052,567	Providence	Warwick	Cranston	Pawtucket	East Providence
South Carolina	4,625,364	Columbia	Charleston	North Charleston	Mount Pleasant	Rock Hill
South Dakota	814,180	Sioux Falls	Rapid City	Aberdeen	Brookings	Watertown	Pierre (8)
Tennessee	6,346,105	Memphis	Nashville	Knoxville	Chattanooga	Clarksville
Texas	25,145,561	Houston	San Antonio	Dallas	Austin	Fort Worth
Utah	2,763,885	Salt Lake City	West Valley City	Provo	West Jordan	Orem
Vermont	625,741	Burlington	Essex	South Burlington	Colchester	Rutland	Montpelier (15)
Virginia	8,001,024	Virginia Beach	Norfolk	Chesapeake	Richmond	Newport News
Washington	6,724,540	Seattle	Spokane	Tacoma	Vancouver	Bellevue	Olympia (22)
West Virginia	1,852,994	Charleston	Huntington	Parkersburg	Morgantown	Wheeling
Wisconsin	5,686,986	Milwaukee	Madison	Green Bay	Kenosha	Racine
Wyoming	563,626	Cheyenne	Casper	Laramie	Gillette	Rock Springs

Census-designated places on the list

Note 1: The only incorporated place in Hawaii is the City & County of Honolulu. A portion of it, the Honolulu District, is sometimes regarded as the "city" for statistical purposes, although it has no government separate from that of the City and County as a whole. The U.S. Census Bureau defines Honolulu CDP (census-designated place) to coincide with the Honolulu District. Thus for Hawaii, the largest CDPs are ranked.

Though Maryland has a number of incorporated places, most major population centers are census-designated places. For a list of incorporated places, see List of incorporated places in Maryland.

References

1. Staff, Website Services & Coordination. "US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
2. "Alabama – Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-09-28.