The following is a list of the 20 largest and the most populous incorporated places in the United States. The list refers only to population of individual municipalities within their defined limits and it does not include other municipalities or unincorporated suburban areas. Exception is ranking U.S. metropolitan area populations. Estimated by the United States Census Bureau, on July 1, 2009, the list of the 20 largest cities in U.S. looks like this:
1. New York, state New York, population 8,391,881
2. Los Angeles, state California, population 3,831,868
3. Chicago, state Illinois, population 2,851,268
4. Houston, state Texas, population 2,257,926
5. Phoenix, state Arizona, population 1,593,659
6. Philadelphia, state Pennsylvania, population 1,547,297
7. San Antonio, state Texas, population 1,373,668
8. San Diego, state California, population 1,306,300
9. Dallas, state Texas, population 1,299,542
10. San Jose, state California, population 964,695
11. Detroit, state Michigan, population 910,921
12. San Francisco, state California, population 815,358
13. Jacksonville, state Florida, population 813,518
14. Indianapolis, state Indiana, population 807,584
15. Austin, state Texas, population 786,386
16. Columbus, state Ohio, population 769,332
17. Fort Worth, state Texas, population 727,577
18. Charlotte, state North Carolina, population 704,422
19. Memphis, state Tennessee, population 676,640
20. Boston, state Massachusetts, population 645,169
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