| In June 2007, the United States Census Bureau | | | | 1,232,940 10.San Jose (California) - 929,936 11.Detroit |
| released data listing the top 25 most populated cities | | | | (Michigan) - 871,121 12.Jacksonville (Florida) - 794,555 |
| in the country. Not only is California the most | | | | 13.Indianapolis (Indiana) - 785,597 14.San Francisco |
| populous state in the country with about 36 million | | | | (California) - 744,041 15.Columbus (Ohio) - 733,203 |
| people, it also has four of the most populated cities | | | | 16.Austin (Texas) - 709,893 17.Memphis (Tennessee) |
| in the United States. California cities that made the | | | | - 670,902 18.Fort Worth (Texas) - 653,320 |
| top 25 list include: Los Angeles, ranked number 2 with | | | | 19.Baltimore (Maryland) - 631,366 20.Charlotte (North |
| about 3,849,378 people. San Diego, ranked number 8 | | | | Carolina) - 630,478 21.El Paso (Texas) - 609,415 |
| with about 1,256,951 people. San Jose, ranked | | | | 22.Boston (Massachusetts) - 590,763 23.Seattle |
| number 10 with about 929,936 people. San Francisco, | | | | (Washington) - 582,454 24.Washington (District of |
| ranked number 11 with about 744,041 people. Texas, | | | | Columbia) - 581,530 25.Milwaukee (Wisconsin) - |
| being the second most populated state in the | | | | 573,358 To put these numbers in perspective, |
| country (25,507,783 people), had six cities that | | | | consider the fact that many of these cities have a |
| ranked in the top 25 list. These cities include: Houston, | | | | larger population that several entire states. For |
| San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth and El Paso. | | | | example, while New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, |
| Listed below is the entire ranking of the top 25 most | | | | Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio and San |
| populated cities as of July 1, 2006, according to the | | | | Diego all have populations over 1 million, there are |
| United States Census Bureau. Top 25 Most Populated | | | | many states that have populations of less than 1 |
| Cities 1.New York (New York) - 8,214,426 2.Los | | | | million. These smaller states with populations less than |
| Angeles (California) - 3,849,378 3.Chicago (Illinois) - | | | | 1 million include: Montana (944,632), Delaware |
| 2,833,321 4.Houston (Texas) - 2,144,491 5.Phoenix | | | | (853,476), Alaska (670,053), North Dakota (635,867), |
| (Arizona) - 1,512,986 6.Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) - | | | | Vermont (623,908), and Wyoming (515,004). To |
| 1,448,394 7.San Antonio (Texas) - 1,296,682 8.San | | | | keep updated on population estimates, visit the |
| Diego (California) - 1,256,951 9.Dallas (Texas) - | | | | Census Bureau's web site. |