There are about 30 thousand cities in the US. 273 of them cities with a population over 100 thousand people. In 6 States (Wyoming, Vermont, Delaware, West Virginia, Maine and North Dakota), there is no any city with a population of over 100 thousand people. Here is a list of biggest cities of US. Select a city to go to the map of this city.
What is the oldest city in the United States?
The oldest city in the United States is considered Saint Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565. The second oldest of Jamestown, Virginia, founded in 1607.
The most populated city in USA is new York. There live 8,2 million people.
The largest city by area in the United States - Sitka, Alaska, with an area of 7 434 square kilometers.
US cities population
According to the Bureau of the census USA about 82% of Americans live in cities or suburbs (urban areas), half of them live in cities with a population of over fifty thousand people.
In the US 273 cities with populations over one hundred thousand people, nine cities with a population of over one million inhabitants and four cities with populations exceeding two million people (New York, Los-Angeles, Chicago and Houston).
In US of America 52 mega cities (urban agglomerations, clusters of human settlements) with a population of over a million, most of them on the West and South the USA. The largest cities in the metropolis are New York, Los-Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Houston, Washington, Miami, Atlanta, Boston.