City Population Estimates Released: Jax Rank Drops

The fall of Florida's real estate market and the increasing popularity of urban living has caused Jacksonville to fall in the list of America's largest cities.
Despite having 720.3 fewer square miles than Jacksonville to work with, it is estimated that San Francisco (46.7 square miles) added 7,357 residents to its population over the last year. San Francisco has now surpassed Jacksonville to become the 12th largest city in the country.

In the meantime, with a well documented struggling urban core and a dead suburban real estate market, Jacksonville (767 square miles) added 3,627 people.


Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places Over 100,000, Ranked by July 1, 2009 Population: July 1, 2008 to July 1, 2009

Rank  1-July-09    1-July-08    City/State

 1        8,391,881   8,346,794 New York, NY

 2        3,831,868   3,801,574 Los Angeles, CA

 3        2,851,268   2,830,026 Chicago, IL

 4        2,257,926   2,238,183 Houston, TX

 5        1,601,587   1,577,812 Phoenix, AZ

 6        1,547,297   1,540,351 Philadelphia, PA

 7        1,373,668   1,349,274 San Antonio, TX

 8        1,306,301   1,305,754 San Diego, CA

 9        1,299,543   1,279,539 Dallas, TX

10          964,695     948,686 San Jose, CA

11          910,920     912,633 Detroit, MI

12          815,358     808,001 San Francisco, CA

13          813,518       809,891 Jacksonville, FL

14          807,584     800,730 Indianapolis, IN

15          786,382     767,199 Austin, TX

16          769,360     759,390 Columbus, OH

17          727,575     704,299 Fort Worth, TX

18          709,441     692,989 Charlotte, NC

19          676,640     676,660 Memphis, TN

20          645,169     636,748 Boston, MA

21          637,418     638,091 Baltimore, MD

22          620,447     609,248 El Paso, TX

23          617,334     603,627 Seattle, WA

24          610,345     593,086 Denver, CO

25          605,473     598,465 Nashville-Davidson, TN

26          604,133     603,300 Milwaukee, WI

27          599,657     590,074 Washington, DC

28          567,641     562,849 Las Vegas, NV

29          566,503     563,119 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY

30          566,141     556,416 Portland, OR

31          560,332     551,875 Oklahoma City, OK

32          548,555     545,308 Tucson, AZ

33          540,921     537,385 Atlanta, GA

34          528,497     522,523 Albuquerque, NM

35          482,299     480,129 Kansas City, MO

36          479,921     472,951 Fresno, CA

37          466,687     461,047 Sacramento, CA

38          462,604     460,138 Long Beach, CA

39          462,486     459,160 Mesa, AZ

40          454,731     448,050 Omaha, NE

41          433,575     432,228 Virginia Beach, VA

42          433,136     431,196 Miami, FL

43          431,363     434,021 Cleveland, OH

44          409,184     403,181 Oakland, CA

45          405,791     393,866 Raleigh, NC

46          399,827     397,317 Colorado Springs, CO

47          389,625     385,755 Tulsa, OK

48          385,542     382,133 Minneapolis, MN

49          380,084     374,793 Arlington, TX

50          374,701     373,338 Honolulu, HI

51          372,186     365,838 Wichita, KS

52          356,587     356,730 St. Louis, MO

53          354,850     336,644 New Orleans, LA

54          343,890     340,108 Tampa, FL

55          340,340     337,152 Santa Ana, CA

56          337,896     333,114 Anaheim, CA

57          333,013     333,171 Cincinnati, OH

58          324,655     317,939 Aurora, CO

59          324,463     318,702 Bakersfield, CA

60          316,238     316,722 Toledo, OH

61          311,647     312,119 Pittsburgh, PA

62          297,859     293,225 Riverside, CA

63          296,545     292,240 Lexington-Fayette, KY

64          287,578     285,357 Stockton, CA

65          287,438     284,845 Corpus Christi, TX

66          286,174     280,471 Anchorage, AK

67          281,262     279,456 St. Paul, MN

68          278,154     277,376 Newark, NJ

69          273,611     268,552 Plano, TX

70          270,240     271,220 Buffalo, NY

71          256,445     253,693 Henderson, NV

72          255,890     254,143 Fort Wayne, TX

73          255,230     252,885 Chandler, AZ

74          255,061     251,114 Greensboro, NC

75          254,001     250,939 Lincoln, NE

76          252,188     250,746 Glendale, AZ

77          244,324     244,753 St. Petersburg, FL

78          242,503     239,658 Jersey City, NJ

79          238,715     236,496 Scottsdale, AZ

80          235,860     232,321 Orlando, FL

81          235,626     232,042 Madison, WI

82          233,333     234,653 Norfolk, VA

83          230,130     230,228 Birmingham, AL

84          229,828     227,834 Winston-Salem, NC

85          229,174     223,331 Durham, NC

86          226,122     220,801 Laredo, TX

87          225,856     221,248 Lubbock, TX

88          225,390     224,987 Baton Rouge, LA

89          224,387     217,975 North Las Vegas, NV

90          223,738     219,315 Chula Vista, CA

91          222,455     220,319 Chesapeake, VA

92          222,013     218,645 Garland, TX

93          219,636     217,564 Reno, NV

94          218,896     216,876 Hialeah, FL

95          217,483     210,196 Arlington, VA

96          217,285     211,892 Gilbert, AZ

97          209,716     204,936 Irvine, CA

98          207,294     207,348 Rochester, NY

99          207,216     207,880 Akron, OH

100         205,707     204,778 Boise City, ID

101         205,540     201,250 Irving, TX

102         205,514     202,249 Fremont, CA

103         204,451     202,867 Richmond, VA

104         203,276     202,180 Spokane, WA

105         202,747     201,769 Modesto, CA

106         202,124     202,601 Montgomery, AL

107         201,162     200,451 Yonkers, NY

108         199,637     197,494 Tacoma, WA

109         199,242     198,922 Shreveport, LA

110         198,460     195,660 Des Moines, IA

111         198,410     198,013 San Bernardino, CA

112         198,061     195,224 Fayetteville, NC

113         196,847     195,450 Glendale, CA

114         194,343     193,949 Augusta-Richmond County, GA

115         193,710     193,159 Grand Rapids, MI

116         193,366     191,406 Huntington Beach, CA

117         193,172     193,212 Newport News, VA

118         193,171     192,734 Mobile, AL

119         191,930     189,971 Little Rock, AR

120         191,766     188,688 Moreno Valley, CA

121         190,414     186,646 Columbus, GA

122         189,389     187,068 Amarillo, TX

123         188,012     186,869 Fontana, CA

124         187,535     185,035 Oxnard, CA

125         185,100     184,704 Knoxville, TN

126         184,892     183,220 Fort Lauderdale, FL

127         183,171     180,792 Salt Lake City, UT

128         182,421     182,596 Worcester, MA

129         179,653     176,539 Huntsville, AL

130         176,858     173,700 Brownsville, TX

131         175,021     175,091 Jackson, MS

132         174,907     172,601 Overland Park, KS

133         174,255     171,444 Tempe, AZ

134         172,945     170,762 Aurora, IL

135         172,901     169,885 Oceanside, CA

136         172,574     171,847 Tallahassee, FL

137         171,909     171,973 Providence, RI

138         171,809     170,057 Rancho Cucamonga, CA

139         171,602     170,947 Ontario, CA

140         171,349     170,819 Chattanooga, TN

141         169,174     168,005 Santa Clarita, CA

142         166,332     164,727 Garden Grove, CA

143         165,809     163,110 Vancouver, WA

144         163,351     160,436 Grand Prairie, TX

145         162,740     158,093 Peoria, AZ

146         157,935     155,011 Sioux Falls, SD

147         157,630     156,304 Springfield, MO

148         157,468     155,531 Santa Rosa, CA

149         157,280     157,266 Rockford, IL

150         155,719     153,706 Salem, OR

151         155,575     155,521 Springfield, MA

152         154,410     153,701 Port St. Lucie, FL

153         154,202     154,818 Cape Coral, FL

154         153,857     154,575 Dayton, OH

155         153,231     152,080 Eugene, OR

156         152,367     151,560 Pomona, CA

157         151,037     148,346 Corona, CA

158         150,006     144,579 Alexandria, VA

159         147,633     145,780 Joliet, IL

160         146,600     145,673 Pembroke Pines, FL

161         145,834     144,961 Paterson, NJ

162         145,789     145,808 Pasadena, TX

163         145,776     144,156 Lancaster, CA

164         144,289     142,209 Hayward, CA

165         144,276     142,702 Salinas, CA

166         144,236     145,256 Hampton, VA

167         143,985     141,705 Palmdale, CA

168         143,667     141,880 Pasadena, CA

169         143,663     142,492 Naperville, IL

170         143,209     142,231 Kansas City, KS

171         142,622     141,853 Hollywood, FL

172         141,943     140,998 Lakewood, CO

173         140,317     139,664 Torrance, CA

174         140,170     137,442 Escondido, CA

175         138,736     135,871 Fort Collins, CO

176         138,560     138,629 Syracuse, NY

177         137,298     136,666 Bridgeport, CT

178         136,990     135,436 Orange, CA

179         136,600     129,190 Cary, NC

180         135,228     132,266 Elk Grove, CA

181         134,699     132,251 Savannah, GA

182         133,963     131,713 Sunnyvale, CA

183         133,872     133,835 Warren, MI

184         133,509     132,124 Mesquite, TX

185         132,620     130,935 Fullerton, CA

186         132,225     128,542 McAllen, TX

187         129,333     127,849 Columbia, SC

188         129,209     125,663 Carrollton, TX

189         128,182     127,619 Cedar Rapids, IA

190         127,671     120,988 McKinney, TX

191         127,176     127,061 Sterling Heights, MI

192         126,626     123,564 Bellevue, WA

193         126,518     125,763 Coral Springs, FL

194         126,217     124,525 Waco, TX

195         125,285     124,400 Elizabeth, NJ

196         125,093     123,444 West Valley City, UT

197         124,565     120,275 Clarksville, TN

198         124,331     123,692 Topeka, KS

199         124,060     123,826 Hartford, CT

200         123,520     122,560 Thousand Oaks, CA

201         123,330     123,206 New Haven, CT

202         122,830     119,754 Denton, TX

203         122,224     120,859 Concord, CA

204         122,111     119,643 Visalia, CA

205         121,962     120,094 Olathe, KS

206         121,446     120,867 El Monte, CA

207         121,180     121,212 Independence, MO

208         121,026     119,107 Stamford, CT

209         120,921     119,977 Simi Valley, CA

210         119,775     118,468 Provo, UT

211         119,510     118,843 Killeen, TX

212         118,033     117,456 Springfield, IL

213         117,179     116,260 Abilene, TX

214         117,003     113,591 Thornton, CO

215         116,616     116,085 Gainesville, FL

216         116,584     116,224 Evansville, IN

217         115,687     112,152 Roseville, CA

218         115,638     113,511 Charleston, SC

219         115,520     114,200 Peoria, IL

220         114,983     113,812 Athens-Clarke County, GA

221         114,915     113,781 Lafayette, LA

222         114,622     114,458 Vallejo, CA

223         113,810     114,129 Lansing, MI

224         112,852     111,974 Ann Arbor, MI

225         112,241     111,769 Inglewood, CA

226         111,997     109,526 Santa Clara, CA

227         111,475     112,857 Flint, MI

228         110,921     109,313 Victorville, CA

229         110,420     109,326 Costa Mesa, CA

230         110,099     109,954 Beaumont, TX

231         109,395     109,124 Manchester, NH

232         109,332     109,330 Miami Gardens, FL

233         109,176     108,214 Miramar, FL

234         109,063     107,316 Norman, OK

235         108,850     107,048 Westminster, CO

236         108,780     107,889 Cambridge, MA

237         108,666     105,960 Midland, TX

238         108,172     107,354 Arvada, CO

239         107,815     107,693 Allentown, PA

240         107,521     105,492 Elgin, IL

241         107,143     106,993 Waterbury, CT

242         107,117     106,664 Downey, CA

243         106,081     105,802 Clearwater, FL

244         105,845     103,959 Billings, MT

245         105,464     104,892 West Covina, CA

246         105,412     101,911 Round Rock, TX

247         105,209     101,749 Murfreesboro, TN

248         105,169     101,761 Lewisville, TX

249         104,915     104,396 West Jordan, UT

250         104,877     104,348 Pueblo, CO

251         104,423     103,524 San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA

252         104,400     103,175 Lowell, MA

253         104,215     104,536 South Bend, IN

254         103,586     103,330 Fairfield, CA

255         103,571     103,815 Erie, PA

256         103,486     101,824 Rochester, MN

257         103,396     102,295 High Point, NC

258         103,201     101,245 Richardson, TX

259         103,166     101,700 Richmond, VA

260         103,121     102,031 Burbank, CA

261         102,822     101,114 Berkeley, CA

262         102,609     102,020 Pompano Beach, FL

263         102,508     102,142 Norwalk, CA

264         102,412      96,410 Frisco, TX

265         102,324     100,976 Columbia, MO

266         102,295     100,765 Gresham, OR

267         102,165     100,917 Daly City, CA

268         101,351     100,822 Green Bay, WI

269         101,350     100,397 Wilmington, NC

270         101,313     101,393 Wichita Falls, TX

271         101,306     100,132 Davenport, IA

272         101,182      99,765 Antioch, CA

273         100,999     100,399 Palm Bay, FL

274         100,837      99,408 Centennial, CO

275         100,807      97,824 Odessa, TX

276         100,160      99,466 Boulder, CO

source: https://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2009-01.csv

Article by Ennis Davis