I would like as current a list as possible of the top 100 cities in
the USA (in order and with statistics) and the top 100 in the world
(in order and with statistics as well).

Thank you
Aaron

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Request for Question Clarification by umiat-ga on 09 Jun 2003 00:27 PDT

Aaron,

 I have the top 100 US cities by population for 1990, the top 50 US
cities by population for 2000, and the top 54 cities in the world by
population for 2003. Is this acceptable if I cannot find the complete
list of 100 for the world?

umiat

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Clarification of Question by freakfarm-ga on 09 Jun 2003 01:02 PDT

I really need the top 100 for each and as current as the year 2000.

Thank you
Aaron

Hello, freakfarm!


Thank you for your question!

Here is the most up-to-date population information I could find for
you!



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UNITED STATES
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Table 22.  Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places:  1990

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date:  June 15, 1998
http://www.census.gov/population/documentation/twps0027/tab22.txt

				   Population
				   ==========
    1   New York city, NY *......  7,322,564   308.9    23,705
    2   Los Angeles city, CA.....  3,485,398   469.3     7,427
    3   Chicago city, IL.........  2,783,726   227.2    12,252
    4   Houston city, TX.........  1,630,553   539.9     3,020
    5   Philadelphia city, PA....  1,585,577   135.1    11,736
    6   San Diego city, CA *.....  1,110,549   324.0     3,428
    7   Detroit city, MI.........  1,027,974   138.7     7,411
    8   Dallas city, TX..........  1,006,877   342.4     2,941
    9   Phoenix city, AZ *.......    983,403   419.9     2,342
   10   San Antonio city, TX.....    935,933   333.0     2,811
   11   San Jose city, CA........    782,248   171.3     4,567
   12   Baltimore city, MD.......    736,014    80.8     9,109
   13   Indianapolis city, IN *..    731,327   361.7     2,022
   14   San Francisco city, CA...    723,959    46.7    15,502
   15   Jacksonville city, FL *..    635,230   758.7       837
   16   Columbus city, OH........    632,910   190.9     3,315
   17   Milwaukee city, WI.......    628,088    96.1     6,536
   18   Memphis city, TN *.......    610,337   256.0     2,384
   19   Washington city, DC......    606,900    61.4     9,884
   20   Boston city, MA..........    574,283    48.4    11,865
   21   Seattle city, WA.........    516,259    83.9     6,153
   22   El Paso city, TX *.......    515,342   245.4     2,100
   23   Cleveland city, OH.......    505,616    77.0     6,566
   24   New Orleans city, LA *...    496,938   180.6     2,752
   25   Nashville-Davidson, TN *.    488,374   473.3     1,032
   26   Denver city, CO *........    467,610   153.3     3,050
   27   Austin city, TX..........    465,622   217.8     2,138
   28   Fort Worth city, TX *....    447,619   281.1     1,592
   29   Oklahoma City city, OK *.    444,719   608.2       731
   30   Portland city, OR........    437,319   124.7     3,507
   31   Kansas City city, MO *...    435,146   311.5     1,397
   32   Long Beach city, CA......    429,433    50.0     8,589
   33   Tucson city, AZ *........    405,390   156.3     2,594
   34   St. Louis city, MO.......    396,685    61.9     6,408
   35   Charlotte city, NC.......    395,934   174.3     2,272
   36   Atlanta city, GA.........    394,017   131.8     2,990
   37   Virginia Beach city, VA *    393,069   248.3     1,583
   38   Albuquerque city, NM.....    384,736   132.2     2,910
   39   Oakland city, CA.........    372,242    56.1     6,635
   40   Pittsburgh city, PA......    369,879    55.6     6,653
   41   Sacramento city, CA......    369,365    96.3     3,836
   42   Minneapolis city, MN.....    368,383    54.9     6,710
   43   Tulsa city, OK...........    367,302   183.5     2,002
   44   Honolulu CDP, HI *.......    365,272    82.8     4,411
   45   Cincinnati city, OH......    364,040    77.2     4,716
   46   Miami city, FL...........    358,548    35.6    10,072
   47   Fresno city, CA..........    354,202    99.1     3,574
   48   Omaha city, NE...........    335,795   100.6     3,338
   49   Toledo city, OH..........    332,943    80.6     4,131
   50   Buffalo city, NY.........    328,123    40.6     8,082
   51   Wichita city, KS.........    304,011   115.1     2,641
   52   Santa Ana city, CA.......    293,742    27.1    10,839
   53   Mesa city, AZ............    288,091   108.6     2,653
   54   Colorado Springs city, CO    281,140   183.2     1,535
   55   Tampa city, FL...........    280,015   108.7     2,576
   56   Newark city, NJ..........    275,221    23.8    11,564
   57   St. Paul city, MN........    272,235    52.8     5,156
   58   Louisville city, KY......    269,063    62.1     4,333
   59   Anaheim city, CA.........    266,406    44.3     6,014
   60   Birmingham city, AL *....    265,968   148.5     1,791
   61   Arlington city, TX.......    261,721    93.0     2,814
   62   Norfolk city, VA.........    261,229    53.8     4,856
   63   Las Vegas city, NV *.....    258,295    83.3     3,101
   64   Corpus Christi city, TX..    257,453   135.0     1,907
   65   St. Petersburg city, FL..    238,629    59.2     4,031
   66   Rochester city, NY.......    231,636    35.8     6,470
   67   Jersey City city, NJ.....    228,537    14.9    15,338
   68   Riverside city, CA.......    226,505    77.7     2,915
   69   Anchorage city, AK *.....    226,338 1,697.6       133
   70   Lexington-Fayette, KY *..    225,366   284.5       792
   71   Akron city, OH...........    223,019    62.2     3,586
   72   Aurora city, CO *........    222,103   132.5     1,676
   73   Baton Rouge city, LA.....    219,531    73.9     2,971
   74   Stockton city, CA........    210,943    52.6     4,010
   75   Raleigh city, NC.........    207,951    88.1     2,360
   76   Richmond city, VA........    203,056    60.1     3,379
   77   Shreveport city, LA......    198,525    98.6     2,013
   78   Jackson city, MS.........    196,637   109.0     1,804
   79   Mobile city, AL..........    196,278   118.0     1,663
   80   Des Moines city, IA......    193,187    75.3     2,566
   81   Lincoln city, NE.........    191,972    63.3     3,033
   82   Madison city, WI.........    191,262    57.8     3,309
   83   Grand Rapids city, MI....    189,126    44.3     4,269
   84   Yonkers city, NY.........    188,082    18.1    10,391
   85   Hialeah city, FL.........    188,004    19.2     9,792
   86   Montgomery city, AL......    187,106   135.0     1,386
   87   Lubbock city, TX.........    186,206   104.1     1,789
   88   Greensboro city, NC......    183,521    79.8     2,300
   89   Dayton city, OH..........    182,044    55.0     3,310
   90   Huntington Beach city, CA    181,519    26.4     6,876
   91   Garland city, TX.........    180,650    57.3     3,153
   92   Glendale city, CA........    180,038    30.6     5,884
   93   Columbus city, GA *......    178,681   216.1       827
   94   Spokane city, WA.........    177,196    55.9     3,170
   95   Tacoma city, WA..........    176,664    48.0     3,681
   96   Little Rock city, AR.....    175,795   102.9     1,708
   97   Bakersfield city, CA *...    174,820    91.8     1,904
   98   Fremont city, CA *.......    173,339    77.0     2,251
   99   Fort Wayne city, IN......    173,072    62.7     2,760
  100   Arlington CDP, VA *......    170,936    25.9     6,600
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To see more recent figures for the top 50 US cities by population:

"Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population and Rank, 1990 and 2000."
Infoplease.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763098.html




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WORLD
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"Top 100 Cities of the World - ranked by population." 
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and Times Atlas of the World, tenth
edition (published 1999)


NOTE: Numbers shown include population within the recognized metro
area of the city
and they include people living in the immediate surrounding area
outside of the established border of the city.

Top 100 countries of the world, by population here! 
Capital cities of the world, with population here! 

  1. Tokyo, Japan - 28,025,000 
  2. Mexico City, Mexico - 18,131,000 
  3. Mumbai, India - 18,042,000 
  4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 17, 711,000 
  5. New York City, USA - 16,626,000 
  6. Shanghai, China - 14,173,000 
  7. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,488,000 
  8. Los Angeles, USA - 13,129,000 
  9. Calcutta, India - 12,900,000 
 10. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 12,431,000 
 11. Seóul, South Korea - 12,215,000 
 12. Beijing, China - 12,033,000 
 13. Karachi, Pakistan - 11,774,000 
 14. Delhi, India - 11,680,000 
 15. Dhaka, Bangladesh - 10,979,000 
 16. Manila, Philippines - 10,818,000 
 17. Cairo, Egypt - 10,772,000 
 18. Õsaka, Japan - 10,609,000 
 19. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10,556,000 
 20. Tianjin, China - 10,239,000 
 21. Jakarta, Indonesia - 9,815,000 
 22. Paris, France - 9,638,000 
 23. Istanbul, Turkey - 9,413,000 
 24. Moscow, Russian Fed. - 9,299,000 
 25. London, United Kingdom - 7,640,000 
 26. Lima, Peru - 7,443,000 
 27. Tehrãn, Iran - 7,380,000 
 28. Bangkok, Thailand - 7,221,000 
 29. Chicago, USA - 6,945,000 
 30. Bogotá, Colombia - 6,834,000 
 31. Hyderabad, India - 6,833,000 
 32. Chennai, India - 6,639,000 
 33. Essen, Germany - 6,559,000 
 34. Hangzhou, China - 6,389,000 
 35. Hong Kong, China - 6,097,000 
 36. Lahore, Pakistan - 6,030,000 
 37. Shenyang, China - 5,681,000 
 38. Changchun, China - 5,566,000 
 39. Bangladore, India - 5,544,000 
 40. Harbin, China - 5,475,000 
 41. Chengdu, China - 5,293,000 
 42. Santiago, Chile - 5,261,000 
 43. Guangzhou, China - 5,162,000 
 44. St. Petersburg, Russian Fed. - 5,132,000 
 45. Kinshasa, DRC - 5,068,000 
 46. Baghdãd, Iraq - 4,796,000 
 47. Jinan, China - 4,789,000 
 48. Wuhan, China - 4,750,000 
 49. Toronto, Canada - 4,657,000 
 50. Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) - 4,458,000 
 51. Alger, Algeria - 4,447,000 
 52. Philadelphia, USA - 4,398,000 
 53. Qingdao, China - 4,376,000 
 54. Milano, Italy - 4,251,000 
 55. Pusan, South Korea - 4,239,000 
 56. Belo Horizonte, Brazil - 4,160,000 
 57. Almadabad, India - 4,154,000 
 58. Madrid, Spain - 4,072,000 
 59. San Francisco, USA - 4,051,000 
 60. Alexandria, Egypt - 3,995,000 
 61. Washington DC, USA - 3,927,000 
 62. Houston, USA - 3,918,000 
 63. Dallas, USA - 3,912,000 
 64. Guadalajara, Mexico - 3,908,000 
 65. Chongging, China - 3,896,000 
 66. Medellin, Colombia - 3,831,000 
 67. Detroit, USA - 3,785,000 
 68. Handan, China - 3,763,000 
 69. Frankfurt, Germany - 3,700,000 
 70. Porto Alegre, Brazil - 3,699,000 
 71. Hanoi, Vietnam - 3,678,000 
 72. Sydney, Australia - 3,665,000 
 73. Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. - 3,601,000 
 74. Singapore, Singapore - 3,587,000 
 75. Casablanca, Morocco - 3,535,000 
 76. Katowice, Poland - 3,488,000 
 77. Pune, India - 3,485,000 
 78. Bangdung, Indonesia - 3,420,000 
 79. Monterrey, Mexico - 3,416,000 
 80. Montréal, Canada - 3,401,000 
 81. Cagoya, Japan - 3,377,000 
 82. Nanjing, China - 3,375,000 
 83. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - 3,359,000 
 84. Xi'an, China - 3,352,000 
 85. Berlin, Germany - 3,337,000 
 86. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 3,328,000 
 87. Recife, Brazil - 3,307,000 
 88. Dusseldorf, Germany - 3,251,000 
 89. Ankara, Turkey - 3,190,000 
 90. Melbourne, Australia - 3,188,000 
 91. Salvador, Brazil - 3,180,000 
 92. Dalian, China - 3,153,000 
 93. Caracas, Venezuela - 3,153,000 
 94. Adis Abeba, Ethiopia - 3,112,000 
 95. Athina, Greece - 3,103,000 
 96. Cape Town, South Africa - 3,092,000 
 97. Koln, Germany - 3.067,000 
 98. Maputo, Mozambique - 3,017,000 
 99. Napoli, Italy - 3,012,000 
100. Fortaleza, Brazil - 3,007,000 

 
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 I hope this information will prove useful....I must say I was quite
fascinated with the statistics myself!


umiat-ga

Google Search Strategy
US AND 100 most populated cities
top +100 +most populated +cities +world

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Request for Answer Clarification by freakfarm-ga on 09 Jun 2003 01:17 PDT

The list of top 100 US Cities is not current enough for me and you
mentioned earlier that you had a list of the top 50 (released in the
year 2000).

I would like the list according to the year 2000 results.  Could you
please post that list as well so that I can compare it to the 1990
list you provided?

Thank you
Aaron

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Clarification of Answer by umiat-ga on 09 Jun 2003 02:06 PDT

Hi, Aaron,


 I DID actually find Year 2000 population statistics for US cities
that had eluded all of my previous search parameters. I had even gone
to the Census Bureau website and could not find the most recent 2000
numbers. However, it came up in a completely different search.

 I'm certainly happy I found the newer numbers for you! I'll let you
open the links themselves so you can look at the data on the website
itself.



US CITIES - For comparison
==========================

Statistics for 1999 can be found at:
 
"US Cities Over 100,000 in 1999: Ranked." Demographia.
http://www.demographia.com/db-99cityr.htm  


Statistics for 2000 can be found at:

"2000 Census: US Cities Over 50,000 [Ranked by 2000 Population]"
http://www.dragonwinds.com/phoenix/cities.shtml
  

 

WORLD CITIES

Year 2000
=========

"50 Largest World Metropolitan Areas Ranked:2000 Estimates."
Demographia.
http://www.demographia.com/db-world-metro2000.htm 

==

An interesting bit of information about differences in population
figures can be found at
http://www1.sru.edu/gge/faculty/hughes/100/100-6/d-6-9a.htm

"People often wonder why different sources list different populations
for the same city. There are a number of reasons for the differences.
One obvious one is the source for the information. These figures for
1975 come from a publication by the United Nations Centre for Human
Settlements (HABITAT), An Urbanizing World: Global Report on Human
Settlements 1996, (Oxford University Press, 1996), Table 4. A
different organization may estimate populations differently, or even
the same organization may revise its own estimates from time to time.

An equally important reason for the differences that one will
encounter in different sources involves the geographic extent of the
area that is considered to represent a city. Different definitions
give vastly differing numbers. For example, HABITAT shows in Table 1.4
of its publication how the 1990 population of Tokyo changes with
various definitions. The central city of Tokyo, defined as 23 wards,
had 8,164,000 residents and covered 598 sq. km. The Tokyo prefecture
(Tokyo-to) had 11,856,000 and covered 2,162 sq. km. The Greater Tokyo
Metropolitan Area (including Yokohama) had 31,559,000 and covered
13,508 sq. km. The National Capital Region in Japan had 39,158,000
residents and covered 36,834 sq. km. Finally, HABITAT estimates the
1990 population of the Tokyo "Urban Agglomeration" as 25,013,000 --
giving us yet a fifth possible population to use for Tokyo in 1990!
One should select the city definition that is most appropriate for the
purpose at hand and use that one.

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I hope this further information provides more accurate and useful
data!


umiat-ga

Nice job.

Indeed a very nice answer!

I was missing one city here: Chongqing in China that has over 30m
inhabitants. Shanghai (where I'm living myself) has between 16m and
17m inhabitants, depending on the time of the year, since a large
number of migrants are moving in and out.

Cheers,

Fons