2000 - 2005 City Population Changes

2000 - 2005 City Population Changes 
                         
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                                                *** Last Updated : Jun 27, 2006


Cumulative Estimates of Population Change for Incorporated Places over 100,000

Ranked by Percent Change: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 (SUB-EST2005-02)

Data Obtained From Census Bureau

Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
1	Gilbert town, Arizona	173,989	110,061	63,928	58.1
2	North Las Vegas city, Nevada	176,635	115,488	61,147	52.9
3	Port St. Lucie city, Florida	131,692	88,878	42,814	48.2
4	Miramar city, Florida	106,623	72,739	33,884	46.6
5	Elk Grove city, California	112,338	81,100	31,238	38.5
6	Cape Coral city, Florida	140,010	102,275	37,735	36.9
7	Chandler city, Arizona	234,939	176,997	57,942	32.7
8	Rancho Cucamonga city, California	169,353	127,743	41,610	32.6
9	Roseville city, California	105,940	79,920	26,020	32.6
10	Henderson city, Nevada	232,146	175,405	56,741	32.3
11	Irvine city, California	186,852	143,159	43,693	30.5
12	Joliet city, Illinois	136,208	106,870	29,338	27.5
13	Thornton city, Colorado	105,182	82,890	22,292	26.9
14	Fontana city, California	163,860	129,147	34,713	26.9
15	Peoria city, Arizona	138,200	108,939	29,261	26.9
16	Denton city, Texas	104,153	82,451	21,702	26.3
17	Moreno Valley city, California	178,367	142,379	35,988	25.3
18	Bakersfield city, California	295,536	243,213	52,323	21.5
19	Chula Vista city, California	210,497	173,555	36,942	21.3
20	Raleigh city, North Carolina	341,530	284,800	56,730	19.9
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
21	Olathe city, Kansas	111,334	93,049	18,285	19.7
22	Visalia city, California	108,669	91,964	16,705	18.2
23	Brownsville city, Texas	167,493	142,120	25,373	17.9
24	Stockton city, California	286,926	244,011	42,915	17.6
25	Laredo city, Texas	208,754	177,611	31,143	17.5
26	Aurora city, Illinois	168,181	143,108	25,073	17.5
27	Corona city, California	149,387	127,768	21,619	16.9
28	McAllen city, Texas	123,622	106,451	17,171	16.1
29	Killeen city, Texas	100,233	86,862	13,371	15.4
30	Fort Worth city, Texas	624,067	541,339	82,728	15.3
31	Palmdale city, California	134,570	116,848	17,722	15.2
32	Riverside city, California	290,086	255,193	34,893	13.7
33	Las Vegas city, Nevada	545,147	480,044	65,103	13.6
34	Grand Prairie city, Texas	144,337	127,166	17,171	13.5
35	Atlanta city, Georgia	470,688	416,425	54,263	13.0
36	Lancaster city, California	134,032	118,718	15,314	12.9
37	Plano city, Texas	250,096	222,000	28,096	12.7
38	Reno city, Nevada	203,550	180,900	22,650	12.5
39	Sacramento city, California	456,441	407,018	49,423	12.1
40	Sioux Falls city, South Dakota	139,517	124,650	14,867	11.9
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
41	Scottsdale city, Arizona	226,013	202,625	23,388	11.5
42	Mesa city, Arizona	442,780	397,770	45,010	11.3
43	Santa Clarita city, California	168,253	151,170	17,083	11.3
44	Antioch city, California	100,631	90,529	10,102	11.2
45	Orlando city, Florida	213,223	192,432	20,791	10.8
46	Phoenix city, Arizona	1,461,575	1,321,627	139,948	10.6
47	Cary town, North Carolina	106,439	96,255	10,184	10.6
48	Overland Park city, Kansas	164,811	149,434	15,377	10.3
49	Albuquerque city, New Mexico	494,236	448,354	45,882	10.2
50	Naperville city, Illinois	141,579	128,682	12,897	10.0
51	Chesapeake city, Virginia	218,968	199,184	19,784	9.9
52	Vancouver city, Washington	157,493	143,645	13,848	9.6
53	Modesto city, California	207,011	188,920	18,091	9.6
54	Coral Springs city, Florida	128,804	117,549	11,255	9.6
55	Pembroke Pines city, Florida	150,380	137,415	12,965	9.4
56	Charleston city, South Carolina	106,712	97,514	9,198	9.4
57	Glendale city, Arizona	239,435	218,802	20,633	9.4
58	Ontario city, California	172,679	158,011	14,668	9.3
59	San Antonio city, Texas	1,256,509	1,151,447	105,062	9.1
60	Durham city, North Carolina	204,845	187,725	17,120	9.1
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
61	Clarksville city, Tennessee	112,878	103,473	9,405	9.1
62	Arlington city, Texas	362,805	333,202	29,603	8.9
63	Charlotte city, North Carolina	610,949	561,973	48,976	8.7
64	Fairfield city, California	104,476	96,184	8,292	8.6
65	Salem city, Oregon	148,751	137,026	11,725	8.6
66	Fort Lauderdale city, Florida	167,380	154,198	13,182	8.5
67	Carrollton city, Texas	118,870	109,572	9,298	8.5
68	Aurora city, Colorado	297,235	275,921	21,314	7.7
69	Oxnard city, California	183,628	170,642	12,986	7.6
70	Fort Collins city, Colorado	128,026	119,020	9,006	7.6
71	Provo city, Utah	113,459	105,509	7,950	7.5
72	Fresno city, California	461,116	428,945	32,171	7.5
73	Tampa city, Florida	325,989	303,475	22,514	7.4
74	Pasadena city, California	143,731	134,019	9,712	7.2
75	San Bernardino city, California	198,550	185,975	12,575	6.8
76	Miami city, Florida	386,417	362,436	23,981	6.6
77	Simi Valley city, California	118,687	111,372	7,315	6.6
78	Jacksonville city, Florida	782,623	735,606	47,017	6.4
79	Thousand Oaks city, California	124,359	117,005	7,354	6.3
80	El Paso city, Texas	598,590	563,657	34,933	6.2
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
81	Madison city, Wisconsin	221,551	209,187	12,364	5.9
82	Omaha city, Nebraska	414,521	391,405	23,116	5.9
83	Tucson city, Arizona	515,526	487,337	28,189	5.8
84	Lincoln city, Nebraska	239,213	226,310	12,903	5.7
85	Anchorage municipality, Alaska	275,043	260,283	14,760	5.7
86	El Monte city, California	122,513	115,965	6,548	5.6
87	Alexandria city, Virginia	135,337	128,283	7,054	5.5
88	Amarillo city, Texas	183,021	173,608	9,413	5.4
89	Waco city, Texas	120,465	114,419	6,046	5.3
90	Fullerton city, California	132,787	126,280	6,507	5.2
91	Norman city, Oklahoma	101,719	96,780	4,939	5.1
92	Lubbock city, Texas	209,737	199,575	10,162	5.1
93	Oklahoma City city, Oklahoma	531,324	506,129	25,195	5.0
94	Austin city, Texas	690,252	659,829	30,423	4.6
95	Hollywood city, Florida	145,629	139,443	6,186	4.4
96	Elizabeth city, New Jersey	125,809	120,568	5,241	4.3
97	Eugene city, Oregon	144,515	138,509	6,006	4.3
98	Mesquite city, Texas	129,902	124,533	5,369	4.3
99	Winston-Salem city, North Carolina	193,755	185,854	7,901	4.3
100	Huntsville city, Alabama	166,313	159,586	6,727	4.2
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
101	Orange city, California	134,950	129,567	5,383	4.2
102	Bellevue city, Washington	117,137	112,469	4,668	4.2
103	Los Angeles city, California	3,844,829	3,694,484	150,345	4.1
104	Tallahassee city, Florida	158,500	152,307	6,193	4.1
105	West Valley City city, Utah	113,300	108,896	4,404	4.0
106	Westminster city, Colorado	105,084	101,020	4,064	4.0
107	Pomona city, California	153,787	147,906	5,881	4.0
108	Pompano Beach city, Florida	104,179	100,205	3,974	4.0
109	Burbank city, California	104,108	100,316	3,792	3.8
110	Springfield city, Illinois	115,668	111,644	4,024	3.6
111	Arlington CDP, Virginia	195,965	189,453	6,512	3.4
112	Santa Rosa city, California	153,158	148,116	5,042	3.4
113	Torrance city, California	142,384	137,733	4,651	3.4
114	Greensboro city, North Carolina	231,962	224,465	7,497	3.3
115	Oceanside city, California	166,108	161,039	5,069	3.1
116	Virginia Beach city, Virginia	438,415	425,257	13,158	3.1
117	San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, California	104,017	100,938	3,079	3.1
118	Houston city, Texas	2,016,582	1,957,018	59,564	3.0
119	Richmond city, California	102,186	99,216	2,970	3.0
120	Newark city, New Jersey	280,666	272,528	8,138	3.0
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
121	Santa Clara city, California	105,402	102,361	3,041	3.0
122	Athens-Clarke County (balance), Georgia	103,238	100,269	2,969	3.0
123	West Covina city, California	108,185	105,080	3,105	3.0
124	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	268,080	260,512	7,568	2.9
125	Sterling Heights city, Michigan	128,034	124,471	3,563	2.9
126	Knoxville city, Tennessee	180,130	175,368	4,762	2.7
127	Long Beach city, California	474,014	461,522	12,492	2.7
128	San Diego city, California	1,255,540	1,223,413	32,127	2.6
129	Columbus city, Ohio	730,657	712,016	18,641	2.6
130	Glendale city, California	200,065	194,973	5,092	2.6
131	Huntington Beach city, California	194,457	189,627	4,830	2.5
132	Stamford city, Connecticut	120,045	117,072	2,973	2.5
133	Manchester city, New Hampshire	109,691	107,006	2,685	2.5
134	Salinas city, California	146,431	142,943	3,488	2.4
135	Colorado Springs city, Colorado	369,815	361,022	8,793	2.4
136	Boise City city, Idaho	193,161	188,905	4,256	2.3
137	Downey city, California	109,718	107,323	2,395	2.2
138	Corpus Christi city, Texas	283,474	277,499	5,975	2.2
139	Dallas city, Texas	1,213,825	1,188,623	25,202	2.1
140	San Jose city, California	912,332	895,279	17,053	1.9
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
141	Worcester city, Massachusetts	175,898	172,648	3,250	1.9
142	Seattle city, Washington	573,911	563,375	10,536	1.9
143	Providence city, Rhode Island	176,862	173,621	3,241	1.9
144	Arvada city, Colorado	103,966	102,239	1,727	1.7
145	Inglewood city, California	114,467	112,572	1,895	1.7
146	New York city, New York	8,143,197	8,008,654	134,543	1.7
147	Tempe city, Arizona	161,143	158,625	2,518	1.6
148	Honolulu CDP, Hawaii	377,379	371,657	5,722	1.5
149	Pasadena city, Texas	143,852	141,674	2,178	1.5
150	Norwalk city, California	105,834	104,323	1,511	1.4
151	Cedar Rapids city, Iowa	123,119	121,367	1,752	1.4
152	Rockford city, Illinois	152,916	150,742	2,174	1.4
153	Pueblo city, Colorado	103,495	102,129	1,366	1.3
154	Tacoma city, Washington	195,898	193,571	2,327	1.2
155	Anaheim city, California	331,804	328,005	3,799	1.2
156	Concord city, California	123,252	121,875	1,377	1.1
157	Irving city, Texas	193,649	191,641	2,008	1.0
158	Wichita city, Kansas	354,865	351,241	3,624	1.0
159	Columbia city, South Carolina	117,088	115,984	1,104	1.0
160	Louisville/Jefferson County (balance), Kentucky	556,429	551,183	5,246	1.0
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
161	New Haven city, Connecticut	124,791	123,777	1,014	0.8
162	Portland city, Oregon	533,427	529,191	4,236	0.8
163	Kansas City city, Missouri	444,965	441,564	3,401	0.8
164	Denver city, Colorado	557,917	553,693	4,224	0.8
165	Little Rock city, Arkansas	184,564	183,170	1,394	0.8
166	Santa Ana city, California	340,368	337,977	2,391	0.7
167	Nashville-Davidson (balance), Tennessee	549,110	545,537	3,573	0.7
168	Vallejo city, California	117,483	116,760	723	0.6
169	Spokane city, Washington	196,818	195,629	1,189	0.6
170	Waterbury city, Connecticut	107,902	107,271	631	0.6
171	Garden Grove city, California	166,075	165,215	860,0.5
172	Paterson city, New Jersey	149,843	149,222	621	0.4
173	Allentown city, Pennsylvania	106,992	106,632	360	0.3
174	Costa Mesa city, California	109,830	109,490	340	0.3
175	Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana	784,118	781,864	2,254	0.3
176	Garland city, Texas	216,346	215,794	552	0.3
177	Hartford city, Connecticut	124,397	124,121	276	0.2
178	Yonkers city, New York	196,425	196,019	406	0.2
179	Escondido city, California	134,085	133,808	277	0.2
180	Hayward city, California	140,293	140,031	262	0.2
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
181	Lafayette city, Louisiana	112,030	111,861	169	0.2
182	St. Petersburg city, Florida	249,079	248,896	183	0.1
183	Jersey City city, New Jersey	239,614	240,055	-441	-0.2
184	Springfield city, Massachusetts	151,732	152,080	-348	-0.2
185	Peoria city, Illinois	112,685	112,980	-295	-0.3
186	Bridgeport city, Connecticut	139,008	139,529	-521	-0.4
187	Portsmouth city, Virginia	100,169	100,565	-396	-0.4
188	Newport News city, Virginia	179,899	180,697	-798	-0.4
189	Columbus city, Georgia	185,271	186,291	-1,020	-0.5
190	Hampton city, Virginia	145,579	146,437	-858	-0.6
191	Clearwater city, Florida	108,687	109,452	-765	-0.7
192	Fort Wayne city, Indiana	223,341	224,978	-1,637	-0.7
193	Montgomery city, Alabama	200,127	201,716	-1,589	-0.8
194	Topeka city, Kansas	121,946	122,920	-974	-0.8
195	Chattanooga city, Tennessee	154,762	156,057	-1,295	-0.8
196	Shreveport city, Louisiana	198,874	200,696	-1,822	-0.9
197	Ann Arbor city, Michigan	113,271	114,344	-1,073	-0.9
198	Abilene city, Texas	114,757	115,930	-1,173	-1.0
199	Erie city, Pennsylvania	102,612	103,688	-1,076	-1.0
200	Norfolk city, Virginia	231,954	234,403	-2,449	-1.0
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
201	Oakland city, California	395,274	399,484	-4,210	-1.1
202	St. Louis city, Missouri	344,362	348,189	-3,827	-1.1
203	Springfield city, Missouri	150,298	152,034	-1,736	-1.1
204	Cambridge city, Massachusetts	100,135	101,355	-1,220	-1.2
205	Fremont city, California	200,468	203,413	-2,945	-1.4
206	Green Bay city, Wisconsin	101,203	102,809	-1,606	-1.6
207	Memphis city, Tennessee	672,277	682,953	-10,676	-1.6
208	Beaumont city, Texas	111,799	113,698	-1,899	-1.7
209	Kansas City city, Kansas	144,210	146,866	-2,656	-1.8
210	Fayetteville city, North Carolina	129,928	132,367	-2,439	-1.8
211	Chicago city, Illinois	2,842,518	2,896,021	-53,503	-1.8
212	Berkeley city, California	100,744	102,743	-1,999	-1.9
213	Lowell city, Massachusetts	103,111	105,167	-2,056	-2.0
214	Salt Lake City city, Utah	178,097	181,764	-3,667	-2.0
215	Grand Rapids city, Michigan	193,780	197,800	-4,020	-2.0
216	Richmond city, Virginia	193,777	197,952	-4,175	-2.1
217	Warren city, Michigan	135,311	138,247	-2,936	-2.1
218	Sunnyvale city, California	128,902	131,844	-2,942	-2.2
219	Augusta-Richmond County (balance), Georgia	190,782	195,182	-4,400	-2.3
220	Des Moines city, Iowa	194,163	198,733	-4,570	-2.3
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
221	Baltimore city, Maryland	635,815	651,154	-15,339	-2.4
222	Lakewood city, Colorado	140,671	144,363	-3,692	-2.6
223	Minneapolis city, Minnesota	372,811	382,747	-9,936	-2.6
224	Baton Rouge city, Louisiana	222,064	228,037	-5,973	-2.6
225	Hialeah city, Florida	220,485	226,434	-5,949	-2.6
226	Tulsa city, Oklahoma	382,457	393,120	-10,663	-2.7
227	Independence city, Missouri	110,208	113,288	-3,080	-2.7
228	South Bend city, Indiana	105,262	108,369	-3,107	-2.9
229	Akron city, Ohio	210,795	217,070	-6,275	-2.9
230	Gainesville city, Florida	108,184	111,405	-3,221	-2.9
231	Milwaukee city, Wisconsin	578,887	596,988	-18,101	-3.0
232	Daly City city, California	100,339	103,625	-3,286	-3.2
233	Lansing city, Michigan	115,518	119,373	-3,855	-3.2
234	Syracuse city, New York	141,683	146,464	-4,781	-3.3
235	Jackson city, Mississippi	177,977	184,256	-6,279	-3.4
236	Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania	1,463,281	1,517,550	-54,269	-3.6
237	Savannah city, Georgia	128,453	133,412	-4,959	-3.7
238	Washington city, District of Columbia	550,521	572,059	-21,538	-3.8
239	Mobile city, Alabama	191,544	199,191	-7,647	-3.8
240	Rochester city, New York	211,091	219,774	-8,683	-4.0
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
241	Toledo city, Ohio	301,285	313,782	-12,497	-4.0
242	St. Paul city, Minnesota	275,150	286,788	-11,638	-4.1
243	Dayton city, Ohio	158,873	166,197	-7,324	-4.4
244	Buffalo city, New York	279,745	292,648	-12,903	-4.4
245	Birmingham city, Alabama	231,483	242,764	-11,281	-4.6
246	Evansville city, Indiana	115,918	121,582	-5,664	-4.7
247	San Francisco city, California	739,426	776,733	-37,307	-4.8
248	Boston city, Massachusetts	559,034	589,141	-30,107	-5.1
249	Flint city, Michigan	118,551	124,943	-6,392	-5.1
250	Cleveland city, Ohio	452,208	477,472	-25,264	-5.3
251	Pittsburgh city, Pennsylvania	316,718	334,563	-17,845	-5.3
252	New Orleans city, Louisiana	454,863	484,674	-29,811	-6.2
253	Detroit city, Michigan	886,671	951,270	-64,599	-6.8
254	Cincinnati city, Ohio	308,728	331,283	-22,555	-6.8

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