2000 - 2009 City Population Changes

2000 - 2009 City Population Changes 
                         
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                                                *** Last Updated : Jan 6, 2011


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

Ranked by Percent Change: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (SUB-EST2009-02)

Data Obtained From Census Bureau

Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
1	Frisco city, Texas	102,413	33,695	68,718	203.9
2	McKinney city, Texas	127,672	54,319	73,353	135.0
3	North Las Vegas city, Nevada	224,387	115,531	108,856	94.2
4	Gilbert town, Arizona	222,075	114,702	107,373	93.6
5	Port St. Lucie city, Florida	154,410	88,471	65,939	74.5
6	Victorville city, California	110,921	64,058	46,863	73.2
7	Round Rock city, Texas	105,424	61,467	43,957	71.5
8	Elk Grove city, California	135,285	81,096	54,189	66.8
9	Cape Coral city, Florida	154,202	102,467	51,735	50.5
10	Peoria city, Arizona	163,226	108,749	54,477	50.1
11	Miramar city, Florida	109,176	72,739	36,437	50.1
12	Murfreesboro city, Tennessee	105,209	70,139	35,070	50.0
13	Denton city, Texas	122,830	82,686	40,144	48.5
14	Henderson city, Nevada	256,445	175,484	80,961	46.1
15	Irvine city, California	209,716	144,146	65,570	45.5
16	Roseville city, California	115,677	79,951	35,726	44.7
17	Thornton city, Colorado	117,628	82,035	35,593	43.4
18	Cary town, North Carolina	136,637	96,598	40,039	41.4
19	Chandler city, Arizona	249,535	176,931	72,604	41.0
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
20	Raleigh city, North Carolina	405,612	288,462	117,150	40.6
21	Joliet city, Illinois	147,648	107,165	40,483	37.8
22	Lewisville city, Texas	105,170	77,803	27,367	35.2
23	Moreno Valley city, California	191,754	142,534	49,220	34.5
24	Rancho Cucamonga city, California	171,809	127,748	44,061	34.5
25	Fort Worth city, Texas	727,577	543,338	184,239	33.9
26	Killeen city, Texas	119,512	89,412	30,100	33.7
27	West Jordan city, Utah	104,968	78,733	26,235	33.3
28	Bakersfield city, California	324,463	243,633	80,830	33.2
29	Olathe city, Kansas	121,962	93,092	28,870	31.0
30	Fontana city, California	188,013	145,058	42,955	29.6
31	Atlanta city, Georgia	540,922	418,823	122,099	29.2
32	Chula Vista city, California	223,739	173,553	50,186	28.9
33	Grand Prairie city, Texas	163,351	127,192	36,159	28.4
34	Visalia city, California	122,111	95,320	26,791	28.1
35	Palm Bay city, Florida	100,999	79,433	21,566	27.1
36	Laredo city, Texas	226,124	178,107	48,017	27.0
37	Sioux Falls city, South Dakota	158,008	124,819	33,189	26.6
38	Brownsville city, Texas	176,859	142,506	34,353	24.1
39	McAllen city, Texas	132,225	106,559	25,666	24.1
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
40	Charlotte city, North Carolina	704,422	567,943	136,479	24.0
41	Plano city, Texas	273,613	222,005	51,608	23.2
42	Palmdale city, California	143,985	116,848	27,137	23.2
43	Lancaster city, California	145,776	118,718	27,058	22.8
44	Durham city, North Carolina	229,171	187,897	41,274	22.0
45	Orlando city, Florida	235,860	194,194	41,666	21.5
46	Aurora city, Illinois	172,950	143,325	29,625	20.7
47	Phoenix city, Arizona	1,593,659	1,322,438	271,221	20.5
48	Clarksville city, Tennessee	124,565	103,635	20,930	20.2
49	Reno city, Nevada	219,636	183,049	36,587	20.0
50	High Point city, North Carolina	103,368	86,273	17,095	19.8
51	Miami city, Florida	433,136	362,440	70,696	19.5
52	Columbia city, Missouri	102,324	85,741	16,583	19.3
53	San Antonio city, Texas	1,373,668	1,159,916	213,752	18.4
54	Corona city, California	151,027	127,587	23,440	18.4
55	Stockton city, California	287,578	243,118	44,460	18.3
56	Las Vegas city, Nevada	567,641	480,309	87,332	18.2
57	Carrollton city, Texas	129,209	109,579	19,630	17.9
58	Albuquerque city, New Mexico	529,219	449,538	79,681	17.7
59	Austin city, Texas	786,386	668,249	118,137	17.7
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
60	Mesa city, Arizona	467,157	397,878	69,279	17.4
61	Scottsdale city, Arizona	237,844	202,616	35,228	17.4
62	Charleston city, South Carolina	115,638	98,692	16,946	17.2
63	Aurora city, Colorado	323,348	276,449	46,899	17.0
64	Alexandria city, Virginia	150,006	128,351	21,655	16.9
65	Rochester city, Minnesota	103,486	88,889	14,597	16.4
66	Overland Park city, Kansas	174,907	150,506	24,401	16.2
67	Fort Collins city, Colorado	138,733	119,412	19,321	16.2
68	Riverside city, California	297,841	256,411	41,430	16.2
69	Billings city, Montana	105,845	91,777	14,068	15.3
70	Glendale city, Arizona	253,209	219,706	33,503	15.2
71	West Valley City city, Utah	125,096	108,907	16,189	14.9
72	Arlington CDP, Virginia	217,483	189,385	28,098	14.8
73	Athens-Clarke, Georgia	114,983	100,266	14,717	14.7
74	Sacramento city, California	466,676	407,045	59,631	14.6
75	Houston city, Texas	2,257,926	1,973,727	284,199	14.4
76	Winston-Salem city, North Carolina	229,828	201,450	28,378	14.1
77	Arlington city, Texas	380,085	333,187	46,898	14.1
78	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	296,545	260,512	36,033	13.8
79	Midland city, Texas	108,668	95,509	13,159	13.8
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
80	Provo city, Utah	119,775	105,530	14,245	13.5
81	Elgin city, Illinois	107,519	94,814	12,705	13.4
82	Tampa city, Florida	343,890	303,471	40,419	13.3
83	Vancouver city, Washington	165,742	146,307	19,435	13.3
84	Tallahassee city, Florida	172,574	152,352	20,222	13.3
85	Gresham city, Oregon	102,295	90,326	11,969	13.3
86	Salem city, Oregon	155,469	137,569	17,900	13.0
87	Lubbock city, Texas	225,859	199,927	25,932	13.0
88	Wilmington city, North Carolina	101,350	89,726	11,624	13.0
89	Bellevue city, Washington	126,626	112,182	14,444	12.9
90	Richardson city, Texas	103,201	91,542	11,659	12.7
91	Norman city, Oklahoma	109,062	96,780	12,282	12.7
92	Tempe city, Arizona	178,519	158,625	19,894	12.5
93	Madison city, Wisconsin	235,419	209,425	25,994	12.4
94	Huntsville city, Alabama	179,652	159,979	19,673	12.3
95	Greensboro city, North Carolina	255,124	227,536	27,588	12.1
96	Lincoln city, Nebraska	254,001	226,660	27,341	12.1
97	Naperville city, Illinois	143,661	128,517	15,144	11.8
98	Fresno city, California	479,918	429,581	50,337	11.7
99	Chesapeake city, Virginia	222,455	199,186	23,269	11.7
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
100	Antioch city, California	101,181	90,632	10,549	11.6
101	Tucson city, Arizona	543,910	487,290	56,620	11.6
102	Omaha city, Nebraska	454,731	408,735	45,996	11.3
103	Nashville-Davidson), Tennessee	605,473	545,536	59,937	11.0
104	Odessa city, Texas	100,810	90,943	9,867	10.8
105	Colorado Springs city, Colorado	399,827	361,151	38,676	10.7
106	Oklahoma City city, Oklahoma	560,333	506,133	54,200	10.7
107	Jacksonville city, Florida	813,518	735,618	77,900	10.6
108	Eugene city, Oregon	153,272	138,807	14,465	10.4
109	Waco city, Texas	126,222	114,434	11,788	10.3
110	Denver city, Colorado	610,345	553,691	56,654	10.2
111	El Paso city, Texas	620,456	563,877	56,579	10.0
112	Anchorage municipality, Alaska	286,174	260,283	25,891	9.9
113	Oxnard city, California	187,535	170,643	16,892	9.9
114	Chattanooga city, Tennessee	171,350	156,384	14,966	9.6
115	Boston city, Massachusetts	645,169	589,143	56,026	9.5
116	Seattle city, Washington	616,627	563,377	53,250	9.5
117	Santa Clara city, California	111,997	102,361	9,636	9.4
118	Dallas city, Texas	1,299,542	1,188,902	110,640	9.3
119	Santa Clarita city, California	169,174	154,831	14,343	9.3
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
120	Kansas City city, Missouri	482,299	441,612	40,687	9.2
121	Amarillo city, Texas	189,392	173,627	15,765	9.1
122	Miami Gardens city, Florida	109,332	100,515	8,817	8.8
123	Ontario city, California	171,603	158,011	13,592	8.6
124	Simi Valley city, California	120,921	111,382	9,539	8.6
125	Columbia city, South Carolina	129,333	119,272	10,061	8.4
126	Fort Lauderdale city, Florida	184,892	170,693	14,199	8.3
127	Westminster city, Colorado	109,180	100,977	8,203	8.1
128	Columbus city, Ohio	769,332	713,418	55,914	7.8
129	Fairfield city, California	103,586	96,189	7,397	7.7
130	Cambridge city, Massachusetts	108,771	101,261	7,510	7.4
131	Modesto city, California	202,743	188,870	13,873	7.3
132	Irving city, Texas	205,541	191,615	13,926	7.3
133	Pasadena city, California	143,667	134,018	9,649	7.2
134	Oceanside city, California	172,901	161,329	11,572	7.2
135	Mesquite city, Texas	133,509	124,604	8,905	7.1
136	Newport News city, Virginia	193,172	180,379	12,793	7.1
137	San Jose city, California	964,695	901,024	63,671	7.1
138	Independence city, Missouri	121,180	113,223	7,957	7.0
139	Portland city, Oregon	566,143	529,160	36,983	7.0
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
140	San Diego city, California	1,306,300	1,223,418	82,882	6.8
141	Pembroke Pines city, Florida	146,600	137,415	9,185	6.7
142	Coral Springs city, Florida	126,518	118,944	7,574	6.4
143	Santa Rosa city, California	157,468	148,528	8,940	6.0
144	Worcester city, Massachusetts	182,882	172,517	10,365	6.0
145	Boulder city, Colorado	100,160	94,571	5,589	5.9
146	Orange city, California	136,990	129,585	7,405	5.7
147	Arvada city, Colorado	108,208	102,365	5,843	5.7
148	Wichita city, Kansas	372,186	352,167	20,019	5.7
149	Thousand Oaks city, California	123,520	117,005	6,515	5.6
150	Boise City city, Idaho	205,707	195,077	10,630	5.4
151	Springfield city, Illinois	118,033	112,096	5,937	5.3
152	San Bernardino city, California	198,411	188,449	9,962	5.3
153	Cedar Rapids city, Iowa	127,764	121,482	6,282	5.2
154	Knoxville city, Tennessee	185,100	176,051	9,049	5.1
155	Fullerton city, California	132,620	126,280	6,340	5.0
156	San Francisco city, California	815,358	776,731	38,627	5.0
157	Washington city, District of Columbia	599,657	572,055	27,602	4.8
158	New York city, New York	8,391,881	8,008,686	383,195	4.8
159	Little Rock city, Arkansas	191,933	183,265	8,668	4.7
160	El Monte city, California	121,447	115,965	5,482	4.7
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
161	Escondido city, California	140,170	133,942	6,228	4.6
162	Richmond city, California	103,165	99,188	3,977	4.0
163	Elizabeth city, New Jersey	125,285	120,568	4,717	3.9
164	Los Angeles city, California	3,831,868	3,695,426	136,442	3.7
165	Rockford city, Illinois	157,280	151,815	5,465	3.6
166	Corpus Christi city, Texas	287,439	277,484	9,955	3.6
167	Springfield city, Missouri	157,630	152,189	5,441	3.6
168	Stamford city, Connecticut	121,026	117,083	3,943	3.4
169	San Buenaventura, California	104,423	101,080	3,343	3.3
170	Indianapolis city, Indiana	807,584	781,867	25,717	3.3
171	Richmond city, Virginia	204,451	197,945	6,506	3.3
172	Gainesville city, Florida	116,616	113,012	3,604	3.2
173	Spokane city, Washington	203,268	197,070	6,198	3.1
174	Tacoma city, Washington	199,638	193,585	6,053	3.1
175	Davenport city, Iowa	101,335	98,359	2,976	3.0
176	Pomona city, California	152,367	147,906	4,461	3.0
177	Pasadena city, Texas	145,789	141,674	4,115	2.9
178	Garland city, Texas	222,013	215,794	6,219	2.9
179	Burbank city, California	103,121	100,316	2,805	2.8
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
180	Anaheim city, California	337,896	328,836	9,060	2.8
181	Hayward city, California	144,291	140,429	3,862	2.8
182	Pueblo city, Colorado	104,877	102,139	2,738	2.7
183	Yonkers city, New York	201,066	196,001	5,065	2.6
184	Oakland city, California	409,189	399,485	9,704	2.4
185	Lafayette city, Louisiana	114,915	112,190	2,725	2.4
186	St. Louis city, Missouri	356,587	348,189	8,398	2.4
187	Pompano Beach city, Florida	102,609	100,205	2,404	2.4
188	Louisville/Jefferson, Kentucky	566,503	553,599	12,904	2.3
189	Springfield city, Massachusetts	155,580	152,060	3,520	2.3
190	Hollywood city, Florida	142,622	139,439	3,183	2.3
191	Columbus city, Georgia	190,414	186,291	4,123	2.2
192	Sterling Heights city, Michigan	127,176	124,471	2,705	2.2
193	Manchester city, New Hampshire	109,279	107,008	2,271	2.1
194	Newark city, New Jersey	278,154	272,434	5,720	2.1
195	Peoria city, Illinois	115,520	113,148	2,372	2.1
196	Huntington Beach city, California	193,366	189,626	3,740	2.0
197	Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania	1,547,297	1,517,542	29,755	2.0
198	Virginia Beach city, Virginia	433,575	425,259	8,316	2.0
199	Torrance city, California	140,317	137,944	2,373	1.7
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
200	Sunnyvale city, California	133,963	131,838	2,125	1.6
201	Milwaukee city, Wisconsin	605,013	597,090	7,923	1.3
202	Savannah city, Georgia	134,699	133,193	1,506	1.1
203	Allentown city, Pennsylvania	107,815	106,649	1,166	1.1
204	Abilene city, Texas	117,180	115,959	1,221	1.1
205	Fremont city, California	205,517	203,418	2,099	1.0
206	Jersey City city, New Jersey	242,503	240,055	2,448	1.0
207	Glendale city, California	196,882	194,973	1,909	1.0
208	Costa Mesa city, California	110,419	109,372	1,047	1.0
209	Salinas city, California	144,278	142,959	1,319	0.9
210	Honolulu CDP, Hawaii	374,658	371,657	3,001	0.8
211	Fort Wayne city, Indiana	255,890	253,858	2,032	0.8
212	Topeka city, Kansas	124,331	123,370	961	0.8
213	Des Moines city, Iowa	200,538	199,007	1,531	0.8
214	Toledo city, Ohio	316,179	313,784	2,395	0.8
215	Salt Lake City city, Utah	183,102	181,798	1,304	0.7
216	Santa Ana city, California	340,338	337,977	2,361	0.7
217	Minneapolis city, Minnesota	385,378	382,747	2,631	0.7
218	Garden Grove city, California	166,332	165,213	1,119	0.7
219	Cincinnati city, Ohio	333,012	331,281	1,731	0.5
Rank	Geographic Area	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2005
Rank	City	July 1, 2005	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
220	West Covina city, California	105,464	105,097	367	0.3
221	Long Beach city, California	462,604	461,544	1,060	0.2
222	Concord city, California	122,224	121,984	240	0.2
223	Montgomery city, Alabama	202,124	201,819	305	0.2
224	Berkeley city, California	102,804	102,736	68	0.1
225	Hartford city, Connecticut	124,060	124,121	-61	-
226	Erie city, Pennsylvania	103,571	103,688	-117	-0.1
227	Waterbury city, Connecticut	107,143	107,271	-128	-0.1
228	Downey city, California	107,117	107,323	-206	-0.2
229	Inglewood city, California	112,241	112,580	-339	-0.3
230	New Haven city, Connecticut	123,330	123,777	-447	-0.4
231	Augusta-Richmond, Georgia	194,343	195,185	-842	-0.4
232	Norfolk city, Virginia	233,333	234,403	-1,070	-0.5
233	Lowell city, Massachusetts	104,390	105,088	-698	-0.7
234	Shreveport city, Louisiana	199,244	200,709	-1,465	-0.7
235	Tulsa city, Oklahoma	389,625	393,119	-3,494	-0.9
236	Providence city, Rhode Island	171,909	173,621	-1,712	-1.0
237	Green Bay city, Wisconsin	101,412	102,794	-1,382	-1.3
238	Baton Rouge city, Louisiana	225,388	228,576	-3,188	-1.4
239	Daly City city, California	102,165	103,627	-1,462	-1.4
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
240	Hampton city, Virginia	144,236	146,437	-2,201	-1.5
241	Ann Arbor city, Michigan	112,920	114,657	-1,737	-1.5
242	Chicago city, Illinois	2,851,268	2,896,017	-44,749	-1.5
243	Bridgeport city, Connecticut	137,298	139,529	-2,231	-1.6
244	Lakewood city, Colorado	141,937	144,370	-2,433	-1.7
245	Norwalk city, California	102,508	104,323	-1,815	-1.7
246	St. Petersburg city, Florida	244,324	248,814	-4,490	-1.8
247	Vallejo city, California	114,622	116,760	-2,138	-1.8
248	St. Paul city, Minnesota	281,253	286,748	-5,495	-1.9
249	Memphis city, Tennessee	676,640	690,743	-14,103	-2.0
250	Centennial city, Colorado	100,557	102,673	-2,116	-2.1
251	Grand Rapids city, Michigan	193,710	197,804	-4,094	-2.1
252	Baltimore city, Maryland	637,418	651,154	-13,736	-2.1
253	Paterson city, New Jersey	145,835	149,222	-3,387	-2.3
254	Kansas City city, Kansas	143,209	146,866	-3,657	-2.5
255	Fayetteville city, North Carolina	198,071	203,209	-5,138	-2.5
256	Wichita Falls city, Texas	101,314	104,199	-2,885	-2.8
257	Beaumont city, Texas	110,110	113,693	-3,583	-3.2
258	Clearwater city, Florida	106,081	109,537	-3,456	-3.2
259	Warren city, Michigan	133,873	138,247	-4,374	-3.2
Rank	City	Population estimates		Change, 2000 to 2009
Rank	City	July 1, 2009	April 1, 2000	Number	Percent
260	Hialeah city, Florida	218,896	226,440	-7,544	-3.3
261	South Bend city, Indiana	104,215	108,498	-4,283	-3.9
262	Evansville city, Indiana	116,584	121,651	-5,067	-4.2
263	Detroit city, Michigan	910,921	951,270	-40,349	-4.2
264	Akron city, Ohio	207,209	217,106	-9,897	-4.6
265	Lansing city, Michigan	113,802	119,357	-5,555	-4.7
266	Birmingham city, Alabama	230,131	242,451	-12,320	-5.1
267	Mobile city, Alabama	193,205	204,214	-11,009	-5.4
268	Syracuse city, New York	138,560	146,464	-7,904	-5.4
269	Rochester city, New York	207,294	219,782	-12,488	-5.7
270	Jackson city, Mississippi	175,021	185,786	-10,765	-5.8
271	Pittsburgh city, Pennsylvania	311,647	334,438	-22,791	-6.8
272	Dayton city, Ohio	153,843	166,210	-12,367	-7.4
273	Buffalo city, New York	270,240	292,648	-22,408	-7.7
274	Cleveland city, Ohio	431,369	477,463	-46,094	-9.7
275	Flint city, Michigan	111,475	124,943	-13,468	-10.8
276	New Orleans city, Louisiana	354,850	484,674	-129,824	-26.8

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