Andrew Sinclair
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City Size (Counting the People)

+ November 24, 2002

The most populated cities of the US (2000 Census Data):



New York21,199,865
Los Angeles16,373,645
Chicago9,157,540
Washington D.C.7,608,070
San Francisco7,039,362
Philadelphia6,188,463
Boston5,819,100
Detroit5,456,428
Dallas5,221,801
Houston4,669,571
Atlanta4,112,198
Miami3,876,380
Seattle3,554,760
Phoenix3,251,876
Minneapolis2,968,806
Cleveland2,945,831
San Diego2,813,833
St. Louis2,603,607
Denver2,581,506
San Juan 2,450,292

This isn't new information, but I think it's interesting to look at now and then. I think most people's ideas about metopolitan population sizes are pretty skewed, and I am no excepetion. New York is twice as populated as Chicago and nearly four times as populated as Boston. There are more people living in the Los Angeles metropolitan area than in those of Seattle, Phoenix, Boston, and San Diego combined.
The complete list is available on the Census website.

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