Rank City State Population in 2012 Population in 2010 1 New York New York 8336697 8175133 2 Los Angeles California 3857799 3792621 3 Chicago Illinois 2714856 2695598 4 Houston Texas 2160821 2100263 5 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1547607 1526006 6 Phoenix Arizona 1488750 1445632 7 San Antonio Texas 1382951 1327407 8 San Diego California 1338348 1307402 9 Dallas Texas 1241162 1197816 10 San Jose California 982765 945942 11 Austin Texas 842592 790390 12 Jacksonville Florida 836507 821784 13 Indianapolis Indiana 834852 820445 14 San Francisco California 825863 805235 15 Columbus Ohio 809798 787033 16 Fort Worth Texas 777992 741206 17 Charlotte North Carolina 775202 731424 18 Detroit Michigan 701475 713777 19 El Paso Texas 672538 649121 20 Memphis Tennessee 655155 646889 21 Boston Massachusetts 636479 617594 22 Seattle Washington 634535 608660 23 Denver Colorado 634265 600158 24 Washington District of Columbia 632323 601723 25 Nashville Tennessee 624496 601222