2023 US City Estimates...

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Population Rebounds for Many Cities in Northeast and Midwest

Large cities in the Northeast and Midwest grew in 2023, reversing earlier population declines, according to Vintage 2023 Population Estimates released today.

www.census.gov

As of 7/1/23:

New York 8,258,035

Los Angeles 3,820,914
Chicago 2,664,452

Houston 2,314,157
Phoenix 1,650,070
Philadelphia 1,550,542
San Antonio 1,495,295
San Diego 1,388,320
Dallas 1,302,868

Jacksonville 985,843
Austin 979,882
Fort Worth 978,468
San Jose 969,655
Columbus 913,175
Charlotte 911,311
Indianapolis 879,293
San Francisco 808,988
Seattle 755,078

Denver 716,577
Oklahoma City 702,767
Nashville 687,788
Washington 678,972
El Paso 678,958
Las Vegas 660,929
Boston 653,833
Detroit 633,218
Portland 630,498
Louisville 622,981
Memphis 618,639
Baltimore 565,239
Milwaukee 561,385
Albuquerque 560,274
Tucson 547,239
Fresno 545,716
Sacramento 526,384
Atlanta 510,823
Kansas City 510,704

Omaha 483,335
Raleigh 482,295
Miami 455,924
Virginia Beach 453,649
Long Beach 449,468
Oakland 436,504
Minneapolis 425,115
Bakersfield 413,381
Tulsa 411,894
Tampa 403,364
Arlington 398,431
New Orleans 364,136
Cleveland 362,656
Honolulu 341,778
Orlando 320,742
Riverside 318,858
Cincinnati 311,097
Newark 304,960
St Paul 303,820
Pittsburgh 303,255
Durham 296,186
Jersey City 291,657
St Louis 281,754
Madison 280,305
Buffalo 274,678
St Petersburg 263,553

Norfolk 230,930
Richmond 229,247
Tacoma 222,906
Baton Rouge 219,573
Des Moines 210,381
Salt Lake 209,593
Worcester 207,621
Rochester 207,274
Knoxville 198,162
Birmingham 196,644
Grand Rapids 196,608
Providence 190,792
Charleston 155,369

Bridgeport 148,028
Columbia 142,416
Dayton 135,512
New Haven 135,319
Hartford 119,669
Albany 101,228

Greenville 72,824

But it's the growth rates that really matter...

 

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Population per square mile, 2023
New York 27,481

Jersey City 19,841
San Francisco 17,249

Boston 13,537
Miami 12,665
Newark 12,654
Chicago 11,702
Philadelphia 11,537
Washington 11,112
Providence 10,369

Bridgeport 9194
Seattle 9010
Long Beach 8865
Los Angeles 8138
Minneapolis 7873
Oakland 7809
New Haven 7236
Baltimore 6987
Hartford 6878
Buffalo 6799
St Paul 5843
Milwaukee 5836
Rochester 5790
Honolulu 5649
Worcester 5551
Pittsburgh 5474
San Jose 5438
Sacramento 5339

Fresno 4737
Albany 4730
Portland 4723
Denver 4680
Cleveland 4667
Las Vegas 4661
St Louis 4567
Detroit 4565
Tacoma 4485
Grand Rapids 4389
Norfolk 4333
St Petersburg 4265
San Diego 4260
Arlington 4155
Columbus 4151
Cincinnati 3999
Riverside 3927
Dallas 3836
Richmond 3827
Atlanta 3775
Houston 3614
Tampa 3538
Madison 3521
Omaha 3413
Raleigh 3279
Phoenix 3185
Austin 3063
San Antonio 2998
Albuquerque 2991
Charlotte 2956
Orlando 2900
Fort Worth 2817
Bakersfield 2760
El Paso 2628
Durham 2626
Baton Rouge 2544

Greenville 2444
Indianapolis 2432
Dayton 2429
Des Moines 2385
Tucson 2271
New Orleans 2148
Tulsa 2086
Memphis 2083
Knoxville 2008
Louisville 1917
Salt Lake 1900
Virginia Beach 1854
Kansas City 1623
Nashville 1446
Charleston 1353
Birmingham 1338
Jacksonville 1319
Oklahoma City 1159
Columbia 1041

 

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Numerical Increase since 2020
San Antonio +60,989
Fort Worth +59,561

Phoenix +41,855
Charlotte +36,682
Jacksonville +36,225

Oklahoma City +21,713
Las Vegas +19,026
Tampa +18,405
Seattle +18,060
Austin +17,989
Raleigh +14,630
Miami +13,683
Houston +13,324
Orlando +13,169
Durham +12,680
Atlanta +12,108
Madison +10,465

Bakersfield +9926
Salt Lake +9870
Knoxville +7422
Columbus +7236
Columbia +5784
St Petersburg +5245
Charleston +5142
Tucson +4610
Arlington +4165
Riverside +3860
Fresno +3609
Tacoma +3560
Richmond +2637
Kansas City +2614

Greenville +2028
Albany +2004
Cincinnati +1780
Sacramento +1441
San Diego +1348
New Haven +1296
Worcester +1103
Denver +1055

Pittsburgh +284
El Paso +143

% Increase since 2020
Fort Worth +6.48%

Salt Lake +4.94%
Tampa +4.78%
Durham +4.47%
Orlando +4.28%
San Antonio +4.25%
Columbia +4.23%
Charlotte +4.2%
Knoxville +3.89%
Madison +3.88%
Jacksonville +3.82%
Charleston +3.42%
Oklahoma City +3.19%
Raleigh +3.13%
Miami +3.09%
Las Vegas +2.96%
Greenville +2.86%
Phoenix +2.61%

Bakersfield +2.46%
Seattle +2.45%
Atlanta +2.43%
St Petersburg +2.03%
Albany +2.02%
Austin +1.87%
Tacoma +1.62%
Riverside +1.23%
Richmond +1.16%
Arlington +1.06%

New Haven +0.97%
Tucson +0.85%
Columbus +0.82%
Fresno +0.67%
Cincinnati +0.58%
Worcester +0.53%
Kansas City +0.51%
Houston +0.42%
Sacramento +0.27%
Denver +0.15%
San Diego +0.1%
Pittsburgh +0.09%
El Paso +0.02%

 

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Numerical decrease since 2020
New York -546,164

Chicago -81,900
Los Angeles -77,927
San Francisco -64,962

Philadelphia -53,251

San Jose -43,586

Portland -22,005
Boston -21,814
Baltimore -20,469

New Orleans -19,861
St Louis -19,824
Long Beach -17,274
Milwaukee -15,837
Memphis -14,465
Washington -10,573
Louisville -10,064

Cleveland -9968
Honolulu -9186
Indianapolis -8355
Baton Rouge -7897
St Paul -7707
Norfolk -7075
Newark -6589
Detroit -5893
Virginia Beach -5821

Minneapolis -4839
Albuquerque -4285
Oakland -4142
Birmingham -4089
Rochester -4054
Des Moines -3752
Buffalo -3671
Omaha -2716

Grand Rapids -2309
Dayton -2132
Nashville -1659
Hartford -1385
Dallas -1314
Tulsa -1172

Jersey City -792
Bridgeport -626
Providence -142

% decrease since 2020
San Francisco -7.43%

St Louis -6.57%
New York -6.2%
New Orleans -5.17%

San Jose -4.3%
Long Beach -3.7%
Baltimore -3.49%
Baton Rouge -3.47%
Portland -3.37%
Philadelphia -3.32%
Boston -3.23%
Chicago -2.98%
Norfolk -2.97%
Milwaukee -2.74%
Cleveland -2.68%
Honolulu -2.62%

St Paul -2.47%
Memphis -2.28%
Newark -2.11%
Birmingham -2.04%
Los Angeles -2%
Rochester -1.92%
Des Moines -1.75%
Louisville -1.59%
Dayton -1.55%
Washington -1.53%
Buffalo -1.32%
Virginia Beach -1.27%
Grand Rapids -1.16%
Hartford -1.14%
Minneapolis -1.13%

Indianapolis -0.94%
Oakland -0.94%
Detroit -0.92%
Albuquerque -0.76%
Omaha -0.56%
Bridgeport -0.42%
Tulsa -0.28%
Jersey City -0.27%
Nashville -0.24%
Dallas -0.12%
Providence -0.07%

 

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Some takeaways:

•of the 41 cities to see an increase in population since '20, 21 are in The South (51.22%); 13 are in The West (31.7%); 4 are in the Northeast (9.76%); and 3 are in the Midwest (7.32%);

•of the 42 cities to see decrease since '20, 12 are in the Northeast (28.57%); 12 are in the Midwest (28.57%); 10 are in The South (23.81%); and 8 are in The West (19.05%);

•The cities of Dallas, Washington, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Nashville, Virginia Beach, Providence, Louisville, Birmingham, Grand Rapids, Hartford, Tulsa, Omaha, Bridgeport, Albuquerque, Baton Rouge, and Allentown are ALL losing population, but their metropolitan areas are growing, indicating heavy movement to the suburbs of these cities;

•whereas the cities of San Diego and Pittsburgh are gaining people in the central city, but the metropolitan areas are losing population;

Every other city correlates it's + or - to its metropolitan area. Which ultimately, metropolitan area is the better metric of city health, but I thought the city populations would be cool to post nonetheless!