During the pandemic we could see thousands of ghost-towns everywhere across the United States, due to the self-isolation, and at such a time we wouldn’t think how crowded these cities are on an average day; this made us to bring Insider Monkey’s brand new article about the 25 most populated cities in the US. What’s more, the coronavirus spread faster in the most populated cities, such as New York., as we could see its heroic struggle against the pandemic.
Some kind of modern urbanization is happenning, as more and more people tend to move around and into the large cities, in order to live in the outskirts and have a more prosperous future. As we have written in our former articles, lots of companies outsource producing into other countries, where workforce is cheaper and the laws are permissive. Consequently more and more people lose their jobs in the United States, who then leave their former residence and concentrate around larger towns and cities in the hope of a better life. We can see industry-specific cities, such as Chicago [manufacturing], San Francisco [technology], New York [finance], and Houston [energy].
We must remark this list is based on fresh estimates. And now, without a further ado, let’s have a look at the 25 most populated cities in the US.
25. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:
Population: 655,057
Total land area: 606.41 sq miles
24. Detroit, Michigan:
Population: 670,03
Total land area: 138.75 sq miles
23. Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government, Tennessee:
Population: 670,820
Total land area: 475.13 sq miles
22. El Paso, Texas:
Population:681,728
Total land area: 255.24 sq miles
21. Boston, Massachusetts:
Population:692,600
Total land area:48.28 sq miles
20. Washington, District of Columbia:
Population: 705,749
Total land area: 61.05 sq miles
19. Denver, Colorado:
Population: 727,211
Total land area: 153 sq miles
18. Seattle, Washington:
Population: 753,675
Total land area: 83.94 sq miles
17. Indianapolis, Indiana:
Population: 876,384
Total land area: 361.43 sq miles
16. San Francisco, California:
Population: 881,549
Total land area:46.87 sq miles
15. Charlotte, North Carolina:
Population: 885,708
Total land area: 297.68 sq miles
14.Columbus, Ohio:
Population: 898,553
Total land area: 217.17 sq miles
13. Fort Worth, Texas:
Population: 909,585
Total land area: 339.82 sq miles
12. Jacksonville, Florida:
Population: 911,507
Total land area: 747 sq miles
11. Austin, Texas:
Population: 978,908
Total land area: 297.90 sq miles
10. San Jose, California:
Population: 1,021,795
Total land area: 176.53 sq miles
9. Dallas, Texas:
Population: 1,343,573
Total land area: 340.52 sq miles
8. San Diego, California:
Population: 1,423,851
Total land area: 325.19 sq miles
7. San Antonio, Texas:
Population: 1,547,253
Total land area: 460.93 sq miles
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Population: 1,584,064
Total land area: 134.10 sq miles
5. Phoenix, Arizona:
Population: 1,680,992
Total land area: 516.70 sq miles
4. Houston, Texas:
Population: 2,320,268
Total land area: 599.59 sq miles
3. Chicago, Illinois:
Population: 2,693,976
Total land area: 227.63 sq miles area
2. Los Angeles, California:
Population: 3,979,576
Total land area: 468.67 sq miles
1. New York City, New York:
The Big Apple, the city that never sleeps, can boas with 8,336,817 people on a land area of 302.64 square miles, all this makes New York city the first on among the 25 most populated cities in the US.
