10 largest cities in the USAby population (2016 update)
Presented 10 largest cities in the USAby population. Brief description of the city (based on the corresponding Wikipedia pages) + 1 photo. City population data source: . Table of the 30 largest cities on this.
Population estimated 2014.
1. NY
Population: 8,491,079 people The largest city in the United States and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. The population in the suburbs is about 20 million. Located on the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern New York State. New York was founded in the early 17th century by Dutch colonists.
New York is the most important economic center of the United States and the whole world. New York, along with London and Tokyo , called one of the three main centers of the world economy. Financial organizations located in the city controlled up to 40% of global finance at the end of 2008.
Includes 5 districts: Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island . The main attractions are located in Manhattan. Among them: historical skyscrapers, Rockefeller Center, Woolworth Building , artisticMetropolitan Museum of Art,
Metropolitan Opera,
Solomon Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art(painting), American Museum of Natural History(dinosaur skeletons and planetarium), legendary hotel " Chelsea", UN headquarters, Harlem.
2. Los Angeles
Population: 3,928,864 people Located in the south of California, on the Pacific Ocean. It is the largest by population in the state and the second largest in the country. The population of the Greater Los Angeles agglomeration is over 17 million people. Los Angeles is one of the world's largest cultural, scientific, economic and educational centers. The city is also one of the world's largest centers of the entertainment industry in the fields of cinema, music, television, and computer games.
3. Chicago
Population: 2,722,389 people The second most important financial center in the country and the largest transport hub in North America. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, in Illinois. The Chicago metropolitan area (with various suburbs) is called “Greater Chicago” or “Chicago Country” and is home to about 10 million people. The Chicago metropolitan area ranks 26th in the world in terms of population. Chicago is rightfully considered the economic, industrial, transportation and cultural capital of the Midwest.
4. Houston
Population: 2,239,558 people Largest city in Texas. The population of the Greater Houston metropolitan area is about 6.1 million people. The city is located 50 kilometers from the Gulf of Mexico on the coastal plain, its area is 965 km². The city's economy is represented by enterprises in the fields of energy, aeronautics, transport, and healthcare. The city is a leading center for the production of oil production equipment.
5. Philadelphia
Population: 1,560,297 people One of the oldest cities in the USA, the most populous city in Pennsylvania. Together with the suburbs there are about 5.7 million inhabitants.
Philadelphia is rich in history and culture. FPhiladelphia is one of the largest industrial, financial and cultural centers in the United States. Throughout its history, it has been considered one of the most multi-ethnic cities in America: Italian and Irish, Eastern European and Asian communities lived side by side with the city's large black population, many of whom are descendants of those who fled here during thecivil war between North and South.
6. Phoenix
Population: 1,537,058 people The capital and largest city of the American state of Arizona. Phoenix is also the largest state capital of all American capitals, including the federal capital of Washington. Phoenix's climate is arid and classified as subtropical desert. Phoenix is the hottest and one of the driest cities in the United States. It is also one of the hottest cities in the world.
7. San Antonio
Population: 1,436,697 people located in southern Texas. The city's economy is based on four aspects - financial transactions, government, healthcare and tourism. The city is also one of the largest base centers US troops . There is a fortress in San Antonio Alamo - symbol of independence Texas . A popular holiday destination among tourists, three million of whom arrive in the city annually -San Antonio waterfront, located on the river of the same name.
8. San Diego
Population: 1,381,069 people A city in the state of California in the southwestern United States on the Pacific coast near the border with Mexico. Population with suburbs of about 2.9 million. In terms of population, San Diego is second in state after Los Angeles. The main US Navy base on the Pacific Ocean. WITHto the south it is adjacent to a Mexican city Tijuana , west coast Pacific Ocean , to the east are the spurs of the San Isidro Mountains.
Cities, like cities, can be classified according to various criteria: area, population, population density.
This ranking presents the United States based on population size. Note that the list includes one large city, which includes nearby settlements.
So, here are the ten largest cities. (According to ISTAT data as of July 1, 2011)
1 New York City - 8.24 million people
State: New York
Founded 1624
Population of the agglomeration: 20.6 million people
New York, nicknamed the Big Apple, is a diverse, tireless, multinational, contrasting, cultural city of America. Skyscrapers are the main difference between New York and other US cities. Here are the Statue of Liberty - a symbol of all of America, 38 theaters, many shopping centers, thousands of architectural monuments, parks and nightclubs.
2 Los Angeles - 3.82 million people
California State
Founded in 1781
Population of the agglomeration: 17.7 million people.
The largest city in California, covering an area of over 1200 square meters. km, and with the surrounding area its area increases almost 8 times; it was once a small village. At the origins of the huge city there were only 44 inhabitants: Spaniards, conquistodors, several Mexicans, African Americans and Indians. And now the City of Angels is a city with diverse culture and customs.
3 Chicago - 2.71 million people
State: Illinois
Founded 1795
Population of the agglomeration: 9.7 million people.
The Windy City, which has the status of a criminal center in the United States, Chicago is one of the major financial centers in the United States after, of course, New York. But the transport hub - Chicago - is the largest not only in the USA, but throughout North America. The Willis Tower skyscraper (height - 443 m), which is the largest building in the United States, is located here.
4 Houston – 2.15 million people
State: Texas
Founded 1836
Population of the agglomeration: 6.1 million people.
Houston is America's gateway to the sky - the space mission control center is located here. Lyndon Jones. Houston is a city with a highly developed economy. The city's port is one of the ten ports in the world with the largest cargo turnover. Houston offers its guests to taste the culinary tastes of a wide variety of peoples in national cuisine restaurants, of which there are 11 thousand in Houston.
State: Pennsylvania
Founded 1682
Population of the agglomeration: 5.8 million people.
The cradle of American independence, the capital of the rebel colonies. Both the Declaration of Independence and the first US Constitution were adopted and signed in this city.
6 Phoenix – 1.47 million people
State: Arizona
Founded 1868
Population of the agglomeration: 3.7 million people.
Valley of the Sun or Phoenix acquired city status relatively recently - in 1881. Currently, it is a city in which high-tech sectors of the economy are developed. For example, there are 3 Intel chip factories located here.
7 San Antonio (City of San Antonio) – 1.35 million people
State: Texas
Founded 1718
Population of the agglomeration: 2.1 million people.
San Antonio is a symbiosis of American and Mexican cultures, it has a bilingual population and the flavor of national customs. The city is replete with national Mexican symbols and is happy to pamper tourists with national dishes of Mexico.
8 San Diego – 1.32 million people
California State
Founded 1769
Population of the agglomeration: 2.9 million people.
Homeland of the Kumeya Indian tribe. The San Diego Zoo is the largest zoo in the world, perhaps the main attraction of one of the largest cities in California.
9 Dallas – 1.22 million people
State: Texas
Founded 1841
Population of the agglomeration: 6.3 million people.
The main attraction of Dallas is the building located on Elm Street. From this building in 1963, assassin Lee Harvey Oswald shot John F. Kennedy.
10 San Jose – 9.67 million people
California State
Founded 1777
Population of the agglomeration: 2 million people.
Currently, San Jose is even considered the unofficial capital of California. The offices of the largest computer hardware and software companies are located here.
It is not difficult to notice that New York, Los Angeles and Chicago took leading places in the ranking both without agglomerations and with them. Most major US cities are located in California and Texas.
American cities seem huge and concrete. With skyscrapers, multi-story interchanges and millions of cars. But there are completely different American cities - lost in the middle of nowhere, tiny towns where the charm of the past is still preserved, where life flows differently. Each of them contains nostalgia, loneliness and comfort. You want to return to each of them to be in silence. Their names are unknown to most, but today we propose to wander through 4 completely different lost towns of the West Coast of America. Let's start with this strange gas station, located at the entrance to the town of Page, Arizona, which is home to about 7,000 people.
2. The surroundings look something like this: red silence and endless space. The nearest metropolis (Phoenix) is about 430 km. 
3. Around the gas station, ancient hard workers - tractors from the mid-20th century - froze forever. 
4. It looks like a kind of strange museum of mechanical machines and it all looks quite unusual. 
5. Some samples are especially colorful. 
6. Considering that most gas stations in America are completely modern, this can be called luck for a photographer. 
7. By the way, many films were filmed in these alien environs, for example: “Superman”, “Planet of the Apes”, “Hulk”, “Maverick”, “Broken Arrow”, “Into the Wild”, etc. The world famous world "Antelope Canyon". 
8. Well, we are transported to a town with a completely different atmosphere. Jamestown, California - founded by the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, was home to many gold miners and swindlers. In total, gold worth about one and a half billion dollars in modern prices was found in local mines. 
9. About 3,000 people live in the city. There are only a few streets here. Most institutions, including cafes, bars and even hotels, have been operating since then. The interiors are also original. So this is an excellent opportunity to travel back in time, to the era of the “Wild West”. By the way, the movie "Wild Wild West" with Will Smith was filmed here. 
10. Jamestown Sheriff's Office. 
11. The wooden hotel where we lived - Royal Carriage Inn - is a fairly new building by local standards. Built in 1922. 
12. And this is what the backyard in our hotel looked like. Melancholy lives here. 
13. The whole city is very well-groomed and beautiful. Of course, like any small city in the USA, there is a small park with a gazebo. 
14. One of the main attractions of Jamestown is the ancient railway station from the late 19th century ( Railtown 1897 State Historic Park). The station is a link to the famous Sierra railroad. There is a small railway museum here. 
15. The station line is still in operation. From here you can ride on a real 19th century steam locomotive or an old diesel locomotive through the surrounding mountains and forests of fantastic beauty.
16. By the way, this railway is also connected with cinema. That's what they call it: "The movie railroad." It was here that the famous film "Back to the Future 3" was filmed. 
17. The nearest major city (Sacramento) is 2 hours away from here. 
18. Well, we are transported to Elko, a city that calls itself the heart of Nevada. About 18,000 people live here permanently. There are a lot of cowboys and everything connected with them, including a chic micro-museum of the Wild West (The Western Folklife Center). If you find yourself in Elko, we highly recommend visiting it. 
19. One reason makes you stop in this city: if you are traveling from Sacramento or Reno (California) to Salt Lake City (Utah), then Elko will be exactly in the middle of the 900-kilometer journey. Convenient place to spend the night. It must be said that this is the largest city for several hundred kilometers in any direction. Around it there is “nothing” - a desert with cacti and endless dry lakes covered with a white salt crust. So there is no choice. 
21. We trudged under the scorching sun through the deserted city. It is unclear where these 18,000 people live. Over the course of a few hours, we only met a few people. 
22. They probably come here only during the population census. 
23. However, the city has a large casino, many rather nice old cafes and bars, and also this diesel locomotive installed in the central square. 
24. The symbolism of this structure, unfortunately, remained undeciphered by us. 
25. The last lost town we'll visit today is Lone Pine, California. Only two thousand people live in this amazing place, four hours north of Los Angeles. 
26. The first building in Lone Pine was built in 1861. Despite the distance from major cities, there are excellent roads to which the place owes its existence. The town is located at an important crossroads, which perhaps gives it strength to live. To the east lies the famous Death Valley, a national park with a unique landscape and the hottest place on earth. A few kilometers to the west is Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continental states and a very popular climb. The northern road leads to Yosemite National Park and then to Lake Tahoe. Well, the road to the south leads to the “City of Angels” - Los Angeles. 
27. So you can easily have the best vacation of your life in hidden Lone Pine. And we celebrated New Year 2015 here, staying at the legendary Dow Villa Motel, opened back in the 1920s and run by the same family since 1957. 
28. The motel is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains. 
29. What's nice about small towns like this are the hotels and motels. Here, as a rule, for little money you will get a very clean and well-maintained room. Not luxury, but everything you need to spend the night is there. Moreover, with history. 
30. The view from the hotel of the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains inspires an unforgettable day. 
31. The hotel has many memorable or even strange places. For example, this lobby fits perfectly into the overall retro-Christmas style of the town. 
32. Almost all the big movie stars of the Western era, like John Wayne, lived in motel rooms. It's all about the unique rocky landscape in the surrounding area. Hundreds of cowboy films were filmed here, and most of the town's residents were employed in the film industry, providing services ranging from horse training to makeup. 
33. In the evenings, it seems that the spirits of old Hollywood still roam the corridors. 
34. The motel patio also has an unusual atmosphere. You can feel the style and proximity to Hollywood. 
35. The influence of the film industry on the city was so great that they even opened a rather interesting film museum here, which we highly recommend visiting. Here you can find various photos and props from a number of films, including Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, and the cult 80s horror film Tremors. And the cinema in the museum is completely free. 
Which cities do you prefer? Big cities or small little-known towns?
Photo 1-10; 12-25; 27-35: CALIFORNISTA(reprinting only with the approval of the authors)
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- Population: 1 000 536
- State: California
- Based: 1777
An Jose is a very important city for the USA. Although it has long been behind the back of its great neighbor San Francisco, today it has taken the lead in innovative technologies, as well as the development and implementation of new technological projects.
9
- Population: 1 197 816
- State: Texas
- Based: 1841
Dallas is a large city in the state of Texas. Located on the Trinity River. The city was laid out by John Neely Bryan in 1841. There are several versions of who Dallas is named after: in honor of the eleventh Vice President of the United States, his father or son. While historians argue, the city is growing and prospering. Currently, it has grown so much that it has merged with nearby cities, forming a huge metropolis that ranks honorably as the ninth largest city in the United States.
8
- Population: 1 345 895
- State: California
- Based: 1769
San Diego is a city in the very southwestern United States (just 24 km north of the Mexican border), the administrative center of San Diego County in the state of California, the second most populous city in California and the eighth largest city in the United States.
7
- Population: 1 409 019
- State: Texas
- Based: 1718
S an Antonio is a city in which different cultures and traditions are mixed, while each of them has retained its uniqueness. Many attractions and places of amazing beauty. The city constantly hosts various festivals and carnivals.
6
- Population: 1 513 367
- State: Arizona
- Based: 1868
Phoenix is the capital of the state of Arizona. Currently, this US city is home to many companies that produce high-tech and telecommunications equipment and devices. For example, Intel has built 3 factories that produce chips.
5
- Population: 1 553 165
- State: Pennsylvania
- Based: 1682
Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in the United States, the fifth most populous city in the country and the most populous city in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is one of the largest industrial, financial and cultural centers in the United States. Throughout its history, it has been considered one of the most multi-ethnic cities in America: Italian and Irish, Eastern European and Asian communities lived side by side with the city's large black population, many of whom are descendants of those who fled here during the Civil War between North and South.
4
- Population: 2 195 914
- State: Texas
- Based: 1836
Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States and the administrative center of Harris County in southeast Texas. It is a major economic and business center of the country, also famous for its cultural life. After the famous Broadway in New York, it is home to the largest theater district in the United States, which includes the Opera House, Symphony Hall and others.
3
- Population: 2 718 782
- State: Illinois
- Based: 1795
Chicago is the largest city in the Midwestern United States. It is located on the shores of Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois. The Calumet and Chicago Rivers flow through Chicago, and nearby there is a canal that connects the Mississippi to the Great Lakes. Chicago is the economic, industrial, cultural and transportation capital of the Midwest. In recent years, Chicago has acquired the status of one of the world's financial centers. Chicago got its name from the Indian word “shikaakwa”, which translates as “wild lily”.
2
- Population: 3 884 307
- State: California
- Based: 1781
Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States. The “Big Orange” is deservedly considered the “capital” of US cinema; several major film studios are located in the LA area, including Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures and Walt Disney Studios.
1
- Population: 8 405 837
- State:
- Based: 1624
New York is the largest city in the United States. For many centuries it was one of the main centers in the world of trade and finance. New York is ranked as the world's alpha city for its global influences in media, politics, education, entertainment and fashion. New York is the main center of foreign affairs and is home to the headquarters of the United Nations. "The Big Apple" is New York City's most famous nickname, dating back to the 1920s. According to one version, the connection of the “apple” with New York appeared due to the fact that the first tree planted by the first settlers, which bore fruit, was an apple tree. Therefore, the “apple” became a symbol of New York.