Fifty largest cities in the USA (1990) (figuring offical city limits only) AREA CITY 1980's METRO AREA CITY ST (SqMi) POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION New York NY 314.7 7,322,564* 3.5% 18,087,251 Los Angeles CA 467.4 3,485,348 17.4% 14,531,529 Chicago IL 228.5 2,783,726 -7.4% 8,065,633 Houston TX 581.4 1,630,553 2.2% 3,711,043 Philadelphia PA 136.0 1,585,577 -6.1% 5,899,345 San Diego CA 330.7 1,110,549 26.8% 2,498,016 Detroit MI 143.0 1,027,974 -14.6% 4,668,236 Dallas TX 378.0 1,006,877 11.3% 3,885,415 Phoenix AZ 426.1 983,403 24.5% 2,122,101 San Antonio TX 341.2 935,933 19.1% 1,302,099 San Jose CA 173.6 782,248 24.3% 6,253,311 Indianapolis IN 352.0 744,952 4.3% 1,249,822 Baltimore MD 80.3 736,014 -6.4% 2,382,172 San Francisco CA 46.1 723,959 6.6% 6,253,311 Columbus OH 196.2 632,910 12.0% 1,377,419 Milwaukee WI 95.8 628,088 -1.3% 1,607,183 Jacksonville FL 759.6 627,971 17.9% 906,727 Memphis TN 281.0 610,337 -5.5% 981,747 Washington DC 68.3 606,900 -4.9% 3,923,574 Boston MA 47.2 574,283 2.0% 4,171,643 Seattle WA 144.6 516,259 4.5% 2,559,164 El Paso TX 247.4 515,342 21.2% 591,610 Nashville TN 533.0 510,784 6.9% 985,026 Cleveland OH 79.0 505,616 -11.9% 2,759,823 New Orleans LA 199.4 496,938 -10.9% 1,238,816 Denver CO 154.6 467,610 -5.1% 1,848,319 Austin TX 116.0 465,622 34.6% 781,572 Fort Worth TX 295.3 447,619 16.2% 3,885,415 Oklahoma City OK 623.0 444,719 10.1% 958,839 Portland OR 136.7 437,319 18.8% 1,477,895 Kansas City MO 317.0 435,146 -2.9% 1,566,280 Long Beach CA 49.8 429,433 18.8% 14,531,529 Tucson AZ 156.0 405,390 22.6% 666,880 St. Louis MO 61.4 396,685 -12.4% 2,444,099 Charlotte NC 175.6 395,934 25.5% 1,162,093 Atlanta GA 136.0 394,017 -7.3% 2,833,511 Virgina Beach VA 258.7 393,069 49.9% 1,396,107 Albuquerque NM 135.0 384,736 15.6% 480,577 Oakland CA 53.9 372,242 9.7% 6,253,311 Pittsburgh PA 55.5 369,879 -12.8% 2,242,798 Sacramento CA 98.0 369,365 34.0% 1,481,102 Minneapolis MN 55.1 368,383 -0.7% 2,464,124 Tulsa OK 192.5 367,302 1.8% 708,954 Honolulu HI 600.0 365,272 0.1% 836,231 Cincinnati OH 78.1 364,040 -5.5% 1,744,124 Miami FL 34.3 358,548 3.4% 3,192,582 Fresno CA 99.4 354,202 62.9% 667,490 Omaha NE 103.0 335,795 7.0% 618,262 Toledo OH 84.2 332,943 -6.1% 614,128 Buffalo NY 42.7 328,123 -8.3% 1,189,288 *disputed -- city claims 10,900,000 SOURCE: 1992 Information Please Almanac