Tables

Economic Benchmarks

2. POPULATION GROWTH, 50 LARGEST CITIES, 1990-1996.

Rank

City

Population, 4/1/1990

Population, 7/1/1996

Change, 1990-96 (%)

1

Colorado Springs city, CO

280,430

345,127

23.1

2

Mesa city, AZ

289,199

344,764

19.2

3

Phoenix city, AZ

984,310

1,159,014

17.7

4

El Paso city, TX

515,342

599,865

16.4

5

Austin city, TX

472,020

541,278

14.7

6

Honolulu CDP, HI

377,059

423,475

12.3

7

Fresno city, CA

354,091

396,011

11.8

8

San Antonio city, TX

959,295

1,067,816

11.3

9

Virginia Beach city, VA

393,089

430,385

9.5

10

Tucson city, AZ

411,480

449,002

9.1

11

Albuquerque city, NM

384,915

419,681

9.0

12

San Jose city, CA

782,224

838,744

7.2

13

Fort Worth city, TX

447,619

479,716

7.2

14

Jacksonville city (remainder), FL

635,230

679,792

7.0

15

Houston city, TX

1,637,859

1,744,058

6.5

16

Denver city, CO

467,610

497,840

6.5

17

Omaha city, NE

342,862

364,253

6.2

18

Oklahoma City city, OK

444,724

469,852

5.7

19

San Diego city, CA

1,110,623

1,171,121

5.4

20

Charlotte city, NC

419,539

441,297

5.2

21

Nashville-Davidson (remainder), TN

488,366

511,263

4.7

22

Dallas city, TX

1,007,618

1,053,292

4.5

23

Columbus city, OH

632,945

657,053

3.8

24

Portland city, OR

463,634

480,824

3.7

25

Tulsa city, OK

367,302

378,491

3.0

26

Indianapolis city (remainder), IN

731,278

746,737

2.1

27

Los Angeles city, CA

3,485,557

3,553,638

2.0

28

Atlanta city, GA

393,929

401,907

2.0

29

Sacramento city, CA

369,365

376,243

1.9

30

Miami city, FL

358,648

365,127

1.8

31

San Francisco city, CA

723,959

735,315

1.6

32

Seattle city, WA

516,259

524,704

1.6

33

Kansas City city, MO

434,829

441,259

1.5

34

New York city, NY

7,322,564

7,380,906

0.8

35

Oakland city, CA

372,242

367,230

-1.3

36

Cleveland city, OH

505,616

498,246

-1.5

37

Long Beach city, CA

429,321

421,904

-1.7

38

Chicago city, IL

2,783,726

2,721,547

-2.2

39

Minneapolis city, MN

368,383

358,785

-2.6

40

Detroit city, MI

1,027,974

1,000,272

-2.7

41

Boston city, MA

574,283

558,394

-2.8

42

Memphis city, TN

618,652

596,725

-3.5

43

New Orleans city, LA

496,938

476,625

-4.1

44

Cincinnati city, OH

364,114

345,818

-5.0

45

Pittsburgh city, PA

369,879

350,363

-5.3

46

Milwaukee city, WI

628,088

590,503

-6.0

47

Philadelphia city, PA

1,585,577

1,478,002

-6.8

48

Baltimore city, MD

736,014

675,401

-8.2

49

Washington city, DC

606,900

543,213

-10.5

50

St. Louis city, MO

396,685

351,565

-11.4

Median

2.6

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Homepage: http://www.census.gov

September 1998

University of Pittsburgh