Largest Us Cities By Population 2024. Counties experienced population gains than losses in 2023, as counties in the south saw faster growth and more northeast and midwest counties had population losses turn to gains, according to the u.s. A new top 10 opens up the country's population review, with the 50 largest cities shifting from the previous year.
This list has been updated following the release of the 2020 census data. New york city, los angeles and chicago are easily the largest cities in the united states and, of these three, new york city is by far the largest, with approximately 8.6 million residents (los angeles and chicago have populations of 3.9 and 2,716,450 million, respectively).