Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places Over 100,000, Ranked by July 1, 2005 Population: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005
Rank	Geographic Area		Population estimates						April 1, 2000
			July 1, 2005	July 1, 2004	July 1, 2003	July 1, 2002	July 1, 2001	July 1, 2000	Estimates base	Census
1	New York city	New York	8,143,197	8,164,706	8,129,996	8,107,428	8,075,586	8,017,980	8,008,654	8,008,278
2	Los Angeles city	California	3,844,829	3,837,399	3,818,212	3,785,821	3,744,774	3,704,338	3,694,484	3,694,820
3	Chicago city	Illinois	2,842,518	2,861,037	2,875,909	2,887,089	2,896,374	2,896,069	2,896,021	2,896,016
4	Houston city	Texas	2,016,582	2,011,119	2,010,192	2,002,811	1,979,480	1,961,482	1,957,018	1,953,631
5	Philadelphia city	Pennsylvania	1,463,281	1,471,255	1,477,055	1,486,594	1,498,501	1,513,701	1,517,550	1,517,550
6	Phoenix city	Arizona	1,461,575	1,417,119	1,388,225	1,367,798	1,345,208	1,326,202	1,321,627	1,321,045
7	San Antonio city	Texas	1,256,509	1,235,089	1,213,233	1,192,330	1,169,640	1,155,375	1,151,447	1,144,646
8	San Diego city	California	1,255,540	1,263,816	1,263,551	1,253,008	1,244,481	1,227,641	1,223,413	1,223,400
9	Dallas city	Texas	1,213,825	1,208,829	1,204,879	1,204,081	1,202,827	1,190,483	1,188,623	1,188,580
10	San Jose city	California	912,332	902,760	897,123	896,095	903,154	898,026	895,279	894,943
Prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center
June 21, 2006
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Division