Table: Population Estimates for the 10 Largest U.S. Cities based on July 1, 2004 Population Estimates: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004
				Population estimates				April 1, 2000
Rank	City		July 1, 2004	July 1, 2003	July 1, 2002	July 1, 2001	July 1, 2000	Estimates base	Census
1	New York city	NY	8,104,079	8,109,626	8,091,086	8,067,993	8,017,840	8,008,654	8,008,278
2	Los Angeles city	CA	3,845,541	3,819,413	3,786,010	3,745,372	3,704,402	3,694,616	3,694,820
3	Chicago city	IL	2,862,244	2,875,585	2,886,634	2,896,304	2,896,049	2,896,016	2,896,016
4	Houston city	TX	2,012,626	2,009,669	2,002,144	1,979,052	1,961,307	1,956,883	1,953,631
5	Philadelphia city	PA	1,470,151	1,476,953	1,486,712	1,498,593	1,513,672	1,517,550	1,517,550
6	Phoenix city	AZ	1,418,041	1,388,215	1,367,837	1,345,352	1,326,120	1,321,559	1,321,045
7	San Diego city	CA	1,263,756	1,262,699	1,251,808	1,242,829	1,227,658	1,223,415	1,223,400
8	San Antonio city	TX	1,236,249	1,214,154	1,192,591	1,169,816	1,155,180	1,151,271	1,144,646
9	Dallas city	TX	1,210,393	1,205,084	1,203,861	1,202,749	1,190,436	1,188,589	1,188,580
10	San Jose city	CA	904,522	897,399	896,076	903,370	898,069	895,330	894,943