7/15/2011

Top Ten Most Populated Citites in the United States

10. San Jose, California
-population 964,695


The third-largest city in California, and the county seat of Santa Clara County. It is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. The San Jose/Silicon Valley area is a major component of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, a region of nearly 7.5 million people.

9. Dallas, Texas
-population 1,299,543


The third-largest city in Texas. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The city is divided between Collin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties.

8. San Diego, California
-population 1,306,301


Named after Saint Didacus (Spanish: San Diego de Alcalá), is the second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round climate, its natural deep-water harbor, and its long association with the U.S. Navy.

7. San Antonio, Texas
-population 1,373,668


The second-largest city within the state of Texas. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. San Antonio has characteristics of other western urban centers in which there are sparsely populated areas and a low density rate outside of the city.

6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
-population 1,547,297


-The largest city in Pennsylvania and the fifth-most-populous city in the United States. The Greater Philadelphia metropolitan area is the country's fifth-largest metro area.

5. Phoenix, Arizona
-population 1,601,587


The capital and largest city of the American state of Arizona. Phoenix is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area (also known as the Valley of the Sun), the 12th largest metro area by population in the United States.

4. Houston, Texas
-population 2,257,926


-The largest city in the state of Texas. Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, which is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S.

3. Chicago, Illinois
-population 2,851,268


The largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous city in the USA, after New York City and Los Angeles.

2. Los Angeles, California
-population 3,831,868


The most populous city in California. It is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second largest in the United States.

1. New York, New York
-population 8,391,881


The most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment.

 SOURCES:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763098.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose_California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_diego
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_antonio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_angeles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_york_city

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