Population Within 1, 3, 5, 10, 25 & 50 Miles of the 100 Largest US Cities

Name: Population within 1, 3, 5, 10, 25 and 50 miles of the 100 largest US cities (2020 Census)
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How many people live within each ring of every major US city center, straight from the 2020 Census.

Across the 100 largest US cities, New York packs the most people into a tight radius: 157,784 live within 1 mile of its center and 2,494,366 within 5 miles. Every figure below is calculated from 2020 Census block-group counts around each city's center point.

Map of concentric distance rings around downtown Chicago — Example: concentric distance rings around downtown Chicago · Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Most people within 1 mile

157,784

New York, NY

Most people within 5 miles

2,494,366

New York, NY


1	New York	NY	8,804,190	157,784	1,037,416	2,494,366	7,374,580	14,790,702	19,933,732
2	Los Angeles	CA	3,898,747	58,061	450,852	1,168,343	3,484,817	9,821,824	15,121,288
3	Chicago^◆	IL	2,746,388	101,964	383,661	837,900	2,595,623	5,702,202	9,359,331
4	Houston	TX	2,304,580	22,973	181,266	418,582	1,366,598	5,400,674	7,045,099
5	Phoenix	AZ	1,608,139	19,165	91,537	360,597	1,240,563	3,996,214	4,771,512
6	Philadelphia	PA	1,603,797	97,157	501,074	951,444	2,237,214	4,860,278	8,247,366
7	San Antonio	TX	1,434,625	9,894	139,047	350,370	1,016,214	2,181,103	2,666,470
8	San Diego^†	CA	1,386,932	51,014	190,428	477,993	1,243,257	2,419,856	3,291,432
9	Dallas	TX	1,304,379	23,804	161,783	371,158	1,190,560	4,793,639	7,515,806
10	San Jose	CA	1,013,240	36,567	241,571	678,421	1,600,649	2,844,371	7,272,223
11	Austin	TX	961,855	22,265	179,012	332,936	819,349	1,949,816	2,575,409
12	Jacksonville	FL	949,611	11,599	78,310	209,444	610,265	1,393,144	1,754,897
13	Fort Worth^◆	TX	918,915	13,598	86,514	259,953	945,896	2,816,735	7,176,316
14	Columbus	OH	905,748	12,891	141,643	349,574	1,001,587	1,771,289	2,571,125
15	Indianapolis	IN	887,642	18,445	107,048	258,817	850,182	1,810,814	2,622,913
16	Charlotte	NC	874,579	23,082	116,857	255,611	757,478	2,132,467	3,125,770
17	San Francisco	CA	873,965	133,537	536,522	860,362	1,388,759	3,647,451	7,432,617
18	Seattle	WA	737,015	69,241	232,156	477,376	1,147,070	3,157,873	4,682,709
19	Denver	CO	715,522	51,393	237,983	509,098	1,482,298	3,047,716	3,724,784
20	Washington	DC	689,545	32,285	383,370	814,777	2,125,853	5,097,975	8,658,883
21	Nashville	TN	689,447	15,496	117,428	241,312	533,879	1,366,090	2,329,206
22	Oklahoma City	OK	681,054	7,520	76,346	213,876	617,372	1,288,988	1,551,319
23	El Paso^†	TX	678,815	16,604	43,353	107,758	387,062	911,935	1,090,150
24	Boston	MA	675,647	59,901	426,526	993,362	1,888,815	3,816,449	7,182,830
25	Portland	OR	652,503	41,809	193,381	436,157	1,292,836	2,365,457	2,968,379
26	Las Vegas	NV	641,903	20,210	197,526	519,980	1,444,324	2,217,415	2,266,226
27	Detroit^†	MI	639,111	12,619	70,068	192,612	842,851	3,219,056	4,809,245
28	Memphis	TN	633,104	11,583	63,782	131,461	454,096	1,180,802	1,443,128
29	Louisville	KY	633,045	9,838	107,089	256,790	653,581	1,192,062	1,708,188
30	Baltimore	MD	585,708	41,521	250,075	517,030	1,253,146	2,810,766	8,043,961
31	Milwaukee	WI	577,222	23,117	195,701	412,153	880,968	1,569,697	2,638,316
32	Albuquerque	NM	564,559	14,503	93,375	239,712	646,108	862,901	942,539
33	Tucson	AZ	542,629	9,151	127,872	292,162	674,286	1,019,515	1,082,077
34	Fresno	CA	542,107	25,742	185,327	348,923	726,738	1,050,052	1,627,043
35	Sacramento	CA	524,943	24,935	151,079	356,163	912,160	2,145,295	3,914,276
36	Kansas City	MO	508,090	17,855	88,991	224,390	703,799	1,915,134	2,414,253
37	Mesa	AZ	504,258	18,537	164,494	337,167	1,072,033	3,449,906	4,785,080
38	Atlanta	GA	498,715	22,215	192,695	352,167	975,178	3,818,568	6,185,696
39	Omaha	NE	486,051	15,592	117,619	261,640	571,016	913,394	1,245,889
40	Colorado Springs	CO	478,961	14,137	98,180	231,370	525,669	743,297	1,307,907
41	Raleigh	NC	467,665	14,136	103,774	208,241	612,079	1,715,377	2,808,081
42	Long Beach	CA	466,742	49,127	221,809	376,938	1,424,866	8,600,019	14,512,092
43	Virginia Beach	VA	459,470	8,258	37,424	77,065	319,406	1,124,291	1,734,841
44	Miami	FL	442,241	74,348	243,522	488,552	1,181,379	3,478,701	5,031,970
45	Oakland	CA	440,646	47,954	268,267	519,387	1,406,985	4,359,721	7,525,995
46	Minneapolis	MN	429,954	38,340	254,924	487,802	1,300,872	3,045,851	3,779,746
47	Tulsa	OK	413,066	7,519	67,112	150,217	422,736	884,535	1,179,148
48	Bakersfield	CA	403,455	13,985	130,553	323,779	588,090	687,243	933,567
49	Wichita	KS	397,532	9,520	105,820	217,103	457,925	598,116	774,198
50	Arlington	TX	394,266	21,421	142,461	291,086	1,022,012	4,431,407	7,515,466
51	Aurora	CO	386,261	20,076	157,331	398,983	1,068,102	2,945,729	3,714,005
52	Tampa	FL	384,959	21,609	107,643	230,440	759,543	2,721,332	4,332,788
53	New Orleans	LA	383,997	19,237	181,809	366,655	779,179	940,957	1,629,893
54	Cleveland	OH	372,624	16,963	77,873	238,039	801,758	1,881,207	3,265,904
55	Honolulu	HI	350,964	52,799	221,307	333,291	576,389	993,150	1,017,706
56	Anaheim	CA	346,824	42,339	262,627	655,896	2,113,501	8,837,834	15,688,591
57	Lexington	KY	322,570	15,315	106,362	233,285	356,954	629,121	1,033,822
58	Stockton	CA	320,804	19,621	155,508	290,214	425,264	1,042,620	5,181,773
59	Corpus Christi	TX	317,863	3,313	41,294	95,375	261,611	415,853	547,659
60	Henderson	NV	317,610	10,584	81,433	191,859	644,362	2,165,413	2,235,605
61	Riverside	CA	314,998	19,722	118,940	276,265	864,586	3,461,511	11,843,473
62	Newark	NJ	311,549	59,771	393,455	814,775	2,963,049	14,415,255	19,891,608
63	St. Paul	MN	311,527	17,716	162,983	369,414	1,078,289	2,955,145	3,754,693
64	Santa Ana	CA	310,227	59,714	315,096	668,069	2,074,226	6,672,221	15,384,043
65	Cincinnati	OH	309,317	18,535	138,217	311,555	802,315	1,870,323	2,856,055
66	Irvine	CA	307,670	26,048	158,192	441,660	1,507,755	4,871,023	15,039,561
67	Orlando	FL	307,573	21,254	103,795	301,368	991,028	2,442,156	4,106,666
68	Pittsburgh	PA	302,971	17,913	151,848	388,289	896,991	1,824,930	2,827,669
69	St. Louis	MO	301,578	17,785	87,150	226,031	700,481	2,100,428	2,810,449
70	Greensboro	NC	299,035	14,048	88,967	201,205	374,349	1,017,406	2,294,108
71	Jersey City^◆	NJ	292,449	77,794	639,282	1,666,155	7,026,677	14,778,804	19,935,354
72	Anchorage	AK	291,247	7,626	63,649	136,726	247,041	304,917	395,291
73	Lincoln^◆	NE	291,082	23,135	100,862	219,005	299,162	361,794	1,195,083
74	Plano	TX	285,494	9,743	100,569	299,620	1,199,326	4,114,582	7,409,413
75	Durham	NC	283,506	15,577	94,693	197,578	388,003	1,533,890	2,720,163
76	Buffalo^†	NY	278,349	16,621	109,036	274,092	655,774	1,123,831	1,396,550
77	Chandler	AZ	275,987	21,590	145,225	322,275	1,071,573	2,984,614	4,777,677
78	Chula Vista^†	CA	275,487	39,996	169,267	437,238	1,160,997	2,266,296	3,216,373
79	Toledo^†	OH	270,871	12,108	106,408	224,398	465,588	726,006	2,446,742
80	Madison	WI	269,840	48,955	104,959	211,631	416,796	628,544	1,216,632
81	Gilbert	AZ	267,918	11,843	126,139	384,368	1,150,693	2,946,494	4,771,507
82	Reno	NV	264,165	18,746	135,326	246,641	428,958	556,358	724,965
83	Fort Wayne^◆	IN	263,886	12,561	87,522	183,589	343,209	540,006	1,093,488
84	North Las Vegas	NV	262,527	34,850	195,260	488,299	1,268,758	2,217,415	2,259,448
85	St. Petersburg^◆	FL	258,308	21,562	95,701	225,845	441,794	2,330,249	4,047,889
86	Lubbock	TX	257,141	13,456	73,044	167,686	280,914	321,082	409,753
87	Irving	TX	256,684	18,775	113,999	230,492	1,022,961	5,306,828	7,523,600
88	Laredo^†	TX	255,205	14,044	79,102	170,228	260,052	266,445	282,137
89	Winston-Salem	NC	249,545	10,419	69,507	162,344	364,934	1,032,888	2,150,492
90	Chesapeake	VA	249,422	12,224	101,766	262,447	823,489	1,474,792	1,863,050
91	Glendale	AZ	248,325	20,381	193,716	522,993	1,398,839	3,485,415	4,683,769
92	Garland	TX	246,018	13,078	131,461	343,471	1,126,970	4,046,693	7,367,191
93	Scottsdale^◆	AZ	241,361	17,594	101,572	201,686	1,000,425	3,937,266	4,778,956
94	Norfolk	VA	238,005	14,737	119,426	267,088	777,670	1,514,334	1,870,902
95	Boise	ID	235,684	12,606	94,712	164,183	373,770	714,724	835,063
96	Fremont	CA	230,504	34,635	186,482	302,320	601,615	4,075,778	7,862,988
97	Spokane	WA	228,989	17,148	110,158	226,633	388,458	593,993	779,663
98	Santa Clarita	CA	228,673	21,007	79,105	177,595	533,593	3,062,830	11,101,056
99	Baton Rouge^◆	LA	227,470	6,228	57,531	138,501	358,211	753,465	1,209,542
100	Richmond^◆	VA	226,610	23,436	136,014	250,076	619,410	1,207,082	1,636,039

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◆ Centered on City Hall (Scottsdale: the adjacent civic-center complex), not the city's USGS point. For these 9 cities the USGS point sits about 1.7–3.6 mi outside downtown. Hover the marker for the exact offset.

† Cities near the US–Mexico or US–Canada border. Every ring counts US residents only (2020 US Census); people living across the international border within the same distance are not included.

Methodology & sources

Method. Each of the ~240,000 US Census block groups has an official 2020 center of population. A block group counts toward a ring if its center is within that ring's radius of the city point (great-circle distance). Block groups on a ring edge count wholly in or wholly out, so each figure is a calculated total that is approximate right at the ring edge.

City center. For 91 cities we use the official USGS GNIS Populated-Place point, the location USGS uses to label the city, not a geographic or population-weighted centroid. For 9 cities (marked ◆) whose GNIS point falls outside downtown, we center on City Hall instead (for Scottsdale, the adjacent civic-center complex), with the address from the city's official website and coordinates from the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder. Louisville combines its two 2020 place records (the legacy city plus the consolidated metro-government balance) into the Census-published total of 633,045.

Ranking. The top 100 by 2020 Census population (Table P1) across incorporated places and consolidated-city “(balance)” places in the 50 states and DC. Census-designated places (CDPs) are excluded, with one exception (Urban Honolulu CDP) because Hawaii has no incorporated places.

US residents only. These are 2020 US Census counts, so a ring drawn near the US–Mexico or US–Canada border includes only people on the US side. Population living across the international border within the same distance is not counted (marked † in the table).

Not the same as the radius tool. The interactive population within a radius tool estimates population at any point using area-weighted ZIP data; this table is a fixed block-group calculation at each city's center point (USGS GNIS point, or City Hall for the 9 ◆ cities).

Calculated values, 2020 Census (April 1, 2020). Sources:

U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171), Table P1: city populations and ranking.
U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Centers of Population by Block Group: the ring counts.
U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Populated Places: the city center points.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is "population within X miles" calculated here?

Each of the ~240,000 US block groups has an official 2020 Census center of population. A block group counts toward a ring if that center falls within the ring radius of the city point (great-circle distance). Block groups on a ring's edge count wholly in or wholly out (there is no partial split), so each figure is a calculated total that is approximate right at the ring edge.

Which point is used as the city center?

For 91 cities, the official USGS GNIS point: the single location the U.S. Geological Survey uses to label the city on a map, not a geographic or population-weighted centroid. For 9 cities (marked ◆) whose GNIS point sits outside downtown, we use the City Hall point instead (for Scottsdale, the adjacent civic-center complex), with the address from the city's official website and coordinates from the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder.

Why do these numbers differ from the radius map population tool?

The population within a radius tool is a ZIP-level estimate for any point you choose and area-weights partial ZIPs. This table is a fixed block-group calculation at each city's center point (USGS GNIS point, or City Hall for the 9 ◆ cities), with finer geography, whole-unit counting, and a single official center per city. The method differs, so the numbers differ (and for cities are more precise).

How were the 100 largest cities chosen, and why is Honolulu listed?

Ranked by 2020 Census population (Table P1) across incorporated places and consolidated-city “(balance)” places in the 50 states and DC. Census-designated places (CDPs) are excluded, with one exception, Urban Honolulu CDP, because Hawaii has no incorporated places.

Can I use this data?

Yes, it is free to use under CC BY 4.0. Please credit Map With Radius (mapwithradius.com). Download the full CSV.

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