Rank	Geographic Area	State	Population estimates	Actual Percentage of first place	Expected Zipf percentage of first place	Variation	Zipf-exected population
1	New York city	New York	8,143,197	1.000000000	1.000000000	0.000000000	8,143,197
2	Los Angeles city	California	3,844,829	0.472152276	0.500000000	-0.027847724	4,071,599
3	Chicago city	Illinois	2,842,518	0.349066589	0.333333333	0.015733256	2,714,399
4	Houston city	Texas	2,016,582	0.247640085	0.250000000	-0.002359915	2,035,799
5	Philadelphia city	Pennsylvania	1,463,281	0.179693676	0.200000000	-0.020306324	1,628,639
6	Phoenix city	Arizona	1,461,575	0.179484176	0.166666667	0.012817509	1,357,200
7	San Antonio city	Texas	1,256,509	0.154301683	0.142857143	0.011444540	1,163,314
8	San Diego city	California	1,255,540	0.154182688	0.125000000	0.029182688	1,017,900
9	Dallas city	Texas	1,213,825	0.149060007	0.111111111	0.037948896	904,800
10	San Jose city	California	912,332	0.112036096	0.100000000	0.012036096	814,320
11	Detroit city	Michigan	886,671	0.108884877	0.090909091	0.017975786	740,291
12	Indianapolis city (balance)	Indiana	784,118	0.096291174	0.083333333	0.012957841	678,600
13	Jacksonville city	Florida	782,623	0.096107585	0.076923077	0.019184508	626,400
14	San Francisco city	California	739,426	0.090802912	0.071428571	0.019374340	581,657
15	Columbus city	Ohio	730,657	0.089726062	0.066666667	0.023059395	542,880
16	Austin city	Texas	690,252	0.084764252	0.062500000	0.022264252	508,950
17	Memphis city	Tennessee	672,277	0.082556888	0.058823529	0.023733358	479,012
18	Baltimore city	Maryland	635,815	0.078079285	0.055555556	0.022523730	452,400
19	Fort Worth city	Texas	624,067	0.076636608	0.052631579	0.024005030	428,589
20	Charlotte city	North Carolina	610,949	0.075025693	0.050000000	0.025025693	407,160
21	El Paso city	Texas	598,590	0.073507985	0.047619048	0.025888937	387,771
22	Milwaukee city	Wisconsin	578,887	0.071088419	0.045454545	0.025633874	370,145
23	Seattle city	Washington	573,911	0.070477357	0.043478261	0.026999096	354,052
24	Boston city	Massachusetts	559,034	0.068650433	0.041666667	0.026983766	339,300
25	Denver city	Colorado	557,917	0.068513263	0.040000000	0.028513263	325,728
26	Louisville/Jefferson County (balance)	Kentucky	556,429	0.068330534	0.038461538	0.029868996	313,200
27	Washington city	District of Columbia	550,521	0.067605020	0.037037037	0.030567983	301,600
28	Nashville-Davidson (balance)	Tennessee	549,110	0.067431747	0.035714286	0.031717461	290,828
29	Las Vegas city	Nevada	545,147	0.066945083	0.034482759	0.032462324	280,800
30	Portland city	Oregon	533,427	0.065505845	0.033333333	0.032172512	271,440
31	Oklahoma City city	Oklahoma	531,324	0.065247593	0.032258065	0.032989528	262,684
32	Tucson city	Arizona	515,526	0.063307568	0.031250000	0.032057568	254,475
33	Albuquerque city	New Mexico	494,236	0.060693116	0.030303030	0.030390086	246,764
34	Long Beach city	California	474,014	0.058209816	0.029411765	0.028798051	239,506
35	Atlanta city	Georgia	470,688	0.057801377	0.028571429	0.029229948	232,663
36	Fresno city	California	461,116	0.056625917	0.027777778	0.028848140	226,200
37	Sacramento city	California	456,441	0.056051818	0.027027027	0.029024791	220,086
38	New Orleans city	Louisiana	454,863	0.055858037	0.026315789	0.029542248	214,295
39	Cleveland city	Ohio	452,208	0.055531998	0.025641026	0.029890972	208,800
40	Kansas City city	Missouri	444,965	0.054642544	0.025000000	0.029642544	203,580
41	Mesa city	Arizona	442,780	0.054374222	0.024390244	0.029983978	198,615
42	Virginia Beach city	Virginia	438,415	0.053838192	0.023809524	0.030028668	193,886
43	Omaha city	Nebraska	414,521	0.050903963	0.023255814	0.027648149	189,377
44	Oakland city	California	395,274	0.048540395	0.022727273	0.025813122	185,073
45	Miami city	Florida	386,417	0.047452739	0.022222222	0.025230517	180,960
46	Tulsa city	Oklahoma	382,457	0.046966443	0.021739130	0.025227313	177,026
47	Honolulu CDP	Hawaii	377,379	0.046342855	0.021276596	0.025066260	173,260
48	Minneapolis city	Minnesota	372,811	0.045781896	0.020833333	0.024948563	169,650
49	Colorado Springs city	Colorado	369,815	0.045413982	0.020408163	0.025005818	166,188
50	Arlington city	Texas	362,805	0.044553140	0.020000000	0.024553140	162,864
51	Wichita city	Kansas	354,865	0.043578093	0.019607843	0.023970250	159,671
52	St. Louis city	Missouri	344,362	0.042288305	0.019230769	0.023057536	156,600
53	Raleigh city	North Carolina	341,530	0.041940530	0.018867925	0.023072606	153,645
54	Santa Ana city	California	340,368	0.041797834	0.018518519	0.023279316	150,800
55	Anaheim city	California	331,804	0.040746159	0.018181818	0.022564341	148,058
56	Tampa city	Florida	325,989	0.040032066	0.017857143	0.022174923	145,414
57	Pittsburgh city	Pennsylvania	316,718	0.038893570	0.017543860	0.021349710	142,863
58	Cincinnati city	Ohio	308,728	0.037912383	0.017241379	0.020671003	140,400
59	Toledo city	Ohio	301,285	0.036998368	0.016949153	0.020049216	138,020
60	Aurora city	Colorado	297,235	0.036501020	0.016666667	0.019834354	135,720
61	Bakersfield city	California	295,536	0.036292380	0.016393443	0.019898937	133,495
62	Riverside city	California	290,086	0.035623110	0.016129032	0.019494077	131,342
63	Stockton city	California	286,926	0.035235056	0.015873016	0.019362040	129,257
64	Corpus Christi city	Texas	283,474	0.034811144	0.015625000	0.019186144	127,237
65	Newark city	New Jersey	280,666	0.034466316	0.015384615	0.019081700	125,280
66	Buffalo city	New York	279,745	0.034353215	0.015151515	0.019201700	123,382
67	St. Paul city	Minnesota	275,150	0.033788941	0.014925373	0.018863567	121,540
68	Anchorage municipality	Alaska	275,043	0.033775801	0.014705882	0.019069918	119,753
69	Lexington-Fayette	Kentucky	268,080	0.032920731	0.014492754	0.018427978	118,017
70	Plano city	Texas	250,096	0.030712262	0.014285714	0.016426548	116,331
71	St. Petersburg city	Florida	249,079	0.030587373	0.014084507	0.016502865	114,693
72	Jersey City city	New Jersey	239,614	0.029425053	0.013888889	0.015536164	113,100
73	Glendale city	Arizona	239,435	0.029403071	0.013698630	0.015704441	111,551
74	Lincoln city	Nebraska	239,213	0.029375809	0.013513514	0.015862296	110,043
75	Chandler city	Arizona	234,939	0.028850954	0.013333333	0.015517620	108,576
76	Henderson city	Nevada	232,146	0.028507968	0.013157895	0.015350073	107,147
77	Greensboro city	North Carolina	231,962	0.028485373	0.012987013	0.015498360	105,756
78	Norfolk city	Virginia	231,954	0.028484390	0.012820513	0.015663877	104,400
79	Birmingham city	Alabama	231,483	0.028426550	0.012658228	0.015768323	103,078
80	Scottsdale city	Arizona	226,013	0.027754824	0.012500000	0.015254824	101,790
81	Fort Wayne city	Indiana	223,341	0.027426697	0.012345679	0.015081018	100,533
82	Baton Rouge city	Louisiana	222,064	0.027269879	0.012195122	0.015074757	99,307
83	Madison city	Wisconsin	221,551	0.027206882	0.012048193	0.015158689	98,111
84	Hialeah city	Florida	220,485	0.027075975	0.011904762	0.015171213	96,943
85	Chesapeake city	Virginia	218,968	0.026889685	0.011764706	0.015124979	95,802
86	Garland city	Texas	216,346	0.026567698	0.011627907	0.014939791	94,688
87	Orlando city	Florida	213,223	0.026184188	0.011494253	0.014689935	93,600
88	Rochester city	New York	211,091	0.025922374	0.011363636	0.014558738	92,536
89	Akron city	Ohio	210,795	0.025886025	0.011235955	0.014650070	91,497
90	Chula Vista city	California	210,497	0.025849430	0.011111111	0.014738319	90,480
91	Lubbock city	Texas	209,737	0.025756100	0.010989011	0.014767089	89,486
92	Laredo city	Texas	208,754	0.025635386	0.010869565	0.014765821	88,513
93	Modesto city	California	207,011	0.025421343	0.010752688	0.014668654	87,561
94	Durham city	North Carolina	204,845	0.025155354	0.010638298	0.014517056	86,630
95	Reno city	Nevada	203,550	0.024996325	0.010526316	0.014470009	85,718
96	Fremont city	California	200,468	0.024617850	0.010416667	0.014201183	84,825
97	Montgomery city	Alabama	200,127	0.024575974	0.010309278	0.014266696	83,950
98	Glendale city	California	200,065	0.024568361	0.010204082	0.014364279	83,094
99	Shreveport city	Louisiana	198,874	0.024422104	0.010101010	0.014321093	82,255
100	San Bernardino city	California	198,550	0.024382316	0.010000000	0.014382316	81,432
101	Spokane city	Washington	196,818	0.024169623	0.009900990	0.014268633	80,626
102	Yonkers city	New York	196,425	0.024121362	0.009803922	0.014317440	79,835
103	Arlington CDP	Virginia	195,965	0.024064873	0.009708738	0.014356135	79,060
104	Tacoma city	Washington	195,898	0.024056645	0.009615385	0.014441260	78,300
105	Huntington Beach city	California	194,457	0.023879688	0.009523810	0.014355878	77,554
106	Des Moines city	Iowa	194,163	0.023843584	0.009433962	0.014409622	76,823
107	Grand Rapids city	Michigan	193,780	0.023796551	0.009345794	0.014450756	76,105
108	Richmond city	Virginia	193,777	0.023796182	0.009259259	0.014536923	75,400
109	Winston-Salem city	North Carolina	193,755	0.023793481	0.009174312	0.014619169	74,708
110	Irving city	Texas	193,649	0.023780464	0.009090909	0.014689555	74,029
111	Boise City city	Idaho	193,161	0.023720536	0.009009009	0.014711527	73,362
112	Mobile city	Alabama	191,544	0.023521966	0.008928571	0.014593394	72,707
113	Augusta-Richmond County (balance)	Georgia	190,782	0.023428391	0.008849558	0.014578833	72,064
114	Irvine city	California	186,852	0.022945779	0.008771930	0.014173849	71,432
115	Columbus city	Georgia	185,271	0.022751629	0.008695652	0.014055977	70,810
116	Little Rock city	Arkansas	184,564	0.022664808	0.008620690	0.014044119	70,200
117	Oxnard city	California	183,628	0.022549866	0.008547009	0.014002857	69,600
118	Amarillo city	Texas	183,021	0.022475325	0.008474576	0.014000749	69,010
119	Knoxville city	Tennessee	180,130	0.022120305	0.008403361	0.013716943	68,430
120	Newport News city	Virginia	179,899	0.022091938	0.008333333	0.013758604	67,860
121	Moreno Valley city	California	178,367	0.021903805	0.008264463	0.013639342	67,299
122	Salt Lake City city	Utah	178,097	0.021870649	0.008196721	0.013673927	66,748
123	Jackson city	Mississippi	177,977	0.021855912	0.008130081	0.013725831	66,205
124	Providence city	Rhode Island	176,862	0.021718988	0.008064516	0.013654472	65,671
125	North Las Vegas city	Nevada	176,635	0.021691112	0.008000000	0.013691112	65,146
126	Worcester city	Massachusetts	175,898	0.021600607	0.007936508	0.013664099	64,629
127	Gilbert town	Arizona	173,989	0.021366178	0.007874016	0.013492163	64,120
128	Ontario city	California	172,679	0.021205308	0.007812500	0.013392808	63,619
129	Rancho Cucamonga city	California	169,353	0.020796869	0.007751938	0.013044931	63,126
130	Santa Clarita city	California	168,253	0.020661787	0.007692308	0.012969479	62,640
131	Aurora city	Illinois	168,181	0.020652945	0.007633588	0.013019357	62,162
132	Brownsville city	Texas	167,493	0.020568457	0.007575758	0.012992700	61,691
133	Fort Lauderdale city	Florida	167,380	0.020554581	0.007518797	0.013035784	61,227
134	Huntsville city	Alabama	166,313	0.020423551	0.007462687	0.012960865	60,770
135	Oceanside city	California	166,108	0.020398377	0.007407407	0.012990969	60,320
136	Garden Grove city	California	166,075	0.020394324	0.007352941	0.013041383	59,876
137	Overland Park city	Kansas	164,811	0.020239103	0.007299270	0.012939833	59,439
138	Fontana city	California	163,860	0.020122318	0.007246377	0.012875941	59,009
139	Tempe city	Arizona	161,143	0.019788665	0.007194245	0.012594421	58,584
140	Dayton city	Ohio	158,873	0.019509905	0.007142857	0.012367048	58,166
141	Tallahassee city	Florida	158,500	0.019464100	0.007092199	0.012371901	57,753
142	Vancouver city	Washington	157,493	0.019340438	0.007042254	0.012298185	57,346
143	Chattanooga city	Tennessee	154,762	0.019005066	0.006993007	0.012012059	56,945
144	Pomona city	California	153,787	0.018885335	0.006944444	0.011940890	56,550
145	Santa Rosa city	California	153,158	0.018808092	0.006896552	0.011911540	56,160
146	Rockford city	Illinois	152,916	0.018778374	0.006849315	0.011929059	55,775
147	Springfield city	Massachusetts	151,732	0.018632977	0.006802721	0.011830256	55,396
148	Pembroke Pines city	Florida	150,380	0.018466949	0.006756757	0.011710192	55,022
149	Springfield city	Missouri	150,298	0.018456879	0.006711409	0.011745469	54,652
150	Paterson city	New Jersey	149,843	0.018401004	0.006666667	0.011734337	54,288
151	Corona city	California	149,387	0.018345006	0.006622517	0.011722490	53,928
152	Salem city	Oregon	148,751	0.018266904	0.006578947	0.011687957	53,574
153	Salinas city	California	146,431	0.017982004	0.006535948	0.011446056	53,224
154	Hollywood city	Florida	145,629	0.017883517	0.006493506	0.011390010	52,878
155	Hampton city	Virginia	145,579	0.017877377	0.006451613	0.011425764	52,537
156	Eugene city	Oregon	144,515	0.017746715	0.006410256	0.011336459	52,200
157	Grand Prairie city	Texas	144,337	0.017724857	0.006369427	0.011355430	51,867
158	Kansas City city	Kansas	144,210	0.017709261	0.006329114	0.011380147	51,539
159	Pasadena city	Texas	143,852	0.017665298	0.006289308	0.011375990	51,215
160	Pasadena city	California	143,731	0.017650439	0.006250000	0.011400439	50,895
161	Torrance city	California	142,384	0.017485025	0.006211180	0.011273844	50,579
162	Syracuse city	New York	141,683	0.017398940	0.006172840	0.011226101	50,267
163	Naperville city	Illinois	141,579	0.017386169	0.006134969	0.011251200	49,958
164	Lakewood city	Colorado	140,671	0.017274665	0.006097561	0.011177104	49,654
165	Hayward city	California	140,293	0.017228246	0.006060606	0.011167640	49,353
166	Cape Coral city	Florida	140,010	0.017193493	0.006024096	0.011169397	49,055
167	Sioux Falls city	South Dakota	139,517	0.017132952	0.005988024	0.011144928	48,762
168	Bridgeport city	Connecticut	139,008	0.017070445	0.005952381	0.011118064	48,471
169	Peoria city	Arizona	138,200	0.016971221	0.005917160	0.011054062	48,185
170	Joliet city	Illinois	136,208	0.016726600	0.005882353	0.010844247	47,901
171	Alexandria city	Virginia	135,337	0.016619640	0.005847953	0.010771686	47,621
172	Warren city	Michigan	135,311	0.016616447	0.005813953	0.010802493	47,344
173	Orange city	California	134,950	0.016572115	0.005780347	0.010791769	47,071
174	Palmdale city	California	134,570	0.016525451	0.005747126	0.010778324	46,800
175	Escondido city	California	134,085	0.016465892	0.005714286	0.010751606	46,533
176	Lancaster city	California	134,032	0.016459383	0.005681818	0.010777565	46,268
177	Fullerton city	California	132,787	0.016306495	0.005649718	0.010656777	46,007
178	Port St. Lucie city	Florida	131,692	0.016172027	0.005617978	0.010554049	45,748
179	Fayetteville city	North Carolina	129,928	0.015955404	0.005586592	0.010368812	45,493
180	Mesquite city	Texas	129,902	0.015952211	0.005555556	0.010396656	45,240
181	Sunnyvale city	California	128,902	0.015829410	0.005524862	0.010304548	44,990
182	Coral Springs city	Florida	128,804	0.015817375	0.005494505	0.010322869	44,743
183	Savannah city	Georgia	128,453	0.015774271	0.005464481	0.010309791	44,498
184	Sterling Heights city	Michigan	128,034	0.015722817	0.005434783	0.010288035	44,257
185	Fort Collins city	Colorado	128,026	0.015721835	0.005405405	0.010316430	44,017
186	Elizabeth city	New Jersey	125,809	0.015449583	0.005376344	0.010073239	43,781
187	New Haven city	Connecticut	124,791	0.015324571	0.005347594	0.009976977	43,547
188	Hartford city	Connecticut	124,397	0.015276187	0.005319149	0.009957038	43,315
189	Thousand Oaks city	California	124,359	0.015271521	0.005291005	0.009980515	43,086
190	McAllen city	Texas	123,622	0.015181016	0.005263158	0.009917858	42,859
191	Concord city	California	123,252	0.015135579	0.005235602	0.009899977	42,635
192	Cedar Rapids city	Iowa	123,119	0.015119246	0.005208333	0.009910913	42,412
193	El Monte city	California	122,513	0.015044828	0.005181347	0.009863481	42,193
194	Topeka city	Kansas	121,946	0.014975200	0.005154639	0.009820560	41,975
195	Waco city	Texas	120,465	0.014793330	0.005128205	0.009665125	41,760
196	Stamford city	Connecticut	120,045	0.014741753	0.005102041	0.009639712	41,547
197	Carrollton city	Texas	118,870	0.014597461	0.005076142	0.009521319	41,336
198	Simi Valley city	California	118,687	0.014574988	0.005050505	0.009524483	41,127
199	Flint city	Michigan	118,551	0.014558287	0.005025126	0.009533161	40,921
200	Vallejo city	California	117,483	0.014427135	0.005000000	0.009427135	40,716
201	Bellevue city	Washington	117,137	0.014384645	0.004975124	0.009409521	40,513
202	Columbia city	South Carolina	117,088	0.014378628	0.004950495	0.009428133	40,313
203	Evansville city	Indiana	115,918	0.014234950	0.004926108	0.009308841	40,114
204	Springfield city	Illinois	115,668	0.014204249	0.004901961	0.009302288	39,918
205	Lansing city	Michigan	115,518	0.014185829	0.004878049	0.009307780	39,723
206	Abilene city	Texas	114,757	0.014092377	0.004854369	0.009238008	39,530
207	Inglewood city	California	114,467	0.014056764	0.004830918	0.009225846	39,339
208	Provo city	Utah	113,459	0.013932980	0.004807692	0.009125288	39,150
209	West Valley City city	Utah	113,300	0.013913454	0.004784689	0.009128765	38,963
210	Ann Arbor city	Michigan	113,271	0.013909893	0.004761905	0.009147988	38,777
211	Clarksville city	Tennessee	112,878	0.013861632	0.004739336	0.009122295	38,593
212	Peoria city	Illinois	112,685	0.013837931	0.004716981	0.009120950	38,411
213	Elk Grove city	California	112,338	0.013795319	0.004694836	0.009100483	38,231
214	Lafayette city	Louisiana	112,030	0.013757496	0.004672897	0.009084599	38,052
215	Beaumont city	Texas	111,799	0.013729129	0.004651163	0.009077966	37,875
216	Olathe city	Kansas	111,334	0.013672026	0.004629630	0.009042396	37,700
217	Independence city	Missouri	110,208	0.013533751	0.004608295	0.008925456	37,526
218	Costa Mesa city	California	109,830	0.013487332	0.004587156	0.008900176	37,354
219	Downey city	California	109,718	0.013473578	0.004566210	0.008907368	37,184
220	Manchester city	New Hampshire	109,691	0.013470262	0.004545455	0.008924808	37,015
221	Clearwater city	Florida	108,687	0.013346969	0.004524887	0.008822082	36,847
222	Visalia city	California	108,669	0.013344759	0.004504505	0.008840254	36,681
223	West Covina city	California	108,185	0.013285323	0.004484305	0.008801018	36,517
224	Gainesville city	Florida	108,184	0.013285200	0.004464286	0.008820914	36,354
225	Waterbury city	Connecticut	107,902	0.013250570	0.004444444	0.008806125	36,192
226	Allentown city	Pennsylvania	106,992	0.013138820	0.004424779	0.008714041	36,032
227	Charleston city	South Carolina	106,712	0.013104436	0.004405286	0.008699149	35,873
228	Miramar city	Florida	106,623	0.013093506	0.004385965	0.008707541	35,716
229	Cary town	North Carolina	106,439	0.013070911	0.004366812	0.008704098	35,560
230	Roseville city	California	105,940	0.013009632	0.004347826	0.008661806	35,405
231	Norwalk city	California	105,834	0.012996615	0.004329004	0.008667611	35,252
232	Santa Clara city	California	105,402	0.012943565	0.004310345	0.008633220	35,100
233	South Bend city	Indiana	105,262	0.012926373	0.004291845	0.008634527	34,949
234	Thornton city	Colorado	105,182	0.012916549	0.004273504	0.008643044	34,800
235	Westminster city	Colorado	105,084	0.012904514	0.004255319	0.008649195	34,652
236	Fairfield city	California	104,476	0.012829850	0.004237288	0.008592562	34,505
237	Pompano Beach city	Florida	104,179	0.012793378	0.004219409	0.008573969	34,359
238	Denton city	Texas	104,153	0.012790185	0.004201681	0.008588505	34,215
239	Burbank city	California	104,108	0.012784659	0.004184100	0.008600559	34,072
240	San Buenaventura (Ventura) city	California	104,017	0.012773484	0.004166667	0.008606818	33,930
241	Arvada city	Colorado	103,966	0.012767222	0.004149378	0.008617844	33,789
242	Pueblo city	Colorado	103,495	0.012709382	0.004132231	0.008577150	33,650
243	Athens-Clarke County (balance)	Georgia	103,238	0.012677822	0.004115226	0.008562595	33,511
244	Lowell city	Massachusetts	103,111	0.012662226	0.004098361	0.008563865	33,374
245	Erie city	Pennsylvania	102,612	0.012600948	0.004081633	0.008519315	33,238
246	Richmond city	California	102,186	0.012548634	0.004065041	0.008483594	33,102
247	Norman city	Oklahoma	101,719	0.012491286	0.004048583	0.008442703	32,968
248	Green Bay city	Wisconsin	101,203	0.012427920	0.004032258	0.008395662	32,835
249	Berkeley city	California	100,744	0.012371554	0.004016064	0.008355490	32,704
250	Antioch city	California	100,631	0.012357677	0.004000000	0.008357677	32,573
251	Daly City city	California	100,339	0.012321819	0.003984064	0.008337755	32,443
252	Killeen city	Texas	100,233	0.012308802	0.003968254	0.008340548	32,314
253	Portsmouth city	Virginia	100,169	0.012300943	0.003952569	0.008348374	32,187
254	Cambridge city	Massachusetts	100,135	0.012296767	0.003937008	0.008359760	32,060