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| Most Populous Cities In North America |
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This is a list of the most heavily populated cities in North America, as opposed to the most populous metropolitan or urban areas. This list includes 2009 population estimates for all of those who are defined as living within the 'city limits', or 'city boundary', and are based on a mixture of official and independent sources.
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City |
Country |
2009 Calculation [1] |
| 1 |
Mexico City |
Mexico |
8,587,132 |
| 2 |
New York |
United States |
8,219,262 |
| 3 |
Toronto |
Canada |
4,977,164 |
| 4 |
Los Angeles |
United States |
3,855,711 |
| 5 |
Montreal |
Canada |
3,402,994 |
| 6 |
Chicago |
United States |
2,812,814 |
| 7 |
Santo Domingo |
Dominican Republic |
2,491,547 |
| 8 |
Houston |
United States |
2,239,008 |
| 9 |
Havanna |
Cuba |
2,133,920 |
| 10 |
Vancouver |
Canada |
2,021,735 |
| 11 |
Ecatepec |
Mexico |
1,956,531 |
| 12 |
Phoenix |
United States |
1,650,751 |
| 13 |
Guadalajara |
Mexico |
1,605,520 |
| 14 |
Tijuana |
Mexico |
1,595,681 |
| 15 |
Juárez |
Mexico |
1,585,034 |
| 16 |
Puebla |
Mexico |
1,483,341 |
| 17 |
Philadelphia |
United States |
1,446,354 |
| 18 |
San Antonio |
United States |
1,392,565 |
| 19 |
Dallas |
United States |
1,277,819 |
| 20 |
San Diego |
United States |
1,255,152 |
| 21 |
Nezahualcóyotl |
Mexico |
1,216,077 |
| 22 |
León |
Mexico |
1,197,771 |
| 23 |
Monterrey |
Mexico |
1,113,114 |
| 24 |
Guatemala |
Guatemala |
1,089,987 |
| 25 |
Zapopan |
Mexico |
1,060,417 |
| 26 |
Calgary |
Canada |
1,055,546 |
| 27 |
Tegucigalpa |
Honduras |
1,055,298 |
| 28 |
San Jose |
United States |
955,905 |
| 29 |
Managua |
Nicaragua |
925,313 |
| 30 |
Edmonton |
Canada |
912,067 |
| 31 |
Ottawa |
Canada |
875,097 |
| 32 |
Naucalpan |
Mexico |
846,554 |
| 33 |
Jacksonville |
United States |
822,629 |
| 34 |
Detroit |
United States |
821,792 |
| 35 |
Indianapolis |
United States |
792,238 |
| 36 |
Port-au-Prince |
Haiti |
774,167 |
| 37 |
Guadalupe |
Mexico |
767,167 |
| 38 |
Mérida |
Mexico |
760,249 |
| 39 |
Austin |
United States |
759,220 |
| 40 |
San Francisco |
United States |
757,224 |
| 41 |
Chihuahua |
Mexico |
750,039 |
| 42 |
Columbus |
United States |
741,516 |
| 43 |
Fort Worth |
United States |
736,815 |
| 44 |
San Luis Potosí |
Mexico |
718,137 |
| 45 |
Chimalhuacán |
Mexico |
716,717 |
| 46 |
Aguascalientes |
Mexico |
712,682 |
| 47 |
Tlalnepantla |
Mexico |
704,898 |
| 48 |
Cancún |
Mexico |
700,394 |
| 49 |
Charlotte |
United States |
680,502 |
| 50 |
Acapulco |
Mexico |
676,370 |
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City |
Country |
2009 Calculation [1] |
| 51 |
Querétaro |
Mexico |
675,014 |
| 52 |
Memphis |
United States |
673,125 |
| 53 |
Quebec |
Canada |
672,755 |
| 54 |
Saltillo |
Mexico |
670,022 |
| 55 |
Hamilton |
Canada |
663,099 |
| 56 |
Winnipeg |
Canada |
647,411 |
| 57 |
Santiago |
Dominican Republic |
643,162 |
| 58 |
El Paso |
United States |
643,089 |
| 59 |
Mixco |
Guatemala |
642,893 |
| 60 |
Hermosillo |
Mexico |
640,090 |
| 61 |
Villa Nueva |
Guatemala |
639,709 |
| 62 |
Baltimore |
United States |
632,623 |
| 63 |
Mexicali |
Mexico |
631,631 |
| 64 |
Morelia |
Mexico |
628,337 |
| 65 |
Culiacán |
Mexico |
618,681 |
| 66 |
San Pedro Sula |
Honduras |
614,912 |
| 67 |
Seattle |
United States |
599,808 |
| 68 |
Denver |
United States |
598,880 |
| 69 |
Veracruz |
Mexico |
593,296 |
| 70 |
Washington |
United States |
588,337 |
| 71 |
Las Vegas |
United States |
586,982 |
| 72 |
Boston |
United States |
580,855 |
| 73 |
Kingston |
Jamaica |
578,356 |
| 74 |
Reynosa |
Mexico |
577,832 |
| 75 |
López Mateos |
Mexico |
574,832 |
| 76 |
Nashville |
United States |
571,966 |
| 77 |
Oklahoma City |
United States |
562,909 |
| 78 |
Milwaukee |
United States |
561,844 |
| 79 |
Toluca |
Mexico |
558,778 |
| 80 |
Louisville |
United States |
554,955 |
| 81 |
San Salvador |
El Salvador |
550,828 |
| 82 |
Portland |
United States |
548,558 |
| 83 |
Albuquerque |
United States |
538,361 |
| 84 |
Torreón |
Mexico |
536,867 |
| 85 |
Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
Mexico |
533,746 |
| 86 |
Tlaquepaque |
Mexico |
530,652 |
| 87 |
Tucson |
United States |
524,898 |
| 88 |
Atlanta |
United States |
517,955 |
| 89 |
San Nicolás de los Garza |
Mexico |
514,886 |
| 90 |
Cuautitlán Izcalli |
Mexico |
514,102 |
| 91 |
Tonalá |
Mexico |
493,443 |
| 92 |
Matamoros |
Mexico |
484,279 |
| 93 |
Fresno |
United States |
481,212 |
| 94 |
Carrefour |
Haiti |
479,584 |
| 95 |
Durango |
Mexico |
478,690 |
| 96 |
Mesa |
United States |
473,286 |
| 97 |
Long Beach |
United States |
468,488 |
| 98 |
Ixtapaluca |
Mexico |
466,514 |
| 99 |
Xalapa |
Mexico |
465,475 |
| 100 |
Sacramento |
United States |
464,115 |
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[1] "World: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population" World Gazetteer - All statistics © Stefan Helders, www.world-gazetteer.com. Stefan Helders has been independently collating data relating to population statistics since 1998 on what is now known as the World Gazetteer website. According to Helders... "If possible, official data sources are used. In many cases however no official figures are available. In that case, secondary sources such as year books, encyclopediae, atlases etc. are used. I have also received data from other stats lovers". Along with another useful population statistics website called CityPopulation.de, Stefan Helders/World Gazetteer provides the most accurate and up-to-date analysis of population levels in the World's cities and metropolitan areas. |
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