U.S. city-population trivia

[gh]

Saw a note in the paper the other day that San José has crossed the 1-million mark. They said it was the 10th city to do so.

What are the other 9?

(I hasten to point out that the article didn't say, so I don't actually have a way of grading your answers!)

[jkjoregon]

New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Houston
Philadelphia
Phoenix
San Antonio
San Diego

and because this is a T&F board....
Eugene! :lol: 8-) :P

[Dietmar239]

New York
LA
Chicago
Houston
Philadelphia
Phoenix
San Antonio
San Diego
Dallas

I'm also hearing that Detroit has crossed the 1 million mark as well.

[trackjudge]

I thought San Jose and Detroit were losing residents.

I think Atlanta is up there.

[Dietmar239]

Detroit still over 1M at present, although it is falling. Atlanta is still in the 30's with 500,000+.

http://mobiltravelguide.howstuffworks.c ... -guide.htm

[EPelle]

It was long since rumoured that SJ had 1.000.000 inhabitants, but that included up to a quarter million who had no right to vote or access to healthcare. Have they made an unofficial official count of illegals or have that many people really moved into the city?

[gm]

It was long since rumoured that SJ had 1.000.000 inhabitants, but that included up to a quarter million who had no right to vote or access to healthcare. Have they made an unofficial official count of illegals or have that many people really moved into the city?

You bring up one of my pet peeves, which I am sure will get me slammed here. What on earth do you mean by "no access to health care"?

When I get sick, I go to the doc-in-a-box, pays my money and takes my chances. They can do the same. That's access to health care.

[lonewolf]

Population of cities needs defined. Is it only within the city limits?There are more than 10 contiguous metropolitan areas with population exceeding 1 million.

[AS]

I am again surprised by the relatively small number of 1m+ cities in the US.

Australia has five, while only having a total population of around 22m:
1 Sydney 4,3m
2 Melbourne 3,8m
3 Brisbane 1,8m
4 Perth 1,5m
5 Adelaide 1,1m

[gh]

Population of cities needs defined. Is it only within the city limits?There are more than 10 contiguous metropolitan areas with population exceeding 1 million.

The story I saw was talking city limits

[dj]

Population of cities needs defined. Is it only within the city limits?There are more than 10 contiguous metropolitan areas with population exceeding 1 million.

The story I saw was talking city limits

As you quote the story, San Jose is the tenth city to reach the mark. It doesn't say there are currently ten cities at over one million, although there might be.

So the real question is, in what order did cities reach one million.

I'm guessing:
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
Houston
San Diego
Phoenix
I don't know (third base!)
San Jose

[TrackDaddy]

I'd like to see a list with populations of greater metropolitan areas.

Those totals are probably phenominal.

[lonewolf]

According to World Almanac 2000 census Top 31

New York 18.3 million
Los Angeles 12.3
Chicago 9.0
Philadelphia 5.7
Dallas-Fort Worth 5.2
Miami 5.0
Washington 4.8
Houston 4.7
Detroit 4.5
Boston 4.4
Atlanta 4.3
San Francisco 4.1
Riverside-San Bernadino 3.2
Phoenix 3.2
Seattle 3.2
Minneapolis 2.9
San Diego 2.8
St Louis 2.7
Baltimore 2.6
Pittsburg 2.4
Tampa 2.4
Denver 2.2
Cleveland 2.1
Cincinnati 2.0
Portland 1.9
Kansas City 1.8
Sacremento 1.8
San Jose 1.7
San Antonio 1.7
Orlando 1.6
Columbus 1.6

[AS]

According to World Almanac 2000 census Top 31

New York 18.3 million
Los Angeles 12.3
Chicago 9.0
Philadelphia 5.7
...

That makes a whole lot more sense...

The underlying data (and classifications of city bounds) from the 2000 census data reside here:

http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/file ... lldata.csv

[TrackDaddy]

Thanks LW!