List of North American cities by population
For the majority of cities in North America, the most recent official population census results, estimates or short-term projections date to 2020, with some dating 2022 at the latest. This list compiles figures for all North American cities with a population within city limits exceeding 500,000 that year. These figures do not reflect the population of the urban agglomeration or metropolitan area, which typically does not coincide with the administrative boundaries of the city. They refer to mid-2020 populations with the following exceptions:
- Mexican cities, whose figures derive from the 2015 Intercensal Survey conducted by INEGI with a reference date of March 15, 2020;
- Edmonton, which conducted municipal censuses in April 2019 and April 2021 but has not reported an intercensal estimate of its 2020 population. The April 2021 census result is given instead.
List
| Rank | City | Image | Country | Population | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico City |
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Mexico | 9,209,944 | 2020 |
| 2 | New York City |
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United States | 8,335,897 | 2022 |
| 3 | Los Angeles |
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United States | 3,822,238 | 2022 |
| 4 | Toronto |
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Canada | 3,025,647 | 2022 |
| 5 | Chicago |
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United States | 2,665,039 | 2022 |
| 6 | Santo Domingo |
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Dominican Republic | 2,581,827 | 2019 |
| 7 | Houston |
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United States | 2,302,878 | 2022 |
| 8 | Havana |
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Cuba | 2,137,847 | 2022 |
| 9 | Tijuana |
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Mexico | 1,810,645 | 2020 |
| 10 | Montreal |
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Canada | 1,791,508 | 2022 |
| 11 | Ecatepec de Morelos |
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Mexico | 1,643,623 | 2020 |
| 12 | León |
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Mexico | 1,579,803 | 2020 |
| 13 | Phoenix |
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United States | 1,644,409 | 2022 |
| 14 | Philadelphia |
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United States | 1,567,258 | 2022 |
| 15 | Puebla |
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Mexico | 1,542,232 | 2020 |
| 16 | Juárez |
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Mexico | 1,501,551 | 2020 |
| 17 | San Antonio |
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United States | 1,472,909 | 2022 |
| 18 | Calgary |
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Canada | 1,413,800 | 2022 |
| 19 | Guadalajara |
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Mexico | 1,385,621 | 2020 |
| 20 | San Diego |
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United States | 1,381,162 | 2022 |
| 21 | Dallas |
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United States | 1,299,544 | 2022 |
| 22 | Zapopan |
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Mexico | 1,257,547 | 2020 |
| 23 | Port-au-Prince |
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Haiti | 1,200,000 | 2022 |
| 24 | Monterrey |
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Mexico | 1,142,952 | 2020 |
| 25 | Tegucigalpa |
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Honduras | 1,132,000 | 2023 |
| 26 | Edmonton |
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Canada | 1,087,172 | 2022 |
| 27 | Nezahualcóyotl |
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Mexico | 1,072,676 | 2020 |
| 28 | Ottawa |
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Canada | 1,071,868 | 2022 |
| 29 | Managua |
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Nicaragua | 1,051,236 | 2022 |
| 30 | Austin |
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United States | 974,447 | 2022 |
| 31 | Jacksonville |
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United States | 971,319 | 2022 |
| 32 | San Jose |
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United States | 971,233 | 2022 |
| 33 | Fort Worth |
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United States | 956,709 | 2022 |
| 34 | Chihuahua |
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Mexico | 925,762 | 2020 |
| 35 | Guatemala City |
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Guatemala | 923,392 | 2018 |
| 36 | Mérida |
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Mexico | 921,771 | 2020 |
| 37 | Naucalpan |
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Mexico | 911,168 | 2020 |
| 38 | Toluca |
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Mexico | 910,608 | 2020 |
| 39 | Columbus |
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United States | 907,971 | 2022 |
| 40 | Charlotte |
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United States | 897,720 | 2022 |
| 41 | Cancún |
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Mexico | 888,797 | 2020 |
| 42 | Indianapolis |
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United States | 880,621 | 2022 |
| 43 | Saltillo |
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Mexico | 864,431 | 2020 |
| 44 | Aguascalientes |
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Mexico | 863,893 | 2020 |
| 45 | Hermosillo |
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Mexico | 855,563 | 2020 |
| 46 | Mexicali |
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Mexico | 854,186 | 2020 |
| 47 | San Luis Potosí |
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Mexico | 845,941 | 2020 |
| 48 | San Francisco |
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United States | 808,437 | 2022 |
| 49 | Culiacán |
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Mexico | 808,416 | 2020 |
| 50 | Querétaro |
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Mexico | 794,789 | 2020 |
| 51 | Winnipeg |
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Canada | 783,096 | 2022 |
| 52 | Mississauga |
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Canada | 771,891 | 2022 |
| 53 | Seattle |
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United States | 749,256 | 2022 |
| 54 | Brampton |
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Canada | 745,557 | 2022 |
| 55 | Santiago de los Caballeros |
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Dominican Republic | 744,890 | 2019 |
| 56 | Morelia |
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Mexico | 743,275 | 2020 |
| 57 | Denver |
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United States | 713,252 | 2022 |
| 58 | Vancouver |
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Canada | 706,012 | 2022 |
| 59 | Chimalhuacán | Mexico | 703,215 | 2020 | |
| 60 | San Pedro Sula |
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Honduras | 701,200 | 2023 |
| 61 | Oklahoma City |
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United States | 694,800 | 2022 |
| 62 | Reynosa |
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Mexico | 691,557 | 2020 |
| 63 | Torreón |
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Mexico | 690,193 | 2020 |
| 64 | Nashville |
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United States | 683,622 | 2022 |
| 65 | El Paso |
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United States | 677,456 | 2022 |
| 66 | Washington, D.C. |
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United States | 671,803 | 2022 |
| 67 | Tlalnepantla | Mexico | 658,907 | 2020 | |
| 68 | Acapulco |
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Mexico | 658,609 | 2020 |
| 69 | Las Vegas |
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United States | 656,274 | 2022 |
| 70 | Boston |
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United States | 650,706 | 2022 |
| 71 | Tlaquepaque |
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Mexico | 650,123 | 2020 |
| 72 | Guadalupe | Mexico | 635,862 | 2020 | |
| 73 | Portland |
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United States | 635,067 | 2022 |
| 74 | Surrey |
|
Canada | 633,234 | 2022 |
| 75 | Louisville |
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United States | 624,444 | 2022 |
| 76 | Memphis |
 |
United States | 621,056 | 2022 |
| 77 | Detroit |
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United States | 620,376 | 2022 |
| 78 | Durango | Mexico | 616,068 | 2020 | |
| 79 | Hamilton |
|
Canada | 597,010 | 2022 |
| 80 | Kingston |
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Jamaica | 597,000 | 2023 |
| 81 | Tuxtla Gutiérrez | Mexico | 578,830 | 2020 | |
| 82 | Baltimore |
 |
United States | 569,931 | 2022 |
| 83 | Tonalá | Mexico | 569,913 | 2020 | |
| 84 | Milwaukee |
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United States | 563,305 | 2022 |
| 85 | Albuquerque |
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United States | 561,008 | 2022 |
| 86 | Quebec City |
|
Canada | 557,390 | 2022 |
| 87 | Tucson |
|
United States | 546,574 | 2022 |
| 88 | Fresno |
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United States | 545,567 | 2022 |
| 89 | Veracruz |
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Mexico | 537,963 | 2020 |
| 90 | Apodaca |
|
Mexico | 536,436 | 2020 |
| 91 | Sacramento | United States | 528,001 | 2022 | |
| 92 | Ciudad López Mateos | Mexico | 523,065 | 2022 | |
| 93 | Tultitlán | Mexico | 516,341 | 2020 | |
| 94 | Cuautitlán Izcalli | Mexico | 515,353 | 2020 | |
| 95 | Mesa | United States | 512,498 | 2022 | |
| 96 | Carrefour |
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Haiti | 511,345 | 2015 |
| 97 | Matamoros (Heroica Matamoros) | Mexico | 510,739 | 2020 | |
| 98 | Kansas City | United States | 509,297 | 2022 |