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NUMBER OF CITIES IN THE U.S.
There are 19,429 municipal governments in the United States. For the purposes of the census, a "municipal government" refers to "political subdivisions within which a municipal corporation has been established to provide general local government for a specific population concentration in a defined area, and includes all active government units officially designated as cities, boroughs (except in Alaska), towns (except in Minnesota, New York, Wisconsin, and six New England states) and villages." This count excludes places that are governmentally inactive.
For more information: Number of Local Governments in the United States
CITY POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
- More than 174 million people live in areas with municipal governments
- 76 Million of those live in cities with a population of at least 100,000
- With the population of the U.S. in 2000 being 281,421, 906,
approximately 62 percent of the people live in a city
NUMBER OF CITIES IN VARIOUS POPULATION CATEGORIES
| Population range |
Number of cities
in range |
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300,000 or more |
58 |
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200,000-299,999 |
30 |
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100,000-199,999 |
153 |
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50,000-99,999 |
364 |
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25,000-49,999 |
643 |
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10,000-24,999 |
1,436 |
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5,000-9,999 |
1,637 |
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2,500-4,999 |
2,070 |
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1,000-2,499 |
3,677 |
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Less than 1,000 |
9,361 |
Source:
2002 Census of Governments. Volume 1, Number 1, Government Organization. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
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