How many major US cities are there? I guess with population of at least 100,000 people.?

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Answer 1

According to Wikipedia, there are 99 cities in the US with a population over 200,000. As for cities over 100,000, I would say at least 5 times as many so around 500.

Edit:
Make that 242. according to the same page the number of cities between 100,000 and 199,999 is 153. But the numbers in the chart towards the bottom don't quite add up to the list above.

If you are talking about metropolitan statitistical areas, then according to this list there are 344 over 100,000:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_metropolitan_areas

Answer 2

1New York City, New York 8,143,197
2 Los Angeles, California 3,844,829
3 Chicago, Illinois 2,842,518
4 Houston, Texas 2,016,582
5 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,463,281
6 Phoenix, Arizona 1,461,575
7 San Antonio, Texas 1,256,509
8 San Diego, California 1,255,540
9 Dallas, Texas 1,213,825
10 San Jose, California 912,332
11 Detroit, Michigan 886,671
12 Indianapolis (balance), Indiana* 784,118
13 Jacksonville, Florida 782,623
14 San Francisco, California 739,426
15 Columbus, Ohio 730,657
16 Austin, Texas 690,252
17 Memphis, Tennessee 672,277
18 Baltimore, Maryland 635,815
19 Fort Worth, Texas 624,067
20 Charlotte, North Carolina 610,949
21 El Paso, Texas 598,590
22 Washington, District of Columbia** 582,049
23 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 578,887
24 Seattle, Washington 573,911
25 Boston, Massachusetts 559,034
26 Denver, Colorado 557,917
27 Louisville-Jefferson County (balance), Kentucky* 556,429
28 Nashville-Davidson (balance), Tennessee* 549,110
29 Las Vegas, Nevada 545,147
30 Portland, Oregon 533,427
31 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 531,324
32 Tucson, Arizona 515,526
33 Albuquerque, New Mexico 494,236
34 Long Beach, California 474,014
35 Atlanta, Georgia 470,688
36 Fresno, California 461,116
37 Sacramento, California 456,441
38 New Orleans, Louisiana*** 454,863
39 Cleveland, Ohio 452,208
40 Kansas City, Missouri 444,965
41 Mesa, Arizona 442,780
42 Virginia Beach, Virginia 438,415
43 Omaha, Nebraska 414,521
44 Oakland, California 395,274
45 Miami, Florida 386,417
46 Tulsa, Oklahoma 382,457
47 Honolulu CDP, Hawaii**** 377,379
48 Minneapolis, Minnesota 372,811
49 Colorado Springs, Colorado 369,815
50 Arlington, Texas 362,805
51 Wichita, Kansas 354,865
52 St. Louis, Missouri** 352,572
53 Raleigh, North Carolina 341,530
54 Santa Ana, California 340,368
55 Anaheim, California 331,804
56 Tampa, Florida 325,989
57 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 316,718
58 Cincinnati, Ohio 308,728
59 Orlando, Florida 304,985
60 Toledo, Ohio 301,285
61 Aurora, Colorado 297,235
62 Bakersfield, California 295,536
63 Riverside, California 290,086
64 Stockton, California 286,926
65 Corpus Christi, Texas 283,474
66 Newark, New Jersey 280,666
67 Buffalo, New York 279,745
68 Saint Paul, Minnesota 275,150
69 Anchorage, Alaska 275,043
70 Lexington, Kentucky 268,080
71 Plano, Texas 250,096
72 St. Petersburg, Florida 249,079
73 Jersey City, New Jersey 239,614
74 Glendale, Arizona 239,435
75 Lincoln, Nebraska 239,213
76 Chandler, Arizona 234,939
77 Henderson, Nevada 232,146
78 Greensboro, North Carolina 231,962
79 Norfolk, Virginia 231,954
80 Birmingham, Alabama 231,483
81 Scottsdale, Arizona 226,013
82 Fort Wayne, Indiana 223,341
83 Baton Rouge, Louisiana ****** 222,064
84 Madison, Wisconsin 221,551
85 Hialeah, Florida 220,485
86 Chesapeake, Virginia 218,968
87 Garland, Texas 216,346
88 Orlando, Florida 213,223
89 Rochester, New York 211,091
90 Akron, Ohio 210,795
91 Chula Vista, California 210,497
92 Lubbock, Texas 209,737
93 Laredo, Texas 208,754
94 Modesto, California 207,011
95 Durham, North Carolina 204,845
96 Reno, Nevada 203,550
97 Fremont, California 200,468
98 Montgomery, Alabama 200,127
99 Glendale, California 200,065
100 Shreveport, Louisiana 198,874

Answer 3

There are 254 cities with population over 100,000. Of course, New York City is #1, and Cambridge, MA is #254 at a population of 100,135. This info as of 2005.

Answer 4

There are 251 cities with a population of at least 100,000 people.