For the majority of cities in North America (including the Caribbean), 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 2014 and April 2021 but has not reported an intercensal estimate of its 2020 population. The April 2021 census result is given instead.
List
Bold represents largest city in country, Italic represents capital city.
| Rank | City | Image | Country | Population | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico City |  |
 Mexico
|
9,209,942 | 2021 |
| 2 | New York City |  |
 United States
|
8,335,898 | 2022 |
| 3 | Los Angeles |  |
United States
|
3,822,235 | 2022 |
| 4 | Toronto | _01.jpg) |
 Canada
|
3,025,657 | 2021 |
| 5 | Chicago |  |
United States
|
2,665,039 | 2022 |
| 6 | Houston |  |
United States
|
2,314,157 | 2023 |
| 7 | Havana |  |
 Cuba
|
2,137,847 | 2022 |
| 8 | Tijuana |  |
Mexico
|
1,810,645 | 2020 |
| 9 | Montreal |  |
Canada
|
1,791,512 | 2022 |
| 10 | Phoenix |  |
United States
|
1,644,409 | 2022 |
| 11 | Ecatepec de Morelos |  |
Mexico
|
1,643,623 | 2020 |
| 12 | León |  |
Mexico
|
1,579,803 | 2020 |
| 13 | Philadelphia |  |
United States
|
1,567,258 | 2022 |
| 14 | Puebla |  |
Mexico
|
1,542,232 | 2020 |
| 15 | Juárez |  |
Mexico
|
1,501,551 | 2020 |
| 16 | Zapopan |  |
Mexico
|
1,476,491 | 2020 |
| 17 | San Antonio |  |
United States
|
1,472,909 | 2022 |
| 18 | Calgary |  |
Canada
|
1,413,800 | 2022 |
| 19 | Guadalajara |  |
Mexico
|
1,385,621 | 2020 |
| 20 | San Diego |  |
United States
|
1,381,162 | 2022 |
| 21 | Dallas |  |
United States
|
1,299,544 | 2022 |
| 22 | Guatemala City |  |
 Guatemala
|
1,221,739 | 2023 |
| 23 | Port-au-Prince |  |
 Haiti
|
1,200,000 | 2022 |
| 24 | Monterrey |  |
Mexico
|
1,142,952 | 2020 |
| 25 | Tegucigalpa |  |
 Honduras
|
1,132,000 | 2023 |
| 26 | Edmonton |  |
Canada
|
1,087,172 | 2022 |
| 27 | Panama City | .jpg) |
 Panama
|
1,086,990 | 2023 |
| 28 | Nezahualcóyotl |  |
Mexico
|
1,072,676 | 2020 |
| 29 | Ottawa |  |
Canada
|
1,071,868 | 2022 |
| 30 | Managua |  |
 Nicaragua
|
1,051,236 | 2022 |
| 31 | Santo Domingo |  |
 Dominican Republic
|
1,029,110 | 2022 |
| 32 | Austin | .jpg) |
United States
|
974,447 | 2022 |
| 33 | Jacksonville |  |
United States
|
971,319 | 2022 |
| 34 | San Jose |  |
United States
|
971,233 | 2022 |
| 35 | Fort Worth |  |
United States
|
956,709 | 2022 |
| 36 | Chihuahua |  |
Mexico
|
925,762 | 2020 |
| 37 | Mérida |  |
Mexico
|
921,771 | 2020 |
| 38 | Naucalpan |  |
Mexico
|
911,168 | 2020 |
| 39 | Toluca |  |
Mexico
|
910,608 | 2020 |
| 40 | Columbus |  |
United States
|
907,971 | 2022 |
| 41 | Charlotte |  |
United States
|
897,720 | 2022 |
| 42 | Cancún |  |
Mexico
|
888,797 | 2020 |
| 43 | Indianapolis |  |
United States
|
880,621 | 2022 |
| 44 | Saltillo | .jpg) |
Mexico
|
864,431 | 2020 |
| 45 | Aguascalientes |  |
Mexico
|
863,893 | 2020 |
| 46 | Hermosillo |  |
Mexico
|
855,563 | 2020 |
| 47 | Mexicali |  |
Mexico
|
854,186 | 2020 |
| 48 | San Luis Potosí |  |
Mexico
|
845,941 | 2020 |
| 49 | San Francisco |  |
United States
|
808,437 | 2022 |
| 50 | Culiacán |  |
Mexico
|
808,416 | 2020 |
| 51 | Querétaro |  |
Mexico
|
794,789 | 2020 |
| 52 | Winnipeg |  |
Canada
|
783,096 | 2022 |
| 53 | Mississauga |  |
Canada
|
778,896 | 2022 |
| 54 | Seattle |  |
United States
|
749,256 | 2022 |
| 55 | Brampton |  |
Canada
|
745,557 | 2022 |
| 56 | Santiago de los Caballeros |  |
Dominican Republic
|
744,890 | 2019 |
| 57 | Morelia |  |
Mexico
|
743,275 | 2020 |
| 58 | Denver |  |
United States
|
713,252 | 2022 |
| 59 | Vancouver |  |
Canada
|
706,012 | 2022 |
| 60 | Chimalhuacán |  |
Mexico
|
703,215 | 2020 |
| 61 | San Pedro Sula |  |
Honduras
|
701,200 | 2023 |
| 62 | Oklahoma City |  |
United States
|
694,800 | 2022 |
| 63 | Reynosa |  |
Mexico
|
691,557 | 2020 |
| 64 | Torreón |  |
Mexico
|
690,193 | 2020 |
| 65 | Nashville |  |
United States
|
683,622 | 2022 |
| 66 | El Paso |  |
United States
|
677,456 | 2022 |
| 67 | Washington, D.C. |  |
United States
|
671,803 | 2022 |
| 68 | Tlalnepantla |  |
Mexico
|
658,907 | 2020 |
| 69 | Acapulco |  |
Mexico
|
658,609 | 2020 |
| 70 | Las Vegas |  |
United States
|
656,274 | 2022 |
| 71 | Boston |  |
United States
|
650,706 | 2022 |
| 72 | Tlaquepaque |  |
Mexico
|
650,123 | 2020 |
| 73 | Guadalupe | Mexico
|
635,862 | 2020 | |
| 74 | Portland |  |
United States
|
635,067 | 2022 |
| 75 | Surrey | .jpg)
|
Canada
|
633,234 | 2022 |
| 76 | Louisville | .jpg) |
United States
|
624,444 | 2022 |
| 77 | Memphis |  |
United States
|
621,056 | 2022 |
| 78 | Detroit |  |
United States
|
620,376 | 2022 |
| 79 | Durango |  |
Mexico
|
616,068 | 2020 |
| 80 | Hamilton | 
|
Canada
|
597,010 | 2022 |
| 81 | Kingston |  |
 Jamaica
|
597,000 | 2023 |
| 82 | Tuxtla Gutiérrez |  |
Mexico
|
578,830 | 2020 |
| 83 | Baltimore |  |
United States
|
569,931 | 2022 |
| 84 | Tonalá |  |
Mexico
|
569,913 | 2020 |
| 85 | Milwaukee |  |
United States
|
563,305 | 2022 |
| 86 | Albuquerque |  |
United States
|
561,008 | 2022 |
| 87 | Quebec City | 
|
Canada
|
557,390 | 2022 |
| 88 | Tucson | 
|
United States
|
546,574 | 2022 |
| 89 | Fresno |  |
United States
|
545,567 | 2022 |
| 90 | Veracruz |  |
Mexico
|
537,963 | 2020 |
| 91 | Apodaca | 
|
Mexico
|
536,436 | 2020 |
| 92 | Sacramento | 
|
United States
|
528,001 | 2022 |
| 93 | Ciudad López Mateos |  |
Mexico
|
523,065 | 2022 |
| 94 | Tultitlán |  |
Mexico
|
516,341 | 2020 |
| 95 | Cuautitlán Izcalli |  |
Mexico
|
515,353 | 2020 |
| 96 | Mesa |  |
United States
|
512,498 | 2022 |
| 97 | Carrefour |  |
Haiti
|
511,345 | 2015 |
| 98 | Matamoros (Heroica Matamoros) |  |
Mexico
|
510,739 | 2020 |
| 99 | Kansas City | .jpg) |
United States
|
509,297 | 2022 |
See also
- List of North American metropolitan areas by population
- List of the largest urban agglomerations in North America
- List of cities in Canada
- List of cities in Mexico
- List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population
- List of United States cities by population
Explanatory notes
- Population estimate is that of the federal entity known since 2020 as Ciudad de México and previously as the Distrito Federal.
- ^ Population estimate is that of the cabecera municipal (municipal seat).
- ^ Population estimate has a reference date of 2023.
- ^ Population estimate is that of the entire municipio.
- Population from municipal census based on a census date of July 1, 2022.
- Population estimate is that of the Ottawa census division, which consists solely of the City of Ottawa.
- The administration of Naucalpan is divided between the municipalities of Naucalpan and Huixquilucan. The population projections for each portion of the city have been combined.
- The City of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Marion County, Indiana, are separate entities with a single consolidated city-county government. The City of Indianapolis comprises all of Marion County except the other incorporated municipalities within the county. See Indianapolis (balance).
- Nashville is a consolidated city-county. The population given is for the entire city-county, excluding other incorporated places lying within the city-county limits. See Nashville-Davidson (balance), Tennessee.
- The City of Louisville, Kentucky, and Jefferson County, Kentucky, are separate entities with a single consolidated city–county government. The City of Louisville comprises all of Jefferson County except the other incorporated municipalities within the county. See Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky.
- Population estimate is that of the Hamilton census division, which consists solely of the City of Hamilton.
- The administration of Veracruz is divided between the municipalities of Veracruz and Boca del Río. The population estimates of the two municipalities have been combined.
References
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- ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. May 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- City of Toronto, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile,". www.toronto.ca. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
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- ^ Population des municipalités du Québec, décret 2016 (Report). Institut de la statistique du Québec. December 30, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
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- ^ "El INE te cuenta: principales resultados del censo a nivel departamental y municipios". Instituto Nacional de Estadística Honduras. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
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